#雅思真题>Nowadays it is widely accepted that social skills are as important as good qualifications. Do you agree or disagree?
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When it comes to employment, qualifications as the intelligence quotient (IQ) always matter; and in addition, gaining social skills as the emotional quotient (EQ) is useful for one to stand out from the crowd. Those who want to make themselves desirable employees may be wise to focus on their social skills since it is no longer enough for people to rely on good qualifications. Qualifications being not the issue, social skills can make a difference when competing for employments and promotions.
In the first place, the importance of social skills can be noted in today's typical job interviews. In fact, it is commonly accepted that the EQ is often directly tied to the degree of success one may have in the workplace. In terms of employability, to be successful the emotional abilities are as important as the intelligent abilities. That is probably why IQ testing is administered not very frequently these days. In comparison, some companies are testing the EQ instead to measure one's adequacy in such areas as self-awareness, empathy, and dealing sensitively with other people. This kind of exam is increasingly popular because employers try to keep away some job seekers who appear to be inclined to take a more negative attitude toward social inter-relationships.
Obviously, some employees with better social skills stand better chances of being promoted to higher job levels, for good reasons. As valuable as qualifications, social skills may determine one's well-being and effectiveness both at work and in life. Whether in verbal or nonverbal forms, the opposite of social skills is social ineptitude, roughly meaning the lack of a set of personal skills to communicate, relate and socialize with others. In plain words, employees in higher positions usually have made themselves good communicators for being able to be at ease, converse fluidly, grasp social "rituals" such as what to say, when to say and how to say it in certain situations. On the other hand, some other employees, although having high IQs as well, do not seem to be particularly adept at maintaining social interactions and seem socially shy or awkward at best. This viewpoint goes to imply why, among employees with similar concepts of literacy and numeracy and knowledge, some happen to excel others from beginning to end.
Qualifications plus social skills can be one of the best formulas for one's career success, the IQ and the EQ being equally crucial in the modern job market. Ignoring social skills may often lead to undue conflict or disharmony when working as a group because there are circumstances under which logical reasoning alone could not entirely tackle day-to-day sensitive problems. So, as long as employability is concerned, there is no "either/or" question but the answer must necessarily be "both." [By Jeenn Lee Hsieh ]
>Some people think that the government should establish free libraries in each town. Others, however, believe that it is a waste of money since the public can use the Internet at home to obtain information. Discuss both sides and give your own opinion.
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Created by Jeenn Lee Hsieh
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起段--3 句话。主题范文从宽而窄。
1. The public can still benefit from visiting libraries, even though these days access to the Internet can provide all kinds of information. (开头第一句:申论主题)
2.To enhance the quality of research, it is better to make the most of both modern Web-based and traditional library resources.(开头第二句:集中焦点)
3. Establishing free libraries in each town makes sense since the use of a computer at home has its own weaknesses as well as its indisputable strengths. (开头第三句:一分为二)
承段--6 句话。招牌句+5句话。
4. At this information age, the diversified advantages of using the Internet are only too obvious. (招牌句)
5. Online resources can be obtained from all over the world 24 hours a day, seven days a week while a library's publications cannot provide up-to-minute information the way Web sites can.
6. The Internet gives users opportunities for two-way communication through Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, MSN, among other electronic devices.
7. Some sites feature rare books, documents and special collections that traditionally have been only available in libraries.
8. Almost at no cost and merely a few clicks away, the public can read newspapers, magazines, journals and encyclopedias, no matter when or where.
9. Furthermore, the Internet offers a complete multimedia experience--texts, video, audio, hyperlinks and graphics, etc. all at once, but such advantages often cannot be expected from town libraries.
转段--6 句话。招牌句+5句话。
10. On the other hand, money spent on public libraries is certainly worth it. (招牌句)
11. To start with, knowledgeable librarians can be of practical help when it comes to offering professional advice about research on particular topics.
12. A government-financed library is supposed to use universal cataloging systems that classify and organize all resources so that it is easier for a user to locate specific information without being led to non-productive research.
13. Whereas most Web sites provide materials characteristic of current information, only a library well-funded by public money can house printed copies that date back many decades.
14. In addition, computers in libraries also offer free Internet connection and other electronic resources, such as reference CD-ROMs.
15. Now that anyone can create a Web site, reliability of information on the Internet is not guaranteed, and as such there are cases in which the Internet is no substitute for the library.
合段--3 句话。主题范文从窄到宽。
16. Money being not the issue, the government ought to have the wisdom of establishing free libraries in each community despite the fact that people can use the Internet at home or elsewhere.(结尾第一句:二合为一)
17. For quality research, libraries and the Internet are complementing each other. (结尾第二句:还原焦点)
18. Were information food for the hungry mind, one might as eat out sometimes as eat at home, and at this point nobody ever ask whether to have "free" restaurants in town. (结尾第三句:重申主题)