An Occasion When Someone Said Something Positive About Work You Did

Part 3 追问

这些是考官在该题卡之后提出的讨论题，已编写范文的题目附有参考答案。

1. 1. In what situations do parents give children positive encouragement?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Introduces the story with the plain, unelaborated connector 'For example,'.用平实、未加修饰的连接词 'For example,' 引出这个故事。

   I think good parents give encouragement mostly for effort, not just results. For example, my sister praised her daughter a lot after a test she failed but had worked hard for, but she said almost nothing about an easy test the girl got a good mark on a week later. Parents also encourage children at the start of something new, like the first day of school. They encourage children after failures too, so the child does not think they are no good. I think parents should not encourage everything, because then praise stops meaning anything.

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   我认为好的父母主要是为了努力而不是结果去鼓励孩子。比如，我姐姐在女儿一次考试失败但确实很努力后，大大地表扬了她，但一周后女儿轻松考出好成绩，她却几乎什么都没说。父母也会在孩子开始做新事情的时候给予鼓励，比如开学第一天。他们也会在孩子失败后给予鼓励，这样孩子就不会觉得自己一无是处。我认为父母不应该对什么事都给予鼓励，因为那样表扬就不再有意义了。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“For example,” — The plain 'For example,' opener signals the story flatly; 7.0 keeps the connector but embeds a dash-linked reflection right after it, and 7.5 removes the connector altogether, opening straight with 'My sister praised her daughter warmly'.平实的 'For example,' 开场白平淡地引出了故事；7.0保留了这个连接词，但紧接着嵌入了一个由破折号引出的反思分句，而7.5则完全去掉了连接词，直接以 'My sister praised her daughter warmly' 开头。
   • LR“praised her daughter a lot” — 'praised her daughter a lot' is plain, general phrasing; 7.0 and 7.5 both sharpen this to the more precise 'praised her daughter warmly', a single adverb doing more evaluative work.'praised her daughter a lot' 是平实、笼统的表达；7.0和7.5都将其打磨成更精确的 'praised her daughter warmly'，一个副词就承担了更多的评价功能。
   • GRA“Parents also encourage children at the start of something new, like the first day of school.” — This is a simple example sentence; 7.0 keeps a similar idea but adds 'a first attempt at something frightening' as a second example, and 7.5 compresses both examples into a punchy colon-led list, 'first steps, first day at school, first attempt at anything frightening'.这是一个简单的举例句；7.0保留了类似的想法，但加入了第二个例子 'a first attempt at something frightening'；7.5则把两个例子都压缩进一个由冒号引出的简洁列举中：'first steps, first day at school, first attempt at anything frightening'。

   7.0 分

   Keeps the connector 'For example,' but immediately extends it into a dash-linked reflective clause.保留了连接词 'For example,'，但立即将其延伸为一个破折号引出的反思分句。

   I'd say good parents aim their encouragement at the effort rather than the result. For example, my sister praised her daughter warmly after a test she'd failed but had genuinely worked for, and said almost nothing about an easy A a week later - she encourages when the effort was real or the thing was hard. Parents also tend to encourage at beginnings, like a first day at school or a first attempt at something frightening. They encourage after failures too, to stop a child concluding they're simply no good. The one mistake, I think, is encouraging everything, which turns praise into background noise.

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   我认为好的父母会把鼓励的重点放在努力上，而不是结果上。比如，我姐姐在女儿一次考试失败但确实很努力后，大大地表扬了她，而一周后女儿轻松拿到高分时，她却几乎什么都没说——她是在努力是真实的、或事情本身很难的时候才给予鼓励。父母也倾向于在事情开始的时候给予鼓励，比如开学第一天，或者第一次尝试某件令人害怕的事。他们也会在孩子失败后给予鼓励，防止孩子得出"自己就是不行"这样的结论。我认为唯一的错误做法，是对什么都给予鼓励，那样会把表扬变成背景噪音。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“For example, my sister praised her daughter warmly after a test she'd failed but had genuinely worked for, and said almost nothing about an easy A a week later - she encourages when the effort was real or the thing was hard.” — Keeping 'For example,' but immediately extending it into a dash-linked reflective clause is a more developed use of the connector than 6.5's bare version; 7.5 removes the connector completely and opens directly with the example itself.保留 'For example,'，但立即延伸为一个破折号引出的反思分句，这比6.5分中平白的版本对连接词的运用更为成熟；7.5则完全去掉了这个连接词，直接以例子本身开头。
   • LR“turns praise into background noise” — 'background noise' is a fairly vivid metaphor; 7.5 trims this to the punchier single word 'noise', an even more compact and idiomatic final image.'background noise' 是一个相当生动的比喻；7.5将其精简为更有冲击力的单个词 'noise'，是一个更紧凑、更地道的收尾意象。
   • GRA“Parents also tend to encourage at beginnings, like a first day at school or a first attempt at something frightening.” — This sentence lists two examples joined by 'or'; 7.5 restructures the same idea into a tighter colon-led list of three short noun phrases, 'first steps, first day at school, first attempt at anything frightening', for a punchier rhythm.这句用 'or' 连接列举了两个例子；7.5将同样的想法重组为一个由冒号引出、更紧凑的三项短名词短语列举：'first steps, first day at school, first attempt at anything frightening'，节奏更为有力。

   7.5 分

   Opens with the noun phrase 'The good ones,' and tucks 'I'd argue' mid-sentence rather than at the front.以名词短语 'The good ones,' 开头，并把 'I'd argue' 藏在句子中间，而不是放在句首。

   The good ones, I'd argue, aim it at the trying rather than the result. My sister praised her daughter warmly after a test she'd failed but had worked for, and said almost nothing about an easy A a week later - she encourages when the effort was real, the thing was hard, or the child is about to give up. Parents encourage at beginnings: first steps, first day at school, first attempt at anything frightening. They encourage after failures, to keep the child from concluding they're no good. And they encourage kindness and honesty when they see them, because those are the behaviours they most want repeated. The mistake is encouraging everything, which turns praise into noise.

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   我认为，好的父母是把鼓励对准努力，而不是结果。我姐姐在女儿一次考试失败但确实很努力后，大大地表扬了她，而一周后女儿轻松拿到高分时，她却几乎什么都没说——她是在努力是真实的、事情本身很难、或者孩子快要放弃的时候，才给予鼓励。父母会在开始的时候给予鼓励：迈出第一步、开学第一天、第一次尝试令人害怕的事情。他们也会在失败后给予鼓励，防止孩子得出"自己就是不行"的结论。他们还会在看到孩子表现出善良和诚实时给予鼓励，因为这些正是他们最希望孩子继续保持的行为。唯一的错误，是对什么都给予鼓励，那样会把表扬变成噪音。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“The good ones, I'd argue, aim it at the trying rather than the result.” — Opening with the noun phrase 'The good ones,' before the verb, and tucking 'I'd argue' mid-sentence, is a more compact and confident structure than 6.5 and 7.0's fuller 'I think' / 'I'd say' openers.在动词之前用名词短语 'The good ones,' 开头，并把 'I'd argue' 藏在句子中间，这比6.5分和7.0分中更完整的 'I think' / 'I'd say' 开场白更紧凑、更自信。
   • LR“turns praise into noise” — Trimming 7.0's 'background noise' down to the single word 'noise' is a sharper, more idiomatic final image, showing tighter control of register at the very end of the answer.把7.0分的 'background noise' 精简为单个词 'noise'，是一个更犀利、更地道的收尾意象，展现出答案末尾更强的语域掌控力。
   • GRA“first steps, first day at school, first attempt at anything frightening” — This colon-led list of three short parallel noun phrases is a more compact, rhetorically confident structure than the fuller 'like X or Y' examples used at 6.5 and 7.0.这个由冒号引出的三项并列短名词短语列举，比6.5分和7.0分中更完整的 'like X or Y' 例子结构更紧凑、更具修辞自信。

2. 2. Do most people want public recognition for the things they do?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Tells the two contrasting stories as separate sentences introduced by 'For example,' and 'But'.用 'For example,' 和 'But' 分别引出两个独立的句子，来讲述这两个形成对比的故事。

   I think most people want to be recognised, but not everyone wants it in public. For example, I printed an email from my manager, Mrs Thu, and put it on my wall at home, where only a few people see it. But a colleague of mine shares every compliment he gets online, to thousands of followers. We both felt good for the same reason - someone noticed our work. Being recognised is almost a basic need, because work that nobody sees is hard to keep doing. But public attention also brings pressure and envy, so many people prefer a quiet compliment from someone they trust.

