The World Is Getting Smaller and Smaller

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: The World Is Getting Smaller and Smaller. You should write no less than 120 words and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

1．现代化的交通工具越来越发达；

2．人与人之间的交往越来越频繁；

3．结论。（Your conclusion must be logical）

Remember to write your composition neatly.

【范文】

The World Is Getting Smaller and Smaller

Most of us may have such experiences: when you go to some place far away from① the city you live in and think you know nobody there, you are surprised to find that you should run into② one of your old classmates on the street! Perhaps both of you would cry out, “What a small world!”

Why is the world getting smaller and smaller? For one thing③, modern technology has made various means of transportation more and more advanced. Buses, trains, planes, taxis, ships are available in more cities of the world. They carry goods and passengers to and from every corner of the world. For another thing④, with the development of modern society, people are contacting with one another more frequently. Everyday we must deal with⑤ a lot of people known or unknown to us before. The more advanced a society is, the more contacts with others we make.

So we draw to the conclusion⑥ that as long as⑦ technology makes progress, the world will be getting smaller and smaller.

【注释】

①far away from：离…很远

②run into：碰上；偶遇

③for one thing：一方面

④for another thing：另一方面

⑤deal with：解决；对付；应付

⑥draw to the conclusion：得出结论

⑦as long as：只要

【点评】

本文是一篇根据汉语提纲展开的议论文。

文章开头以现实说法，指出他乡遇故知时的感叹：世界真小——从而点明了主题。接着，作者在文章第二段提出问题：世界为什么变得越来越小呢？一方面，由于现代化的交通工具越来越发达，另一方面，由于人们之间的交往越来越频繁。此段中，For one thing… For another thing…的使用，使得作者对原因的陈述层次非常清楚。此段最后一句The more … the more … 这种比较级的连用更增添了文章的文学特色。最后一段得出结论：技术越发达，世界就越小。

全文共分三段，意思上层层递进，层次分明，结论合理，所用语言恰当，且具有一定的文学水平。

参考文献：英语作文高分必背丛书：大学英语四级写作/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005