Argue a position with reasons and a qualification

Three hundred characters, one argument

• Prompt: “someone有人yǒu rénto think / believe认为rèn wéi，university student大学生dà xué shēngshould应该yīng gāi(把: marks the object)把bǎ(concept of) time时间shí jiānall / both都dōuto use / with用yòngat / in在zàito learn学习xué xí(bound form) up上shàng；also也yěsomeone有人yǒu rénto think / believe认为rèn wéi，to participate参加cān jiāsociety社会shè huìpractice实践shí jiànsame同样tóng yàngimportant重要zhòng yào。you你nǐhow / why怎么zěn meto see看kàn？” Write at least three hundred characters.
• A strong answer takes a position, connects it to evidence, explains the inference, and states a sensible qualification.

Position and structure

• Opening: restate the issue briefly, then your view: I / me我wǒto think / believe认为rèn wéi，to learn学习xué xíand / with和hésociety社会shè huìpractice实践shí jiànall / both都dōudegree / adjective linker很hěnimportant重要zhòng yào，but但dànshould应该yīng gāito use以yǐto learn学习xué xíto rely mainly on为主wéi zhǔ。
• Body: two reasons, each with an example and an explanation. Ending: a qualification and a conclusion.

I我wǒbelieve认为rèn wéi，study学习xué xíand和hésocial社会shè huìpractice实践shí jiànboth都dōuvery很hěnimportant重要zhòng yào。

Evidence → explanation

• Example: I / me我wǒ(modifier / structural particle)的de一位yī wèisenior or older female…学姐xué jiěat / in在zàicompany公司gōng sīto practice实习shí xí(completed / change)了lehalf a year半年bàn nián，graduation毕业bì yèback后hòu很快hěn kuàithen / just就jiùto find找到zhǎo dào(completed / change)了leto work工作gōng zuò。
• Explanation: this这zhèto explain说明shuō míng，society社会shè huìpractice实践shí jiàncan / be able to能néngto let / make让ràngstudent学生xué shēngto understand了解liǎo jiětrue真实zhēn shí(modifier / structural particle)的deto work工作gōng zuòto request要求yāo qiú，(把: marks the object)把bǎ书本知识shū běn zhī shí用到yòng dàoreality实际shí jìto hit (the mark)中zhōng。 The explanation is what turns an anecdote into evidence.

Qualify without contradicting yourself

• of course当然dāng rán，practice实践shí jiàncannot不能bù néngto replace代替dài tìto learn学习xué xí；if如果rú guǒ花太多huā tài duō(concept of) time时间shí jiānto work a temporary or…打工dǎ gōng，achievement成绩chéng jìmaybe / possible可能kě néngcan / will会huìto decline下降xià jiàng。 This limits the claim without reversing it.
• Close: therefore因此yīn cǐ，university student大学生dà xué shēngshould应该yīng gāiat / in在zàiguarantee保证bǎo zhèngto learn学习xué xí(modifier / structural particle)的depremise前提qián tídown下xià，suitable适当shì dàngto participate参加cān jiāsociety社会shè huìpractice实践shí jiàn。

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