Task1：

Advertisements for candy and junk food on television

问题

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

To protect the health of young children, advertisements for candy and junk food should not be shown on television.

Use specific examples and details to support your opinion.

Task2:

Keep the Music Building Open Later

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Keep the Music Building Open Later

Currently, the campus music building—which has practice rooms students can reserve for playing instruments—closes nightly at nine p.m. I think the university should keep the building open until midnight. Often, student musicians want to practice their instruments later at night, and right now there’s no good place for them to do that. Also, lots of students want to use the practice rooms, so it’s often difficult to reserve one. If the building were open more hours, though, it would be easier to accommodate the large number of students who want to reserve rooms. Sincerely,

Ted Myers

问题

The woman expresses her opinion of the student’s proposal. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state her opinion about the proposal and explain the reasons she gives for holding that opinion.

Task3：

Refute-and-Persuade

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Refute-and-Persuade

Sometimes companies realize that consumers may have developed a negative impression of a product. One way in which they can resolve this problem is by using an advertising technique known as refute-and-persuade. Refute-and-persuade means that in advertising a product, the company first indicates its awareness of the product’s disadvantage. But then the company refutes or challenges that disadvantage by demonstrating how the advantage of buying and using the product makes up for any limitation it may have. In this way, companies can persuade consumers to purchase a product despite its drawbacks..