1. What do you think is the most serious social problem in China?

提到社会问题，必定要问及考生都有哪些社会问题。当今社会我们的社会问题是多方面的。例如：环境问题、人口问题、教育问题、道德问题，而在每个领域又都有比较突出的问题。考生可以选择一个自己认为最为突出的问题回答，也可以综合考虑，广泛而谈，点明每个领域存在的问题。

Candidate 1: Firstly, the environmental problem draws more and more attention, such as soil salinization and desertification, air pollution which brings about acid rain, water pollution, and serious soil erosion that leads to mud-rock flow. As we all know, beings on the brink of extinction have happened to some creatures like animals.

Then, transportation is another issue. At present, the development of transportation in rural areas fails behind, while the transportation in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai is terrible with lots of traffic jams in rush hours.

What is more, the gap of the development of education between countryside and city becomes more apparent, the reform of which is not mature in fact. It is clear that because of the economic development it is not in balance.

In all, different fields may have different serious problems.

Candidate 2: That's hard to say, but I'd guess it is overpopulation, even though we've made a lot of progress. Although China has

a strict family-planning policy with one family having only one child, the population is already over 1.3 billion and it's still growing. It causes ont only a shortage of food and shelter but also a lot of other problems like unemployment and crime. We can be flexible with this policy, but I think, in general, we need to enforce this policy quite strictly.

这两位答题者分别用不同的思路回答问题。Candidate 1点明了社会生活中每个领域存在问题，在环境领域存在土地盐碱化和沙漠化、空气污染和水污染以及水土流失等问题；农村交通发展落后而大城市交通拥挤是一个存在于交通领域的问题；城市和农村的教育发展不平衡是存在于教育领域的一个问题。考生的逻辑层次比较清晰，分析全面；Candidate 2重点突出了一个问题即人口过剩。尽管中国实行了计划生育的政策，但是人口仍在增长，并且带来了其他如失业和犯罪等问题。最后，考生指出我们应该严格实施计划生育的政策控制人口。

2. Do you think smoking is a problem that needs special attention?

吸烟对人类的危害已经不只是一个医学问题，而且已经成为一个社会问题了。青年人吸烟现象已引起社会的不安。由于对吸烟危害健康缺乏宣传教育，青年人吸烟的人数有逐渐增加的趋势。年纪越小，身体对致癌物质和其他有害物质的易感性就越大。

Candidate 1: Nowadays, more and more people have been getting addicted to smoking, especially we college students. Some students somke just to follow the trend to show that they are cool, the others to relax themselves. So there is no doubt why so many students get addicted to smoking. However, they may not know that smoking is bad for their health. A latest survey shows that up to 90 percent of lung cancer patients are smokers. In other words, smokers are easier to die.

In conclusion, I think smoking is a problem that needs special attention and we should have self-discipline in order to avoid getting addicted to smoking.

Candidate 2: Anytime and anywhere, we could find some people smoking. In general, the number of male smokers is larger than that of female ones. Now experts have found that those who have a habit of smoking are more likely to get cancer than non-smokers. The chemical substances existing in cigarettes do a great harm to our bodies' health, which can lead to a high blood pressure and even coronary heart diseases or other heart attacks. As the number of people who are suffering from cancer increases very fast in recent years, more and more people including doctors, experts, administrators start to become concerned with smoking.

According to some statistics released by our governments, smoking has become one of the biggest threats to our health. But thousands of smokers haven't been aware of this problem, they can't live even one-day's time without cigarettes. It is a small thing which may eventually become the killer of our body. So it is the time we took action and gave special attention to smoking.

相比较而言，Candidate 1的回答比较简单，主要谈及了吸烟的危害，并以大学生为例，而且有数字证明，但是没有展开论述；Candidate 2的回答比较全面。吸烟人群中男性比例远远高于女性。烟草里的化学物质对身体的危害非常大，吸烟者更容易患各种癌症，甚至最后死亡。根据官方的数据显示，吸烟已成为健康的最大危害之一。因此吸烟作为一个社会问题迫切需要引起我们的注意，我们应该采取行动禁止吸烟。

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