18. (20170520) At some universities, students take part in making decisions about the issues that affect daily life of everyone on campus, such as how many hours that the libraries should be open each day or what kinds of food should be served in the cafeteria. But at some universities, experts are hired to make these decisions and students are almost never involved. Which approach do you prefer?

头脑风暴1

在一些大学里，学生参与校园日常事务的决定，但是在另外一些大学里这些事务是由专家来决定的，学生几乎不参与。如果支持学生参与日常事务的决定，可以说因为学生对校园生活体会更多，在一些事务中更具有发言权；但是学生的意见未必专业，未必适合学校的长期发展。如果支持专家做决定，可以说可能会吸取更多的专业意见，但是这样可能会与学生的现实生活有所偏离。

范文思路1

论点：应该让更多的学生参与到校园事务的决定中。

理由一：学生是全面参与校园生活的群体，最了解学校内需要改善的地方。

理由二：学生是这些有关校园生活的决策的直接受众，会通过自身经历不断完善决策，促进这些政策更加全面而有效地实施。

理由三：一些学校雇用专家做决策，是因为担心学生随意花费资金。但是在一个人数比较多的学生组织里，学生可以做出比较符合大多数人意愿的决策；另外，专家的数量有限，也有可能做出错误的决策。

范文文本1

Tons of decisions that are directly related to students' life qualities are made in every single university. While some people may argue that it's more efficient to hire experts and let them deal with those issues on campus, I strongly recommend that the school officer get more students involved in the decision-making process.

First and foremost, students are the group of people who have fully experienced campus life，so they also know best about what changes ought to be made at the university. In China, there is an old saying: those who have not tried have no right to judge. It perfectly applies to this situation. If you haven't been to the school's dinning-hall, how do you know whether the food is delicious or not? And if you have never worked out in the school gym, how do you know whether the equipment is good enough? Experts probably won't have a clue about all these affairs, but students who have tried out different services school has provided know exactly which aspect the school should improve and that's the reason why they should get a place in the decision-making process.

Secondly, students are the real beneficiaries of every single decision the school makes. If you give them the right to make their own decisions, whether it brings them positive effects or not，they will have to put up with it since people usually stick to the choices they made by themselves even the choices do not turn out to be good ones. And when students meet the situation where their changes have brought negative impacts on the whole campus, they will learn to think problems from a more comprehensive point of view so that next time, the students' union will hand out better proposals to benefit the university. In contrast, if the experts school invited accidentally make a wrong decision, the students won't stop complaining about how unfair that their opinions are not included when making the decision, which would then take the school officers time to deal with the chaos caused by dissatisfaction from the students.

Finally, some of the school administrators offer the job of decision-making to experts because they are afraid of students spending school's funds in an irrational way. Here, I say that their worries are uncalled for. Students are a group with a large number of people; Irrational people certainly exist among them, but through voting and discussing, the entire group will draw a conclusion that represents the wishes of the majority. Besides, the number of experts the school hired is relatively small, leading to a higher rate of mistake-making.

All in all, the school should never bother wasting money on hiring experts in the decision-making process; instead, they can do so in a more efficient way by getting a large number of students involved.

语料积累1

deal with 处理

get... involved in 使……参与

apply to 适用于，应用于

work out 锻炼

put up with 忍受，容忍

draw a conclusion 得出结论

represent the wishes of the majority 代表大多数人的意愿

头脑风暴2

在有些大学，学生会参与某些影响日常生活的决策，比如图书馆开放时间，餐厅的食物种类。但另一些大学会让专家做决定，学生极少参与。你更偏爱哪种方法？

参与决定：更符合学生的意愿，生活更加舒心；有助于学生在未来为自己的生活做决定。

不参与决定：专家的决定更科学，如果是让学生做决定，可能餐厅里全是垃圾食品；学生可以利用做决定的时间做其他的事情，比如学习和锻炼。

范文思路2

论点：参与决定。

理由一：更符合学生的意愿。

理由二：可以随时根据最新情况做出新的决定。

理由三：让学生更主动地参与校园生活。

范文文本2

Nowadays, students value not only engaging in their own study, but also fully engaging in campus life and decision-makings around the campus. I still remember the thrills and challenges when discussing issues, such as increasing the numbers of books one is allowed to borrow at one time, with classmates and school faculty. Therefore, I strongly believe that students' involvement is indispensable in making a campus-related decision, and such an experience will in turn benefit their social life.

Firstly, students' opinions and experiences enable school facilities to better cater to specific social and academic needs of various students. In most situations, experts weigh the pros and cons of each choice in accordance with statistics and computer models based on limited samples. A lack of personal experience may prevent experts from drawing a reasonable conclusion. For example, when it comes to organizing lectures in my school, school experts initially invited many prestigious professors, introducing students to latest discoveries and breakthroughs. However, students tend to get bored really quick by frightening scientific terms and theories. As a member of the student council, I proposed turning lectures into seminars where students can interact with the professors and voice their own opinions, which turned out to be a great success.

Secondly, students' involvement elicits more efficient and timely decisions, since students are always informed on latest news and issues around the campus. Without actually living in the campus, keeping informed of problems of school facilities may be a challenging task for experts. Without living on campus, hardly can experts know which lab facilities have worn out and need repairing; hardly can experts know a recent burglary around campus and take measures against it. Students' involvement is critical for efficient problem solving.

Thirdly, getting involved in decision-making benefits students by motivating them to actively engage in their campus life and enhancing their social skills. The responsibilities of universities include not only equipping students with necessary knowledge, but also preparing them for social challenges, such as dealing with objections and making compromises. When facing controversial issues such as open hours for school gym, my friends and I encountered a variety of dissents, trade-offs and debates. We stressed out listing opinions of each side, but each time, we managed to reach an efficient and suitable solution. The beauty of getting involved lies in how I learned to communicate and collaborate with different people, to embrace diversity, and to empathize with others' feelings. My participation in school decisions spices up my entire high school social life. Thus, I feel confident that allowing students to take initiative will enrich campus life of college students and fuel them with valuable communication skills.

The ultimate goal of universities should be to provide a comfortable, diverse, embracing environment for students, which can't be achieved without students' opinions and involvement. Generally speaking, universities should encourage students to get involved in decision-making regarding issues around the campus.

语料积累2

indispensable 不可或缺的

optimal 最优的

in accordance with=according to 根据

elicit 引出

timely 及时的

critical 至关重要的

dissent 分歧

take initiative 积极主动