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   我认为大多数人都想被认可，但不是每个人都想在公开场合被认可。比如，我把经理秋女士发给我的一封邮件打印出来，贴在家里的墙上，那里只有少数几个人能看到。但我有一位同事，会把自己收到的每一句夸奖都发到网上，让几千个粉丝看到。我们感觉良好的原因是一样的——有人注意到了我们的工作。被认可几乎是一种基本需求，因为没有人看到的工作是很难坚持下去的。但公开的关注也会带来压力和嫉妒，所以很多人更喜欢来自自己信任的人的一句悄悄的夸奖。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“For example,” — The plain 'For example,' opener at 6.5 introduces the two contrasting stories separately; 7.0 removes the connector and joins both examples in one flowing sentence with a semicolon, and 7.5 keeps the same semicolon join but drops 'For example' entirely, starting directly with the personal detail.6.5分中平实的 'For example,' 开场白分别引出这两个对比的故事；7.0去掉了连接词，用一个分号把两个例子融合进一个流畅的句子中；7.5保留了同样的分号连接方式，但完全去掉了 'For example'，直接从个人细节开始讲述。
   • LR“almost a basic need” — 'almost a basic need' is a fairly plain phrase; 7.0 and 7.5 both tighten this to 'close to a basic need', a slightly more precise, idiomatic collocation.'almost a basic need' 是一个相当平实的短语；7.0和7.5都将其收紧为 'close to a basic need'，是一个更精确、更地道的搭配。
   • GRA“We both felt good for the same reason - someone noticed our work.” — This short dash sentence stands alone; 7.0 and 7.5 both fold the same idea directly into the long example sentence itself, joining it with 'and both of us were pleased for the same reason', producing a longer, more integrated structure.这个用破折号连接的简短句子独立存在；7.0和7.5都把同样的想法直接融入长长的例子句中，用 'and both of us were pleased for the same reason' 连接起来，形成一个更长、更整合的结构。

   7.0 分

   Joins both contrasting stories into one semicolon-linked sentence rather than 6.5's two separate sentences.把两个对比的故事融合进一个用分号连接的句子里，而不是像6.5分那样用两个独立的句子来表达。

   Most want recognition, I'd say, but fewer actually want it public - people differ more here than they admit. For example, I printed an email from my manager, Mrs Thu, and put it on my own wall, where perhaps four people ever see it; a colleague reposts every compliment he receives to a few thousand followers, and both of us were pleased for the same reason. Being recognised is close to a basic need; work that nobody sees is hard to sustain. But public recognition also brings scrutiny and envy, and plenty of people would rather have a quiet word from one person whose opinion they trust.

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   我想说，大多数人都想被认可，但真正想在公开场合被认可的人却更少——在这一点上，人与人之间的差异比他们愿意承认的要大得多。比如，我把经理秋女士发给我的一封邮件打印出来，贴在自己家里的墙上，或许只有四个人看到过；而我有一位同事，会把自己收到的每一句夸奖都转发给几千名粉丝，我们两人感到高兴的原因却是一样的。被认可几乎是一种基本需求；没有人看到的工作很难坚持下去。但公开的认可也会带来审视和嫉妒，很多人宁愿从一个自己信任其看法的人那里，得到一句悄悄的话。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“For example, I printed an email from my manager, Mrs Thu, and put it on my own wall, where perhaps four people ever see it; a colleague reposts every compliment he receives to a few thousand followers, and both of us were pleased for the same reason.” — Keeping 'For example,' but joining both contrasting stories into one semicolon-linked sentence shows more developed cohesion than 6.5's two separate sentences; 7.5 removes 'For example' entirely and opens directly with the personal detail, 'I printed Mrs Thu's email'.保留了 'For example,'，但把两个对比的故事融合进一个用分号连接的句子里，比6.5分中两个独立句子展现出更成熟的衔接能力；7.5则完全去掉了 'For example'，直接以个人细节开头，'I printed Mrs Thu's email'。
   • LR“work that nobody sees is hard to sustain” — 'sustain' is a more precise, slightly formal verb than 6.5's plain 'keep doing'; 7.5 keeps this exact word, showing 7.0 had already reached the right register here.'sustain' 是一个比6.5分中平实的 'keep doing' 更精确、略显正式的动词；7.5保留了这个确切的用词，说明7.0已经找到了正确的语域。
   • GRA“Being recognised is close to a basic need; work that nobody sees is hard to sustain.” — This semicolon-linked pair of short clauses is the one moderately complex structure expected at 7.0; 7.5 keeps a nearly identical sentence, showing it already reaches near-7.5 fluency, and instead extends the final part of the answer with an extra sentence about culture.这个用分号连接的短分句对，是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的结构；7.5几乎保留了完全相同的句子，说明这个句子已经接近7.5分的流畅度，转而在答案的最后部分加入了一句关于文化的补充句。

   7.5 分

   Drops 'For example' entirely and opens directly with the personal detail, 'I printed Mrs Thu's email'.完全去掉了 'For example'，直接以个人细节 'I printed Mrs Thu's email' 开头。

   Most want recognition; fewer want it public, and people differ more than they admit. I printed Mrs Thu's email and put it on my own wall, where perhaps four people see it; a colleague reposts every compliment he receives to a few thousand followers, and both of us were pleased for the same reason - someone had noticed. Being recognised is close to a basic need; work that nobody sees is hard to sustain. But public recognition brings scrutiny, envy and expectations, and plenty of people would rather have a quiet word from one person whose opinion they trust. Culture matters too: in Vietnam, drawing attention to yourself is still slightly suspect.

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   大多数人都想被认可；但真正想在公开场合被认可的人更少，而且人与人之间的差异比他们愿意承认的要大得多。我把秋女士的邮件打印出来，贴在自己家里的墙上，或许只有四个人看到过；一位同事则把自己收到的每一句夸奖都转发给几千名粉丝，我们两人感到高兴的原因是一样的——有人注意到了。被认可几乎是一种基本需求；没有人看到的工作很难坚持下去。但公开的认可会带来审视、嫉妒和期待，很多人宁愿从一个自己信任其看法的人那里，得到一句悄悄的话。文化因素也很重要：在越南，主动引人注目仍然多少带点让人怀疑的意味。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I printed Mrs Thu's email and put it on my own wall, where perhaps four people see it” — Dropping the connector 'For example,' and the fuller phrase 'an email from my manager, Mrs Thu,' in favour of the direct 'Mrs Thu's email' is a more economical, confident way of moving straight into the example.去掉了连接词 'For example,' 以及更完整的短语 'an email from my manager, Mrs Thu,'，转而使用更直接的 'Mrs Thu's email'，这是一种更经济、更自信的方式，直接切入例子。
   • LR“Culture matters too: in Vietnam, drawing attention to yourself is still slightly suspect.” — This extra sentence about cultural context, absent from 6.5 and 7.0, broadens the answer with a more sophisticated, reflective point beyond the personal examples alone.这句关于文化背景的补充句在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，它在个人例子之外，为答案增添了一层更复杂、更具反思性的观点。
   • GRA“public recognition brings scrutiny, envy and expectations, and plenty of people would rather have a quiet word from one person whose opinion they trust” — Extending the list from 7.0's two items ('scrutiny and envy') to three ('scrutiny, envy and expectations') shows a slightly fuller, more layered structure within the same sentence pattern.把7.0分中两项的列举（'scrutiny and envy'）扩展为三项（'scrutiny, envy and expectations'），在同样的句式中展现出略微更丰富、更有层次的结构。

3. 3. Why do children need encouragement?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Spells out cause and effect plainly with 'I think... because' rather than leading with the reason.用 'I think... because' 平白地阐明因果关系，而不是以理由开头。

   I think children need encouragement because they cannot yet see their own progress. For example, my nephew stopped drawing after making one crooked line, because he thought the whole picture was ruined, until someone told him the sky part was good and he continued. Children often judge themselves by the last thing that happened, so one mistake can feel like a final judgement. Encouragement gives them a longer view of things. It also tells them which behaviours are good, since they cannot always tell by themselves. And it builds confidence to try new things they will be bad at first.

