Question

【题目】请阅读下面这段文字和图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Have you ever paid for knowledge online? According to Bloomberg, a platform, the De Dao app offers written articles and podcasts from famous personalities that the users must pay for, with topics ranging from music to economics. By May 2017, De Dao had 7 million users. As is reported in People’s Daily, Ximalaya FM, another popular online learning platform, had about 450 million users as of January 2018. The platform allows people to pay for and listen to online learning courses.

Many Chinese people used to be unwilling to pay for content online. However, many internet users’ attitudes have changed since they began to see quality content as valuable. In fact, 75% of internet users are happy to pay for quality content, according to a 2017 report by Chinese science news website Guokr and Internet Netease.

（写作内容）

1.请以约30个词概括上文和图表内容；

2.请以约120个词谈谈你对“Pay for Online Knowledge”的看法，包括如下要点:

1.分析哪些原因促进了网上知识付费市场的迅速发展(不少于两点)；

2.你愿意为网上知识买单吗？请阐述你的理由(不少于两点)。

（写作要求）

不能直接引用原文句子。

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Answer 1

【答案】范文一

A growing number of internet users are keen on paying for content online, predictably promoting the market size from 4.91 billion yuan in 2017 to 23.51 billion yuan in 2020.

Many reasons give rise to the phenomenon. For one thing, with Artificial Intelligence increasingly influencing our daily life,people are eager to improve themselves for fear of being left behind. Without doubt, online learning platforms can facilitate their learning and satisfy almost all their needs by providing abundant resources of high quality. For another thing, the booming development of technology allows online learning products to be more convenient to use. Whether young or old, people have easy access to them.

However, despite those advantages, I am unwilling to pay for online knowledge. Unlike apps featuring speed and convenience, paper books make it possible for me to think deeply and creatively. Besides, too much information presented tend to distract my attention and worse still, encourage heavy reliance on them.

范文二:

Nowadays, many online apps have witnessed more and more people paying for online knowledge. It’s estimated that, by 2020,China’s online paid knowledge market will expand 5 times, what it was in 2017.

What on earth gives rise to the booming of the online paid knowledge market? Firstly, people find it convenient to acquire large quantities of selected quality contents, saving them time and energy, just with a reasonable amount of money. Secondly, the decentralized nature of the Internet allows more professionals to spread their knowledge, appealing to those who are thirsty for knowledge. All these provide a solid foundation for paying-for-knowledge industry to grow rapidly.

I’m willing to pay for knowledge online. For one thing, I’m eager to acquire the latest knowledge to adjust myself to the rapidly changing world. For another, the quality contents online deserve the payment, which can show my respect for the owner of the intellectual property.

【解析】

本文是一篇任务型写作。共分两个任务：第一个任务，请以约30个词概括上文和图表内容；第二个任务，请以约120个词谈谈你对“Pay for Online Knowledge”的看法，包括如下要点:

1.分析哪些原因促进了网上知识付费市场的迅速发展(不少于两点)；2.你愿意为网上知识买单吗？请阐述你的理由(不少于两点)。注意完成第一任务时，语言使用应简练、准确、到位。在第二个任务中，应涵盖题目所列出的两个要点。本文应主要使用一般现在时态。写作过程中注意使用平时学到的短语和句型，注意行文的连贯和逻辑性。