Develop a two-hundred-character topic response

Two hundred characters on a topic

• A writing prompt: “to discuss谈谈tán tányou你nǐto / towards / correct对duì‘young people年轻人nián qīng rénshould应该yīng gāimany多duōto travel旅行lǚ xíng’(modifier / structural particle)的deway of looking at a thing看法kàn fǎ。” You need about two hundred characters with a clear position.
• Two hundred characters is four short paragraphs or one well-organised paragraph: position → reason → example → conclusion.

State your position early

• First sentence: I / me我wǒto think / believe认为rèn wéiyoung people年轻人nián qīng rénshould应该yīng gāimany多duōto travel旅行lǚ xíng，because因为yīn wèito travel旅行lǚ xíngcan / be able to能néng开阔眼界kāi kuò yǎn jiè。
• A clear position makes everything that follows easier to organise.

I我wǒbelieve认为rèn wéiyoung people年轻人nián qīng rénshould应该yīng gāimore多duōtravel旅行lǚ xíng。

Support with an example and explanation

• Example: last year去年qù niánI / me我wǒto go去qùYunnan province in…云南yún nánto travel旅行lǚ xíng，to know认识rèn shí(completed / change)了le很多hěn duōnational minority少数民族shǎo shù mín zúfriend朋友péng yǒu，to understand了解liǎo jiě(completed / change)了lethey他们tā men(modifier / structural particle)的de生活习惯shēng huó xí guàn。
• Explanation: say how the example supports your point: this这zhèto let / make让ràngI / me我wǒclear明白míng bái，book书本shū běnto go to school上学shàng xuéto / arrive到dào(modifier / structural particle)的deknowledge知识zhī shíto be / is是shìnot enough不够bù gòu(modifier / structural particle)的de。

Limit and conclude

• A limit shows maturity: of course当然dāng rán，to travel旅行lǚ xíngto need需要xū yào(concept of) time时间shí jiānand / with和hécoin钱qián，so / therefore所以suǒ yǐcan / may可以kě yǐearly先xiānfrom从cóngnearby附近fù jìn(modifier / structural particle)的dearea地方dì fāngto start开始kāi shǐ。
• Conclude by returning to the position: in a word总之zǒng zhī，to travel旅行lǚ xíngto be / is是shìyoung people年轻人nián qīng rénto mature成长chéng zhǎng(modifier / structural particle)的degood好hǎoopportunity机会jī huì。

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