Task 1:

5月17日的小作文是地图题，对比两年的城市地图。

The following two maps exhibits the changes ofthe city from 1960 to now.

【解题技巧】：本次的地图展示的是一个城市在两个不同时期的变化，首先要注意观察图片，标出不同和相同的地方，写作时重点突出不同的地方，即前后的变化。考生要注意方位词的使用，以及范围大小、区域功能变化等。其次是时态的使用，描述1960年要用到一般过去时，描述现在需要用到一般现在时和现在完成时。1960年需要交代crane, cruiseliners, two residential areas, stadium, business district, trams 的具体位置。现在扩大的有business district；缩小的是residential area和tramway；新添的有footbridge, sportscenter, restaurants和bars. 可能用到的方位词有：northeast，in the north and south ofthe city, in the center of, right-handed corner等。可能用到的表示面积变化的词和词组有：expand,reduce, remain the same, add等。

【解题思路】：

首先：概述两张地图：The following two maps exhibits the changes of the city from1960 to now. There are six main changes in terms of its city design andreconstruction.

中间部分：分别描述这两张地图。1960年的时候，crane, cruise liners, two residential areas, stadium,business district, trams分别位于哪里，注意用一般过去时，如In1960, there were cranes along the beach；描写现在时，主要突出变化的部分，用一般现在时和现在完成时，如Nowadays, the business district has been expanded.

最后：总结，简单一句到两句，如In my opinion, the city is now more reasonably planed.

Task 2:

Children can learn effectively from watching television. Thereforechildren should be encouraged to watch television regularly both at home and atschool. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

【题目分析】：这次的大作文是同意不同意型的题目，内容有关教育。考生在审题后可以选择同意、不同意或者中庸，只要言之有理就可以。需要注意的是，不管选择哪一种，理由都要尽量合情合理。

【解题思路】：不应该鼓励孩子多看电视

第一部分：话题的社会背景+正/反方观点+自己的看法。简单介绍下科技的发展，孩子们对于电视的依赖度越来越高，一些家长不以为意，觉得孩子可以通过电视学习到很多知识，应该鼓励他们多看电视；持反对建议的家长认为看电视耽误学习，应该减少甚至禁止。

第二部分：论点1：孩子缺乏自律性，容易沉迷于电视节目，耽误日常学习。

Unlike adults, most children are lack ofself-control and easily get addicted to interesting staffs. The programs on TVare gaining their diversity and appeal day by day. It’s becoming tougher forkids to resist its temptation, especially when they have their parents’support. They may be just leisure around under the name of studying, which inreturn affects their routine learning.

论点2：过度看电视可能会导致健康问题。守在电视前，缺乏运动可能引起肥胖、垃圾食品摄入过量；长时间盯着电视屏幕会衰弱视力等。

If children spend much time watching TV at homeand school everyday, they may face the probability of suffering obesity.Because they tend to eat more junk food while watching TV and move less. Thenumber of near-sightedkids increases with years, on the contrary to the number of their age. Besides,more active and aggressive activities should be encouraged, as they are in aphysical state when they should participate in more outdoor sports.

论点3：很多电视节目并不适合孩子们观看，他们可能不加区分的吸收正面和负面的信息，如一些暴力的场面，不利于心理的健康成长。其次看太多电视可能会影响孩子现实生活的交往能力。

Not all TV programs are suitable for children.Parents should always supervise the content their children may approach in casethat the children are influenced by certain negative information, such asviolent scenes. For children possess the nature instinct to imitate what theysee, it’s pretty risk to expose them to unselected messages. Furthermore, toomuch time on TV weakens the chance of actual communications. It would be morebeneficial if they can practice interpersonal interactions by spending time withparents and friends.

第三部分：总结。概括上文提到的三个论点，指出尽管不同人持有不同的观点，但综上所诉，我认为不应该鼓励孩子多看电视。