Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Which point of view do you agree with? Use specific reasons and details to explain your answer.

　　Some people think that university students should be able to choose whether to go to classes or not. I could not disagree more with this idea. Even though students can have excused absences, for example, when they are sick or have something emergent to attend to, generally they should be required to go to classes. In fact, attending classes has many advantages, three of them most important: learning from the teacher, interacting with classmates, and developing responsibility.

　　Attending classes has the benefit of receiving the best that a teacher can offer. Good teachers review the difficult and key points of the material in the course textbook. The best teachers do more than this. They conduct group discussion of the material, and present alternative points of view on the same issue. This increases students' real understanding and critical thinking. Moreover, teachers supplement the textbook material with information provided by guest speakers, which further enhances students' understanding. All this implies that, if students are absent from class, it is tantamount to forfeiting their right to full benefits of teacher-guided learning in class.

　　Going to classes also helps students learn how to work with their classmates. In class, students need to put forward their ideas. They have to take questions from their classmates and when their classmates have a different point of view, they have to defend their own. All this is conducted in a friendly manner. Interaction of this kind teaches students about how to work with other people.

　　Finally, going to classes enables students to develop responsibility. Having to finish all the assigned readings before class helps prepare them for getting a job. So does requirement of being punctual for class. Similarly, having to complete assignments on time for class helps them to foster responsibility.

　　Admittedly, students can obtain information from books, but they benefit a great deal more when they go to classes. They have the advantage of learning from their teacher, of interacting with other people, and of developing the responsibility required of a good worker as well as a good student. If these skills in life are in no sense optional, how can attending classes in a university be optional?

　　原文来源：哈佛20篇

　　托福范文解析

　　1. Attending classes has the benefit(好处=advantages) of receiving the best that a teacher can offer.

　　上课有能够接收最好的老师提供信息的好

　　2. Good teachers review the difficult and key points(重点) of the material in the course textbook.

　　好老师复习课本材料上的重难点

　　3. The best teachers do more than(不仅)this.

　　最好的老师不仅做这些。

　　4. They conduct group discussion(进行小组讨论)of the material, and present alternative(不同的)points of view(观点)on the same issue.

　　他们对材料进行小组讨论，并且对同一问题提出不同观点。

　　5. This increases students' real understanding and critical thinking(批判性思维).

　　这会增加学生的真正理解和批片性思维。

　　6. Moreover(而且=furthermore，表示递进关系), teachers supplement(补充) the textbook material with information provided by guestspeakers(done做后置定语), which further enhances(提升，促进=improve) students' understanding.

　　而且，老师会用客座教授提供的信息对课本材料进行补充，这会进一步提升学生的理解。

　　7.All this implies(暗示，说明=indicates) that, if students are absent(缺席的)from class, it is tantamount(相等的)to forfeiting(剥夺) their right to full benefits of(发挥...的好处)teacher-guided(老师引导的，students-centered学生中心的)learning in class.

　　所有的这些意味着，如果学生缺席课堂，这等同于剥夺他们发挥老师引导的课堂的好处。

　　8. Going to classes also helps students learn how to work with(与...合作) their classmates.

　　上课也会帮助学生学会如何与同学合作

　　9. In class, students need to put forward(提出) their ideas. 在课堂上，学生需要突出他们的观点。

　　10.They have to take(have to do不得不/必须做sth) questions from their classmates and when their classmates have a different point of view, they have to defend(辩护)their own.

　　他们必须接受来自同学们的问题而且danger他们的同学有不同观点时，他们必须为自己的观点辩护。

　　11. All this is conducted(做)in a friendly manner. Interaction of this kind(这种互动)teaches students about how to work with other people.

　　这种互动教给学生如何与他人合作

　　12. Finally,going to classes enables students to develop(enable sb to do sth使某人能做某事)responsibility.

　　最后，上课使学生能够培养责任心。

　　13. Having to finish all the assigned(布置的)readings before class helps prepare them for getting(prepare sb for doing为sb做sth做准备)a job.

　　必须在上课前完成布置的阅读帮助他们为将来找到工作做准备。

　　14. So does(so does/do...，...也是) requirement of being punctual for(准时...) class.

　　课堂准时的要求也是如此

　　15.Similarly, having to complete assignments on time(punctually) for class helps them to foster responsibility(=develop responsibility).

　　同理，必须按时完成课堂作业帮助他们培养责任心

　　16. Admittedly(诚然，表示让步关系), students can obtaininformation(获得信息，obtain=gain=acquire) from books, but they benefit(v.受益) a great deal(许多) more when they go to classes.

　　诚然，学生可以从书本上获得信息，但是当他们去上课的时候，他们获益更多。

　　17. They have the advantage(=benefit)of learning from their teacher, of interacting with other people, and of developing the responsibility required of a good worker(后置定语)as well as(=and，也)a good student.

　　他们有向老师学习，和其他人互动和培养一个好员工所需的责任心的好处。

　　18. If these skills in life are in no sense(=not不是) optional(可选择的), how can attending classes in a university be optional?

　　如果这些生活技能不是可选择的，在大学上课怎么能选择呢?