作文部分
四、六級改革后，作文是惟一不會也不可能改動的部分，其出題方式會基本沿襲以往穩(wěn)健、成熟的出題風格。本文中，筆者將給大家講述作文應試的戰(zhàn)略性理論以及得分技巧即戰(zhàn)術操作。
博弈
寫作考試就好像“博弈”。在寫作考試中，考生是真正擁有多信息的人，考官僅僅只能被動地接受你所給的信息。所以，作文中遣詞造句時請切記兩點：一、“不會說的”處理；二、經(jīng)典句的應用
得分技巧分析
四、六級作文在準備和對策上基本一致，因為兩者評分標準基本一致(除了字數(shù)上的差距：四級120詞、六級150詞)。英語考試的作文大多可分為：1、正反論證；2、原因現(xiàn)象描述類；3、圖表；4、名言諺語。所謂的書信作文，無非就是在這四類的基礎上，套用信件的格式而已。
作文得分技巧總結：
1、 卷面整潔，書寫清楚
2、 構思簡單，少犯錯誤
3、 中心突出，層次分明
4、 固定經(jīng)典，名言注目
5、 重在變化，寧簡勿濫
下面就對以上5點在應試作文中的應用展開具體說明：
第一、 卷面整潔，書寫清楚。 由于寫作屬于主觀題型，故考官將依據(jù)主觀印象進行評判。卷面的好壞將在第一時間沖擊考官對你作文的印象。所以，建議各位考生先想清楚后動筆，減少涂改幾率，讓考官能清楚無誤地看清你答卷的內(nèi)容。另外，新的四、六級考試中會有部分考區(qū)的試卷被掃描至電腦，這些考區(qū)的考官將會在電腦前批閱作文，因此考生們好使用黑色水筆做答，以保證掃描效果。
寫作的格式有兩種：齊頭式(full block form)和縮進式(indented form)。采用齊頭式，要求所有段落的首行都在左邊頂格，段落中間空行。縮進式要求每段首行縮進4~5個字母。
第二、 構思簡單，少犯錯誤。 請大家一定記住，作文只在考核他們的語言表達能力。避免犯錯誤。
（思維。標點，時態(tài)一致，單復數(shù)，結構。6分原則。寫完后的檢查）
第三、 中心突出，層次分明。 從近幾年的四級考試作文看來，盡管實用性提高了，但行文大多可以套用“中心句＋1、2、3”模式。即每段第一句是topic sentence，改編自該段相對應的提綱，后面的1、2、3是銜接詞，每個1、2、3后接分支觀點。這種表達，中心突出，層次分明，同時也節(jié)省了考生構思結構的麻煩。銜接詞是文章邏輯關系的體現(xiàn)，所以不妨盡可能多的使用。比如，“起”的過渡詞：nowadays, at present, first of all, firstly；“承”的過渡詞：second, besides, moreover, furthermore, obviously, in addition, in other words；“轉”的過渡詞：however, on the other hand, but, instead, conversely；“合”的過渡詞：therefore, so, as a result, in short, in brief, in a word, in conclusion。
以下為2006年6月新四級作文題及其范文。劃線部分與斜體部分則體現(xiàn)了第三點所講的全部內(nèi)容。提綱如下：
1、有些大學允許學生自由選擇某些課程的任課老師
2、學生選擇老師時所考慮的主要因素是……
3、學生自選任課老師的益處及可能產(chǎn)生的問題
Nowadays, there is a general discussion today about the issue of some changes on campus. Particularly, students in universities have optional choices on their teachers.
A number of factors are responsible for decisions in choosing teachers. For one thing, the character of a lecturer plays a significant role in this issue, which means the teacher should meet the learners’ taste. For another thing, opinions from other students are likely to bring effects on the decision. In other words, we are possibly influenced by negative or positive words from others.
Obviously, there is no consensus of opinions among people as to the view of this matter. On the one hand, students are treated better than before. On the other hand, some top teachers will be ignored, if they are not able to please the market. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that further attention will be paid to this matter.
