Dear editor,
Recently our classmates have had a heated discussion about the topic “Environment or economy, must we choose?”.Some students are in favor of the development of environment, while others put economy above environment.
The students who are worried about the environment say that many plants and animals have died and fish are even given no time to lay eggs. Besides, water and air are seriously polluted, making people sick. While we damage our environment, we keep producing more and more people who need more land to live on and more food to eat.
As to the students for economy, they propose, first of all, people are more important than plants and animals. As a matter of fact, many companies and factories are very concerned about the environment and have sense of responsibility. In addition, with the development of economy, more jobs will be created.
选择其中三点(In my opinion, I think, firstly, we should produce more things from recycled materials, and less from materials taken directly from nature. Secondly, more effective laws to preserve the environment should be made, which controls the scale of trees-cutting and fish-catching. Thirdly, we try to live an environmentally friendly way of life and pay slightly higher prices for things that are environmentally friendly. what’s more, companies producing chemical waste should pay higher taxes. With these measures, I believe that a healthy environment and a stable economy should be possible at the same time.)
试题分析：本文属于陈述正反方观点的议论文作文，主题是Environment or Economy，给出了大部分要点，就是对环境和经济的不同观点，要考生给出自己的观点。文章结构清晰，先是一些同学认为环境更重要的观点，然后是认为经济更重要的观点，最后是自己的观点，要求考生用地道的英语表达自己的观点，要求观点明确，驾驭语言的能力强，选择词汇的时候要选择相对高级的词汇，也要运用多种句型，让文章更有变化。难度在于选择合适的词汇和句型表达文章需要的意思，可以变换使用一些容易驾驭的句子或者词汇实现同样的目的。在写作的时候要运用合适的连接词把要点串联起来，使文章成为一个整体。
点评：本文属于正反方观点作文，但是要点给出的比较全，只需要考生表达清楚，还有自己的观点。在写作的时候要适合合适的连接词来连接各要点，使他们成为整体。要选择高级的词汇和句型，让文章有变化，有层次。
