Some people believe that fortune is not a dominating factor of friendship. These advocators cite fictions, movies and personal experience to support the idea. However, I firmly disagree and argue that comparable financial backgrounds are the prerequisite of friendships for three reasons.

“Clarity” 在美式英文的写作教程中无处不在，但外国人常常因为这个概念的模糊性备受折磨。作为一个写英语的外国人，我花了很多年也没能写得一篇清晰的文章。与我不同，这本令我一口气读完的杰作，《风格：清晰和优雅的基础》清楚明白地解决了这个难题｡

前天完成 GRE 首考，系统结算 155+165，符合期待。从一亩三分地得到诸多宝贵资料和经验，故在等待期间记录下自身情况和想法供 uu 参考（顺便攒攒人品不要被 hold 哈哈我可没作弊）。

本文意译要点并直接将建议结合，不严之处欢迎指出。收获颇丰，感谢马逸清同学推荐！ Brittman, F. (2011). The Most Common Habits from more than 200 English Papers written by Graduate Chinese Engineering Students.

机考与笔试的主要差异操作方式不同，故机考与笔试相比，听力更难、阅读更简单；机考试题随机的，每个人的听力、阅读、写作都不一样，口语本来就不一样；写作要求打字快、不易错；官方的介绍，建议看完文字和视频，就有基本了解了；这是我第一次考雅思、也是第一次机考，所以都不一定准确。

一些词组的积累。

大作文题目 Task 2: There are more and more people travelling other countries. Why does this happen? Is it positive or negative to development

Task 2: There are more and more people travelling other countries. Why does this happen? Is it positive or negative to development?