第四、 固定經(jīng)典，名言注目。經(jīng)典句和名言往往都比較容易引人注目，如果能在文中使用，也比較容易讓改卷人為之一振。為了獲得經(jīng)典的使用效果，建議考生們在平時的寫作練習中注意積累，并且每個話題背下幾句。質量良好的句子一般應該用在文章的開頭結尾，或每段的開頭，這樣才能讓別人清楚明白地看到。比如，用于文章開頭的句子：
1、 When it comes to …, people’s opinions differ.
2、 There is a public discussion today about ……
3、 There is no consensus of opinions among people as to the view of
用于文章結尾的句子：
1、 it is high time that we take measures to …
2、 judging from all evidence offered, we may safely come to the conclusion that …
3、 all the evidence points to the fact that …
4、 It is essential that effective measures should be taken to control this situation.
用于闡釋原因的句子：
1、 Some reasons are responsible for this.
2、 There are lots of reasons for the dramatic growth/decrease. First, … Second, … Finally, …
3、 The phenomenon/change in … mainly results from the fact that …
4、 One may regard the phenomenon as a sign of …
第五、 重在變化，寧簡勿濫。 作文考試評卷中，大多采用加分原則?！半y詞長句”不是加分的必然。關鍵在于變化，變化不分難易，只要有變化就行。變化分為，詞的變化和句的變化。在用詞上，同一文章中相同意義的詞要爭取不斷地用近意詞替換，以顯文章用詞靈活。（換詞和短語）在用句上，不一定要用大的從句，主要避免相鄰句子句式太多的一致。（變句模式）
備考忌諱
第一、忌諱盲目。盲目相信所謂“秘宗”或“內(nèi)部透露試卷”，四、六級考試是科學性較高的國內(nèi)英文考試，在日益提高安全性的前提下，漏題的機會幾乎沒有。第二、忌諱只看不練。只看題目或只構思，而不動手練習。四、六級考試的作文部分是考查學生對英語的主動應用能力，所以考生至少在考前一個月應該動手練習，主要以歷年真題的寫作題目為復習資料，寫完之后自己再對照范文進行修改，記下范文中的經(jīng)典句子及銜接詞，以備考場上使用。
信：
六級05年1月試卷評析
05年1月 Your Help Needed
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an open letter on behalf of the student union asking people to give help to a student who is seriously ill. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1，對病人的簡單介紹：目前的病情和家庭情況
2，目前的困難：無法繼續(xù)承擔醫(yī)療費用，需要護理
3，希望捐助，聯(lián)系方式
本次作文英文指令要求提到的病人是大學生，寫信人應代表學生會寫一封公開信。如未能按照此要求寫作，應酌情扣1分。
題目類型
原因現(xiàn)象描述類文章。表面上看，這是信，但就其實質上說，還是以前的老題型，給出2～3個提綱，要求按照提綱所示內(nèi)容完成作文。
應注意的事項
一、 要強調的一點，本次作文，除了提綱外，還應該在文中表明兩個要素――1、病人大學生；2、寫信人代表學生會。這次考試中有不少學生只注意了前面所列出的三項要求，而忽略了后面的這兩個要求。
二、 此類文章的構思。四六級作文旨在考查學生的英語基本表達能力，而非邏輯思維和分析能力，因為這是語言考試。所以，廣大考生也就沒有必要對具體內(nèi)容的合理性去嚴謹推敲。
三、 結構安排。原因現(xiàn)象描述類文章的佳安排方法是，把提綱變?yōu)橛⑽捏w現(xiàn)在每段第一句作為中心句，后面再用邏輯詞或鏈接詞把每段內(nèi)的分支觀點竄成一篇文章。
第一段要求講出病人的病情和家庭情況。另外，這是信，所以要在前面加上稱呼。作為文章的開頭段，應該簡要介紹就行，這樣也可以避免詳細描述。因為大多考生語言基礎不足以支撐詳細的細節(jié)描述。
第二段原因列舉表述段。用提綱變來的用中心句統(tǒng)領全段，之后講出幾個不同的困難。困難很容易列出，如錢不夠，家庭條件差，要人看護等顯而易見且簡單的原因。
第三段呼吁捐助和列出聯(lián)系方法。當然在行文中號召的語言是需要的，同時在結尾處要標明自己是代表學生會提出這個請求。
14分
Dear friends,
I’m writing to you, on behalf of the student union, to ask for help for our schoolmate, Li Ming. He’s seriously ill and has to have a lung transplant at once. To make things worse, he comes from the west of our country, which means that his family is quite poor.
