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Section Four Comparison and Contrast（第1页）

Separisonandtrast

parison-trastisaethodofdevelopmentthatinvolvesfoilaritiesanddifferenorelikelyoheother-iomakeapoierispariingoutthesimilaritiesthatexistbetweeems（suchaspersons，things，orideas）。Wherastiingoutthediffereweeems。heword“parison”，inabroadersehemeaningofbothparisonandowreadthetwomodelessaysbelow，aifyarisonessayandwhichisatrastessay。

ModelEssayOne

ier:theRichorthePoor?

AfamousstatemeionofIndependencereads，“Weholdthesetruthstobeself-evident:thatallmeedequal。”Indeed，allpeoplearebornequal；however，astheygrow，theyseparateintocategoriesbasedoh。tly，thelifestylesbetweentheridthepoordiffertremendouslyfromeachotheriheyspeime，iheydream，aheydeveloprelationships。

&h，bothapoorpersonandariayhavealotofsparetime，buttheyspenditdifferently。Averypoorpersonisusuallyunemployed，soheeithersitsaroundthehousedoingnothing，orendsupwalkiosebecauseapurpose，moreoftenthannot，meansspendingmoney。Averyri，oherhand，mayher，butheorshehasalotofmoheworldholdsoutitshandstotherieybuystripstotheBahamas，someexpensivehousesinia，andinvitationstootherrichpeople'splaces。

Whilemohelespeime，moneyalsoaffectspeople'sthoughts。Poorpereatdreamers。Thebinationoftheabundaimeaosatisfyeveimulatesdaydreaming。Poorpeopledreamofbeingrichoratleastbeiheydreamaboutallthoseexoticplacesthattherichvisitandallthegeousclothesthattherichbuy。However，richpeopledonotdreamasmuch。Theirthoughtsdonotwanderaroundtheimpossibilityofaggoalsbecausetherearealmostnoimpossiblegoalsforthem。Iheirthoughtsfogettingwhattheywafast。

Finally，apoorpersoersocialskillsthanaridoes。Apoorpersonisobuyalltheservicesthataristead，apoorpersonwillofferhistimeaherpoorpeopleiheirtimeandserviple，inphborhoods，peopleexgebabysittiheyhelpoherrepairplumbing（管道）orpaiheydepeheronadailybasisandthusdevelopclosepersoionships。Orary，aripaysforalltheservices。Hedoesnotkhegroceries，whorepairstheroofofhismansion，orevenwhobabysitshisly，richpeopletendtohavesuperficialrelationshipswithotherpeople-relationshipsbasedontheexgeofgoodsandservioney。

Insummary，whiletherichfeelhappyihepoormayalsofeelhappyiainly，therifortableandcolorfullives。Butthisdoesheyarehappierbecausetheessenceofhappinessliesmainlyinmeaningfulpersoionshipsratherthaninimpressivebankats。Theplamorousandmiserablelives。This，however，doeshemofdevelopingdeepandmeaionships。Alseofmoimulatesimagination。Indreams，everythiifulandlifeisperfect。

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TheAmeriExperience

ToaioheUesofteobeaof“tries”thathavelittleinon。Thereisarural，mid-western“try”withhuge，flatprairies（北美大草原）aowhere，abigtry”ofNewYorkCity，LosAngeles，orHouston，asuburban“try”withitssubdivisionsthatspreadoutforever，andsoon。VisitorsoftehingatalluheAmeripeople，whoarefromnumerousanddiversebads。Theanswerisyes，becausethepeopleintheU。S。dohavesomethinginon。ThesharedexperiehaveshapedthemahemalloandardhighschooleduonTVshows，aanceofcars。

Theprimarysharedexperienceishighschool。While12%ofstudentsfrom14to18attendprivateschoolsforpartoftheirschoolyears，themajoestofreepublicsgehegradelevelrequirementsaresimilaralloverAmerica。ThismeansthatateinTopeka，Kansaswill，bytheendoftheyear，havelearnedbasicallythesameashisfellowstudentinYakima，Washington。Inadditiontularwork，thehighschoolexperiencludesextracurricularactivitieswhisideredequallyimportantinallersofthistry。Languageclubs，debatingdpartiinsportsareallsideredalmostasvaluableasthetextbooksinmakingcivilizedmembersofsociety。Schoolsportsareparticularlyimportant。Beingonateamitfromthestandsdevelops“schoolspirit”aesaionwiththeschoolforthestudents。AnyonewhohasghAmerihighschoolhasbeen“Amerithis>

Theseifyingfactoristelevision。Amerisareatelevision-watdtelevision-influehanumberofmajorworks，aeVsystem，andagrowingnumberofhereisalwayssomethingonforsomeeandsocialgroupswatchsimilarprograms，andtheseformanothersharedexperieerwhereyouliveorhowmueyyouhave，BrianWilliams，NBightlyNewsanan，earonyourTVseteveryevening。Thesamebesaidforthesituatiohesoapoperas。TVisgreatatpromotingsharedexperiences。

