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　　1、(2018.1.6上午场) Task 1: What do you think is the biggest challenge that people are not able to save money? How to solve the problem?

　　问：人们存不下钱的最大挑战在于什么?怎样解决这个问题?

　　点评：问得好~ 托福君也是一个poor guy，月末也要滚去吃土，所以对这个问题深有同感。那到底为啥存不下钱呢?因为花钱时开森呀，想花就大笔一刷，哪管卡里的钱直线下降，等月底时一看卡内余额，没啦没啦没啦!所以，托福君打算痛改前非，开始存钱。想来想去，最好的办法就是发了工资先存一半啊，剩下的一半算每月支出，爱怎么花就怎么花咯。

　　示范： Well, in my opinion, the biggest challenge that people are unable to save money is that they often spend money without plans. In other words, they tend to buy useless things on a whim.

　　For example, my sister loves to go out on weekends, and she will buy a lot of unpractical things merely because she is fond of them at that moment, but later she may leave them in a corner collecting dust.

　　As for how to solve the problem, I think the best way is to save a specific amount of money in your bank account every month when you get your salary, say if you earn 5000 per month, you can save 2000 or so, and the left can be at your disposal. (125词)

　　2、Task 2 : What do you think of home teaching? Home teaching is a teaching method that hires a private teacher and teaches students at home.

　　问： 你怎么看待home teaching?Home teaching是指雇用一个私人教师让学生在家里接受教育。

　　点评：近来国内也有不少报道说很多父母不让孩子去上正统学校，而是选择私塾教育，让一些懂中国古典文化的“老师”在家里教育孩子。话说，托福君感觉这不太靠谱啊。也不知道是不是俺孤陋寡闻、少见多怪，反正俺作为根正苗红的正统教育子弟，俺就是觉得不靠谱。咋地?

　　示范：Well, let’s face it, good teachers are all in public schools and I do not see any proper reasons to send children to home teaching. We all know that children are at their best years to learn things, for they have good memories and they have curiosity to learn. If we send them to home teaching which may be of bad quality or not as good as public schools, it will be a shame and it could have a negative impact on our children’s whole life.

　　Besides, public education is free for children, whereas home teaching can be very expensive. If I were to choose, I would save the money for other uses, say extracurricular activities that my children are interested in.(126词)

　　3、(2018.1.6下午场)Task 1: Which of the following one do you think is the best way to motivate employees in the company to do better?

　　--extra money as a reward

　　--organize a kind of contest to select who is the best one

　　--to praise staff on the website

　　问：公司激励员工的最好方法是什么?1、发奖金 2、竞争最佳员工 3、在公司网站上公开表扬员工

　　点评：这还用问吗?托福君啥都不缺，就缺money!作为一名光荣的北漂，托福君要付房租啊，坐地铁啊，吃饭啊，买衣服啊，这些统统都是钱啊!开销这么大，如果在公司好好表现可以得到奖励的话，就希望老板赏点钱啊，hia hia hia!

　　示范：Well, if i were to choose, i’d say extra money as a reward, for this is the most practical way to motivate employees. Let’s be honest, we all have to work to pay the rent, especially when a newly graduated college student strives to take hold in a large city.

　　Take my cousin for example, after graduation, he went to Shanghai to work in a famous company which he always wanted to enter into, but he didn’t earn much and the salary was not enough to cover his expenses and he had to ask for money from his parents. However, if he could get extra money by working hard, i think he would definitely try it. (122词)