Some people think that secondary school students should study international news as one of their subjects; but others believe that it is waste of their valuable study time. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

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the technology improvement,
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got the latest
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easier than before. So some
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advice
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the secondary
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should open a new course about the international
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. But others disagree
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think
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waste
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a waste
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of the
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study
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time. In recent
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, the global environment has
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huge change
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everything not only political. All of the
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should
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what happened in the world
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. In my view that will decide their future.
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, most Chinese secondary
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students
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focus
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first big exam in their three
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, it is ‘Zhong Kao’, but
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these year
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, the exams
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titles not only from their lesson books, some from the latest international
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. So if they don’t know what happened in the world, they can not
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get
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best achievement. In fact,
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international
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is not important to become a course in the
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. In secondary
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,
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only have three
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to
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there
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essential courses.
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, they cannot waste their valuable time. I
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some
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disagree
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with these
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suggestions about
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study
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international
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. I agree
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known
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international
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is very useful for their life. And it will become a good habit but it
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necessary
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a
courses
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to spend a
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time
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study
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.
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, I agree with the
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people
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advice
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should
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international
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to
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the global
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change. But in my opinion,
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just
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by themselves
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enough. Because in the three
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,
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need to prepare
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first big exam that should be significant.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • Global awareness
  • Critical thinking
  • Global citizenship
  • Cultural diversity
  • Communication skills
  • Historical context
  • World affairs
  • Academic subjects
  • Bias
  • Misinformation
  • Age-appropriate
  • Media literacy
  • Educational enrichment
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