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   我认为孩子需要鼓励，是因为他们还看不清自己的进步。比如，我侄子在画出一条歪歪扭扭的线之后就不再画了，因为他觉得整幅画都毁了，直到有人告诉他天空那部分画得很好，他才继续画下去。孩子往往会根据最近发生的事情来评判自己，所以一次失误就可能感觉像是最终的定论。鼓励能给他们一个更长远的视角。它也能告诉孩子哪些行为是好的，因为他们自己并不总能分辨。而且，鼓励能建立起尝试新事物的信心，哪怕一开始会做得不好。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I think children need encouragement because they cannot yet see their own progress.” — This full sentence spells out cause and effect plainly with 'because'; 7.0 compresses this into the reason-first fragment 'Because they can't yet see their own progress, I'd say.', and 7.5 removes the hedge entirely for the bare fragment 'Because they can't yet see their own progress.'这个完整的句子用 'because' 平白地阐明了因果关系；7.0把它压缩成一个以理由开头的短语 'Because they can't yet see their own progress, I'd say.'；7.5则完全去掉了缓和语，只留下这个不加修饰的短语 'Because they can't yet see their own progress.'
   • LR“a final judgement” — 'a final judgement' is fairly plain; 7.0 and 7.5 both sharpen this to the more precise, slightly formal word 'a verdict', a punchier single-word choice.'a final judgement' 相当平实；7.0和7.5都将其打磨成更精确、略显正式的词 'a verdict'，是一个更有力的单词选择。
   • GRA“Encouragement gives them a longer view of things. It also tells them which behaviours are good, since they cannot always tell by themselves.” — These are two separate short sentences; 7.0 joins similar ideas with 'and' into one longer sentence, and 7.5 keeps them as short separate sentences again but adds a fourth idea at the end, showing a wider range of connected points.这是两个独立的短句；7.0用 'and' 把类似的想法连接成一个更长的句子；7.5则再次把它们分成短的独立句子，但在末尾加入了第四个想法，展现出更广的关联点范围。

   7.0 分

   Leads with the reason and places the hedge 'I'd say' at the end of the opening fragment.以理由开头，并把缓和语 'I'd say' 放在这个开场短语的末尾。

   Because they can't yet see their own progress, I'd say. For example, my nephew abandoned a drawing after one crooked line, convinced the whole thing was ruined, until someone told him the sky was good and he went back to it - children judge themselves by the last thing that happened, and without an outside voice, a single failure can feel like a verdict. Encouragement gives them a longer view than they have, and tells them which behaviours matter, since they can't yet tell. It also builds the confidence to try things they'll be bad at first, which is really everything worth learning.

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   我想说，是因为他们还看不清自己的进步。比如，我侄子在画出一条歪歪扭扭的线之后就放弃了那幅画，坚信整幅画都毁了，直到有人告诉他天空那部分画得很好，他才回去继续画——孩子往往会根据最近发生的事情来评判自己，如果没有外界的声音，一次失败就可能感觉像是一个定论。鼓励能给他们一个比自身更长远的视角，也能告诉他们哪些行为很重要，因为他们自己还分辨不出来。它还能建立起尝试那些一开始会做得不好的事情的信心，而这其实就是所有值得学习的东西的共同点。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Because they can't yet see their own progress, I'd say.” — Leading with the reason and placing the hedge 'I'd say' at the end is more compact than 6.5's full 'I think... because' sentence; 7.5 removes the hedge entirely, asserting the same reason with full confidence.以理由开头，并把缓和语 'I'd say' 放在末尾，这比6.5分中完整的 'I think... because' 句子更紧凑；7.5则完全去掉了这个缓和语，以十足的信心陈述同样的理由。
   • LR“a single failure can feel like a verdict” — 'a verdict' is a precise, slightly formal metaphor; 7.5 keeps the word but tightens the surrounding clause to 'a single failure becomes a verdict', removing the softer 'can feel like' for a more assertive statement.'a verdict' 是一个精确、略显正式的比喻；7.5保留了这个词，但把周围的分句收紧为 'a single failure becomes a verdict'，去掉了较为柔和的 'can feel like'，使陈述更加果断。
   • GRA“Encouragement gives them a longer view than they have, and tells them which behaviours matter, since they can't yet tell.” — This is a single sentence joining two ideas with 'and', the one moderately complex structure expected at 7.0; 7.5 splits the same two ideas back into short separate sentences, then adds a further one, showing a different but equally deliberate way of organising the same content.这是一个用 'and' 连接两个想法的单句，是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的结构；7.5把同样的两个想法再次拆分成短的独立句子，并加入了一句补充句，展现出组织同样内容的另一种同样用心的方式。

   7.5 分

   Removes the hedge 'I'd say' that 7.0 keeps, opening with the bare fragment 'Because they can't yet see their own progress.'去掉了7.0分保留的缓和语 'I'd say'，以不加修饰的短语 'Because they can't yet see their own progress.' 开头。

   Because they can't yet see their own progress. My nephew abandoned a drawing after one crooked line, convinced the whole thing was ruined, until someone told him the sky was good and he went back to it - children judge themselves by the last thing that happened, and without an outside voice, a single failure becomes a verdict. Encouragement gives them a longer view than they have. It tells them which behaviours matter, since they can't yet tell. It builds the confidence to try things they'll be bad at first, which is everything worth learning. And it tells them that the adult is paying attention, which is what most children actually want.

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   因为他们还看不清自己的进步。我侄子在画出一条歪歪扭扭的线之后就放弃了那幅画，坚信整幅画都毁了，直到有人告诉他天空那部分画得很好，他才回去继续画——孩子往往会根据最近发生的事情来评判自己，如果没有外界的声音，一次失败就会变成一个定论。鼓励能给他们一个比自身更长远的视角。它告诉他们哪些行为很重要，因为他们自己还分辨不出来。它建立起尝试那些一开始会做得不好的事情的信心，而这其实就是所有值得学习的东西的共同点。而且，它还告诉孩子，大人正在关注着他们，而这其实是大多数孩子真正想要的。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Because they can't yet see their own progress.” — Removing the hedge 'I'd say' that 7.0 keeps at the end of the same fragment makes this opener even more compact and assertive, letting the bare reason stand alone as the answer's opening line.去掉了7.0分在同一短语末尾保留的缓和语 'I'd say'，使这个开场更加紧凑、更加果断，让不加修饰的理由独自作为答案的开篇陈述。
   • LR“a single failure becomes a verdict” — Tightening 7.0's 'can feel like a verdict' to the more assertive 'becomes a verdict' removes the hedge and states the claim as a fact, a small but telling shift in confidence.把7.0分中的 'can feel like a verdict' 收紧为语气更果断的 'becomes a verdict'，去掉了缓和语，把这个论断当作事实来陈述，是自信程度上一个虽小却颇能说明问题的转变。
   • GRA“And it tells them that the adult is paying attention, which is what most children actually want.” — This extra final sentence, absent from 6.5 and 7.0, adds a further reflective point with a relative clause, showing the wider range of connected ideas expected at 7.5 within the same overall length.这句额外的收尾句在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，它用一个定语从句加入了一层新的反思性观点，展现出7.5分中在同样篇幅内所期望的更广泛的关联想法范围。

4. 4. Does everyone who achieves public recognition deserve it?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Spells out the negative and the personal connection plainly in one full opening sentence.用一个完整的开场句，平白地把否定回答和个人经历都表达出来。

   No, I do not think so, and I have experienced this myself. Our studio got an award for a hospital app, with my name on the certificate, but the nurse who told us what a frightened patient really needs, and who shaped that part of the app more than I did, was never mentioned. I think recognition usually goes to the people who are visible or good at talking, not always the people who did the most work. Some recognition is even bought or arranged. The right thing to do, I think, is to name the people the certificate missed.

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   不，我不这么认为，而且我自己就有过这样的经历。我们工作室因为一款医院应用获得了一个奖项，证书上写的是我的名字，但那位告诉我们受惊的病人真正需要什么、而且在应用的那部分设计中出力比我还多的护士，却从未被提及过。我认为，认可通常会给那些更显眼、或者更擅长表达的人，而不一定是那些付出最多的人。有些认可甚至是花钱买来的，或者是刻意安排好的。我认为，正确的做法是主动说出证书上漏掉的那些人。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“No, I do not think so, and I have experienced this myself.” — This full opener spells out the negative and the personal connection plainly; 7.0 compresses this into 'No, and I've been on the wrong side of it, honestly.', and 7.5 removes the hedge 'honestly' entirely for the leaner 'No, and I've been on the wrong side of it.'这个完整的开场句平白地表达出否定回答和个人经历；7.0将其压缩为 'No, and I've been on the wrong side of it, honestly.'；7.5则完全去掉了缓和语 'honestly'，变成更精简的 'No, and I've been on the wrong side of it.'
   • LR“the people who are visible or good at talking” — 'the people who are visible or good at talking' is plain description; 7.0 and 7.5 both tighten this to the more precise, almost list-like 'the visible, the articulate and the people at the front', turning adjectives into nouns for a punchier rhythm.'the people who are visible or good at talking' 是平实的描述；7.0和7.5都将其收紧为更精确、近乎列举式的 'the visible, the articulate and the people at the front'，把形容词转化为名词，形成更有力的节奏。
   • GRA“with my name on the certificate, but the nurse who told us what a frightened patient really needs, and who shaped that part of the app more than I did, was never mentioned” — This sentence stacks two relative clauses with 'who' back to back, which is workable but a little heavy; 7.0 and 7.5 both break the second relative clause out into its own dash-linked aside, 'who shaped that screen more than I did', for a cleaner, more flexible structure.这句话把两个用 'who' 引导的定语从句叠放在一起，虽然可行，但略显笨重；7.0和7.5都把第二个定语从句拆分出来，变成一个由破折号引出的独立插入语 'who shaped that screen more than I did'，形成更干净、更灵活的结构。

   7.0 分

   Trims the opener to a short fragment plus the end-placed hedge 'honestly'.把开场白精简为一个简短的片段，并把缓和语 'honestly' 放在句末。

   No, and I've been on the wrong side of it, honestly. Our studio received an award for the hospital app, with my name on the certificate, and the nurse who told us what a frightened patient actually needs - who shaped that screen more than I did - was never mentioned anywhere. Recognition tends to go to the visible, the articulate and the people at the front, not necessarily the people who did the most. Some recognition is bought or engineered, and some just goes to luck. The honest response, I'd say, when you're recognised, is to name the people the certificate missed.