Li Ming is now confronted with the following difficulties. To begin with, he can’t afford the medical expenses. His family doesn’t have a good financial background and moreover, his parents have already borrowed a lot of money to send him to university. In view of their low income and severe financial situation, we hope you can show our sympathy. In addition, his family is far away and he needs someone to take care of him day and night instead of his parents who are thousands of miles from here. Only under careful care can our friend recover from his disease.
On no account can we see our friend suffer without giving him a hand! He’s in desperate need of your help, especially in financial donations to help pay his expenses. Anyone who wants to offer help can contact us at 55780063 or you can email us by john@sohu.com. Please!
Yours,
John
Chairman of the Student Union
本文特點
第一段， 作者開門見山，直接把后兩個要素在第一段就標明，即生病的是學生，要代表學生會――“on behalf of the student union, to ask for help for our schoolmate”。然后，用兩句話就說清病情和家庭情況。并且用了一個較少能見的鏈接短語“To make things worse”。
第二段， 列舉困難直接把中心句放在段首，本段的基本結構可以這樣認為：“Li Ming is now confronted with the following difficulties.”＋ “To begin with”＋“moreover”＋“In addition”。并且，使用比較地道的短語be confronted with. 一般來說，短語優(yōu)先原則是一個比較好的策略。本段中，盡管作者很少使用從句，但并列句和短語的使用是較多的，“a lot of，In view of，far away，take care of，recover from”。
第三段， 首尾屬于傳統(tǒng)事務信函的套路。兩層意思，一是呼吁捐助，二是聯(lián)系方式。呼吁捐助的段首句采用倒裝，使文章的句式有了不少變化。盡管全文的從句量不多，但句式變化多，如并列句、倒裝句、無主句。并且全文的短語使用較多且地道。
圖表：
六級作文
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Rising Divorce Rates in China. You must base your composition on the following graph and outline (given in Chinese)
(1) 描寫圖表反映的問題
(2) 你認為近幾年中國離婚率高的原因是什么。
Rising Divorce Rates in China
There is a general discussion today about the issue of the divorce rate. As can be seen from the chart, great changes have been taking place. Obviously, China has experienced a dramatic increase in the divorce rate in the previous thirty years.
Some reasons are responsible for this. To begin with, legal changes have simplified divorce procedures, and removed barriers to divorce. In addition, the changes in personal economic activities also facilitate the divorce. Both of the couple can live on their own instead of depending on their partners. In other words, they can make the decision easily, when they would like to break up the marriage. Finally, a significant change can be found in social attitude towards the divorced persons. The discrimination to those divorced people has almost been wiped out.
Generally speaking, it is high time that we place great emphasis on this issue. That is to say, further attention is to be paid to this issue. Obviously, it is necessary that effective actions should be taken to prevent this trend.
圖表的實質和原因現(xiàn)象一樣：
2006年6月的六級作文Traveling Abroad是一篇圖表類文章，在出題方式上基本沿襲是走穩(wěn)健、成熟的出題風格。
一、 題目評析
本次作文的提綱如下：
1、 近十年來某城市越來越多人選擇出去旅游
2、 出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因
3、 這種現(xiàn)象可能產(chǎn)生的影響
盡管它是以圖表的形式出現(xiàn)，但就其實質來說，原因現(xiàn)象類文章和圖表的寫法一致。從近幾年的考試作文看來，行文大多可以套用“中心句＋1、2、3”模式。即，每段第一句是Topic sentence，改編自該段相對應的提綱，后面的1、2、3是鏈接詞，每個1、2、3后接分支觀點。這種表達，中心突出，層次分明，同時也節(jié)省了考生構思結構的麻煩。
本文的提綱可以理解為:
第一段、 近十年來越來越多的人選擇出去旅游
第二段、 有很多原因說明此現(xiàn)象。First, … Second, … Third, …
第三段、 這種現(xiàn)象所造成的影響如下。First, … Second, … Third, …
另外，值得注意的是，在圖表作文中，第一段，也就是對圖表描述的這一段，應該只描述圖表的大致趨勢變化，避免用過多文字對圖表進行細節(jié)描述。
二、 原則應用和高分示范
There is a general discussion today about the issue of traveling abroad. As can be seen from the bar chart, great changes have been taking place in the recent years. Obviously, an increasing number of people are likely to go abroad.
