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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “Exposure to foreign culture and contact with students from different countries and different backgrounds will broaden overseas students' mind and make them more tolerant.”You can cite one example or two to illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
Living alone in the foreign land will offer greater opportunity to develop overseas students' independence, their personality and many other interpersonal skills.
To start with, living and studying abroad offers me a different perspective of the world. On a university campus, foreign students are likely to encounter their counterparts from a variety of countries and areas and are exposed to various ideas and values. This helps me to have a meaningful understanding of diverse societies and inevitably see my own country in a new light. In addition, overseas experience, frustrating and painful as it may be, is helpful. A person going abroad for study often experiences much more difficulty — difficulty in adapting to a new culture and in dealing with all problems alone. Yet, the difficulty, coupled with the frustration brought on by culture shock, is a rewarding experience for one ' s future life and development of personality.
Despite these obvious advantages, we should not overlook negative effects. One problem is the difficulty they have adjusting to a new culture. They may experience loneliness and homesickness, an experience so overwhelming that many could not endure it.
在国外独立生活能提供更多的机会来发展留学生的独立性、个性以及其他人际交往能力。
首先，在国外生活和学习使我能用不同的视角来看待这个世界。在大学校园里，外国学生可能会遇到来自不同国家和地区的同学，接触不同的思想和价值观。这帮助我对于迥异的社会拥有一种更有意义的理解，而且不可避免地用一种崭新的视角看待自己的国家。其次，海外经验尽管可能令人沮丧和痛苦，但却大有裨益。一个出国留学的人经常经历更多困难——适应一种全新文化和独自解决所有问题的困难。然而，困难伴随着文化冲击导致的挫折，对于一个人的未来生活和个性发展而言是一种有益的经验。
尽管有这些明显的优点，我们仍然不能忽视其负面影响。其中一个问题就是他们适应一个崭新文化时面对的困难。他们可能经历孤独和思乡，这种经历如此深刻，以至于很多人无法忍受。
offer greater opportunity 提供更多机会
overseas student 留学生
independence 独立
personality 个性
interpersonal skills 人际交往能力
to start with 首先
studying abroad 出国留学
perspective 视角
encounter 偶然碰见
counterpart 同伴
be exposed to 接触
meaningful 有意义的
inevitably 不可避免地
in a new light 用一种崭新的视角
overseas experience 海外经历
frustrating 令人沮丧的
painful 痛苦的
adapt to 适应
deal with 解决
coupled with 伴随着
bring on 导致
culture shock 文化冲击
overlook 忽视
negative effect 负面影响
overwhelming 深刻的
endure 忍受
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① While a person can study a foreign language at home, the effect can never be compared with constant use of the language in academic and everyday life. 尽管一个人可以在家里学习外语，但是效果远不能和在学习和日常生活中不断使用这种语言相比。
② There is no better opportunity to improve second-language skills than living in the country in which it is spoken. 没有比住在讲这种语言的国家更能提高第二语言技能的机会了。
③ Living in English-speaking countries such as America and Australia for several years, for example, my English will be as perfect as native speakers. 例如，多年住在美国或澳大利亚这样的讲英语的国家，我的英语将会像母语人士一样完美。