综合写作= 20120609CN

　　独立写作=2012.6.9CN=2014.3.1CN

　　Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?

　　It is often not a good thing to move to a new town or country because of the loss of old friends.

　　这次考试的题目在今年的3月1号已经出现，说明ETS的出题规律也在不断的进行改变。今天的这道题目也是比较容易想出三个分论点，如果想不出可以采取让步的方法会比较好解。

　　Disagree：

　　让步(1，2，3)或者单边(2，3，4)

　　1.承认老朋友是比较熟悉自己的人，对自己的生活是很重要的。搬到一个新的城市会和老朋友的联系渐渐变少，共同的话题也减少，久而久之老朋友可能就成了一般的点头之交，对于一般人来说肯定是一个很大的损失。

　　2.但是如果因为怕失去老朋友而不去新地方发展，是很不明智的，因为搬家并不意味着会失去老朋友，现在科技那么发达，有很多方式可以和老朋友联系，比如打电话，视频聊天(video chat)，微信(wechat)等。

　　3.另外，去新地方发展有利于开阔眼界，结交更多的朋友。

　　4.搬到一个新的城市不是一件好事情并不是因为失去老朋友。这两者之间没有必然的关系。搬到一个新城市不是一件好事情可能是因为语言不通，水土不服(unacclimatized)或者饮食不习惯(be not accustomed to…)。

　　Sample answer：

　　Friends, who provide joy and solutions, are important to everyone. And staying in one place seems to preserve a friendship from being perished caused by geographic segregation. Therefore，some oppose that people change their location to an unfamiliar city at the expense of losing old friends. I, however, disagree.

　　Firstly, there is no causal relationship between movement to a new city and loss of old friends. On the one hand, modern communication technologies, like Wechat, Skype and QQ, remove the physical barrier within a global range and make it possible for anyone to stay in touch. Take my friends, Della who studies in the US, as an example. Our friendship, instead of being estranged, becomes even closer with the assistance of Facebook and Twitter. On the other hand, thanks to the advanced transportation technologies, long distance is nothing but a several-hour-journey. Airplanes and high-speed rail largely diminish the time people waste on the tedious path, by which long distance will no longer separate people from bosom friends. In fact, true friendship will not easily disappear due to the less time spending together. Just as an ancient Chinese philosopher once put it, a hedge between keeps friendship green.

　　Secondly, one cannot shut him/herself away from any possible opportunities in a different city. For one thing, people are forced to learn from the hopeless life. It is no long an era of changing to die but the opposite. New graduates in metropolitan area, for instance, are facing unprecedentedly fierce competition of job market recent years. Rather than suffering from unemployment, a graduate may be hunted by local enterprises in a medium-sized city. Then why would him/her refuse such great chance? For another, one can be benefited from an enlarged social circle involving new friends in a new environment. Imagine a person who is, more often than not, in his own worlds， hanging out with several fixed friends. How could he reach the outside world and achieve great success?

　　Thirdly, social mobility is accused of somewhat negative influence on daily life though, it is not because of the loss of old friends. Other external factors should be taken into account. Most people are unable to adapt to the unfamiliar climate, different cultural customs or unsuitable diet. My sister, as a compelling example, lived in plain since her childhood. To our surprise, she chose a university located highland regardless of her parental persuasion. Being unacclimatized, she suffered from severe diarrhea and headache. It takes her roughly three months to totally fit the altitude stress. In this case, it seems clear that moving to a new environment being an uncomfortable thing has nothing to do with the loss of friends.

　　All in all, moving to a new place has little effect on the loss of old friends. Actually, a new environment win people a lot, and the risk of losing friends may only be an implausible excuse for whom are reluctant to change. (490 words)