2004年专四作文真题

　　Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?（电话和写信）——关于社会文化 

　　 Direction：

　　    Nowadays young people tend to phone more often than write to each other. So, some say that phones will kill letter writing. What is your opinion?   Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

　　Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?     

　　You are to write in three parts:          

　　 In the first part, state clearly what your view is.     

　　 In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons.     

　　 In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.     

　　Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.  

　　写作指南： 

　　此作文题属于立场选择型模式。这类题目也可称为“For-Against” 模式。在提出话题后，通常从相对的角度提出两种观点和立场，要求考生从中选出一个作为自己的立场，即二选一，然后论证其正确性。  

　　历年类似考题：     

　　1999 A Major Advantage/Disadvantage on Television  

　　1997 More Pressure from Academic Studies Does (Does no) Good to Us      

　　本文要求考生就大学里的文化艺术节发表自己的看法。根据题目要求，文章结构如下：      第一部分：明确表达自己的观点（总论点）。     

　　 第二部分：用几个有说服力的分论点来支撑自己的总论点。     

　　第三部分：对以上部分进行总结，并适当升华主题。  

　　范文与解析：

　　Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?  

　　  Telephone is said to be one of the greatest inventions of the world, which has revolutionized people’s way of life. Although more and more people nowadays tend to phone more than write letters, I still don’t believe phones will kill letter writing in people’s daily communication.   People communicate for different purposes and in different ways.

　　Letters, though traditional in a way, help people express their ideas in a more exact way，without the careless tongue slips of telephone conversations. More importantly, it is long held that “To see is to believe.” and communication in written form is considered to be more formal than that done orally. Therefore, letters are always the preferred way of communication when it comes to formal occasions like job application, nailing down a contract or traveling information confirmation. It is not entirely groundless to say that letters are still indispensable nowadays. 

　　 In a word, letters have their unique features to satisfy certain communication purposes and will therefore never be replaced by phones in people’s daily life. It’s perhaps more appropriate to say that they supplement each other instead of replacing each other.