小作文

　　The two pie charts show the reasons why people chose to leave UK and why people chose to stay.

　　思路分析：

　　静态对比，没有趋势。分2部分写。第一部分写离开的原因。第二段写留下的原因，同时与上一段做对比。

　　大作文

　　People who read book for pleasure can be better developed in imagination and language skills than watching TV, to what extent you agree or disagree.

　　Some people spend more time reading books, while others prefer to watch TV. The former group are more likely to develop creative imaginations and have a much better grasp of language skills. Do you agree or disagree?

　　思路分析

　　第一段：话题介绍，表明观点

　　第二段：支持读书

　　1 更多的想象空间

　　2 随时停下思考，更深刻的理解文字

　　3 儿童识字多，阅读速度快

　　第三段：电视虽然

　　1锻炼口头表达能力，扩大口语词汇量

　　2想象情节

　　但是

　　画面和声音对想象有限制;而且，电视发明前的文学家哲学家和思想家们并不乏想象与语言能力

　　Since the invention of TV sets, reading books has lost its popularity. Instead, increasing number of people including children are becoming couch potatoes. However, in terms of the development of imagination and language skills, I agree that such tradition as reading is more effective than watching TV.

　　Regardless of languages or races, reading books is widely employed to develop children’sintelligence and language skills. The most important reason can be that words enable readers to picture what they read and there is no restriction for such imaginative thinking. In addition, readers are allowed to pause, and reflect on the part that they like or they do not have a clear understanding of. Reading is also an effective way of improving written language skills. This isproven by the phenomenon that children who like reading at an early age tend to have a higher level of literacy and read faster than those who often watch TV.

　　Certainly watching TV has certain advantages for people to be more creative and expressive. TV programs are usually presented in verbal languages and therefore the watchers are encouraged to express themselves orally. They tend to speak faster and clearer and have a larger vocabulary in the context of popular culture. Of course, TV watchers can also speculate the plot of a TV drama, but the more pictures and sounds to offer, the more limits on imagination as they are presented in such a way that there is little need for the watchers to use their brain actively. Anotherirrefutable proof can be the great ancient philosophers, ideologists and litterateurs who livedprior to the creation of TV sets but by no means lacked brilliant abstract thinking and expressing skills.

　　My personal view is that people should be encouraged to read books rather than watch TV. The reasons include that books allow more freedom for readers to imagine and inspire deeper understanding of written material. Watch TV can also be utilized to cultivate these faculties to some extent but in a less effective way.

　　词汇拓展

　　1. Language - expressing– expressive

　　2. Skill- faculty

　　3. Imagination – creativity- abstract thinking- creative thinking

　　4. Develop- cultivate

　　5. Popularity 流行

　　6. couch potatoes 懒虫

　　7. in terms of 在某方面

　　8. faculty 能力

　　9. employ /utilize 利用

　　10. intelligence 智力

　　11. restriction 限制

　　12. pause 暂停

　　13. reflect 反思

　　14. prove 证明

　　15. phenomenon 现象

　　16. literacy 识字

　　17. present 展示

　　18. oral/ verbal 口头地

　　19. vocabulary 词汇量

　　20. context 情境

　　21. speculate 推测

　　22. plot 情节

　　23. irrefutable 不可辩驳的

　　24. proof 证据

　　25. ideologist 思想家

　　26. philosopher 哲学家

　　27. litterateur 文学家

　　28. prior to 之前

　　29. by no means 毫不

　　30. abstract 抽象的

　　31. inspire 启发

　　32. cultivate 培养

　　33. Regardless of 无论