4、Task 2: Do you agree or disagree that it is important to learn about the history of the city you stay in?

　　问：你是否同意了解你所在的城市的历史十分重要?

　　点评：偷偷告诉你，托福君并不是很同意，因为托福君是个历史白痴。但是，这并不妨碍托福君理直气壮地说了解历史非常之重要。古语说得好，以铜为镜,可以正衣冠; 以史为镜,可以知兴替; 以人为镜,可以知得失。总而言之，言而总之，历史很重要。

　　示例：Well, I think it is very important to know about the history of the city you live in, for one thing, you can appreciate the history of the city. For example, I learned the history of Beijing when I first settled in this city, and every time I visit the famous historic and cultural sites,they are presented very vividly in my eyes.

　　And for another, you can be a tour guide for your friends. If they come to your city and want to visit the summer palace, they don’t have to hire a professional guide because you can do the job, and that will certainly impress your friends. (110词)

　　5、(2018.1.13)Task 1：Nowadays, teachers tend to give students group assignment but not individual assignment. Discuss an advantage and a disadvantage of this tendency.

　　问：现在教师倾向于给学生留小组作业，而不是个人作业。请说出小组作业的一个好处和一个坏处。

　　点评：这个问题也不难，好处就是大家一起做作业，男女搭配，干活不累。既培养了团队精神，又增加了沟通技巧。坏处揍是有人会偷懒呀，自己不干活，不进步，浪费时间有没有?

　　示范：In my opinion, the advantage of group assignment for students lies in that they can tackle problems as a team and by the way develop team spirit and communication skills, which are crucial to their future study and work.

　　And the disadvantage of group assignment, i suppose, is that some students in the group may be very active and motivated to be a leading role in the group while others may become lazy and relaying on the active ones to do the whole work.

　　In this situation, the active students may benefit the most, but the not-so-active-students may get nothing and waste a lot of time on a group assignment. (113词)

　　6、Task 2： When you disagree with your friends and family on some controversial issues, would you choose to convince them or just keep the disagreements?

　　问：你跟你的朋友亲人有争论的时候，你会选择说服他们还是选择保留争议?

　　点评：托福君这么懒的人，当然是懒得跟别人争论什么道理啦。只要不是大是大非，别人说什么我也会说：嗯，你说的也有道理!你好我好大家好咯。

　　示例： Well, I would definitely keep the disagreement as it is. Honestly, it is quite natural to have different opinions on different things, and this is a good thing actually, because we don’t want to be exactly identical with others. So if we have an disagreement, especially on something that cannot be simply classified as right or wrong, I mean, sometimes there is no absolute right or wrong about something, then we can just let it go.

　　Besides, some people are just stubborn enough not to be persuaded, and if we keep arguing, it might hurt feelings, which I think is not worthy.(104词)