108. Learning about life: by listening to the advice of others or through personal

experience?

Some people believe that the best way of learning about life is by listening to the advice of family and

friends. Other people believe that the best way of learning about life is through personal experience.

Compare the advantages of these two different ways of learning about life. Which do you think is

preferable? Use specific examples to support your preference.

『分析』

两个观点都有些极端。所以，先比较分析，在选择自己的立场。

听从他人劝告和建议的优缺点：综合许多人的看法，可能更容易得到正确的答案；但是久而久之(in the

course of time; as time passes)，可能会变得没有主见(lose one's own judgment)

自己做决定、从自己的经验出发的优缺点：可能不全面，但是能够培养自己的观察能力，分析能力。

不同的事情，要有不同的选择。

『范文』

Some people believe that the best way to learn about life is to listen to the advice of friends and family. Others

argue that the most beneficial way to learn about life is through personal experience. I want to maintain that

learning about life through personal experience is the best way. I believe this because one usually does not learn

well unless he/she experiences something on his/her own, because one can have different opinions and views on

life man his/her family and friends, and because it is simply a more interesting way to learn.

There have been many times in my life where a family member told me that life was a certain way, but I still

wanted to see for myself. After having the experience, I agreed with what my family member had told me. However,

I never regretted trying the experience for myself. I think one can learn something more completely if he/she

experiences it for himself.

When a family member or a friend tells me to do something, I value his/her opinion. However, there are some

occasions when I do not fully agree with their opinions. In these cases, I want to try out the experience. There is a

possibility that I will disagree with their conclusions on the topic. For example, if a friend tells me that a movie is

terrible, I might still go to see the movie. It is more than possible that we will have differing opinions on whether

the movie was good or not.

Finally, I think it is important to learn about life through personal experience because it is a much more

interesting way to learn. If one never experienced anything for oneself, life would be very boring. For example, a

friend told me that Urumchi was a city that I would not enjoy visiting. He said there were not many attractions

there, and there were many other beautiful places in China that I should go instead. In spite of this warning, I went

to see Urumchi for myself. I did not think the city was spectacular, but I did have a good time on my trip, and was

glad that I went. Having the experience of going to the place was worthwhile enough for me.

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