A number of factors are responsible for this. For one thing, they are better-off than before, which means people stand more chances of going out. For another, traveling abroad, in some persons’ views, partly shows that they are superior to those at home. In addition, citizens in that city are easily encouraged by the overwhelming advertisements in TV shows and news papers to go traveling. Therefore, persons in growing numbers have ever been abroad.
From what has been discussed abroad, we may safely draw the conclusion that it brings win-win effects on people’s life. On the one hand, trips abroad may widen their horizons. In other words, people have more opportunities to touch various fields, and learn something new. On the other hand, touring does provide chances of posts or business. To sum up, there is little doubt that further attention will be paid to this issue.
六級全真題目補充
06 年6月 Traveling Abroad (Bar Chart)
4、 近十年來某城市越來越多人選擇出去旅游
5、 出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因
6、 這種現(xiàn)象可能產(chǎn)生的影響
05年6月
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled “On Piracy” of no less than 150 words. You may base your writing on the following outline:
1．目前盜版的現(xiàn)象比較嚴重。
2．造成這種現(xiàn)象的原因及危害
3．我們應該怎么做
Useful words and expressions
盜版piracy (n)
盜版產(chǎn)品pirated products
知識產(chǎn)權intellectual products
侵犯版權infringe sb’s copyright, copyright infringement
05年1月
Your Help Needed
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an open letter on behalf of the student union asking people to give help to a student who is seriously ill. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1，對病人的簡單介紹：目前的病情和家庭情況
2，目前的困難：無法繼續(xù)承擔醫(yī)療費用，需要護理
3，希望捐助，聯(lián)系方式
04年6月
設想你買了一本英文詞典，發(fā)現(xiàn)有這樣那樣的質量問題，書店的服務態(tài)度又不好，因此給報社編輯寫信。信中必須包括以下內(nèi)容：
1、事情的起因
2、與書店交涉的經(jīng)過
3、呼吁服務行業(yè)必須提高服務質量
四級全真題目補充
2006年6月
A Poster Recruiting
1． 校學生會將組織暑假自愿者活動，現(xiàn)招募志愿者
2． 本次自愿者活動的目的、活動安排等
3． 報名方式及聯(lián)系方式
1. 2005年12月
Should the university campus be open to tourists?
