2010年专四作文真题

Should College Students Hire Cleaners?

(大学生是否应该雇佣清洁工)——关于大学生的生活独立

 Direction： It is recently reported in a newspaper that six students who shared a dorm at a local university hired a cleaner to do laundry and cleaning once a week. And each of them paid her 60 yuan a month. This has led to a heated debate as to whether college students should hire cleaners.     

 Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:              

Should College Students Hire Cleaners?

 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：

  这是典型立场观点选择题型。要求考生确立自己的观点，然后进行论证。  

 历年类似考题：      

2009 Will Tourism Bring Harm to the Environment?   

 2007 Is It Wise to Make Friends Online? 

2004 Will Phones Kill Letter Writing? 

1994 TV: a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?   

第一部分：短文从一则新闻报道入手，要求考生就这一话题发表意见，由于是考生熟悉的校园话题，且考生看到题目直觉的反应就是不应该雇佣清洁工，因此首段直接表明观点，对该做法持否定态度。 

第二部分：主体部分从两方面进行分析，第一，根据古人“一屋不扫，何以扫天下”的道理展开，说明作为大学生应该逐渐培养独立意识，不应该连最基本的小事都依赖他人；第二，从金钱角度阐述该现象的恶劣影响，大学生基本靠父母供养，雇佣清洁工打扫寝室很容易导致校园中产生攀比、炫富等不良现象。  

第三部分：结论部分呼吁结束这种做法，并且呼应主体部分的两点原因，号召大学生尽快建立独立意识和良好的金钱观，让父母对我们的自理能力放心。  

经典范文：

Should College Students Hire Cleaners?

   According to a recent report, six university students hired cleaners to clean their dorm and do their laundry every week. Although we have no right to tell them what to do with their money, as a university student myself, I find this practice absurd. 

For a start, away from our parents, it is in university that we learn to be independent adults. Cleaning the room and doing one’s laundry are the most basic living skills. If we always depend on others to take care of us, how can we survive when there is no one to help us? How can we take on any responsibility when we step into society? 

For another, the practice reflects their flippant attitude towards money. The money they paid for the cleaners probably comes from their parents, who must be very depressed once they know the truth. It also sets a very bad precedent on campus. Other students may follow suit to show the wealth of their families; or worse, they tend to think money can buy them anything in this world, which obviously is wrong. 

All in all, I think we must do away with this practice. Otherwise, we may never appreciate the good value of money and an independent way of life. The better and sooner we can take care of ourselves, the more proud our parents will be.