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   不，说实话，我曾经就是那个吃亏的一方。我们工作室因为那款医院应用获得了一个奖项，证书上写着我的名字，而那位告诉我们受惊的病人究竟需要什么、在那个界面上出力比我还多的护士——却从未在任何地方被提及。认可往往会给那些显眼的人、能说会道的人，还有站在台前的人，不一定是那些付出最多的人。有些认可是花钱买来的，或是刻意安排好的，还有一些纯粹是靠运气。我认为，诚实的做法是，当你获得认可时，主动说出证书上漏掉的那些人。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“No, and I've been on the wrong side of it, honestly.” — Trimming the opener to a short fragment plus the end-placed hedge 'honestly' is more compact than 6.5's fuller sentence; 7.5 removes 'honestly' entirely, relying on the bare claim for the same confident tone.把开场白精简为一个简短片段，并把缓和语 'honestly' 放在句末，这比6.5分中更完整的句子更紧凑；7.5则完全去掉了 'honestly'，仅靠不加修饰的论断来传达同样自信的语气。
   • LR“the visible, the articulate and the people at the front” — This nominalised list is a precise, almost rhetorical device; 7.5 keeps the exact same phrase, showing 7.0 had already found the sharpest wording here, with 7.5 mainly extending the surrounding sentences further.这个名词化的列举是一种精确、近乎修辞性的手法；7.5保留了完全相同的短语，说明7.0在这里已经找到了最犀利的措辞，而7.5主要是在进一步扩展周围的句子。
   • GRA“Some recognition is bought or engineered, and some just goes to luck.” — This two-part list joined by 'and' is the one moderately complex structure expected at 7.0; 7.5 splits the same content into two short separate sentences and adds a third, 'And some goes to people who genuinely earned it', extending the list further.这个用 'and' 连接的两项列举，是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的结构；7.5把同样的内容拆分成两个短的独立句子，并加入了第三项 'And some goes to people who genuinely earned it'，进一步扩展了这个列举。

   7.5 分

   Removes the hedge 'honestly' that 7.0 places at the end of the fragment, for a marginally leaner opener.去掉了7.0分放在片段末尾的缓和语 'honestly'，让开场白略微更精简一些。

   No, and I've been on the wrong side of it. Our studio received an award for the hospital app, with my name on the certificate, and the nurse who told us what a frightened patient actually needs - who shaped that screen more than I did - was never mentioned anywhere. Recognition tends to go to the visible, the articulate and the people at the front, not necessarily the people who did the most. Some recognition is bought or engineered. Some goes to luck. And some goes to people who genuinely earned it, which is why the system half works. The honest response, when you're recognised, is to name the people the certificate missed. I did, at the ceremony. It didn't change the certificate.

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   不，而且我曾经就是那个吃亏的一方。我们工作室因为那款医院应用获得了一个奖项，证书上写着我的名字，而那位告诉我们受惊的病人究竟需要什么、在那个界面上出力比我还多的护士——却从未在任何地方被提及。认可往往会给那些显眼的人、能说会道的人，还有站在台前的人，不一定是那些付出最多的人。有些认可是花钱买来的，或是刻意安排好的。有些纯粹靠运气。还有一些则给了那些真正凭实力赢得它的人，这也是为什么这套体系算是「半好使」。诚实的做法是，当你获得认可时，主动说出证书上漏掉的那些人。我在颁奖典礼上就这么做了。但证书并没有因此而改变。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“No, and I've been on the wrong side of it.” — Removing the hedge 'honestly' that 7.0 places at the end of the same fragment makes this opener marginally leaner, letting the blunt claim stand entirely on its own.去掉了7.0分在同一片段末尾保留的缓和语 'honestly'，让这个开场白略微更精简，使这个直白的论断完全独立地立住。
   • LR“which is why the system half works” — This compact evaluative aside, absent from 6.5 and 7.0, sums up the whole argument in a few words with the idiomatic phrase 'half works', showing a more original, economical final judgement.这个简练的评价性插入语，在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，它用习语化的短语 'half works' 几个字就概括了整个论点，展现出更有原创性、更精炼的最终判断。
   • GRA“I did, at the ceremony. It didn't change the certificate.” — These two short, blunt final sentences are a more flexible, understated closing device than the single longer 'the right thing to do' sentence used at 6.5 and 7.0, letting the irony speak for itself.这两个简短、直白的收尾句，比6.5分和7.0分中那种更长的单句 'the right thing to do' 更为灵活、更为含蓄，让反讽的意味不言自明。

5. 5. Do people believe positive comments about themselves more than negative comments?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Spells the claim out in a full sentence, 'I think it is actually the opposite', instead of a compact fragment.用一个完整的句子 'I think it is actually the opposite' 来阐明论点，而不是用一个简练的片段。

   I think it is actually the opposite - people usually believe negative comments more. For example, I can still remember one harsh review of my work, word for word, even though it was years ago, but I could not repeat a single one of the many compliments the same project got. I think people believe criticism more easily because it feels like real information, while praise can feel like just politeness. There are some exceptions - some people believe every compliment and ignore every criticism, which is not easy to work with. But generally, one negative comment stays with us more than several positive ones.

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   我认为实际情况正好相反——人们通常更容易相信负面评价。比如，我至今仍能一字不差地记得一条对我作品的尖锐评价，尽管那已经是好几年前的事了，但同一个项目收到的众多赞美之词，我却一句都复述不出来。我认为，人们更容易相信批评，是因为它感觉像是真实的信息，而赞美有时感觉只是一种客套。也有一些例外——有些人对每一句赞美都深信不疑，却对每一条批评都置之不理，这样的人共事起来并不容易。但总的来说，一条负面评价留在我们心里的时间，会比好几条正面评价加起来还要长。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I think it is actually the opposite” — 'I think it is actually the opposite' spells the claim out in a full sentence; 7.0 and 7.5 both compress this to the fragment 'The opposite, in my experience', dropping the verb entirely for a punchier start.'I think it is actually the opposite' 用一个完整句子阐明了论点；7.0和7.5都将其压缩成片段 'The opposite, in my experience'，完全省去了动词，开篇更有力度。
   • LR“just politeness” — 'just politeness' is plain; 7.0 and 7.5 both keep the same core idea but tighten the surrounding clause to 'praise feels more like politeness' / 'praise feels like politeness', a marginally cleaner comparative structure.'just politeness' 相当平实；7.0和7.5都保留了同样的核心想法，但把周围的分句收紧为 'praise feels more like politeness' / 'praise feels like politeness'，是一个略微更干净的比较结构。
   • GRA“For example, I can still remember one harsh review of my work, word for word, even though it was years ago, but I could not repeat a single one of the many compliments the same project got.” — This long sentence relies on 'even though... but' to link its two halves; 7.0 and 7.5 both restructure the same comparison with a cleaner 'and' link plus a dash-free flow, producing a tighter, more confident sentence.这个长句靠 'even though... but' 来连接它的两个部分；7.0和7.5都用更干净的 'and' 连接重组了同样的比较，并且不再使用破折号，句子因此更紧凑、更自信。

   7.0 分

   Drops the verb for the compact fragment 'The opposite, in my experience -' rather than a full sentence.省去了动词，用简练的片段 'The opposite, in my experience -' 取代了完整的句子。

   The opposite, in my experience - I can quote one harsh review of my work word for word, years later, and I couldn't repeat a single one of the hundred compliments the same project received. People tend to believe criticism more readily because it feels like information, and praise feels more like politeness; negative comments also match the private doubts most people already carry. There are exceptions, of course - some people accept every compliment and dismiss every criticism, and they're genuinely exhausting to work with. Generally, though, one negative comment outweighs several positive ones, which is worth remembering when you're the one giving feedback.

