2019年全国英语等级考试五级写作练习题（8）

　　全国英语等级考试五级写作练习题

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

Nowadays, young people tend to rush into independence. Many of them leave home to study or work while still in their teens. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this.

　　全国英语等级考试五级写作范文

Compared to the older generation, young people nowadays tend to be more independent at an earlier age. Especially, many teenagers leave home to study or work on their own. I am of the opinion that this new trend has both advantages and disadvantages.

It goes without saying that earlier independence helps young people to better understand the people around them and the world as a whole, and to accumulate more social experiences, which are invaluable for their future life and career. Moreover, living on their own means, to a large degree, that young people have to face and overcome difficulties by themselves. Therefore, it may help to mold in them a sound and unyielding character during the crucial period in which a person’s temperament is largely formed.

However, as there is a good side and bad side to everything, we cannot turn a blind eye to the unavoidable disadvantages of early independence. First, people in their teens are generally still immature. If they are exposed without proper protection to all the temptations and evils of society, they are more likely to fall into a life of crime than people of the same age who still live with their parents. Second, they are inclined to allot[分配] their time and energy inappropriately, for they may have to spend the lion ’ s share of their time earning their own living.

In summary, young people are well advised to give serious thought to both the advantages and disadvantages of early independence before making the decision to leave home and face life ’ s challenges alone.