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Question:
Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Eighteen-year-olds are not mature enough to vote. Usespecific examples and details to support your opinion.
Sample1:
l don't believe that 18-year-olds are mature enough to vote.
For most 18-year-olds, they haven't started college, which means they haven't started a real adult life. lt is not until college do we begin to get ourselves exposed to a diverse culture. We started to learn expertise and form our values of the world in college. 18-year-olds are too just young to make rational and informed decisions. Voting is a serious matter that deserves more maturity.
Take myself as an example. When I was 18, l didn't know anything about politics or national policies. All l thought about was my future career and my major in college. l didn't think l was able to vote.
Sample2:
l agree with the statement that eighteen-year-olds are not mature enough to vote because eighteen-year-olds don't have enough life experience and they are unable to judge what's true or false.
During a campaign, many candidates may make a lot of propaganda videos to create a trustworthy and reliable public image. However, in these materials, it may have some made-up information which is used to mislead and attract potential voters, who know nothing of what the true story is. lf this trick could happen to adults, not to mention those eighteen-year-old youth. Therefore, it is unwise to allow eighteen-year-olds to vote and a better approach would be to let them vote when they get older and more mature, like 24-year-old or something.
建议框架[1]：
PREP: 15 seconds, SPEAK: 45 seconds.
| Main Point | "I agree/disagree with the idea that.." "I prefer." "I think it is preferable to... " |
| Transition (optional) | "I feel this way for two reasons." |
| First Reason+Detail | "First.." + "For example. . (and a personal example) |
| Second Reason+Detail | "Second..."+ "To be specific.." (and an elaboration) |
（框架的作用是为了防止忘记答题点）
Take 7.5 points as a full point.
My Answer:
I disagree with the idea that 18-year-olds are mature enough to vote. (2/7.5pt)
I feel this way for two reasons. (1.5/7.5pt)
First, for most 18-year-olds, they haven't started college, which means they haven't started a real adult life. To be specific, lt is not until college do we begin to get ourselves exposed to a diverse culture. We started to learn expertise and form our values of the world in college. 18-year-olds are too just young to make rational and informed decisions. (2/7.5pt)
Second, voting is a serious matter that deserves more maturity. Take myself as an example, When I was 18, l didn't know anything about politics or national policies. All l thought about was my future career and my major in college.l didn't think l was able to vote. (2/7.5pt)
Sample2不怎么好改写，因为本质上说的是一个例子，即未成年人没有判断力。它的举例是竞选人的宣传有很多能误导成年人（假设你不知道true story），所以他觉得未成年人就更不可能有什么辨别能力了。
没人说你一定要举2个例子，如果你非常熟练，按照题目要求回答就是了，就像Sample2一样；Sample2毕竟说了一些实际的问题，我觉得一般考生应该说不出来。
我觉得独立口语最难的地方就是Take myself as an example，或许你可以举牛顿（Isaac Newton）、爱迪生（Thomas Alva Edison）、比尔盖茨（Bill Gates）的例子，但是建议还是别举，问题在于：
第一个问题是他们太老，可能你举马斯克（Elon Musk）的例子会好一些；
第二个问题是正确地发音，你不能把别人的名字给读错；
最后也是最重要的一个问题，你真的清楚他们的生平吗？
不熟悉的单词：
- diverse 各种各样的；多样化的
- expertise /ekspərˈtēz/ 专业知识
- rational 理性的
- informed 知情的
- campaign 竞选活动
- candidates 候选人；竞选者；参与者
- propaganda 宣传
值得注意的表达方式：
- be exposed to 暴露于
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