托福口语真题速递

your professor has offered you the opportunity to help him with some important research this weekend , however you have made plans to travel to your hometown this weekend to attend your sister’s birthday party , what will you do ? explain the reasons for your choice .

反面观点：

from my perspective , travelling to my hometown this weekend to attend my sister’s birthday party is definitely a better choice than helping my professor with some important research , for real .

here is my first reason , personally speaking , family relationship is what matters most in the world , I would never ever sacrifice such a chance of being together with sister celebrating her special day for something academic on campus , for instance ,....

secondly , 

as for a student in university , weekend is something uniquely made for me to have fun and unwind , helping my professor with his research takes up a lot of my time that is supposed to be enjoyed , it is kind of unfair , for example ,....

正面观点：

from my perspective , helping my professor with some important research this weekend is definitely a better choice than travelling to my hometown to attend my sister’s birthday party , for real .

here is my first reason , engaging in a research project enables me to accumulate useful experience in doing independent self studying in the days to come , meanwhile there will be a lot of knowledge to be acquired this way , for example ,.....

secondly ,

the opportunity of helping my professor with important research is scarce and invaluable , however a birthday party of my sister or any loved ones is held on a yearly basis , which can be attended next year or some other year , for instance ,....