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发表于 2016-7-10 15:54:44
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(1)In recent years with fast economic growth, many skyscrapers have
appeared in big cities of China. (2)People’s attitude towards the skyscrapers
varies widely.
(3)Some think of them as a sign of economic progress and a miracle of
modern architecture. (4)They also believe that building skyscrapers helps to
solve the problem of the growing scarcity of land in the city, for they can
obtain the maximum space per square meter of ground and meanwhile offer to the
tenants offices and apartments that please them. (5)Yet others, speak of the
problems skyscrapers have brought. (6)They complain that the monstrous edifices
interfere with television reception, blot out the sun and create many dark
sunless streets. (7)Besides, excessively large masses of human beings working in
a single gigantic building overburden public transportation. (8)Lighting,
heating, and air conditioning strain energy supplies, to the extent that
skyscrapers become lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. (9)Worst of
all, their reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films raise the
temperature of the surrounding air.
(10)With these problems and the effect the skyscrapers has exerted on the
environment, more and more people have begun to wonder whether skyscrapers are
necessary or desirable.
Should Euthanasia Be Legalized?
1. 有的人赞成安乐死
2. 有的人安乐死的合法化
3. 我的看法
(1)Euthanasia, a quiet and easy death, or “mercy killing” as we call it
recently has made the headlines frequently. (2)Many people applaud it and argue
that euthanasia should be legalized.
(3)As is pointed out, to practice euthanasia can benefit both the patient
and his family. (4)To a terminally ill person who is suffering excruciating
pains day and night or living “ like a vegetable”, to be allowed to end his life
painlessly is a good release. (5)To his family it is also a big relief
considering the financial and emotional drain on them that having to sustain his
life entails. (6)However, the legalization of euthanasia may also bring with it
problems our society has not previously faced. (7)Is it humane, for example,
that a terminally ill patient is thus caused to feel guilty for remaining alive
because he does not want to die? (8)Is it wise that a patient is killed alive
simply because of a mistaken terminal diagnosis? (9)And is it possible that
euthanasia could be taken advantage of for some ulterior or even criminal
purposes?
(10)Since the legalization of euthanasia will raise serious moral and
social issues, the decision our society makes about euthanasia will undoubtedly
have tremendous consequences in society.
The Development of a Private Car
1. 小汽车开始进入中国的普通家庭
2. 小汽车带来的方便和舒适
3. 小汽车带来的交通和污染问题
(1)With the increase in the general standard of living, some ordinary
Chinese families begin to afford car. (2)Yet opinions of the development of a
private car vary from person to person.
(3)Some claim that there are many advantages in possessing a car. (4)It
gives a much greater degree of comfort and mobility. (5)The owner of a car is no
longer forced to rely on public transport, and hence no irritation caused by
waiting for buses or taxies. (6)With a car he can go where he likes and when he
wants, so much so that he can enjoy his leisure to the full by making trips to
the country or seaside on the weekends, instead of being confined to his
immediate neighbourhood. (7)However, others strongly object to developing
private cars. (8)They maintain that as more and more cars are produced and run
in the street, a large volume of poisonous gas will be given off, polluting the
atmosphere and causing actual harm to the health of people. (9)In fact, private
cars contribute to traffic congestion so greatly that the advantages gained in
comfort and freedom are often cancelled out by the frustration caused by traffic
jams
(10)Whether private cars should be developed in China is a difficult
question to answer, yet the desire for the comfort and independence a private
car can bring won’t be eliminated.
Rural Workers: A Mixed Blessing for the City
1. 20世纪90年代以来，大批民工流入沿海大城市
2. 民工对城市的建设所做的贡献
3. 民工的大量流入可能带来的问题
(1The early-1990s finds an unprecedented tide of rural workers flooding
into big cities such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Beijing. (2)According to a
recent survey, in Shanghai alone there are more than 2.5 million migrant
workers.
(3)There is an ambivalent feeling towards rural workers. (4)No one denies
the important contribution rural workers have made to the urban development.
(5)They have done most of dirty, dangerous and underpaid jobs in heavy
industries, construction sites and other fields that city residents are
unwilling to enter. (6)They have become an indispensable part of urban life to a
point where the machinery of a city connot operate without those cogs, though
small and unnoticed. (7)Yet an anti-migrant attitude runs consistently through
the mainstream of urban consciousness. (8)City residents complain that migrant
workers have worsened traffic and sanitation problems and have threatened to
take already scarce urban jobs. (9)They also blame them for the sharp rise in
the urban crime rate.
(10)Despite the problems posed by migrants, one thing is certain: a grand,
prosperous edifice of the city is based on the work of millions of migrant
workers.
Exercises:
TV: A Blessing or a Curse
1. 电视已成为人们生活中不可缺少的东西
2. 电视给人们带来的是福是祸
3. 我的看法
My View on the Construction of the Three Gorges Dam
1. 三峡工程的优点
2. 三峡工程的缺点
3. 我的看法
Prospect of the New Age of Science and Technology
1. 新世纪的科技发展迅速
2. 新科技对社会产生的影响
1. 我的看法 |
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