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ShouldEnglishMajorsStudyMaths?2014AnundergraduateofEnglishatauniversity,inarecentlettertotheuniversity’spresident,complainedaboutthemandatorymathsclasseshehadtotake.Hesaidthatbecausealanguagemajorhaslittleuseformaths,hewouldforgetallofhismathslessonssoonaftertakingtherequiredexams.Whatdoyouthinkofhisopinion？〖要求〗Inthefirstpart,statespecificallywhatyouropinionis.Inthesecondpart,provideoneortworeasonsoryourexperience(s)tosupportyouropinion.Inthelastpart,bringwhatyouhavewrittentoanaturalconclusionormakeasummary.〖题目分析〗这是典型的立场观点选择题型。要求学生就“英语专业的学生是否应该学数学”这一问题确立自己的观点，然后进行论证，最后总结全文。〖写作思路〗该话题通常有如下两种写作模式1.作者观点：英语专业学生应该学数学。首段提出自己的观点，主体部分逐一列举原因，结尾总结。2.作者观点：英语专业学生不该学数学。首段提出自己的观点，主体部分逐一列举原因，结尾总结。参考范文1范文点评Recently,argumentonwhetherEnglishmajorsstudymathsornothasbeenhotterandhotter.Differentpeoplehavedifferentideas.Apartofthembelievethatmathshouldn'tbelearned.Whileothersthinkthattheyshoulddevelopmaths.Inmyview,Englishmajorsshouldlearnmaths.MostofEnglishlearners,especiallygirls,areextremelyscaredofmath.Toescapethissubject,theyalwaysputthereasonthisway:alanguagelearnerhardlyusesmath,soheshouldn'tputmuchemphasisonmath.However,haveyoueverseenanoutstandingpersonjustspendinghiswholedaysononemajor?Thewold-wide-knownpersonAristotlewasfamousforhisknowledge.Letusimage,ifhehaveinsistedonjustonlyonesubject,hiscognitionandcapacityaresubstandard.Nowadays,agreatnumberofcompaniesareseekingforthosegeneralists.Ifwewerewell-doneinbothEnglishandmath,shouldn'titbecomeouradvantage?Ontheotherhand,auniversityisnotonlyaplacefortechnicaltrainingbutaplaceforentiredevelopment.Studentsinuniversitiesarebeingtoldforcomprehensiveknowledgeincludinglanguage,literature,philosophy,scienceandsoon.AsanundergraduatemajorsinEnglish,itcanbegoodtolearningmathematicswhichletusmorerationalandwise.ForEnglishstudents,Englishmaybeusedasanimplementtoearnliving,butmathcanbetreatedasanentertainmentthatcanboostthequalityoflife.ItgoeswithoutsayingthatpeoplewhoareproficientinbothEnglishandmathshouldbebetterdevelopedthanthoseconcentratedonEnglish.Despitethedifficultiesoflearningmath,weshouldpursuethebreakthroughsinourlives.Englishmajorsshouldstudymaths.参考范文2Recently,therehavebeensomecomplaintsaboutwhetherstudentswhomajorinEnglishshouldlearnmathornot,andthishasrisentoaheateddiscussion.Students’pointsofviewonthisissuevaryfromonetoanother.Formypart,Idon’tthinkourEnglishmajorsshouldlearnmathinuniversity.Firstandforemost,EnglishmajorswillusuallyfindajobasatranslatororaEnglishteacher.Thereisnoneedtomastergoodmathematicalknowledgebecausewhatwehavelearnedisenough,Inaddition,thosestudentswhoarenotgoodatmathwillfeelthepressureandthenmaylosetheirconfidenceinlearningEnglish.Besides,studyingmathwilldistractourattentionfrom首段：运用正反表态法，列出问题的两个不同观点，一些人赞成英语专业的人学数学，一些人反对，之后引出自己的观点：英语专业的人应该学数学。首段：运用现象分析法写出关于英语专业学生是否应该学数学引起激烈的讨论。根据这一现象作者给出了自己的看法：英语专业学生不应该学数学。文章主体部分：多处使用连词，使文章连贯顺畅，阐述了英语专业的English.Itishardforustokeepabalancebetweenthetwosubjectsandallocatetimewell.Ithinkit’sawasteoftimeforustodealwiththosekindsofdifficultmathquestions.Wedon’tuseitmucheitherinourstudiesordailylife.However,teachersinmathclassesalwaysteachverycomplicatedandabstracttopics,soweneedtospendmostofourtimefinishingthehomeworkafterclass.Thenwecan’tfocusonourownmajor.Inthelastbutnotleastpurposeofstudyingmathisjusttogetgoodgradesontheexams,ratherthanuseitinhelpingusthinklogically.Afterwepasstheexamwewillforgetallthethingswehavelearnedintheclassandwon’tusetheknowledgeever.Tosumup,Idon’tthinkitiswiseforEnglishmajorstolearnmathinuniversity.Weshouldfocusonourownmajorandtryourbesttodoitwell!学生不学数学的好处和原因，从而进一步论证了作者的观点总结全文，首尾呼应再次强调自己的观点，使文章结构严谨。