Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Work in Big Cities or Average Ones . You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words according to the following guidelines:
Big cities provide more job opportunities and boast bountiful resources and better facilities but they are overcrowded and expensive for people to work and live there.
Average cities are comfortable for people to live and work but life there is less colorful than in big cities.
What do you prefer? Why?
審題立意
1. 導(dǎo)語(yǔ)解讀：要求考生根據(jù)給定的提綱就“去大城市工作還是去一般城市工作？”這一話題進(jìn)行闡述，并表明自己的選擇，給出解釋。
2. 文章立意：大城市給人們提供了很多工作機(jī)遇、資源和良好的設(shè)施，但人口過(guò)多，生活成本高；一般城市工作和生活相對(duì)舒適，但不像大城市那樣多彩。
寫作思路
1. 第一段以疑問句開場(chǎng)，然后指出此問題的普遍性。
2. 第二段通過(guò)對(duì)比論證的方式闡述不同人的不同選擇：一些人選擇在大城市工作及他們的原因，而另一些則選擇在小城市工作及自身的考慮。
3. 第三段鮮明地表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，引用柏拉圖名言，詳細(xì)闡述并論證自己的觀點(diǎn)。
參考范文
Work in Big Cities or Average Ones?
Do you want to work in big cities or average ones? 1 Every college graduate faces this question when he starts his career.
Some prefer to stay in big cities. They consider that big cities usually provide more job opportunities and boast bountiful resources and better facilities, which are all crucial to their career development. 2 At the same time, they have to endure the overcrowded traffic condition along with a high cost of living. 2 Conversely, others choose to start their career in average cities. 3 Even though life there may be less colorful than in big cities, they can enjoy themselves in a quieter and less competitive environment. They may expect to more easily attract the attention of the management and even win promotion earlier.
As far as I am concerned, I prefer to start my career in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. 4 As the saying goes, “A good beginning is half done.” 5 Big cities offer me a broad platform, on which I can fully tap my potential and achieve better development.
去大城市還是去一般城市工作?
你想在大城市工作，還是一般城市工作？每個(gè)開啟職業(yè)生涯的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生都會(huì)面臨這樣的問題。
一些人選擇留在大城市發(fā)展。他們認(rèn)為，大城市通常會(huì)提供更多的工作機(jī)會(huì)，享有豐富的資源和更好的設(shè)施，這些因素對(duì)于他們的職業(yè)發(fā)展來(lái)說(shuō)都是至關(guān)重要的。同時(shí)，他們也不得不忍受著大城市擁擠的交通和高昂的生活成本。相反地，另一些人選擇在一般城市開啟他們的職業(yè)生涯。盡管生活不像大城市那般絢麗多彩，他們卻能在更平靜、競(jìng)爭(zhēng)不那么激烈的環(huán)境中享受生活。他們有望更容易地獲得管理層的青睞，甚至更早地實(shí)現(xiàn)升職愿望。
就我而言，我更傾向于選擇像北上廣這樣的大城市。正如諺語(yǔ)所說(shuō)：“良好的開始是成功的一半?！贝蟪鞘锌梢詾槲姨峁┮粋€(gè)廣闊的平臺(tái)，在此之上，我可以充分發(fā)揮潛力并實(shí)現(xiàn)更好的發(fā)展。
范文點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. 開篇以疑問句引出主題，同時(shí)以簡(jiǎn)潔的回答凸顯主題。
2. 自然過(guò)渡，引出一部分人的看法及理由，緊扣主題。
3. 采用對(duì)比論證的方法，表達(dá)另外一部分人的不同觀點(diǎn)：一般城市的工作依舊充滿魅力。
4. 鮮明地表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)。
5. 引用諺語(yǔ)，增強(qiáng)說(shuō)服力。
要點(diǎn)用法
boast v. 夸耀；取得（成功）；擁有
bountiful adj. 豐富的；大量的
management n. 管理層
facility n. 設(shè)施
tap one’s potential 發(fā)揮潛力
句法點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. They consider that big cities usually provide more job opportunities and boast bountiful resources and better facilities, which are all crucial to their career development.
which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語(yǔ)從句，是對(duì)前面內(nèi)容的進(jìn)一步補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明。
2. Even though life there may be less colorful than in big cities, they can enjoy themselves in a quieter and less competitive environment.