1． 校園正成為旅游新熱點
2． 校園是否應對公眾開放人們看法不同
3． 我認為……
2．2005年6月
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay “in honor of teachers on the occasion of Teacher's Day”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
1,向老師表達節(jié)日祝賀
2,從一件小事來回憶老師的教誨和無私的奉獻
3,我如何回報老師的關愛
3．2005年1月
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a campaign speech in support of your election to the post of chairman of the student union. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
A Campaign Speech
1 你認為自己具備是什么條件(能力，性格，愛好)可以勝任學生會主席工作，
2 如果當選你將會為本校同學做什么？
4．2004年6月
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled A Brief Introduction to a Tourist Attraction. You should write at least 120 words according to the following guidelines: A brief introduction to a tourist attraction
一個吸引游客的簡單介紹
1、歡迎詞 2、一天的行程安排 3、對旅客即將訪問的地點進行描述 4、你應該讓這個介紹很吸引人，并且讓每個人都清楚了解你的行程安排。
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四、六級改革后，作文是惟一不會也不可能改動的部分，其出題方式會基本沿襲以往穩(wěn)健、成熟的出題風格。本文中，筆者將給大家講述作文應試的戰(zhàn)略性理論以及得分技巧即戰(zhàn)術操作。
博弈
寫作考試就好像“博弈”。在寫作考試中，考生是真正擁有多信息的人，考官僅僅只能被動地接受你所給的信息。所以，作文中遣詞造句時請切記兩點：一、“不會說的”處理；二、經(jīng)典句的應用
得分技巧分析
四、六級作文在準備和對策上基本一致，因為兩者評分標準基本一致(除了字數(shù)上的差距：四級120詞、六級150詞)。英語考試的作文大多可分為：1、正反論證；2、原因現(xiàn)象描述類；3、圖表；4、名言諺語。所謂的書信作文，無非就是在這四類的基礎上，套用信件的格式而已。
作文得分技巧總結：
1、 卷面整潔，書寫清楚
2、 構思簡單，少犯錯誤
3、 中心突出，層次分明
4、 固定經(jīng)典，名言注目
5、 重在變化，寧簡勿濫
下面就對以上5點在應試作文中的應用展開具體說明：
第一、 卷面整潔，書寫清楚。 由于寫作屬于主觀題型，故考官將依據(jù)主觀印象進行評判。卷面的好壞將在第一時間沖擊考官對你作文的印象。所以，建議各位考生先想清楚后動筆，減少涂改幾率，讓考官能清楚無誤地看清你答卷的內(nèi)容。另外，新的四、六級考試中會有部分考區(qū)的試卷被掃描至電腦，這些考區(qū)的考官將會在電腦前批閱作文，因此考生們好使用黑色水筆做答，以保證掃描效果。
寫作的格式有兩種：齊頭式(full block form)和縮進式(indented form)。采用齊頭式，要求所有段落的首行都在左邊頂格，段落中間空行。縮進式要求每段首行縮進4~5個字母。
第二、 構思簡單，少犯錯誤。 請大家一定記住，作文只在考核他們的語言表達能力。避免犯錯誤。
（思維。標點，時態(tài)一致，單復數(shù)，結構。6分原則。寫完后的檢查）
第三、 中心突出，層次分明。 從近幾年的四級考試作文看來，盡管實用性提高了，但行文大多可以套用“中心句＋1、2、3”模式。即每段第一句是topic sentence，改編自該段相對應的提綱，后面的1、2、3是銜接詞，每個1、2、3后接分支觀點。這種表達，中心突出，層次分明，同時也節(jié)省了考生構思結構的麻煩。銜接詞是文章邏輯關系的體現(xiàn)，所以不妨盡可能多的使用。比如，“起”的過渡詞：nowadays, at present, first of all, firstly；“承”的過渡詞：second, besides, moreover, furthermore, obviously, in addition, in other words；“轉”的過渡詞：however, on the other hand, but, instead, conversely；“合”的過渡詞：therefore, so, as a result, in short, in brief, in a word, in conclusion。
以下為2006年6月新四級作文題及其范文。劃線部分與斜體部分則體現(xiàn)了第三點所講的全部內(nèi)容。提綱如下：
1、有些大學允許學生自由選擇某些課程的任課老師
2、學生選擇老師時所考慮的主要因素是……
3、學生自選任課老師的益處及可能產(chǎn)生的問題
Nowadays, there is a general discussion today about the issue of some changes on campus. Particularly, students in universities have optional choices on their teachers.
A number of factors are responsible for decisions in choosing teachers. For one thing, the character of a lecturer plays a significant role in this issue, which means the teacher should meet the learners’ taste. For another thing, opinions from other students are likely to bring effects on the decision. In other words, we are possibly influenced by negative or positive words from others.
Obviously, there is no consensus of opinions among people as to the view of this matter. On the one hand, students are treated better than before. On the other hand, some top teachers will be ignored, if they are not able to please the market. From what has been discussed above, we may safely draw the conclusion that further attention will be paid to this matter.
