| 【范文】 Who Should Take Care of Your Old Parents? (1)Do you think it is your responsibility to take care of your parents? In the past, when asked this question, most Chinese people would say “yes” without hesitation. Nowadays however, under the influence of the western ideology, some people start to doubt this answer, thinking that maybe it should be the responsibility of the state. As far as I am concerned, the western system does not apply well to China. Considering the reality of the Chinese society at present, children should still shoulder the responsibility of taking care of their old parents. For one thing, it has long been a tradition for the young to take care of their old parents. Chinese families are different from the western ones in family size, the degree of intimacy, and the way people interact. (2) In China there is a traditional concept of family called “four generations living together,” which has been handed down for thousands of years, and is regarded as a symbol of happiness. In such a family, filial piety is the core value that helps maintain its harmony. If someone fails to take good care of their parents, they will be condemned by others. People of this kind would not be accepted in any field of the Chinese society, and are doomed to be a failure. For another, China is not rich enough to (4)emulate the western welfare system. The reason why in the west the young do not have to support their parents is that the old have their pension and endowment insurance. Parents are not obligated to support their children who have reached a certain age. Therefore most old people have considerable savings. Things are just the opposite in China. Most parents have to help their children throughout their lives, thus ending up having nothing left when they themselves need support. (5)As to the government, it is busy spending money on infrastructures and could spare little money for the old. It should be pointed out that China is still a developing country which has so much to do before it can stop for repose. (6)After all, man must learn to walk before he can run. Now that China is still toddling in the social welfare system, the young should carry on their responsibility of supporting the old. (7)After all, if I were asked “Do you think it is your responsibility to take care of your parents?” I would say “No, it is my pleasure.” | 【行文点评】 (1) 设问开篇，“你认为谁应该来赡养老人？”既点明话题，又引发读者思考。 (2) 举“四世同堂”这一典型家庭模式为例，证明自己的观点。 (4) emulate指由于崇拜等原因而去模仿他人的一些行为做法，用在这里恰到好处。 (5) as to意思是“关于，至于”，介词用法。 (6) 引用俗语“人必须先学会走才能会跑”，比喻中国的社会福利建设进程。toddle意思是“小孩子蹒跚学步”，用来形容中国现在的情况十分恰当。 (7) 从自身角度出发，以幽默回答结束全篇。 |
| 【范文】 Real-name System for Train Tickets (1)There is a special phenomenon in China called “Chunyun,” which means “Spring Festival Travel.” During this period, many people think about nothing but a train ticket, but most of them still fail to get one. On the one hand, this is partly due to the underdeveloped railway system and the large population of China. On the other hand, however, (2)a large number of tickets have been monopolized by ticket scalpers who raise ticket prices and reap staggering profits. That’s why the real-name system for train tickets was enforced. The real-name system is beneficial in many ways. First of all, as mentioned above, now that citizens have to purchase train tickets with valid personal IDs, ticket scalpers would not easily get as many tickets as they could before. In this way, many tickets are (3)spared for those who really need them. Second, it happens a lot that one may lose his ticket accidentally. In the past, since there was no record of ticket purchaser, one had to accept the loss. Although it is still not in practice that one can get another ticket for free when the original one is lost, (4)we can safely hope so in the near future. Furthermore, in case of train crimes or accidents, passengers concerned can easily be recognized. (5)Apparently, the real-name system for train tickets is not without any defects. The buying process may be slowed down since checking IDs is troublesome and time-consuming. Conflicts may result from people’s noncooperation. Furthermore, when boarding the train, passengers who forget to bring valid ID certificates will (6)be denied access to the train, which may cause them great trouble. Previously, when someone bought a ticket and then changed the plan of travelling, they could transfer it to others in many ways. Nowadays, in contrast, they can do nothing but go to train stations and get the refund for the ticket. Great inconvenience is thus caused. (7)The introduction of each new system is coupled with problems, but there are usually ways to improve it. I believe the real-name system is a good start for delightful changes in China’s railway networks. If fact, booking tickets on phones and the Internet were introduced not long after the real-name system. (8)We look forward to the day when we can buy tickets at home, and Chunyun is no longer a national headache. | 【行文点评】 (1) 以“春运”开篇，引出火车票实名制实施的现实背景。 (2) 注意“垄断”“黄牛党”和“谋取暴利”用英语怎么表达。 (3) spare在这里的意思是“抽出，节约”。 (4) 意思是“指日可待”。 (5) not without defects双重否定表示肯定，值得借鉴。 (6) be denied access to肯定形式表示否定含义。 (7) 该表达适用于很多话题，可以背下来。 (8) 展望未来，表达希望。是结束文章的一种不错的方式。 |