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   依我的经验来看，情况正好相反——多年之后，我仍能一字不差地引用一条对我作品的尖锐评价，但同一个项目收到的上百条赞美，我却连一条都复述不出来。人们往往更容易相信批评，因为它感觉像是信息，而赞美则更像是一种客套；负面评价也恰好契合了大多数人心中原本就存在的自我怀疑。当然也有例外——有些人对每一句赞美都全盘接受，却对每一条批评都不屑一顾，跟这样的人共事真的很累人。不过总的来说，一条负面评价的分量，胜过好几条正面评价，这一点在你给别人反馈时值得记住。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“The opposite, in my experience -” — Dropping the verb for the compact fragment 'The opposite, in my experience' is a more confident opener than 6.5's full sentence; 7.5 keeps this exact same fragment, showing 7.0 had already found the sharpest possible opening here.省去动词，用简练的片段 'The opposite, in my experience' 开篇，比6.5分中完整的句子更显自信；7.5保留了完全相同的这个片段，说明7.0在这里已经找到了最犀利的开篇方式。
   • LR“negative comments also match the private doubts most people already carry” — 'private doubts' is a precise, slightly literary phrase; 7.5 keeps the phrase almost unchanged, dropping only 'already', showing 7.0 had already reached this level of precision.'private doubts' 是一个精确、略带文学色彩的短语；7.5几乎原封不动地保留了这个短语，只是去掉了 'already'，说明7.0在这里已经达到了这种精确程度。
   • GRA“some people accept every compliment and dismiss every criticism, and they're genuinely exhausting to work with” — This is the one moderately complex sentence expected at 7.0, joining two ideas with 'and'; 7.5 keeps a nearly identical structure but adds a further separate sentence afterwards about praise from unexpected sources, extending the range of the answer.这是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的句子，用 'and' 连接了两个想法；7.5保留了几乎相同的结构，但在后面另加了一句关于「来自意外来源的赞美」的独立句子，扩展了答案的广度。

   7.5 分

   Uses a colon instead of 7.0's 'of course -' to introduce the exception, trimming the extra hedge.用冒号取代了7.0分中的 'of course -' 来引出例外，削减了多余的缓和语。

   The opposite, in my experience - I can quote one harsh review of my work word for word, years later, and I couldn't repeat a single one of the hundred compliments the same project received. People tend to believe criticism more readily because it feels like information, and praise feels like politeness; negative comments also match the private doubts most people carry. There are exceptions: some people accept every compliment and dismiss every criticism, and they're exhausting to work with. And praise from an unexpected source, like a stranger's email, tends to land where routine praise doesn't. Generally, though, one negative comment outweighs several positive ones, which is worth knowing when you're the one giving feedback.

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   依我的经验来看，情况正好相反——多年之后，我仍能一字不差地引用一条对我作品的尖锐评价，但同一个项目收到的上百条赞美，我却连一条都复述不出来。人们往往更容易相信批评，因为它感觉像是信息，而赞美则感觉像是一种客套；负面评价也恰好契合了大多数人心中原本就有的自我怀疑。也有例外：有些人对每一句赞美都全盘接受，却对每一条批评都不屑一顾，跟这样的人共事很累人。而来自意外来源的赞美，比如一个陌生人写来的邮件，往往比例行公事式的赞美更能触动人心。不过总的来说，一条负面评价的分量，胜过好几条正面评价，这一点在你给别人反馈时值得了解。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“There are exceptions: some people accept every compliment and dismiss every criticism, and they're exhausting to work with.” — Using a colon instead of 7.0's 'of course -' to introduce the exception is a marginally tighter, more essay-like transition, trimming the hedge 'of course' that 7.0 still includes.用冒号取代7.0分中的 'of course -' 来引出例外，这是一个略微更紧凑、更像书面论说文的过渡方式，削去了7.0分中仍保留的缓和语 'of course'。
   • LR“praise from an unexpected source, like a stranger's email, tends to land where routine praise doesn't” — This extra observation, absent from 6.5 and 7.0, adds a further nuanced idea using the precise phrase 'routine praise', broadening the argument's range beyond the simpler exceptions clause.这个额外的观察，在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，它用精确的短语 'routine praise' 增添了一层更细致的想法，把论证的范围拓展到了更简单的例外从句之外。
   • GRA“And praise from an unexpected source, like a stranger's email, tends to land where routine praise doesn't.” — This additional sentence, built around a relative-style 'where' clause, extends the answer with one more connected idea beyond what 6.5 or 7.0 include, showing the fuller range expected at 7.5.这句额外的句子，围绕一个类似定语从句的 'where' 从句构建，为答案延伸出了一个超出6.5分和7.0分范围的关联想法，展现出7.5分中预期出现的更全面的广度。

6. 6. Is it possible to give too much encouragement to children?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Spells the stance out fully with 'Yes, I think so, and I have seen the results.'用 'Yes, I think so, and I have seen the results.' 完整地表明了立场。

   Yes, I think so, and I have seen the results. There is a boy at my niece's school who has been told he is brilliant at everything since he was born, and now he cannot accept any correction at all - the first teacher who marked his work honestly was even reported to the head teacher. If you encourage everything, a child learns that praise is automatic, so it stops meaning anything. It can also stop them from experiencing failure and learning to recover from it. I think the answer is not less warmth, but more honest and specific praise.

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   是的，我这么认为，而且我亲眼见过这样的结果。我侄女学校里有个男孩，从出生起就一直被夸什么都很厉害，结果现在他完全无法接受任何纠正——第一个老实给他打分的老师，甚至还被举报到了校长那里。如果你对什么都给予鼓励，孩子就会学到表扬是自动给的，于是表扬也就失去了意义。这也会让孩子失去体验失败、学习如何从失败中恢复的机会。我认为答案不是减少关爱，而是给予更诚实、更具体的表扬。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Yes, I think so, and I have seen the results.” — The full hedge 'Yes, I think so, and I have seen the results.' spells the stance out plainly; 7.0 trims this to 'Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.', and 7.5 removes 'pretty' for the even tighter 'Yes, and the results are recognisable.'完整的缓和语 'Yes, I think so, and I have seen the results.' 平白地表明了立场；7.0将其精简为 'Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.'；7.5则去掉了 'pretty'，变成更紧凑的 'Yes, and the results are recognisable.'
   • LR“cannot accept any correction at all” — 'cannot accept any correction at all' is plain; 7.0 and 7.5 both tighten this to the more idiomatic 'can't tolerate any correction at all', a slightly stronger verb choice.'cannot accept any correction at all' 相当平实；7.0和7.5都将其收紧为更地道的 'can't tolerate any correction at all'，动词选择略微更有力。
   • GRA“If you encourage everything, a child learns that praise is automatic, so it stops meaning anything.” — This conditional 'If you... a child learns' sentence is plain and direct; 7.0 and 7.5 both restructure the same idea without the conditional, as 'Encouragement for everything teaches a child that praise is automatic', a more compact subject-first construction.这个 'If you... a child learns' 的条件句平实、直接；7.0和7.5都不用条件句而重组了同样的想法，变成 'Encouragement for everything teaches a child that praise is automatic'，这是一个更紧凑的、以主语开头的结构。

   7.0 分

   Trims the opener to 'Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.' rather than 6.5's fuller sentence.把开场白精简为 'Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.'，而不是6.5分中更完整的句子。

   Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable. There's a boy at my niece's school who's been told he's brilliant at everything since birth, and he now can't tolerate any correction at all; the first teacher who marked him honestly was reported to the head. Encouragement for everything teaches a child that praise is automatic, so it stops meaning anything, and it leaves them without the experience of doing badly and recovering. It can also produce children who work for the praise rather than the thing itself. The fix, I'd say, isn't less warmth but more accuracy: praise real effort, and be honest when something isn't good.

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   是的，而且这种结果相当容易辨认。我侄女学校里有个男孩，从出生起就一直被夸什么都很厉害，现在他完全无法忍受任何纠正；第一个老实给他打分的老师，被举报到了校长那里。对什么都给予鼓励，会让孩子学到表扬是自动给的，于是它就不再有任何意义，也会让孩子失去体验失败、并从中恢复过来的经历。这还可能造就出一些孩子，他们努力是为了得到表扬，而不是为了事情本身。我认为，解决办法不是减少关爱，而是更准确：表扬真正的努力，在事情做得不好时也要诚实地说出来。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.” — Trimming the hedge to the short fragment 'Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.' is more compact than 6.5's fuller sentence; 7.5 drops 'pretty' entirely for the leanest version, 'Yes, and the results are recognisable.'把缓和语精简为简短片段 'Yes, and the results are pretty recognisable.'，比6.5分中更完整的句子更紧凑；7.5则完全去掉了 'pretty'，变成最精简的版本 'Yes, and the results are recognisable.'
   • LR“can't tolerate any correction at all” — 'tolerate' is a stronger, more idiomatic verb than 6.5's plain 'accept'; 7.5 keeps this exact phrase, showing 7.0 had already reached the right register here.'tolerate' 是一个比6.5分中平实的 'accept' 更有力、更地道的动词；7.5保留了这个确切的短语，说明7.0在这里已经达到了正确的语域。
   • GRA“Encouragement for everything teaches a child that praise is automatic, so it stops meaning anything, and it leaves them without the experience of doing badly and recovering.” — This long sentence strings three ideas together with 'so... and', the one moderately complex structure expected at 7.0; 7.5 keeps this exact sentence unchanged, showing it already reaches 7.5-level fluency, and instead extends the answer with more specific closing advice.这个长句用 'so... and' 把三个想法串联在一起，是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的结构；7.5完全保留了这个句子，说明它已经达到了7.5分的流畅度，转而在答案末尾加入了更具体的建议来延伸内容。

   7.5 分

   Removes 'pretty' that softens 7.0's version, for the leanest possible opener.去掉了软化7.0分版本的 'pretty'，形成尽可能精简的开场白。

   Yes, and the results are recognisable. There's a boy at my niece's school who has been told he's brilliant at everything since birth, and he now can't tolerate any correction at all; the first teacher who marked him honestly was reported to the head. Encouragement for everything teaches a child that praise is automatic, so it stops meaning anything, and it leaves them without the experience of doing badly and recovering. It can also produce children who work for the praise rather than for the thing. The fix isn't less warmth but more accuracy: praise effort and real improvement, name specifically what was good, and be honest when something isn't. Children can tell the difference between being encouraged and being flattered.