第四、 固定經(jīng)典，名言注目。經(jīng)典句和名言往往都比較容易引人注目，如果能在文中使用，也比較容易讓改卷人為之一振。為了獲得經(jīng)典的使用效果，建議考生們在平時的寫作練習中注意積累，并且每個話題背下幾句。質量良好的句子一般應該用在文章的開頭結尾，或每段的開頭，這樣才能讓別人清楚明白地看到。比如，用于文章開頭的句子：
1、 When it comes to …, people’s opinions differ.
2、 There is a public discussion today about ……
3、 There is no consensus of opinions among people as to the view of
用于文章結尾的句子：
1、 it is high time that we take measures to …
2、 judging from all evidence offered, we may safely come to the conclusion that …
3、 all the evidence points to the fact that …
4、 It is essential that effective measures should be taken to control this situation.
用于闡釋原因的句子：
1、 Some reasons are responsible for this.
2、 There are lots of reasons for the dramatic growth/decrease. First, … Second, … Finally, …
3、 The phenomenon/change in … mainly results from the fact that …
4、 One may regard the phenomenon as a sign of …
第五、 重在變化，寧簡勿濫。 作文考試評卷中，大多采用加分原則?！半y詞長句”不是加分的必然。關鍵在于變化，變化不分難易，只要有變化就行。變化分為，詞的變化和句的變化。在用詞上，同一文章中相同意義的詞要爭取不斷地用近意詞替換，以顯文章用詞靈活。（換詞和短語）在用句上，不一定要用大的從句，主要避免相鄰句子句式太多的一致。（變句模式）
備考忌諱
第一、忌諱盲目。盲目相信所謂“秘宗”或“內(nèi)部透露試卷”，四、六級考試是科學性較高的國內(nèi)英文考試，在日益提高安全性的前提下，漏題的機會幾乎沒有。第二、忌諱只看不練。只看題目或只構思，而不動手練習。四、六級考試的作文部分是考查學生對英語的主動應用能力，所以考生至少在考前一個月應該動手練習，主要以歷年真題的寫作題目為復習資料，寫完之后自己再對照范文進行修改，記下范文中的經(jīng)典句子及銜接詞，以備考場上使用。
信：
六級05年1月試卷評析
05年1月 Your Help Needed
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an open letter on behalf of the student union asking people to give help to a student who is seriously ill. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1，對病人的簡單介紹：目前的病情和家庭情況
2，目前的困難：無法繼續(xù)承擔醫(yī)療費用，需要護理
3，希望捐助，聯(lián)系方式
本次作文英文指令要求提到的病人是大學生，寫信人應代表學生會寫一封公開信。如未能按照此要求寫作，應酌情扣1分。
題目類型
原因現(xiàn)象描述類文章。表面上看，這是信，但就其實質上說，還是以前的老題型，給出2～3個提綱，要求按照提綱所示內(nèi)容完成作文。
應注意的事項
一、 要強調的一點，本次作文，除了提綱外，還應該在文中表明兩個要素――1、病人大學生；2、寫信人代表學生會。這次考試中有不少學生只注意了前面所列出的三項要求，而忽略了后面的這兩個要求。
二、 此類文章的構思。四六級作文旨在考查學生的英語基本表達能力，而非邏輯思維和分析能力，因為這是語言考試。所以，廣大考生也就沒有必要對具體內(nèi)容的合理性去嚴謹推敲。
三、 結構安排。原因現(xiàn)象描述類文章的佳安排方法是，把提綱變?yōu)橛⑽捏w現(xiàn)在每段第一句作為中心句，后面再用邏輯詞或鏈接詞把每段內(nèi)的分支觀點竄成一篇文章。
第一段要求講出病人的病情和家庭情況。另外，這是信，所以要在前面加上稱呼。作為文章的開頭段，應該簡要介紹就行，這樣也可以避免詳細描述。因為大多考生語言基礎不足以支撐詳細的細節(jié)描述。
第二段原因列舉表述段。用提綱變來的用中心句統(tǒng)領全段，之后講出幾個不同的困難。困難很容易列出，如錢不夠，家庭條件差，要人看護等顯而易見且簡單的原因。
第三段呼吁捐助和列出聯(lián)系方法。當然在行文中號召的語言是需要的，同時在結尾處要標明自己是代表學生會提出這個請求。
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Dear friends,
I’m writing to you, on behalf of the student union, to ask for help for our schoolmate, Li Ming. He’s seriously ill and has to have a lung transplant at once. To make things worse, he comes from the west of our country, which means that his family is quite poor.
