概述
隨著城市化的逐漸發展，很多人離開農村到城市生活，農村田園牧歌式的生活成了很多人心中的記憶。麵對發達、便利的城市生活，很多人在思考：到底是生活在農村好，還是生活在城市好？城市有更多的機會，也有更便利的生活設施，然而很多城市的環境受到了汙染，空氣混濁。相比之下，農村的自然風光如畫，生活安穩寧靜，但發展機會少，生活不夠便利。其實，城市和農村生活各有利弊，重要的是你想要選擇什麼樣的生活。
一、寫作思路 首段：可以說明對“生活在農村好還是城市好？”這個話題，沒有放之四海而皆準的結論。然後，提出自己的觀點：真正的問題並不在於一個人生活在哪裏，而是如何生活。
中段：首先，表明如果一個人慷慨大方，那麼當他需要幫助的時候，人們也會給予他幫助。這樣的人無論生活在農村還是城市都會很快樂。接下來，通過分別陳述在農村和城市生活的缺點，說明生活在哪裏不重要，重要的是如何生活。
末段：總結全文，點明文章主題：是你自己決定了你的生活，而不是地理位置。
二、參考範文和譯文 參考範文
City vs. Country: Where's the Better Place to Live?
When it comes to a debate over the merits of a rural life or a city life, there is no universal, simple answer. The real question is not where a person lives, but how a person lives. By living a generous, meaningful and intelligent life, a person can find happiness in any place.
Generosity looks to bring benefit to others. The generous person will find himself loved by others, and will usually find his generosity returned to him when he needs it. Someone think that it can be easy to live a meaningless life in the country—with no way to do something useful for society. But it's just as easy to live uselessly in the city—drifting from entertainment to entertainment and never doing anything worthwhile. It doesn't matter where you live. It matters whether you choose to leave everything and everyone you touch better than how you found it. And intelligence can be found anywhere. It's not a matter of going to enough museums. It's a matter of applying one's self to learn about everything one comes in contact with.