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   是的，而且这种结果是容易辨认的。我侄女学校里有个男孩，从出生起就一直被夸什么都很厉害，现在他完全无法忍受任何纠正；第一个老实给他打分的老师，被举报到了校长那里。对什么都给予鼓励，会让孩子学到表扬是自动给的，于是它就不再有任何意义，也会让孩子失去体验失败、并从中恢复过来的经历。这还可能造就出一些孩子，他们努力是为了得到表扬，而不是为了事情本身。解决办法不是减少关爱，而是更准确：表扬努力和真正的进步，具体说出好在哪里，在事情做得不好时也要诚实地说出来。孩子分得清被鼓励和被奉承之间的区别。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Yes, and the results are recognisable.” — Removing 'pretty' that softens 7.0's version makes this the leanest, most assertive of the three openers, letting the bare claim stand without qualification.去掉了软化7.0分版本的 'pretty'，使这个开场白成为三个版本中最精简、最果断的一个，让这个不加修饰的论断毫无保留地立住。
   • LR“Children can tell the difference between being encouraged and being flattered.” — This closing sentence introduces the precise, evaluative distinction between 'encouraged' and 'flattered', a sharper vocabulary contrast than anything in 6.5 or 7.0, and gives the answer a memorable final line.这句收尾句引入了「被鼓励」和「被奉承」之间精确的、评价性的区分，这是一个比6.5分和7.0分中任何词汇都更犀利的对比，也为答案增添了一句令人印象深刻的收尾。
   • GRA“praise effort and real improvement, name specifically what was good, and be honest when something isn't” — This three-part imperative list is more compact and prescriptive than 7.0's single 'praise real effort, and be honest' clause, packing an extra piece of specific advice into the same sentence structure.这个三部分的祈使句列举，比7.0分中单一的 'praise real effort, and be honest' 分句更紧凑、更具指导性，在同样的句子结构中塞入了一条额外的具体建议。

7. 7. How important are positive and negative feedback for adults at work?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Spells out the claim plainly with 'I think... very important' rather than a compact fragment.用 'I think... very important' 平白地阐明了论点，而不是用一个简练的片段。

   I think both kinds of feedback are very important, and having neither is worse than having a bad version of either. Our studio once had a manager who gave no feedback at all for a year - no praise, no criticism - and it was the most stressful year I have worked, because nobody knew where they stood, and three people left. Positive feedback tells people what to keep doing, and without it, good people may quietly think they are failing. Negative feedback, given privately, is how people improve, and without it, mistakes just keep repeating.

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   我认为这两种反馈都非常重要，完全没有反馈，比有一种不太好的反馈更糟糕。我们工作室曾经有一位经理，整整一年都没有给过任何反馈——既没有表扬，也没有批评——那是我工作以来压力最大的一年，因为没有人知道自己做得怎么样，结果有三个人离职了。正面反馈会告诉人们该继续做什么，如果没有它，表现好的人可能会默默地以为自己做得很失败。而私下给出的负面反馈，才是让人进步的方式，没有它，错误就会不断重演。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I think both kinds of feedback are very important” — This full sentence spells out the claim plainly with 'I think... very important'; 7.0 compresses this into the fragment 'Both are essential, I'd say,', and 7.5 removes the hedge entirely for the bare 'Both are essential,'.这个完整的句子用 'I think... very important' 平白地阐明了论点；7.0将其压缩为片段 'Both are essential, I'd say,'；7.5则完全去掉了缓和语，变成不加修饰的 'Both are essential,'。
   • LR“the most stressful year I have worked” — 'the most stressful year I have worked' is plain; 7.0 and 7.5 both upgrade this to the more precise 'the most anxious year I've worked', a marginally sharper emotional word.'the most stressful year I have worked' 相当平实；7.0和7.5都将其升级为更精确的 'the most anxious year I've worked'，用词在情感表达上略微更犀利。
   • GRA“Positive feedback tells people what to keep doing, and without it, good people may quietly think they are failing.” — This sentence joins two ideas with 'and'; 7.0 and 7.5 both split the same idea into two clauses linked by a semicolon instead, packing in an extra idea along the way.这句话用 'and' 连接了两个想法；7.0和7.5都改用分号把同样的想法拆分成两个分句，并在其中多塞入了一个想法。

   7.0 分

   Compresses the opener to a fragment plus mid-placed hedge 'I'd say' rather than 6.5's full sentence.把开场白压缩为一个片段，加上句中插入的缓和语 'I'd say'，而不是6.5分中完整的句子。

   Both are essential, I'd say, and the absence of either is worse than a bad version of it. Our studio went through a year under a manager who gave no feedback whatsoever - no praise, no criticism - and it was probably the most anxious year I've worked, because nobody knew where they stood, and three people quietly left. Positive feedback tells people what to keep doing and that their work is actually seen; without it, good people tend to assume they're failing. Negative feedback, given specifically and privately, is how anyone improves; without it, mistakes just repeat until they become habits.

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   我认为两者都不可或缺，完全缺失其中任何一种，都比它的一个不太好的版本更糟糕。我们工作室有一年，经理完全没有给过任何反馈——既没有表扬，也没有批评——那可能是我工作以来最焦虑的一年，因为没有人知道自己做得怎么样，结果有三个人悄悄离职了。正面反馈会告诉人们该继续做什么，也让他们知道自己的工作确实被看到了；如果没有它，表现好的人往往会以为自己正在失败。而具体、私下给出的负面反馈，才是让任何人进步的方式；没有它，错误就会不断重复，直到变成习惯。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Both are essential, I'd say, and the absence of either is worse than a bad version of it.” — Compressing the opener to a fragment plus mid-placed hedge 'I'd say' is tighter than 6.5's full sentence; 7.5 removes the hedge entirely, asserting the same claim with full confidence.把开场白压缩为一个片段，加上句中插入的缓和语 'I'd say'，比6.5分中完整的句子更紧凑；7.5则完全去掉了这个缓和语，以十足的信心陈述同样的论点。
   • LR“the most anxious year I've worked” — 'anxious' is a more precise emotional word than 6.5's general 'stressful'; 7.5 keeps this exact word, showing 7.0 had already reached the right register here.'anxious' 是一个比6.5分中笼统的 'stressful' 更精确的情感词；7.5保留了这个确切的用词，说明7.0在这里已经达到了正确的语域。
   • GRA“Positive feedback tells people what to keep doing and that their work is actually seen; without it, good people tend to assume they're failing.” — This semicolon-linked sentence packing two ideas together is the one moderately complex structure expected at 7.0; 7.5 keeps an almost identical sentence, trimming only 'actually' and 'tend to', showing the structure was already strong at 7.0.这个用分号连接、把两个想法压缩在一起的句子，是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的结构；7.5几乎保留了完全相同的句子，只是删去了 'actually' 和 'tend to'，说明这个结构在7.0分时就已经相当扎实了。

   7.5 分

   Removes the hedge 'I'd say' that 7.0 keeps mid-sentence, stating the claim as a flat fact.去掉了7.0分保留在句中的缓和语 'I'd say'，把这个论点当作一个平实的事实来陈述。

   Both are essential, and the absence of either is worse than a bad version of it. Our studio went through a year under a manager who gave no feedback whatsoever - no praise, no criticism - and it was the most anxious year I've worked, because nobody knew where they stood, and three people left. Positive feedback tells people what to keep doing and that their work is seen; without it, good people quietly assume they're failing. Negative feedback, given specifically and privately, is how anyone improves; without it, mistakes repeat until they become habits. Adults say they want honesty and mostly do, provided it's fair and comes from someone who also notices the good.