Li Ming is now confronted with the following difficulties. To begin with, he can’t afford the medical expenses. His family doesn’t have a good financial background and moreover, his parents have already borrowed a lot of money to send him to university. In view of their low income and severe financial situation, we hope you can show our sympathy. In addition, his family is far away and he needs someone to take care of him day and night instead of his parents who are thousands of miles from here. Only under careful care can our friend recover from his disease.
On no account can we see our friend suffer without giving him a hand! He’s in desperate need of your help, especially in financial donations to help pay his expenses. Anyone who wants to offer help can contact us at 55780063 or you can email us by john@sohu.com. Please!
Yours,
John
Chairman of the Student Union
本文特點
第一段， 作者開門見山，直接把后兩個要素在第一段就標明，即生病的是學生，要代表學生會――“on behalf of the student union, to ask for help for our schoolmate”。然后，用兩句話就說清病情和家庭情況。并且用了一個較少能見的鏈接短語“To make things worse”。
第二段， 列舉困難直接把中心句放在段首，本段的基本結構可以這樣認為：“Li Ming is now confronted with the following difficulties.”＋ “To begin with”＋“moreover”＋“In addition”。并且，使用比較地道的短語be confronted with. 一般來說，短語優(yōu)先原則是一個比較好的策略。本段中，盡管作者很少使用從句，但并列句和短語的使用是較多的，“a lot of，In view of，far away，take care of，recover from”。
第三段， 首尾屬于傳統(tǒng)事務信函的套路。兩層意思，一是呼吁捐助，二是聯(lián)系方式。呼吁捐助的段首句采用倒裝，使文章的句式有了不少變化。盡管全文的從句量不多，但句式變化多，如并列句、倒裝句、無主句。并且全文的短語使用較多且地道。
圖表：
六級作文
Directions: For this part, you are allowed thirty minutes to write a composition on the topic Rising Divorce Rates in China. You must base your composition on the following graph and outline (given in Chinese)
(1) 描寫圖表反映的問題
(2) 你認為近幾年中國離婚率高的原因是什么。
Rising Divorce Rates in China
There is a general discussion today about the issue of the divorce rate. As can be seen from the chart, great changes have been taking place. Obviously, China has experienced a dramatic increase in the divorce rate in the previous thirty years.
Some reasons are responsible for this. To begin with, legal changes have simplified divorce procedures, and removed barriers to divorce. In addition, the changes in personal economic activities also facilitate the divorce. Both of the couple can live on their own instead of depending on their partners. In other words, they can make the decision easily, when they would like to break up the marriage. Finally, a significant change can be found in social attitude towards the divorced persons. The discrimination to those divorced people has almost been wiped out.
Generally speaking, it is high time that we place great emphasis on this issue. That is to say, further attention is to be paid to this issue. Obviously, it is necessary that effective actions should be taken to prevent this trend.
