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这是一篇论述对大学生追求和使用名牌看法的文章。第一段，详述大学生热衷追求、使用名牌的情形以及人们的看法。第二段，重点谈你对此的看法。

【作文地带提供范文】

University Students’ Pursuit of Famous Brands

    “What perfumes are you wearing?” “Aren’t your shoes Nike’s latest release?” “I like the Mickey bag you bought yesterday.” “I hear the Jack & Jones store is on sale this week. Do you wanna come along?” Don’t feel surprised if you hear them coming out of the mouth of college students. It’s quite common to hear and see college students swapping information about the brands they like and the products they use. In fact, discussions about brand names have become one of the college students’ favourite pastimes. They learn about the latest fashion from each other, exchange tips about when and where to get the item, and buy it at their earliest convenience. “Keeping up with the Joneses” is their conviction – “If the Joneses have it, how could I have not?”
     About this current mindset of the college students, many people may hasten to show their disapproval. They’ll probably take it to be a reflection of the students’ vanity and superficiality. From liuxuepaper.com.And they may lecture them on the virtue of being thrifty.
     However, I beg to differ. For one thing, name-brand products are usually quality products. As such, they are something beautiful, endurable, and reliable. “The love of beauty is common to all,” goes the proverb; therefore, there’s nothing to blame about the pursuit of famous brands. For the other, college students are old enough to make their own decisions. Likewise, they must abide by the consequences if they make an ill-advised one. If they let their pursuit of brands eat into their budget for other more important issues, they should be able to correct their mistakes and keep everything in moderation. So this becomes no other than a good chance to learn management, isn’t it?

◇第一段思路点评：本段分为两个部分，即详细陈述大学生追求和使用名牌的情况，以及人们对此的看法。
◇语言点提示：
（1）keeping up with the Joneses要在地位和物质上比得上周围的人
（2）conviction坚定的信仰、看法
（3）vanity and superficiality虚荣心和面子观（肤浅、表面、浅薄）

◇第二段思路点评：本段应辩证地分析大学生追求、使用名牌的现象，既有对此肯定的看法，也有否定的看法，即大学生在追求和使用名牌中汲取经验教训并学会管理。
◇语言点提示：
（1）abide by the consequences自食其果
（2）ill-advised考虑不周的、不明智的
（3）in moderation适度、不过分

（七）Knowledge and Diploma
1. 目前社会上存在这样一种说法：文凭越高越吃香
2. 而有些人则认为文凭不等于知识
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这是一篇论述高文凭与知识关系的文章。第一段，概述社会上文凭越高越吃香的看法。第二段，主要论述有些人文凭不等于知识的观点。第三段，重点阐述你对此的看法。

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Knowledge and Diploma

It is generally believed that a high diploma guarantees a promising future. Some people identify high diplomas with profound knowledge and exceptional competence. Companies also tend to emphasize the academic achievement of a job candidate. Like it or not, there does exist a social reality – the higher diplomas one gets, the more popular he becomes.
On the contrary, other people claim that a high diploma doesn’t automatically translate into knowledge. A diploma, in their eyes, is only the acknowledgment of one’s educational experience rather than a guarantee of one’s ability. Therefore, we can never measure the depth of one’s knowledge by the grade of one’s diploma. Besides, many knowledgeable people don’t have a high diploma. Take Bill Gates for example. His dropping out of college cannot deny the fact that he is one of the world’s most learned men.
So I must say no one should ever equate a diploma with knowledge, because a diploma is nothing but a proof of a short-term study while genuine knowledge needs one’s lifelong devotion.

◇第一段思路点评：先陈述人们对高文凭高能力的看法，再点出这是一种社会现实。
◇语言点提示：
job candidate求职者、应聘者

◇第二段思路点评：详细论述文凭并不等于能力。
◇语言点提示：
Acknowledgment承认、致谢、感谢、答谢

◇第三段思路点评：使用一个长句阐述了你对文凭与知识辩证关系的认识。
◇作文地带语言点提示：
（1）equate a diploma with knowledge 把文凭与知识划等号
（2）nothing but a proof of a short-term study只是短期学习的证明