6. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

In order to become financially responsible adults, children should

learn to manage their own money at a young age.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Keyword Cheatsheet:
Personal finance
Economy
Mechanism of society
Opportunity cost
Sophisticated
Complicated
Self-sufficient

让孩子学习个人金融可以让他们意识到钱的真正价值
钱的真正意义在于它能买什么？还是在于你获取它所需要的时间和努
力？
在了解了这个概念后，孩子能够做出如何的改变？
Letting children learn about personal finance allows them to realize
the real value of money. through this, children are supposed to kno
w that the real meaning of money is not in what kind of goods it can
buy, but in the time and effort it takes to earn it. This concept could f
undamentally change the way children perceive money and lead to
a more frugal behavior when they decide to make purchasing decisi
on.

让孩子学习金钱管理可以让他们更早地实现自给自足和独立
金钱管理需要孩子做什么？
这与孩子独立有什么关系？

More importantly, allowing children to acquire the skillset of money

management enable them to realize self-sufficiency and independe
nce.
It is widely known that the management of money is a complicated
subject that requires one person to constantly make decisions abou
t what to buy and how much saving need to be made every single d
ay. This is exactly the kind of knowledge and skills that allow childre
n to become financially independent, develop the awareness of livin
g without the support of parents and make a living all by themselves.
For example, my sister Rony. When she was sixteen years old, she
begun earn money by herself and never asked family for money ag
ain. She once told me that when she was
Twelve, her

7. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Most advertisements make products seem much better than they

really are.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Keyword Cheatsheet:
Strength
Trivial functions
Consumers’ impression
Actual user experience
Shortcoming
Specific trait
celebrity endorsement

在产品宣传中，公司总是会强调产品的优势，并刻意避免提及产品的
劣势。
这会给消费者一种什么样的印象？
在实际使用中，消费者会感觉如何？
The main reason is that in promoting their products, the company al
ways focus on the distinctive advantage of their products and choos
e not to mention the disadvantages on purpose. This kind of strategi
es leave consumers a impression that the product are desirable. Ho
wever, when in the actual user experience, they will find that the pro
duct is not as perfect as he ones mentioned in advertisements.
一些明星，比如歌手和影星，会有偿成为做品牌大使/代言产品
他们在广告中说的是个人体验吗？
人们会因为什么购买这样的产品？
The other reasons is that some celebrities such as singers and mov
ie stars are paid to become brand ambassador and endorse a speci
fic product. The positive commends they have toward this goods ar
e not from their personal experience but arranged slogan given to th
em by the company. And people will purchase to support the celebri
ties who they are in favor of, without any regard to the function and t
he quality. Consequently when they receive their purchase they ma
y find the actual item to be of much inferior standard.

8. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

Young people today have no influence on the important decisions

that determine the future of society as a whole.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Keyword Cheatsheet:
The internet
Government officials
Politicians
Political organizations
Evolution

世界上大部分国家的政治组织被年长的人所统治
政治需要什么能力？年轻人是否拥有这些能力？

社会已经高度结构化，在几乎能想到的各种领域，都被大型公司所控
制。
年轻人想向上爬有多难？
就算想出了足以改变世界的想法，也会被公司以并购或恶意竞争的方
法夺取。

9. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

In the past it was easier to identify what type of career or job would
lead to a secure, successful future.

Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.

Keyword Cheatsheet:
Explosion of new technologies
Innovation
Groundbreaking discoveries
Monopoly
Skillset
Unpredictable

在过去的多数工作通常只需要掌握特定技能，而现在大部分的工作不
仅要求雇员掌握两到三种技能，还需要不断学习来维持在公司中的位
置。
为什么会出现这种现象？
如果不学习会如何？

过去人们只需要关心他们能否身体胜任一份工作，而现在人们需要担
心他们的位置会因为一种新的技术的出现而被替代。
自动化和人力相比是否有优势？