1995年专四真题范文：Discuss part-time

　　Direction：Nowadays it has become fashionable for college students to take a part-time job in their spare time. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this trend.

　　范文1：
　　In recent years, more and more college students begin to take part-time jobs in their spare time to earn pocket money or even education fees by themselves and such a phenomenon has caused numerous heated debates among the people around us. From my standpoint, taking part-time jobs has advantages as well as disadvantages.
　　As a social activity, a part-time job certainly offers college students substantial practice, which is crucial to them after they graduate and go to their work posts. Besides, income earned from part-time jobs can solve their financial problems, especially for those who come from poor-stricken areas. Moreover, with part-time jobs, college students can put what they have learned from their books into use, thus connecting theories with practice and making abstract knowledge concrete and practical.
　　However, since part-time jobs take much of the students' time that must originally be spent on their studies, those who take them waste a great deal of time, therefore, their academic performance is tremendously affected. According to some worried sociologists, the duty of students is to acquire as much knowledge as possible so that they could better serve the society after their graduation. As a result, such people deem part-time jobs, which are regarded contradictory to study, as “not attending to one's proper duties”.
　　Admittedly, people rarely reach an absolute consensus on such a controversial issue. From my point of view, so long as college students put their courses first and concentrate on their studies while at school, certain amount of time spent on part-time jobs is not incorrect. I think the most important for them to do is to balance the two aspects well and give priority to study if the two contradict each other.

　　范文2：
　　Nowadays it has become fashionable for college students to take a part-time job in their spare time. I think this trend has advantages as well as disadvantages.
　　The example of one of my classmates may well illustrate this point. By taking a part-time job, she can earn some money for her daily necessities, so as to ease her family's financial burden and become economically independent. And by taking a part-time job, she can also get some working experiences and know how to apply the knowledge to practical work, how to cooperate with others and how to deal with the problems she may face. However, because of spending too much time on part-time jobs, she does not have enough time to digest what she has learned in class. As a result, her academic studies are negatively affected. She has even failed in some examinations.
　　Since this trend has both advantages and disadvantages, college students should be careful when they decide whether to take a part-time job or not. I advise them to strike a balance between academic studies and part-time jobs so as to make the most of the 4-year study in college.