Question

【题目】请认真阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇 150 词左右的文章。

Running individual official accounts on social-networking app WeChat has become a new channel for Chinese people to express themselves, according to a survey.

At present, many media organizations, companies and individuals in China have launched official accounts on WeChat, making efforts to attract more subscribers to expand their reach. Over 66 percent of 2,001 respondents said they were willing to set up individual official accounts while 27.2 percent said they had already started such accounts.

The survey, published by the China Youth Daily, also said expressing feelings and views, as well as gaining popularity, was the top reasons why people wanted individual official accounts. More than half of individual official accounts offered content concerning personal views and feelings, as well as entertainment and recreation information, the survey said.

Of more than 540 respondents that have individual official accounts on WeChat, 5 percent claimed that they had built popular 'self-media' brands using the accounts, while 12.2 percent said they had made money from the accounts through advertising. Meanwhile, 42 percent said their accounts had limited influence with only a few subscribers.

（写作内容）

1. 用约 30 个词概括上文的主要内容；

2. 用约 120 个词说明你对“创建个人公众号”此现象持支持或反对的态度，并给出 2 个理由。

（写作要求）

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

（评分标准）

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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Answer 1

【答案】Possible version 1:

An increasing number of Chinese people are setting up individual official WeChat accounts with the aim of expressing themselves and gaining popularity. So far, only a minority of them have successfully built popular 'self-media' brands.

From my perspective, I’m in strong favor of setting up an individual official account on WeChat. To begin with, as a way to sell ideas to others, there is no denying that it’s an excellent tool for self-promotion, by which we can increase our personal impact on social life. Additionally, such an account offers a good chance to make friends with many like-minded people, with whom we can share opinions and enjoy cooperation. Without effective cooperation, we could not achieve real success in current society.

To summarize, only when we take advantage of an individual official account appropriately can we make it a great helper in our social life.

Possible version 2:

An increasing number of Chinese people are setting up individual official WeChat accounts with the aim of expressing themselves and gaining popularity. So far, only a minority of them have successfully built popular 'self-media' brands.

Evident as the advantages of setting up personal WeChat account are, I opt for an objection to such practice. First and foremost, WeChat account is designed as a platform for individuals to voice their personal opinions and express their emotions. However, with the intention of expanding their popularity and earning money, some people post remarks encouraging hatred and violence, depressing outlook and even vicious videos, which will tremendously exert negative impact on its subscribers and social stability. What's worse, in order to maintain his account's popularity, one must set aside much time and energy, thus inevitably affecting one's work and life.

In short, to limit the drawbacks of setting up WeChat account to a minimum, we should take cautious attitude.

【解析】

这是一篇读写任务。文章主要描写了现在很多中国人在微信上创建个人公众号的现象，以及他们创建的目的。

根据要求，首先要用一段约30个字的文章概括本文，然后再用一篇文章表达对这种现象的观点，并用两个理由陈述自己的观点。

通读全文，我们可以这样对文章进行概括：越来越多的中国人创建了个人公众号，他们的主要目的是表达自己和让自己受到欢迎。迄今为止，其中有很少一部分人通过自媒体广告挣得利润。