圖表的實質和原因現(xiàn)象一樣：
2006年6月的六級作文Traveling Abroad是一篇圖表類文章，在出題方式上基本沿襲是走穩(wěn)健、成熟的出題風格。
一、 題目評析
本次作文的提綱如下：
1、 近十年來某城市越來越多人選擇出去旅游
2、 出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因
3、 這種現(xiàn)象可能產(chǎn)生的影響
盡管它是以圖表的形式出現(xiàn)，但就其實質來說，原因現(xiàn)象類文章和圖表的寫法一致。從近幾年的考試作文看來，行文大多可以套用“中心句＋1、2、3”模式。即，每段第一句是Topic sentence，改編自該段相對應的提綱，后面的1、2、3是鏈接詞，每個1、2、3后接分支觀點。這種表達，中心突出，層次分明，同時也節(jié)省了考生構思結構的麻煩。
本文的提綱可以理解為:
第一段、 近十年來越來越多的人選擇出去旅游
第二段、 有很多原因說明此現(xiàn)象。First, … Second, … Third, …
第三段、 這種現(xiàn)象所造成的影響如下。First, … Second, … Third, …
另外，值得注意的是，在圖表作文中，第一段，也就是對圖表描述的這一段，應該只描述圖表的大致趨勢變化，避免用過多文字對圖表進行細節(jié)描述。
二、 原則應用和高分示范
There is a general discussion today about the issue of traveling abroad. As can be seen from the bar chart, great changes have been taking place in the recent years. Obviously, an increasing number of people are likely to go abroad.
A number of factors are responsible for this. For one thing, they are better-off than before, which means people stand more chances of going out. For another, traveling abroad, in some persons’ views, partly shows that they are superior to those at home. In addition, citizens in that city are easily encouraged by the overwhelming advertisements in TV shows and news papers to go traveling. Therefore, persons in growing numbers have ever been abroad.
From what has been discussed abroad, we may safely draw the conclusion that it brings win-win effects on people’s life. On the one hand, trips abroad may widen their horizons. In other words, people have more opportunities to touch various fields, and learn something new. On the other hand, touring does provide chances of posts or business. To sum up, there is little doubt that further attention will be paid to this issue.
六級全真題目補充
06 年6月 Traveling Abroad (Bar Chart)
4、 近十年來某城市越來越多人選擇出去旅游
5、 出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因
6、 這種現(xiàn)象可能產(chǎn)生的影響
05年6月
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled “On Piracy” of no less than 150 words. You may base your writing on the following outline:
1．目前盜版的現(xiàn)象比較嚴重。
2．造成這種現(xiàn)象的原因及危害
3．我們應該怎么做
Useful words and expressions
盜版piracy (n)
盜版產(chǎn)品pirated products
知識產(chǎn)權intellectual products
侵犯版權infringe sb’s copyright, copyright infringement
05年1月
Your Help Needed
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an open letter on behalf of the student union asking people to give help to a student who is seriously ill. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:
1，對病人的簡單介紹：目前的病情和家庭情況
2，目前的困難：無法繼續(xù)承擔醫(yī)療費用，需要護理
3，希望捐助，聯(lián)系方式
04年6月
設想你買了一本英文詞典，發(fā)現(xiàn)有這樣那樣的質量問題，書店的服務態(tài)度又不好，因此給報社編輯寫信。信中必須包括以下內(nèi)容：
1、事情的起因
2、與書店交涉的經(jīng)過
3、呼吁服務行業(yè)必須提高服務質量
四級全真題目補充
2006年6月
A Poster Recruiting
1． 校學生會將組織暑假自愿者活動，現(xiàn)招募志愿者
2． 本次自愿者活動的目的、活動安排等
3． 報名方式及聯(lián)系方式
1. 2005年12月
Should the university campus be open to tourists?
1． 校園正成為旅游新熱點
2． 校園是否應對公眾開放人們看法不同
3． 我認為……
2．2005年6月
For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay “in honor of teachers on the occasion of Teacher's Day”. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below:
1,向老師表達節(jié)日祝賀
2,從一件小事來回憶老師的教誨和無私的奉獻
3,我如何回報老師的關愛
3．2005年1月
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a campaign speech in support of your election to the post of chairman of the student union. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese.
A Campaign Speech
1 你認為自己具備是什么條件(能力，性格，愛好)可以勝任學生會主席工作，
2 如果當選你將會為本校同學做什么？
4．2004年6月
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition entitled A Brief Introduction to a Tourist Attraction. You should write at least 120 words according to the following guidelines: A brief introduction to a tourist attraction
一個吸引游客的簡單介紹
1、歡迎詞 2、一天的行程安排 3、對旅客即將訪問的地點進行描述 4、你應該讓這個介紹很吸引人，并且讓每個人都清楚了解你的行程安排。
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