| 【范文】 Let’s Help the Left-behind Children (1)Children, who are the future of a country, are supposed to be taken good care of by their parents. Most kids in well-off families are the apple of their parents’ eyes. The left-behind children in the rural areas, however, are short of love from their parents. They are a weak and (2)vulnerable group of people who are faced with tough problems, and in great need of help. As we all know, children are maturing both physically and mentally. For one thing, they need good nutrition for body development. (3)Most left-behind children live either with their grandparents who are unable to take good care of them, or with relatives who are just too busy with their own business. As a result, these children have to starve now and then, and suffer from malnutrition. For another, children are mentally weak. (4)They need consolation when hurt, guidance when confused and praise when discouraged. Without such mental support, left-behind children often feel depressed and self-contemptuous, and may even develop mental diseases. What’s more, left-behind children may feel inferior to those who have their parents at home. They may lag behind in their studies or even drop out of school. (5)Considering all the problems mentioned above, I feel great urge to help those poor kids. It is high time that the society took some measures to solve this problem. The best solution is of course that parents return home to take care of their children. Then how can they support their families without extra income earned by working in the cities? Maybe the government should do something. They can build factories or companies in the countryside and improve the employment of the native workforce. Even if parents can not make it home, local governments and schools can help. Schools can open psychological education classes and provide nutritious meals for the left-behind children. Local officials should keep in touch with them and send daily necessities to their home. The public can also do a lot to help. They can donate money to help the left-behind children, and write to them to communicate about their study and feelings. (6)We college students can even go to those backward places to be volunteer teachers. Our knowledge and happiness can do a lot of good to the left-behind children there. (7)Poor left-behind Children are as promising as flower buds, but they need our care to finally bloom, so let’s help them. | 【行文点评】 (1) 首先点名儿童健康成长的重要性，引出农村留守儿童问题。 (2) vulnerable意思是“易受伤的，脆弱的”，属于高级词汇，应该学习使用。 (3) either… or连接的并列结构中分别使用了定语从句，体现了句型复杂度。 (4) 省略句的使用，提升了文章的水准。 (5) 过渡性段落，话题由“留守儿童面临什么问题”转为“如何解决这些问题”。 (6) 从大学生自身角度出发，提出了现实可行的帮助留守儿童的方法，使文章更加具体，更贴近大学生的具体生活。 (7) 文章最后呼吁全社会共同帮助留守儿童。 |
| 【范文】 Mania for Civil Servants (1)“Are you taking the Civil Service Examinations?” Nowadays, when college students meet, they no longer greet each other by asking “Have you had your meals?” They instead ask about the Civil Service Examinations. Thus, we may safely draw the conclusion that being a civil servant is the new (2)“fashion.” How to explain the mania for civil servants? (3)In China, there is such a thing called an “iron rice bowl,” which means secure employment. Nowadays, the posts of civil servants are definitely such “iron rice bowls.” Some civil servants describe their jobs like this, “Every morning I make a cup of tea for the leader, and another one for me. Then I sit there in the air-conditioned office reading newspapers. In the afternoon, I make another two cups of tea, and sit down again to surf the Internet.” This may be a little exaggerative, but the leisure of being a civil servant is beyond doubt. Civil servants have insurances, pension and all kinds of other welfare. (4)Moreover, according to related data, every year only about 0.05% of all civil servants are dismissed, while for common enterprises, the percentage is usually 5% to 15%. All these factors taken into account, who would not want to be a civil servant? Tempting though the post of civil servants may be, the mania for it can actually do great harm to the society. First of all, it will leave people the wrong impression that power is everything. (5)Chinese people have long been living in a society where official rank is considered to be the sole criterion of one's worth. It seems to many people that once they have got a rank, however low it is, money, fame and all the good things are within their grasp. As a matter of fact, officials are servants of the public; that’s why they are called civil servants. Then why are these servants acting like kings? Their power comes from the public’s blind worship of official ranks. The mania for civil servants is only a fraction of the whole picture. (6)Furthermore, many talented college graduates could have made greater contributions to the society if they had worked in the field that they were good at. It is a pity that they joined the main stream to be civil servants, burying their talents under boring office work. To conclude, I strongly recommend that the mania for civil servants be cooled down. | 【行文点评】 (1) 由“吃了吗？”变为“考公务员吗？”幽默地表现了当前的公务员热。 (2) 把“公务员热”说成一种“时尚”，带有讽刺意味。 (3) 解释中国的“铁饭碗（iron rice bowl）”，探讨“公务员热”的产生原因。 (4) 列举数据，增强文章的说服力。 (5) 中国的“官本位”思想。 (6) 虚拟语气的使用，注意表示对过去的虚拟时应该选择什么时态。 |
