Whether to Attend College at Home or Abroad?
Currently, with studying abroad gains mounting popularity among people, there is a heated debate about whether to attend college at home or abroad. Opinions on this topic vary from person to person. Some see more benefits in studying at home while others claim that studying abroad is a more ideal choice as it’s more challenging.
Personally, I am a strong favorer of the latter view. Listed below are the reasons for my advice. First of all, attending college abroad provides an opportunity to broaden one’s experience and mind. You can acquire cross-cultural experiences and gain new perspectives on your chosen field of study. In addition, studying abroad helps you to polish your social skills; you can make friends with different people with different background. Thirdly, overseas studying is conductive to the formation of an independent, autonomous and tenacious personality, which will ultimately benefit the achievement of our life goals.
Just as an old saying goes: ”It is better to travel thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.” Then studying abroad can not only enable us to reap in our books, but also in our trips. And this is why attending college abroad is a preferable selection for me.
Notes
mounting [ˈmaʊntɪŋ] adj.上升的;增长的
conductive adj. 导电（或热等）的
Singapore is a conductive environment for studies and learningEnglish. 新加坡是个学习英语和搞研究的好环境。
Understanding China’s history and culture is conductive to know Chinese well. 了解中国的历史和文化有助于了解中国人民。
tenacious [təˈneɪʃəs] adj. 顽强的、坚持的
In spite of his illness, he clung（v.抓紧） tenaciously to his job.尽管有病在身，他仍顽强地坚持工作
明朝统治中国276年,被人们描绘成人类理有序、社会稳定的最伟大的时代期,手工业的发展促进了市场经济和城市化。大量商品,包括酒和丝绸,都在市场销售。同时,还进外国商品,如时钟和烟进京、南京/扬州这样的大商继形成。也是在明代郑和率领的船队會到印度洋进大规模探险航行。还值得一提的是,中国文学的四大经典名著中有三部写于明代。
The Ming Dynasty, which ruled China for 276 years, was depicted as one of the greatest eras characterized by good governance and stable society in human history. During this period, the blossom of handicraft industry accelerated the process of market economy and urbanization. A great deal of commodities, wine and silk included, were available on the market. In the meantime, clocks and tobacco products, among many other foreign goods, were imported. Major commercial canters like Beijing, Nanjing, Yangzhou and Suzhou took shape successively. It was also in the Ming Dynasty that fleets headed by navigator Zheng He had made seven large scale expeditions to the Indian Ocean. What’s also noteworthy is that three of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature were written in the Ming Dynasty.
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governance [ˈɡʌvərnəns] n. 统治;管理方法
noteworthy [ˈnoʊtwɜːrði] adj. 值得注意的;显著的
the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese Literature 四大名著
be depicted as … 被描述为…
be characterized/featured by … 具有…特征
the blossom of handicraft industry 手工业的发展
took shape successively 相继形成