Unit 28 The Importance of Protecting Environment
假如你是刘梅,下面四幅图画反映你家乡自然环境的变化情况。请你向报社写一封信反映此情况并提出加强环保的建议。
要求:词数100左右,开头已写出(不计入总词数):
Dear editor,
In the past, my hometown
“范文”
Dear editor,
In the past, my hometown used to be① a beautiful place. It was surrounded② by plenty of③ trees and covered with green grass everywhere . Later, people destoryed many tress to turn forests into farmland, and a lot of water and soil was carried away down the hills. Thus, much farmland has become wasteland④. What’s worse⑤, this wasteland is increasing and our villagers are suffering from sandstorms⑥.
I think it is time for us to realize⑦ the importance of protecting the environment⑧ and to do something about it, such as planting trees, growing grass and so on. I’m sure that our hometown will become beautiful again in a few years’ time⑨ if we do so.
Yours Sincerely,
Liu Mei
“注释:”
①used to be:过去是,以前是(含有现在不是的意思)
②surround:包围
③plenty of:充足的,大量的
④wasteland:荒地
⑤what’s worse: 更糟糕的是……
⑥sandstorm:沙尘暴
⑦it’s time for us to do…: 是我们该做……的时候了
⑧environment:环境
⑨in a few years’ time: 几年以后(与一般将来连用)
“点评:”
这是一篇根据4幅图片内容展开的议论性说明文。这种题型是近十年全国高考书面表达中出现次数最多的,应在平时多加训练。本文所探讨的是当今社会的一个热点话题。
作者开门见山,首先就指出自己的家乡以前是一个美丽的地方,处处是树木和草地。后来,人们毁林造地,大量水土流失。因而,大量田地变成了荒地,更糟的是,荒地面积不断增长,村民们正遭受沙尘暴的垄击。在这部分,作者很恰当地运用了in the past, later, and, thus, what’s worse等过渡词把今与昔家乡自然环境的变化情况进行了生动、准确的描述。最后作者提出了加强环境保护的建议,有理有据,让人信服。作者坚信如果这样做的话,几年以后,家乡又会变得如往昔一样美丽。
文章主题鲜明,连接词的使用恰如其分,使得文章条理更清晰,其语言干脆利落,句句切题,没有一句废话。
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
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