对立观点式

　　(1)给出两个对立的事物或者一个事物对立的两个方面，要求考生支持一方并进行说明。 具体表述如下：

　　topic: some people like a; others like b. which one do you prefer —— a or b? give specific reasons and examples to illustrate your answer.

　　(2)给出两个对立事物或一个事物对立的两个方面，要求考生说明二者为什么不同或比较它们的优缺点，并给出理由。具体表述如下：

　　topic: some people believe that a while others consider b more appropriate. give advantages and disadvantages of the two positions and explain which position you support.

　　对立观点式的三种模板：

　　1. 人们往往看到b的明显优点而忽视了它的缺点，同时a的内在优势没有被重视。

　　第一段：to choose a or to choose b is something of a dilemma to the public because they sometimes are confused by the seemingly good qualities of b while neglect the genuinely good aspects of a.

　　第二段：[for b, people are often driven to believe that / it is quite easy for #mon people to choose b because of the obvious reason that] ____________. (as a proverb says, "everything has two sides".) although b does have its seemingly profound advantages, in the meantime [there lie [harmful characteristics/ intrinsic drawbacks] in it such as ____________ / it can be achieved only conditionally because____________] . some [people/experts] [maintain/warn] that____________. however, it is often overlooked [by the public/most people]. (therefore we have no #plete evidence to suggest that b is always better than a.)

　　第三段： unfortunately, the innate quality of a is often underestimated.

　　或：what is more, if you notice the invisible benefits of choosing a, you can understand a more deeply. here i would explain a few of the most important reasons for choosing a. 第一点原因。第二点原因。第三点原因。(列举原因的句式见最后的"通用句型")

　　第四段：therefore from what we have discussed, we may safely #e to the conclusion that choosing aaa is a rather wise decision.

　　2. 选a还是选b的确是一个热门话题，我们来研究一下，a比b至少有三大优势：1，2，3

　　第一段：there is no denying the fact that ____________(whether it is better to choose a or b) is a popular topic which is much talked about [not only by ____________, but also by ____________/by people across the world/ in a modern society].

　　或：there is no denying the fact that ____________(whether it is better to choose a or b) is a popular topic which has caused heated debate over a long period of time (because it affects everybody in his or her daily lives).

　　或：in a modern society, people are always faced with the dilemma of whether to choose a or b. this problem is a much-debated one in that it affects everybody in his or her daily lives.

　　或：(如果是针对某一事件的题目，不是什么popular topic)if ____________(it is announced that a new movie theater may be built ____________), i will not be surprised to see ____________ (whether it is better to choose a or b) be#e a popular topic which is much talked about not only by ____________, but also by ____________. although it seems that [sometimes we can not tell which one outweigh the other between a and b / they normally coexist peacefully], they deserve some close examination. [if three criteria were taken into account in #paring these two, i would prefer a. / as far as i am concerned, i vote for the latter]. there are no less than three advantages in a as rendered below

　　第二段 第一点原因。第二点原因。第三点原因。

　　第三段 In conclusion, (it must be explained that these three reasons sometimes intertwine to form an organic whole and thus be#e more persuasive than any one of them.) Only these three reasons are enough to make a person draw the conclusion that ____________ , not to mention there are more.