Task Two
Some famous universities lower their academic requirements to enroll students who have outstanding athletic talents. To what extent do you agree with this practice? Give reasons based on your experience.
You should write at least 250 words and spend approximately 40 minutes on this task.
對病句的點評
誤：Lowering the academic standards to accept the special student can lead to decline the quality of education and to destroy the respection of college.
decline 之後應有介詞in 或 of。 destroy 是動詞，此處應用名詞 destruction ，與前面的 decline 平行，均為 lead to 的.賓語。 Respection 完全不對，根本沒有這個單詞。作者想用 respect (禮 貌、尊敬)，但仍不對，要用 reputation (聲譽)。但destruction 與 reputation 又不是很好的 搭配，因此應將 destruction 改為damage。
正： Lowering the academic standards to accept special students can lead to the decline of the quality of education and the damage of the reputation of the school. (damage為名詞，與decline 平行)
或： Lowering the academic standards to accept special students can lead to the decline of the quality of education and damage the reputation of the school. (damage 為動詞，與 lead to 平行)
誤：Their (other students’) opportunities that entering college may be occupied by those students with athletic talents.
作者有用定語修飾 opportunities 的意圖，但因語法錯誤而效果極差。其實很簡單，用 to enter 即可。
be occupied 應改為 taken away。
正： Their opportunities to enter college may be taken away by those students with athletic talents.
誤：The university also benefit itself by his athletic fame due to enrol and train the students who have special athletic talents. For example, Oxford and Cambridge are very famous in the world. The reason may be owned a little to their boat race games.
這是兩個很好的句子，因為其中一個是“論點”，另一個是“論據”。這種用事例、資料等證據來支援論點的做法使人感到客觀。很多考試的作文會由於英文水平欠佳、缺乏論據、受漢語表達方式的影響等原因而顯得口號多，實際內容不紮實，得不到理想的分數。
此句有若干錯誤，請對比前後兩句。
