【正确答案】1. Which do you prefer, further education or a job?
I prefer to have further education. Most of my classmates will study in high school after middle school education. It's important to learn as much as one can. The competitions of looking for a job are more and more serious. We have to get degrees to be qualified for some positions.
2. What job will you prefer?
I want to become a doctor. Although it requires more college years to become a doctor, I think 5 or 7 years' hard work is worthwhile. Doctors can help people out of pains and sufferings. What they can do is really unreplaceable. If I can be a doctor, I will devote myself to this career.
3. Do you think social status is important?
Yes, I do. Although a happy life is not necessarily related with social status, people do make friends within their social circles. We can ignore social status, but it really exists. And it's especially important for businessman and politicians. They can have more influence if they have higher social status. Rising high in society is also a symbol of one's success. I am no exception.
4. What's your view on the increasing divorce rate in China?
Today, the world is changing rapidly as well as people's mind. Some people especially women don't want to sacrifice their own careers to support their spouses. Some people are lured by the lust of money and want to pursue richer life. People in a family cannot be happy without a solid financial foundation.
5. How different is your life from the lives of your parents?
My life is very different from my parents' lives. My life is much more comfortable and the opportunities offered by the society are more. My parents were born in 1960s. Many things were in short and people could obtain the amount of meat, rice, cloth, etc, distributed by the government. People got in touch with each other only by letters. Now, information can be sent in a second by internet. The world is becoming smaller and smaller.