Finally，sidertheimportaomobileonAmerilife。Amerisliketotravel，mostlybytlesssongshavebeeheromanovin'on”，goingsomewhereelse，beihecarmakesAmerisamobilepeoplebothiravelingandingresideheaverageAmerifamilymoveseveryfiveyears。Suovememorepeopleinthistryareabletomeetnewpeopleanddevelopfriendshipsthaniry。Theogethe“badsery”beesabasigredientintheAmerisoul。

Ihoughthe“meltiheUesdoesobeaccurate，Amerideedhavealotino，ifyouotthinkofanythingtosaytoapersohistry，tryaskinghimabouthishighschool，hisopinionofatTVshow，orhispreferencars。You'resuretostartalivelydis!

'sreadatrastessaywrittenbyaesestudent。

&udyinTwoDifferentPlaces

adaLaer（CCLC）isalaraierwhichofferscoursestoeseprofessionalsorkandorstudyinada。ThetraineesusuallystudyattheoheyarequalifiedtogwithourpreviousEnglishlearningexperienfindthatlishstudyhereandelsewherearesomewhatdiffererairainiraihods。

First，thetraidthoseinotherplacesvary。AtCCLC，wehavethesameultimategoal-toprepareforauallypasstheexamiingapassporttoada。ButstudentsinotherplacesstudyEnglishforavarietyofpurposes。Forexample，somestudyEnglishasapulsorycourse，othersstudyEojobrequirements，andstillothersstudyEnglishforpromotionorfe。

&raiivesleadinvariouscoursesoffered。SinceallofusatCCLCwillworkstudywiths，roveallthefourskills:reading，listening，speaking，andwriting。Meaadequateexposuretoculture，politiy，s，etc。。Thatis，weareeokhingaboutoitry。Intrast，studentswhoreguagetrainingelsewheremayhefourcoursesatthesametime，andtheyaresupposedtokhihingaboutallEnglish-speakingtriesorevenaboutthewholeworld。

Theprimarydiffereweendlishtrainingschoolsistheteagmethods。AtCCLC，theclassistypicallystudeered，andEnglishistheonlylanguagespokeninthe。Teachersliketoeifullyinvolvedinvarioustypesofactivities。Thus，webydoirary，theteaotherschoolsusuallyteachtheirstudentstheskillsabouthowtopassdifferentkiioeacherskeeptalkisarebusytakihosestudentsareexam-orieheyhavenopassionforclassdissatall。

In，adaLaerisundoubtedlyanidealplacefetlarainingbeforeweareboundforada。Afterourfour-monthintensifiedcourseshere，wesaywithcethatwewillhavelessdiffiunigface-to-faativespeakersofEnglishwhilewstudyinginada。

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Towriteawell-anizedparisonandortrastessay，youshouldfollowtheguidelinesbelow。

1。Inarisonandortrastessay，youdiscusssimilaritiesonly，ordiscussdifferenly，ordisilaritiesawhenyouwriteaboutthetwoparablesubjects，besuretothesameclass。Forinstanparetwfirms，yourparisonshaoassessbothfirmsiits。Thatis，afteryoudisagementstrudputersystemsinfirmX，youmustalsodiscussthesetwopointsinfirmY。

2。Sirastessayinvolvesgtwodiffereermsofseveralpoints，youshouldhsubjeyourthesisstatementandtopices。HereisaheessayentitledCollegeorUy?

&hesisstatement:

Thecollegeexperieheuyexperienadatrastediuitioncosts，teagmethods，andtrainingpurposes。

Topice1:Acollegeeduislesscostlythayedu，partlybecauseittakeslesstimetoplete。

Topice2:Themethodsofinstruarealsoquitedifferentatuiesandcolleges。

Topice3:Theaboveexamplepoihirdandmostimportaweeiesaheirorientationtowardcareerlearning。

&hsubjects-duy-aremehethesisstatementaopices，youwillfiostructwhatyouwanttosay，andyourreaderwillfiofollowwhatyouhavesaid。

3。Indesgeachofthetwosubjects，youshoulduseasmanyclearexamplesaailsaspossible。Butmeanwhile，youmustavoidtheteoover-elaborate（过度描述）oandthengrosslyskimp（轻描淡写）oher。Bygivingbothsubjectsabalanceddiseachbraph，youwilldoabetterjobofgyourreaderthatyouarefamiliarwithbothsidesandhavemadeavalidjudgment。

4。Therearemaanizeaparisonandortrastessay。However，ofrequeernsiscalledpoint-by-panizatiohodcallsforbraphsthatpareortrastthetwosubjectsfirstonpoihenonpointtwo，thenonpointthree，andsoon。Ifyouwereparingtwopanies，forexample，youmightmakeahefollowing。