Task1：

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

It is easier to be a teacher than to be a student.

Use details and examples to explain your answer.

Task2：

Pay Theater Assistants

Currently, the assistants who help with the production of plays on campus are student volunteers who are not paid or fully trained. I suggest that the theater department pay the assistants who help out with plays and also give them special training. As someone who has been in campus productions, I know that using volunteers doesn’t work because they often arrive late for rehearsals, or not at all, and they don’t know a lot about operating stage equipment. However, paid assistants would be more motivated to provide reliable help. They would also be able to operate stage equipment more effectively because they would have better training.

Sincerely,

Sally Smith

The man expresses his opinion of the student’s proposal. Briefly summarize the proposal. Then state his opinion and explain the reasons he gives forholding that opinion.

Task3：

Behavioral Exposure

Because they fear failure or some other unpleasant consequence, children are sometimes afraid to engage in certain behaviors that could be beneficial to them. One technique that can help children overcome this kind of fear is behavioral exposure. With this technique, children are encouraged to perform gradually increasing amounts of the feared behavior. After they are repeatedly exposed to the behavior and experience no negative consequences, they gradually become confident that a negative outcome is unlikely, and they are eventually able to overcome their fear.

Explain how the example from the lecture illustrates the technique of behavioral exposure.