It Pays to Be Honest
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to
write a short essay on the topic of students selecting their lecturers.
You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1. 当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象。
2. 诚实利人利已，做人应该诚实。
范文 1
It Pays to Be Honest
What is honesty? It means speaking the truth and being fair and
upright in action. Considered a virtue, it is admired in every country
and every culture. He who lies and cheats is dishonest. Dishonesty
is generally despised and condemned by everyone.
However, there are lots of people who try to get benefits by dishonest
means. For example, many students copy the papers written by others or
cheat at examinations in order to get higher marks. The same thing may be
said of some producers who try to get rich by making fake and poor products.
Those people may succeed for a time, but sooner or later, they will get nothing
but troubles.
It is true that as the English proverb goes, "Honesty is the best policy." To be
honest is beneficial to both yourself and others. For one thing, if you want to be
trusted and respected by others, you must be honest. For another, if you want to
succeed in your work, the first qualification you should have is also honesty.
Therefore, honesty wins trust, respect and honor. It pays to be honest.
范文 2
It Pays to Be Honest
In recent years, people often complain about dishonesty in our society. In
newspapers,illegal businessmen run false advertisements to deceive customers.
In communication field, some people cheat money by sending false messages. On
campus, we find some students cheating at exams. People are wondering why
dishonesty is so prevailing?
There are several causes,to my mind, contributing to the bad phenomenon. Firstly,
some people are money-oriented. They are crazy about improving their material life and forgetting moral sense.
Secondly, competition in shopping areas is becoming more and more intense. This
forced some people to make profit or attain their goals by false information. Thirdly,
some people are eager to become rich overnight. They judge a person’s success by the wealth they possess. Finally, school life is full of eternal competition
and each student tries to prove that he is more intelligent than the other students.
Therefore students cheat on exams to get higher scores.
It pays to be honest in the long run. Being honest is beneficial to yourself and to
other people,and honesty will bring you true friendship and more business opportunities.
As a member of modern society, we should behave ourselves honestly and in return it
will pave the way for our success and wealth.