| 【范文】 What’s contributing to the prosperity of TV blind date shows? (1)“You Are the One,” a popular TV blind date show, has nowadays become a hot topic among the whole society. College students, household wives, office ladies, and even migrant workers are all talking about it. It seems that TV blind date shows suddenly popped out and became a national entertainment. In my eyes, there are mainly three reasons that can explain this phenomenon. First and foremost, with the further development of China’s modernization, Chinese people’s notion of love and marriage has changed enormously. In the past, marriages used to be arranged by parents. Young people did not enjoy much freedom in choosing a life partner. These days, things are quite different. People marry on the basis of free love. They have every right to choose their own (2)soul mate. Moreover, people are no longer ashamed of expressing their love bravely. Taking advantage of the modern notion, some TV channels introduced blind date shows. Second, in recent years, relationships between people are becoming more and more distant. Some people are confined to a small life circle and have no chance to meet his/her (3)Mrs. /Mr. Right. TV blind date shows can offer them a valuable opportunity to meet people from various spheres of work and of all kinds of personalities. Another important factor that cannot be neglected is that in order to make their shows more entertaining and popular, some TV producers forged false information about the participants. They deliberately (4)hyped up the identity of participants, claiming that they were millionaires, managers and civil servants etc. In these shows, a so-called CEO of a certain enterprise may turn out to be a temporary worker in a small company. A millionaire may hardly be able to support himself. Moreover, some people are exploiting this opportunity to become famous. (5)Ma Nuo, a money-worshiping girl, said in “You Are the One” that she would rather cry in a BMW car than smiling on the backseat of a bicycle. She became famous overnight. Soon after that, more and more girls are making shocking remarks in these shows, making themselves pitiful fools. (6)Strangely, people are willing or even happy to watch this, maybe with the mindset of watching a comic show. Anyway, these shows are attracting more and more attention. In a word, change of people’s mode of thinking, propaganda of TV channels and many other reasons are all contributing to the rise of TV blind shows. (7)As regards whether it is a good way of choosing one’s life partner, more discussion is called for. | 【行文点评】 (1) 以当前最热门的电视相亲节目“非诚勿扰”开篇，吸引读者注意力。 (2) soul mate意思是“性情相投的人, 心心相印的伙伴”，和life partner相比，更注重精神上的交流，符合现代人交往的特点。 (3) Mr. / Mrs. Right合适的对象。 (4) hype up意思是“通过在电视或广播上反复宣传，让人认为某样东西很好或者十分重要”，也就是我们说的“炒作”。 (5) 举拜金女马诺这个大家耳熟能详的例子，充分说明了自己的观点。 (6) 这里既批判了当今人们的“审丑”心理，也讽刺一些人为了出名不顾自己的尊严。 (7) 在详细讨论电视相亲节目为什么广受欢迎的基础上，对节目的科学性提出质疑，深化主题。 |
| 【范文】 Do Not Live Like a Snail In recent years, the housing problem has become a matter of great concern for the general public of our society. Many people have given in to the high real estate price and become slaves of mortgage. Instead of being a warm harbor, houses have become a heavy burden on their shoulders. (1)Like snails, they never move around without “carrying” the colossal empty shell. The main reason for the appearance of mortgage slaves is the unreasonably high real estate price. (2)In order to pursue maximum profits, real estate developers have formed interest groups to monopolize real estate prices. Despite low cost of building the real estates, they charge house buyers a strikingly high price. In addition, some speculators are investing on real estate by holding on to many flats and sell them at the proper time. This has actually added fuel to the fire. In the end, real estate developers and speculators are richer and richer, while house prices are higher and higher. (3)In light of the causes of high house price, here I offer some of my suggestions to solve this problem. First of all, the government should implement strict rules lowering house prices. Real estate speculators should be severely punished. (4)The government should also speed up the construction of low-rent, public-rent and economically affordable housing. To add up, the quality of these kinds of housing should be guaranteed. Most importantly, the public should change their traditional outlook on happiness. Many people think happiness means a large house, a big car and a decent income. Many young girls today even refuse to marry a man without a house, claiming that they won’t find a sense of belonging. (5)There is no denying that a spacious and comfortable house is icing on the cake for a happy life, but it is not a necessity. What’s more important are the family members. Supposing you have a large house but no one was inside waiting for you, will you still want to live there? Today, now that houses are so expensive, why don’t we wait patiently until it is brought down to a normal level? We will not be happy living in a house bought on mortgage, considering about paying back the loan day and night. It goes without saying that happiness has nothing to do with money or houses. (6)We are free men whose happiness lies in our own hands. There is no reason that we should turn ourselves into snails. | 【行文点评】 (1) 把房奴形象地比作蜗牛，用colossal empty shell来形容他们的房子。 (2) 注意一些固定表达：pursue maximum profits追求最大利润；formed interest groups组成利益集团；monopolize real estate prices垄断房地产价格。 (3) in light of是“考虑到，依据，按照”的意思。 (4) low-rent housing廉租房，public-rent housing公租房，economically affordable housing经济适用房。 (5) 该句的意思是“宽敞舒适的房子只是锦上添花，并非必不可少。”icing on the cake意思是“锦上添花”。 (6) 最后照应题目，重申观点：我们的幸福掌握在自己手中，不要把自己变成为房子而发愁的“蜗牛”。 |
| 【范文】 Problem of the Rich 2G, Responsibility of the Rich 1G (1)The newly-coined phrase “Rich 2G” may by no means sound strange to most people in this age. The reason why we are so familiar with this phrase is not that the rich second generation has made any admirable achievements, but that there is much negative news related to them. Children from affluent families are supposed to have better education and more opportunities to succeed. Why is the Rich 2G just the opposite? I personally believe that the following three reasons may account for this problem. In the first place, many private entrepreneurs have suffered a lot when (2)starting their own business. Out of deep love for the children, they do not want them to experience the same hardship. They try their best to satisfy all the requirements of their children, leaving them the wrong impression that life is all about enjoyment, and that they do not need to struggle for anything. (3)Actually, no parents are so rich that they can offer their children any money to burn. (4)However big a fortune is, it can be depleted by idleness. The Rich 2G have no idea that one day they will have to pay their own bill. Second, the (5)“Rich 1G” is usually busy with their business. They can hardly spare any time to stay with the children. Children need guidance from their parents to know what is right and what is wrong. They also need love desperately. Sadly, their parents are giving them none of these. Some children do extreme things to attract more attention from their parents. They fight with classmates, rebel against teachers and swear a lot. Consequently, they develop an odd, asocial or even violent character. (6)What’s more, parents are the best teachers of the children. Their life values and behaviors have great influence on the children. (7)As the saying goes, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” When children are young, they believe that their parents are always right. They witness how their parents use money to solve problems, to make friends and to confuse right and wrong. Under such imperceptible influence, Children tend to form the wrong concept that money is everything. Some may show off their luxurious lifestyle and try to scale everything with money. (8)Like father, like son. It takes a first generation to cultivate a second one. Now that the Rich Second Generation is going through a series of problems, the Rich First Generation should shoulder their responsibility. | 【行文点评】 (1) 当前出现了很多新词，在讨论相关问题时可以套用该句式。coin在这里作动词，意思是“创造新词”。 (2) start one’s own business意思是“创业”。 (3) have money to burn意思是“钱多得花不完”。 (4) “坐吃山空”用英语表达，可以说Even a great fortune can be depleted by idleness. (5) 根据Rich 2G创造出Rich 1G，想法新颖，便于表达。 (6) 父母是孩子最好的老师。 (7) 引用俗语 “The apple does not fall far from the tree.”意思是“有其父必有其子。” (8) 再次引用俗语。 |
| 【范文】 How to Guarantee Food Safety? Recent days, the disclosure of toxic gelatin in our food reheats the problem of food safety. Food safety is closely related to our everyday life and (1) it is high time that we took some measures to prevent life-threatening goods from entering our life. (2)Whoever ties the bell around the tiger’s neck must untie it. Food manufactures are the first one to be responsible for food safety. Those businessmen who sacrifice the safety of consumers for more profits are supposed to be blame. They need to be morally educated to establish new professional ethics. They should also be encouraged to produce safe and green food. (3)Only when they realize their importance and obligation in ensuring the health of the public can they put the welfare of the public before their own benefits. The food administrators also should pay more attention to prevent the scandals from happening.The government must augment punishment to food safety crimes. Meanwhile, the media would continue to play a part in revealing scandals of food safety and informing the public of helpful ways to distinguish toxic food from safe food. All in all, the manufacturer, the government and the media are supposed to tackle the food safety crisis (4) hand in hand. | 【行文点评】 (1) it is high time that … 该是我们做…的时候了。 (2) 解铃还须系铃人。 (3) only when…can…常用句型。put the welfare of the public before one’s own benefits把人民群众的福祉放在自己的利益之上。 (4) hand in hand 一起 |
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