OG上的示例题目,这是我第一篇写作,酝酿了老长时间,其实我自身感觉问题也相当严重,但不知道从何处下手修改,请大家多多帮忙! Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Always telling the truth is the most important consideration in any relationship.
There is a general discussion today on the issue arguing that whether always telling the truth is most essential in any kind of relationship. Those who argue for this idea maintain that telling the truth associates with honesty, for it is considered as the basis of any relationship. But I am quiet on the contrary, as far as I am concerned, truth is not as necessary as it is expected under certain situations, or it may even have some bad effects.
In my opinion, considerable though the advantages that always telling the truth enjoys are, when some special situations are taken into consideration, they cannot compete with the benefits of telling some white lies. Take a piece of my own experience for example, when I was preparing for the application for university three years ago, my grandmother died of cancer unfortunately. I wasn’t informed of this piece of catastrophic news until I completed the application process, for my parents prevented me from knowing this in order to make sure that I can keep myself in good mood at that crisis point of applying for university. Perhaps I would not be able to receive the final success had my parents told me the truth earlier. In this case, it is acknowledged that telling the truth itself no longer stands the supreme position in the relationship under such circumstance. Actually the instance I mentioned above is not isolated, it is typical of dozens. Only we hide the truth to some degree can we reach a perfect balance in dealing with similar situations.
In addition, what we have to admit is that telling the truth is really of great importance in common cases. It can promote mutual trust among people, thus the solid relationship can be finally build. Yet we can never go to extremes. Consistent with the opinion insisting that we never tell a lie are those who seem somewhat stubborn. Nothing in the world can be simply judged by right or wrong.
Considering all that have been discussed above, we can safely draw a conclusion that telling the truth is not absolutely necessary in any relationship. On the other hand, some lies out of kindness can even soothe one’s sorrow or relieve one’s stress in some sense. We should be flexible according to the situation.
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