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   两者都不可或缺，完全缺失其中任何一种，都比它的一个不太好的版本更糟糕。我们工作室有一年，经理完全没有给过任何反馈——既没有表扬，也没有批评——那是我工作以来最焦虑的一年，因为没有人知道自己做得怎么样，结果有三个人离职了。正面反馈会告诉人们该继续做什么，也让他们知道自己的工作确实被看到了；如果没有它，表现好的人会默默地以为自己正在失败。而具体、私下给出的负面反馈，才是让任何人进步的方式；没有它，错误就会不断重复，直到变成习惯。成年人嘴上说想要诚实，而且大多数时候也确实如此，前提是这种诚实是公平的，并且来自一个也会注意到你做得好的地方的人。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Both are essential, and the absence of either is worse than a bad version of it.” — Removing the hedge 'I'd say' that 7.0 keeps mid-sentence makes this the most direct and confident of the three openers, stating the claim as a flat fact.去掉了7.0分保留在句中的缓和语 'I'd say'，使这个开场白成为三个版本中最直接、最自信的一个，把论点当作一个平实的事实来陈述。
   • LR“Adults say they want honesty and mostly do, provided it's fair and comes from someone who also notices the good.” — This closing sentence, absent from 6.5 and 7.0, adds a further nuanced reflection on how adults actually receive feedback, broadening the answer's range with more precise, conditional phrasing ('provided it's fair').这句收尾句，在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，增添了一层关于成年人实际如何接受反馈的更细致的思考，用更精确的条件式表达（'provided it's fair'）拓宽了答案的广度。
   • GRA“Negative feedback, given specifically and privately, is how anyone improves; without it, mistakes repeat until they become habits.” — This sentence keeps 7.0's structure almost exactly but drops 'just', a tiny trim that shows the tightening typical of 7.5, paired with the extra final sentence that extends the overall range of the answer.这句话几乎完全保留了7.0分的结构，但删去了 'just'，这个微小的删减体现了7.5分中典型的收紧手法，再加上最后额外加入的一句，扩展了答案的整体广度。

8. 8. In what situations do people say positive things that they do not really mean?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Spells the claim out fully with 'I think... usually for good reasons' rather than a compact fragment.用 'I think... usually for good reasons' 完整地阐明了论点，而不是用一个简练的片段。

   I think people say things they do not mean quite often, usually for good reasons. For example, I told my cousin her wedding dress was beautiful, even though it was too late to change it anyway. I have also said 'interesting idea' to a client whose idea was actually bad, just to keep the conversation going. In Vietnamese culture, saying pleasant things is also a normal way to keep everyone comfortable. People give false praise to avoid arguments, to protect someone's feelings, or sometimes just because it is easier than giving a real answer. I think the problem starts when it replaces honest feedback that could actually help.

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   我认为人们相当经常说一些言不由衷的话，而且通常都是出于好意。比如，我曾对表妹说她的婚纱很漂亮，尽管当时改都来不及了。我也曾对一位客户说「这个想法很有意思」，尽管那个想法其实很糟糕，只是为了让谈话继续下去。在越南文化中，说些让人愉快的话，也是让大家都感到自在的一种常规方式。人们说违心的好话，是为了避免争吵、照顾对方的感受，或者有时候仅仅是因为这样比给出真实的回答更省事。我认为，问题出现在这种做法取代了本可以真正有帮助的诚实反馈的时候。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“I think people say things they do not mean quite often, usually for good reasons.” — This full sentence spells the claim out with 'I think... usually for good reasons'; 7.0 compresses this into the fragment 'Constantly, I'd say, and often for good reasons.', and 7.5 removes the hedge entirely for the bare 'Constantly, and often for good reasons.'这个完整的句子用 'I think... usually for good reasons' 阐明了论点；7.0将其压缩为片段 'Constantly, I'd say, and often for good reasons.'；7.5则完全去掉了缓和语，变成不加修饰的 'Constantly, and often for good reasons.'
   • LR“keep the conversation going” — 'keep the conversation going' is plain; 7.0 and 7.5 both tighten this to the more idiomatic 'keep a conversation alive', a slightly more vivid verb choice.'keep the conversation going' 相当平实；7.0和7.5都将其收紧为更地道的 'keep a conversation alive'，动词选择略微更生动。
   • GRA“People give false praise to avoid arguments, to protect someone's feelings, or sometimes just because it is easier than giving a real answer.” — This is a three-item list joined loosely with 'or'; 7.0 restructures the list using 'to... to... and out of' for more parallel structure, and 7.5 extends the same list to four items, adding 'to flatter someone with power over them'.这是一个用 'or' 松散连接的三项列举；7.0用 'to... to... and out of' 重组了这个列举，形成更工整的并列结构；7.5则把同样的列举扩展为四项，加入了 'to flatter someone with power over them'。

   7.0 分

   Compresses the opener to a fragment plus mid-placed hedge, tighter than 6.5's full sentence.把开场白压缩成一个片段，加上句中插入的缓和语，比6.5分中完整的句子更紧凑。

   Constantly, I'd say, and often for good reasons. I told my cousin her wedding dress was beautiful when it was too late to change it; I've said 'interesting idea' to clients whose idea was terrible, just to keep a conversation alive; and a lot of Vietnamese politeness is really about saying pleasant things to preserve everyone's face. People give insincere praise to avoid conflict, to spare feelings when honesty would help nobody, and out of simple laziness, since 'great' is easier than a real response. The damage comes, though, when it replaces honest feedback in situations where the truth could still change something.

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   我想说，这种情况经常发生，而且往往是出于好意。我曾对表妹说她的婚纱很漂亮，那时改都来不及了；我也曾对客户说「想法很有意思」，尽管那个想法其实很糟糕，只是为了让谈话继续下去；而越南人的许多礼貌，说到底就是通过说好听的话来维护大家的面子。人们说违心的赞美，是为了避免冲突、在诚实无济于事时照顾对方的感受，或者仅仅是出于懒惰，因为说一句「很棒」比给出真实的回应更省事。不过，真正造成伤害的，是当这种做法取代了诚实反馈的时候——而在那些情况下，说真话本来还能改变些什么。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Constantly, I'd say, and often for good reasons.” — Compressing the opener to a fragment plus mid-placed hedge is tighter than 6.5's full sentence; 7.5 removes the hedge entirely for the even leaner 'Constantly, and often for good reasons.'把开场白压缩成一个片段，加上句中插入的缓和语，比6.5分中完整的句子更紧凑；7.5则完全去掉了这个缓和语，变成更精简的 'Constantly, and often for good reasons.'
   • LR“keep a conversation alive” — This personifying phrase is more vivid than 6.5's plain 'keep the conversation going'; 7.5 keeps the exact same phrase, showing 7.0 had already found the sharper wording here.这个拟人化的短语比6.5分中平实的 'keep the conversation going' 更生动；7.5保留了完全相同的短语，说明7.0在这里已经找到了更犀利的措辞。
   • GRA“People give insincere praise to avoid conflict, to spare feelings when honesty would help nobody, and out of simple laziness, since 'great' is easier than a real response.” — This three-part parallel list is the one moderately complex structure expected at 7.0; 7.5 extends the same list to four items, inserting 'to flatter someone with power over them' as an extra parallel branch.这个三部分的并列列举，是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的结构；7.5把同样的列举扩展为四项，插入了 'to flatter someone with power over them' 作为额外的并列分支。

   7.5 分

   Removes the hedge 'I'd say' that 7.0 keeps mid-sentence, for the leanest opener of the three.去掉了7.0分保留在句中的缓和语 'I'd say'，成为三个版本中最精简的开场白。

   Constantly, and often for good reasons. I told my cousin her wedding dress was beautiful when it was too late to change it; I've said 'interesting idea' to clients whose idea was terrible, to keep a conversation alive; and half of Vietnamese politeness is saying pleasant things to preserve everyone's face. People give insincere praise to avoid conflict, to spare feelings when honesty would help nobody, to flatter someone with power over them, and out of simple laziness, because 'great' is easier than a real response. It happens at gifts, at performances, at meals cooked by friends. The damage comes when it replaces honest feedback in situations where the truth could still change something. Kindness and cowardice use the same words.

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   这种情况经常发生，而且往往是出于好意。我曾对表妹说她的婚纱很漂亮，那时改都来不及了；我也曾对客户说「想法很有意思」，尽管那个想法其实很糟糕，只是为了让谈话继续下去；而越南人有一半的礼貌，说到底就是通过说好听的话来维护大家的面子。人们说违心的赞美，是为了避免冲突、在诚实无济于事时照顾对方的感受、讨好那些对自己有权力的人，或者仅仅是出于懒惰，因为说一句「很棒」比给出真实的回应更省事。这种情况会出现在收礼物时、看表演时，也会出现在朋友做的饭菜面前。真正造成伤害的，是当这种做法取代了诚实反馈的时候——而在那些情况下，说真话本来还能改变些什么。善意和怯懦，用的其实是同一套话语。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Constantly, and often for good reasons.” — Removing the hedge 'I'd say' that 7.0 keeps mid-sentence makes this the most direct and confident of the three openers.去掉了7.0分保留在句中的缓和语 'I'd say'，使这个开场白成为三个版本中最直接、最自信的一个。
   • LR“Kindness and cowardice use the same words.” — This closing aphorism, entirely new at 7.5, condenses the whole answer's tension into a punchy, original final line well beyond anything in 6.5 or 7.0.这句收尾的格言式表达，是7.5分中全新出现的内容，把整个答案的张力浓缩进一句有力、原创的收尾之中，远远超出了6.5分和7.0分中的任何表达。
   • GRA“It happens at gifts, at performances, at meals cooked by friends.” — This extra short listing sentence, absent from 6.5 and 7.0, adds a further layer of concrete examples in a compact parallel structure before the closing reflection.这句额外的简短列举句，在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，它用一个紧凑的并列结构增添了一层具体的例子，为收尾的反思做了铺垫。

9. 9. Do people who have achieved public recognition have certain responsibilities to society?

