Question

过生日互赠礼物在中学生中似乎成为一种时尚，甚至有的学生还去饭店搞生日聚会。对此，同学们有不同的看法。假设你是王平，请你根据下表提示，给某英语报社的编辑写一封信，并谈谈自己的观点。

赞成	为同学们提供交际机会；利于增进同学之间的友谊；学习之余可以放松心情。
反对	容易造成对时间和金钱的浪费；导致攀比；对青少年学习和成长造成不利影响。
你的观点	… …

注意：

1．词数：120--150左右 （信的开头和结尾已经给出，但不计入总词数）

2．短文须包括表中的全部内容，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3．参考词汇：攀比 keep up with the Joneses

Dear Editor,

I’m a middle school student named Wang Ping．                              

Yours,

Wang Ping

Answer 1

Dear Editor,

I’m a middle school student named Wang Ping．Recently, we often have to buy presents for our classmates’ birthdays, and sometimes, we are invited to their birthday parties in expensive hotels, which caused us to think whether students should spend so much money for birthdays．

    About this there are two different views．Some students think it provides us with a good chance to communicate with each other and develop our friendship, and besides, we can relax after hard work at school．However, some other students think it’s a waste of money and time and can lead us to getting into the bad habit of trying to keep up with the Joneses, which has a bad effect on our growth and studies．

As far as I’m concerned, it’s not easy for our parents to make money and keep us at school for education． So there is no need for us to do like that．We must treasure our parents’ labor and put our hearts into our studies．

What do you think about it? I’m expecting your reply．

                                                                                                                       Yours,

                                                                                                                    Wang Ping