Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on keeping pets . You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words according to the following guidelines:
More and more people are raising pets.
Some are in favor of keeping pets.
Others are against keeping pets.
What’s your opinion?
審題立意
1. 導語解讀:要求考生根據(jù)提綱的內容就“飼養(yǎng)寵物”這一話題展開論述。
2. 文章立意:雖然人們對應不應該養(yǎng)寵物有不同看法,但養(yǎng)寵物沒有好壞對錯之分。人們的喜好各有不同,我們應尊重他人的權利,只要飼養(yǎng)正當,不影響他人的生活就行。
寫作思路
1. 第一段根據(jù)提綱提出人們流行養(yǎng)寵物的現(xiàn)狀及公眾對飼養(yǎng)寵物持不同意見。
2. 第二段和第三段為主體段落,通過對比論證的方式闡述飼養(yǎng)寵物的利與弊。其中好處包括減少老人的孤獨感,培養(yǎng)孩子的愛心,看家護院等。弊端包括容易攜帶病毒,對他人造成威脅,影響城市環(huán)境等。
3. 第四段指出,飼養(yǎng)寵物沒有對與錯之分,只要飼養(yǎng)得當即可。
參考范文
The phenomenon of keeping pets is nothing strange nowadays. 1 When it comes to the topic whether it’s good for people to keep pets or not, people hold different kinds of opinions. 2
Some people maintain that it’s good to keep pets in the house, especially for the elders. 3 The pets can keep them company as well as make them feel safe. As for kids, keeping pets around them makes them more caring and compassionate, which is quite a good way for young parents to educate their children. Moreover, some pets can also look after the house when there’s no one at home.
However, others argue that keeping pets does more harm than good. 3 In their opinion, keeping pets is not healthy since pets may have some viruses with them which you don’t even know. And also, pets’ defecating casually makes cities dirty. What’s more, some large pets especially large dogs may be a danger and even hurt people when they are not tied outside.
As far as I am concerned, whether it’s good to keep a pet or not depends on the situation. Due to people’s different preferences, we should respect people’s right to keep a pet only if one keeps pets well-treated and is sure not to threaten other people’s safety. 4
如今,養(yǎng)寵物已經(jīng)是一種很常見的現(xiàn)象了。談到養(yǎng)寵物到底好不好的問題時,人們的觀點不盡相同。
有的人認為,在家養(yǎng)寵物是好的,特別是對老人來說。寵物能陪伴他們,也能給他們帶來安全感。對于小孩來說,養(yǎng)寵物能使他們更有愛心和同情心,這是年輕父母教育孩子的一種很好的方式。再者,當家里沒人時,一些寵物也能看家護院。
但是,另外一些人卻覺得養(yǎng)寵物弊大于利。他們認為,養(yǎng)寵物并不健康,因為寵物可能會攜帶一些你甚至無法察覺的病毒。另外,寵物隨處大小便會使我們的城市變臟。更有甚者,有些大型寵物,尤其是大型犬,帶出去時如果不拴鏈子可能會有危險,甚至給人造成傷害。
我認為,養(yǎng)寵物到底好不好應該根據(jù)具體情況而定。因為人們的喜好各有不同,我們應尊重人們飼養(yǎng)寵物的權利,只要飼養(yǎng)寵物者善待寵物并確保不威脅他人的安全。
范文點評
1. 開篇簡要說明飼養(yǎng)寵物司空見慣這一事實。
2. 自然過渡,引出人們對飼養(yǎng)寵物的不同態(tài)度和看法,緊扣作文話題。
3. 采用對比論證的方法,列舉正反兩方面觀點。
4. 末段表明自己的觀點,指出我們對飼養(yǎng)寵物應有的態(tài)度。
要點用法
maintain v. 主張,堅持說
caring adj. 有愛心的
compassionate adj. 有同情心的
defecate v. 排便
casually adv. 隨意地
preference n. 喜好
threaten v. 威脅
句法點評
1. When it comes to the topic whether it’s good for people to keep pets or not, people hold different kinds of opinions.
這句話包含了一個固定搭配when it comes to,意為“一談到……;就……而論”,后面接名詞、動名詞或從句。
2. As for kids, keeping pets around them makes them more caring and compassionate, which is quite a good way for young parents to educate their children.