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SAMPLE WRITING:
THE IMPORTANCE OF MONEY IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE 
         IN RECENT YEARS, WE ARE BOMBARDED BY THE MAGAZINES AND WEBSITES WITH THE TOPIC ABOUT WHAT MAKES A HAPPY MARRIAGE. PEOPLE’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS WHETHER LOVE IS MORE IMPORTANT OR WHETHER MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE VARY FROM PERSON TO PERSON. SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT LOVE PLAYS A DECISIVE ROLE IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE WHILE OTHERS HOLD THAT IT IS MONEY THAT DETERMINES THE HAPPINESS OF MARRIAGE. AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, I HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR THE SECOND OPINION BECAUSE BEING THE FOUNDATION OF A MARRIAGE, MONEY IS DEFINITELY MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOVE.
         AMONG VARIOUS REASONS WHICH MAKE ME THINK MONEY PLAYS A KEY ROLE IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE, THERE ARE THREE CONSPICUOUS ASPECTS AS FOLLOWS. FIRST AND FOREMOST, WITHOUT MONEY, MOST OF MARRIAGES WILL PROBABLY END IN FAILURE. A GOOD CASE IN POINT IS THAT IN NEARLY ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, THE NECESSARY CONDITION FOR MARRIAGE FOR MOST OF YOUNG PEOPLE IS HOUSE AND CAR, HOUSE IN PARTICULAR. IF A COUPLE GETS MARRIED WITHOUT A HOUSE, THE MARRIAGE IS CALLED A “NAKED MARRIAGE”, WHICH IMPLICATES THE INSTABILITY OF THE MARRIAGE.
         WHAT IS MORE, NO ONE COULD DENY THE FACT THAT MOST COUPLES WILL CHOOSE TO GIVE BIRTH TO CHILDREN, AND MONEY WILL BECOME MORE IMPORTANT WHEN THE CHILDREN ARE BORN. THE PROVERB THAT POOR COUPLES SORROW IS OFTEN CITED AS AN EXAMPLE. ANOTHER POINT WHICH CANNOT BE OVERLOOKED IS THAT LOVE WILL FADE AS TIME GOES BY. ONCE LOVE IS GONE, A MARRIAGE WITHOUT ECONOMIC FOUNDATION IS EASILY DESTROYED.
        FOR THE REASONS PRESENTED ABOVE, I STRONGLY COMMIT TO THE NOTION THAT COMPARED WITH LOVE, MONEY PLAYS A MORE DECISIVE ROLE IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE. LEARNING THE TRUTH THAT MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT DOES NOT MEAN LOVE IS NOT IMPORTANT AT ALL. IT IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN A HAPPY MARRIAGE. I WISH EACH COUPLE GETS MARRIED FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE AND MEANWHILE WORKS HARD TO LAY A GOOD ECONOMIC FOUNDATION FOR THEIR MARRIAGE LIFE.
【题目解析】：对比议论类的作文，需自己确定题目，题干中的两种观点各有可取之处，可以任选其一论述。作文模板：开头段：提出主题 ①In recent years, we are bombarded by the magazines and websites with the topic about_____________ ② There are different views concerning this topic./ People's attitudes towards whether______________ or whether ______________ vary from person to person. ③ Some people believe that______________________ while others hold that _______________. ④ As far as I am concerned, I have a preference for ______________. 主体段：论证主题 ① Among various reasons which make me think_____________, there are three conspicuous aspects as follows. （原因段） ②First and foremost, without__________, __________will probably end in failure.（论点一） ③A case in point is that__________________________.（举例） ④What is more, no one could neglect /deny the fact that _________.（论点二） ⑤ _________________ is often cited as an example.（举例） ⑥Another point which cannot be overlooked is that______________.（论点三） 结尾段：重申主题／对策措施 第三段：① For the reasons presented above, I strongly commit to the notion that__________.