3. (20160311) Reading chosen by students themselves is as important as, or more important than, reading assigned by teachers.

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这道题是关于学生自己选择的阅读和老师布置的阅读哪个更加重要的问题。可以结合这两方面的优缺点来形成自己的观点。

学生自己选择的阅读内容能够更符合自己的兴趣，激励自己进行更有效的学习，但是阅读内容的质量不一定能够保证。

如果是老师布置的阅读内容，则更加符合教学的安排，质量也有所保证，但是可能给学生带来的压力比较大，会让学生感觉枯燥。

范文思路

论点：学生自己选择阅读内容更重要。

理由一：自己选择阅读内容可以提升阅读的兴趣和好奇心，更加有助于学生的成长。

理由二：自己选择阅读内容也是一个愉快的、放松心情的过程，能够缓解学习的压力。

范文文本

In contemporary society, it is widely acknowledged that reading has assumed a vital role in the development of youngsters. The issue of whether reading chosen by students themselves is as important as, or more important than, reading assigned by teachers has triggered quite a stir. Some people believe that teachers will do a better job in choosing reading materials for students because those assigned books are prone to improve students' academic performance. But further analysis will reveal that it is of greater importance for students to make up their mind in reading, which is in line with my idea, due to the following reasons.

The primary reason for my opinion is that students who chose their own reading list can develop interest with books related to areas that pique their curiosity. Today's young people have to encounter great pressure in academic work, mostly caused by a number of assigned books. A majority of these required books are obscure and time-wasting; however, students take them as obligated assignments that must be finished in order to get credits. In comparison, books chosen by themselves are usually what students are curious about, which may be more practical or valuable in their further development. After mastering knowledge or skills in their interested area, students can dramatically increase their competitiveness. Take Steve Jobs as an example. When he was in college, he went quite tired of those assigned classes and books, which didn't catch his attention at all. As a result, he dropped out school and chose to take classes that appealed to him. Back to that time, he was quite interested in calligraphy, so he read numerous books about it. Surprisingly, ten years later when he was designing the first Apple computer, all those knowledge enabled this invention to be perfect with delicate printing types. We can easily tell from this story that students who choose their own reading instead of blindly following teachers' assigned list may have a greater chance for success in further career.

Another factor that we should take into account is that reading books of their own choice is an excellent form of entertainment for students, which enables them to have fun or relax. Students who face a tight study schedule are usually desperate to relieve stress in free time. Reading amusing or insightful books chosen by themselves allows young people to have a great time on their own, since they will be completely absorbed in plots and characters, somehow getting rid of academic worries.For instance, I would usually spare my Sunday afternoon for some intriguing books like sciencefiction novels filled with incredible imagination and surreal description, as reading a few pages of them is one favorable enjoyment for me to refresh my mind after working on my homework for long. Moreover, experts from Department of Society in FuDan University have pointed out that, of all student participants in college, over 78 percent respond that they have a more relaxing time when reading books chosen by themselves than those required by teachers, which evidently reveals that selecting books on their own can greatly relieve students' pressure.

Based on the arguments above, I can firmly assert that it is more important for students to do reading decided by themselves than those assigned by teachers. Furthermore, without consistent interest or pleasant relaxation, one may never find any improvement in reading teachers' assigned books.

语料积累

trigger quite a stir 引发轩然大波

be prone to 容易导致某事

in line with 与……一致

pique one's curiosity 激发好奇心

appeal to 吸引

take into account 纳入考虑

be absorbed in 沉迷于

relieve one's pressure 减轻压力