Unit 61 Train Travel and Air Travel
根据下面表格内容，用英文写一篇100单词左右的短文，简述乘飞机或火车旅行的利弊及你的观点。文章要包括图表的全部内容，标题与文章的第一句和最后一句已经给出，不计入总词数。
以从武汉到广州为例
|
交通工具 |
飞机 |
火车 |
|
价 格 |
800元 |
260元 |
|
旅行时间 |
1小时左右 |
14小时 |
|
优 点 |
省时、舒适、便于休息 |
便宜、可以观光 |
|
缺 点 |
昂贵 |
耗时、拥挤、不利休息 |
Train Travel and Air Travel
Air travel has two advantages over train travel.
So I think different people like different ways of traveling.
“范文”
Train Travel and Air Travel
Air travel has two advantages① over train travel. First, it can save much time, we can fly from Wuhan to Guangzhou just in about one hour, but by train, we have to spend 14 hours or more. Second, air travel is more comfortable②, because the plane flies so smoothly③ that we can rest well during the trip, while the train is crowded④ and sometimes passengers⑤ have to sit a long time, which makes them tired. But train travel also has its advantages. For example, traveling by train cost only 260 yuan while travel by air will cost us 800 yuan. Besides this, outside the train’s windows, we can enjoy the views⑥ of many big cities, such as Yueyang, Changsha, Zhuzhou and Shaoguan. So I think different people like different ways of traveling.
“注释：”
①advantage：n.优点
②comfortable：adj.舒适的
③smoothly：adv.平稳地
④crowded：adj.拥挤的
⑤passenger：n.乘客，旅客
⑥view：n.风景，景色
“点评：”
这是一篇根据表格提示展开的说明性议论文。实用性强，讨论的是当今社会的一个热点话题。
本文根据提示，采用了举例法与对比法，说明乘飞机或火车旅行的利弊。文章一开头，作者就开门见山地指出乘飞机旅行比乘火车旅行有两大优势。然后，以从武汉到广州为例加以对比说明，用first, second加以衔接。其中，又用but, while转折说明乘火车旅行耗时、拥挤，不利于休息，更衬托了乘飞机旅行的优势。但接着，用“But train travel also has its advantages”将话锋转向“乘火车旅行也有它的优势”这一方面来，并举例说明。最后作者陈述了自己的观点，“不同的人喜欢不同的旅行方式”。
本文结构合理，论据充分，并很好地运用了举例法、对比法，使文章条理分明，更具说服力，一些过渡词语，如first, second, but ，while, for example, besides等的运用使语言连贯，行文流畅，是一篇优秀的范文。
资料来源：英语作文高分必背丛书：高考/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
