Organization and Ideas
1. Question：But do the chances of a successful marriage actually improve by cohabiting?
Her answer：No. Because of the lack of commitment, couples who do marry after living together have higher rates of separation and divorce. Then the writer starts to support her opinion in the following paragraphs.
2. The characteristic of a cohabiting couple is the lack of commitment and specialization. As a result, they generally live more financially and emotionally independent of one another to allow themselves the freedom to leave. As to a married couple, they specialize and pool their resources to creat a higher quality lifestyle. They have more invested in their relationship and think longer.
3. Leight's view is that cohabitation can suppress the development of a higher level of commitment and that will cause the higher number of saparation and divorce. This opinion can be supported by paragraph 2 to 7 because Leight did a lot of research.
4. I think it's sufficient. Because this essay just has 8 paragraphs, the writer cites evidence at least 8 times. Therefore, this article becomes more persuasive and logical. I think it's enough.
5. No. I think this essay is pretty consummate. I cannot find any loopholes in this article.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Living on Tokyo Time
Organization and Ideas
1. The examples give the readers specific figures so that we can imagine how Japanese are busy. For instance, Japanese work "10" hours a day and rarely take a vacation of more than "three" or "four" days. Even the students have "less than a month" for summer vacation.
2. I think the Japanese don't be bothered by the cradle-to-grave, manic schedule because they grow up with a sence of time as a communal resource, like the company motor pool. The main priority of their time is to serve the institution rather than thinking that time belongs to themselves in the first place.
3. The Japanese view time as a commercial resource so that they seldom have their private time. They spend most of their time working or engaging in the social activities with their boss or colleagues. In contrast, the American regard time as their belongings. Time belongs to them in the first place. As a result, in the West, they can save time, spend time, invest time, even kill time.
4. I think the writer is between the two views. She doesn't like the Japanese schedule because it's too busy for her, but she likes its result-- the national health insurance, a wonderful train system, and so on.
5. The accurate statement is in paragraph three- In the West, we can save time, spend time, invest time, even kill time.
1. The examples give the readers specific figures so that we can imagine how Japanese are busy. For instance, Japanese work "10" hours a day and rarely take a vacation of more than "three" or "four" days. Even the students have "less than a month" for summer vacation.
2. I think the Japanese don't be bothered by the cradle-to-grave, manic schedule because they grow up with a sence of time as a communal resource, like the company motor pool. The main priority of their time is to serve the institution rather than thinking that time belongs to themselves in the first place.
3. The Japanese view time as a commercial resource so that they seldom have their private time. They spend most of their time working or engaging in the social activities with their boss or colleagues. In contrast, the American regard time as their belongings. Time belongs to them in the first place. As a result, in the West, they can save time, spend time, invest time, even kill time.
4. I think the writer is between the two views. She doesn't like the Japanese schedule because it's too busy for her, but she likes its result-- the national health insurance, a wonderful train system, and so on.
5. The accurate statement is in paragraph three- In the West, we can save time, spend time, invest time, even kill time.
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