   2026年5–8月
   查看这道题的6.5 / 7.0 / 7.5三档对比

   6.5 分

   Uses the slightly clunky opener 'roughly according to' rather than a more natural collocation.使用了略显笨拙的开场表达 'roughly according to'，而不是更自然的搭配。

   I think they do, roughly according to how much the recognition gives them. The hospital director took the award our app received and used it to successfully ask for more funding for older patients - she used the recognition for something, instead of just keeping it. Recognised people have attention, and attention is something most causes do not have, so using none of it for anything beyond yourself feels wasteful. They also owe honesty about how the recognition happened. I would not say every famous person must become an activist, but doing no harm with the platform seems like the minimum.

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   我认为他们有这样的责任，大致上要看这份认可给了他们多少东西。那位医院院长利用我们的应用获得的这个奖项，成功地为老年病人争取到了更多资金——她把这份认可用在了实际的事情上，而不是只把它留给自己。被认可的人拥有关注度，而关注度是大多数公益事业所缺乏的东西，所以如果完全不把它用在超出自身之外的事情上，就显得有些浪费。他们还应该诚实地说明这份认可是如何获得的。我不会说每个出名的人都必须变成一个社会活动家，但至少不利用自己的影响力去做有害的事，这似乎是最基本的要求。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“roughly according to how much the recognition gives them” — This opener uses 'roughly according to' - workable but slightly clunky; 7.0 and 7.5 both tighten this to the more natural collocation 'roughly in proportion to', a more precise, idiomatic phrase.这个开场用了 'roughly according to'——可以理解，但略显笨拙；7.0和7.5都将其收紧为更自然的搭配 'roughly in proportion to'，是一个更精确、更地道的短语。
   • LR“something most causes do not have” — 'something most causes do not have' is plain description; 7.0 and 7.5 both upgrade this to 'a resource most causes lack', turning the idea into a sharper noun phrase with a more precise verb.'something most causes do not have' 是平实的描述；7.0和7.5都将其升级为 'a resource most causes lack'，把这个想法变成了一个更犀利的名词短语，动词也更精确。
   • GRA“Recognised people have attention, and attention is something most causes do not have, so using none of it for anything beyond yourself feels wasteful.” — This long sentence chains three ideas with 'and... so'; 7.0 and 7.5 both split the same content across a semicolon instead, for a tighter, more deliberate rhythm.这个长句用 'and... so' 串联了三个想法；7.0和7.5都改用分号把同样的内容拆分开来，形成更紧凑、更从容的节奏。

   7.0 分

   Tightens 6.5's slightly clunky opener into the more natural collocation 'roughly in proportion to'.把6.5分中略显笨拙的开场收紧为更自然的搭配 'roughly in proportion to'。

   I think they do, roughly in proportion to how much the recognition gives them. The hospital director took the award our app received and used it to argue, successfully, for more funding for older patients - she treated recognition as something to spend rather than keep, which seems about right. Recognised people have attention, and attention is a resource most causes lack; using none of it for anything beyond themselves feels like waste. They also owe honesty about how the recognition happened, and credit to the people it missed. I wouldn't demand every famous person become an activist, though - the minimum is simply to do no harm with the platform.

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   我认为他们有这样的责任，大致上要与这份认可给他们带来的东西成正比。那位医院院长利用我们的应用获得的这个奖项，成功地为老年病人争取到了更多资金——她把这份认可当作可以花出去的东西，而不是留着不用，这似乎是恰当的做法。被认可的人拥有关注度，而关注度正是大多数公益事业所缺乏的资源；如果完全不把它用在超出自身之外的事情上，就显得像是浪费。他们还应该诚实地说明这份认可是如何获得的，并把应有的功劳归还给那些被遗漏的人。不过，我不会要求每个出名的人都变成社会活动家——最基本的要求，就是不利用自己的影响力去做有害的事。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“roughly in proportion to how much the recognition gives them” — Tightening 6.5's slightly clunky 'roughly according to' into the more natural 'roughly in proportion to' shows a small but real upgrade in idiomatic precision; 7.5 keeps this exact phrase unchanged, showing 7.0 had already found the right wording here.把6.5分中略显笨拙的 'roughly according to' 收紧为更自然的 'roughly in proportion to'，展现出一个虽小却真实的地道性升级；7.5原封不动地保留了这个短语，说明7.0在这里已经找到了正确的措辞。
   • LR“a resource most causes lack” — This precise noun-based phrase is sharper than 6.5's wordier 'something most causes do not have'; 7.5 keeps the phrase identical, showing 7.0 had already reached the right register.这个以名词为核心的精确短语，比6.5分中更冗长的 'something most causes do not have' 更犀利；7.5保留了完全相同的短语，说明7.0已经达到了正确的语域。
   • GRA“They also owe honesty about how the recognition happened, and credit to the people it missed.” — This is the one moderately complex sentence expected at 7.0, joining two obligations with 'and'; 7.5 keeps this sentence almost unchanged but extends the closing part of the answer with two further short sentences for a fuller conclusion.这是7.0分中预期出现的那种中等复杂度的句子，用 'and' 连接了两项责任；7.5几乎原封不动地保留了这个句子，但在答案的结尾部分又加入了两句简短的句子，形成更完整的结论。

   7.5 分

   Introduces the limit with the cleft construction 'Where I'd stop is...' rather than plain negation.用分裂句结构 'Where I'd stop is...' 来引出这一限度，而不是用平白的否定句。

   I think they do, roughly in proportion to how much the recognition gives them. The hospital director took the award our app received and used it to argue, successfully, for more funding for older patients - she treated recognition as something to spend rather than keep, and that seems right. Recognised people have attention, and attention is a resource most causes lack; using none of it for anything beyond themselves feels like waste. They also owe honesty about how the recognition happened, and credit to the people it missed. Where I'd stop is demanding that every famous person become an activist. The minimum is to do no harm with the platform and to remember who made it possible. Anything beyond that is admirable, not required.

   查看中文翻译

   我认为他们有这样的责任，大致上要与这份认可给他们带来的东西成正比。那位医院院长利用我们的应用获得的这个奖项，成功地为老年病人争取到了更多资金——她把这份认可当作可以花出去的东西，而不是留着不用，这似乎是对的。被认可的人拥有关注度，而关注度正是大多数公益事业所缺乏的资源；如果完全不把它用在超出自身之外的事情上，就显得像是浪费。他们还应该诚实地说明这份认可是如何获得的，并把应有的功劳归还给那些被遗漏的人。我的底线是，不要求每个出名的人都变成社会活动家。最基本的要求，是不利用自己的影响力去做有害的事，并记住是谁让这一切成为可能。超出这些的部分，值得称道，但并非必须。

   为什么是这个分数

   • FC“Where I'd stop is demanding that every famous person become an activist.” — This cleft 'Where I'd stop is...' construction is a more flexible, deliberate way of introducing a limit than 6.5's plain 'I would not say...' or 7.0's 'I wouldn't demand... though', both of which use more ordinary negation.这个分裂句结构 'Where I'd stop is...' 是一种比6.5分中平白的 'I would not say...' 或7.0分中 'I wouldn't demand... though' 更灵活、更从容的方式来引出这一限度，这两者用的都是更普通的否定句。
   • LR“Anything beyond that is admirable, not required.” — This closing contrast, 'admirable, not required', is a compact, evaluative final judgement absent from both 6.5 and 7.0, giving the answer a sharper, more considered closing line.这个收尾的对比，'admirable, not required'，是一个简练的、带评价性的最终判断，在6.5分和7.0分中都没有出现，为答案增添了一句更犀利、更周全的收尾。
   • GRA“The minimum is to do no harm with the platform and to remember who made it possible.” — Extending 7.0's single 'the minimum is simply to do no harm' into a two-part parallel infinitive structure ('to do no harm... and to remember...') packs in an additional idea within the same sentence, showing the fuller range typical of 7.5.把7.0分中单一的 'the minimum is simply to do no harm' 扩展为一个两部分并列的不定式结构（'to do no harm... and to remember...'），在同一个句子中塞入了一个额外的想法，展现出7.5分典型的更全面的广度。