一、热点话题：城市发展﹑住房问题﹑垃圾处理﹑伪劣商品、下岗就业、城市移民、人口、     老龄化、打工

二、热门词汇： 

apartment/flat公寓                      cafeteria咖啡厅                    

capital首都                             district区                              

junk shop旧货店                         metropolis大都市                                 

monument纪念碑                       city planning城市规划                        

municipal市的，市政的                  municipality市政当局                 

city centre市中心                       city hall市政厅，市政府                    

museum博物馆                         newsstand报摊                          

skyscraper摩天大楼                     traffic light交通灯                   

residential area住宅区                   slums贫民区                           

to pay by installments分期付款            densely populated人口分布稠密                     

stadium体育场                         art gallery 美术馆                       

botanical garden 植物园                 stock exchange股票交易所                 

shopping center购物中心                employment agency职业介绍                    

support赡养                           foster养育、抚养                       

aging of population人口老龄化           family care家庭照料                   

community services社区服务             overpopulation人口过剩            

unemployment失业                      public services公益服务             

overcrowding拥挤                       population explosion人口爆炸               

undeveloped countries不发达国家          social welfare system社会福利事业           

solid economic foundation稳固的经济基础   migrant worker农民工                                

take different attitudes采取不同的态度      economic development经济发展                                              

rush into the city冲进城市                 city residents / urban dweller城市居民     

underpaid低工资                        traffic congestion交通拥挤             

indispensable不可或缺的                 pose a threat to构成威胁                     

sanitation problem卫生问题                    

三、经典句式：

1.It is desirable to build more hospitals, shopping centers, recreation centers, cinemas and other public facilities to meet the growing needs of people.

人们希望建立更多的医院、购物中心、娱乐中心、电影院和其他公用设施来满足人们日益增长的需求。

2.It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have  a miserable life and have to face the dangers of starvation and exposure.

无可争辩，现在有成千上万的人仍过着挨饿受冻的痛苦生活。

3.No one can deny the basic fact that it is impossible for average workers to master those high-technology skills easily.

没有人能否认这一基本事实：对于一般工人来讲，轻松掌握这些技术是不可能的。

4.In the second place, there seem to be too many people without job and not enough job position.第二方面，失业的人似乎太多而又没有足够的工作岗位。

5.From what has been discussed above, I am fully convinced that the leisure life-style is undergoing a decline with the progress of modern society, it is not necessary a bad thing.

  通过以上讨论，我完全相信，随着现代社会的进步，悠闲的生活方式正在消失并不是件坏事。

6.There is a growing tendency for parent these days to stay at home to look after their children instead of returning to work earlier.

现在，越来越多的家长倾向于留在家里照顾他们的孩子而不愿过早返回工作岗位。

7.Those urban planners who are blind to this point will pay a heavy price, which they cannot afford it.

那些城市的规划者们如果忽视这一点，将会付出他们无法承受的代价。

8.There is a growing tendency these days for many people who live in rural areas to come into and work in city. This problem has caused wide public concern in most cities all over the world.

农民进城打工呈增长的趋势，这一问题在世界上大部分城市已引起普遍关注。

9.Although rural emigrants contribute greatly to the economic growth of the cities, they may inevitably bring about many negative impacts.

尽管民工对城市的经济发展做出了巨大贡献，然而他们也不可避免的带来了一些负面影响。

10.As is known to all, fake and inferior commodities harm the interests of consumers.

众所周知，假冒伪劣商品损害了消费者的利益。

四、热点预测：就业择业  网络/媒体购物

例文一

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic More Candidates for Civil Servant. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

　　1、 现在有越来越多的大学应届毕业生报考公务员，带来了一定的不利因素;

　　2、 列举两到三个不利因素加以论述;

3、 你对此有何看法。

【思路点拨】

本文是一篇主要论述大学生报考公务员增多的原因和对此看法的文章。从提纲可以看出，文章是侧重分析这一现象背后深层次的原因。所以第一段简单阐述大学生报考公务员增多的现象并分析原因；第二段可用论证或是举实例的方法列举其不利因素；第三段提出作者观点或是针对这一现象的负面影响的对策。

【参考范文】

More Candidates for Civil Servant

Nowadays many college graduates apply for civil servant positions. It is true that the positions are ideal in terms of incomes, employment security and respect of others. However, the ever increasing number of applicants doesn't necessarily mean a good thing. The fever for civil servant has brought some side effects. The side effects are listed as follows:

　　Firstly, many students apply for the positions for wrong reasons. Some of them apply just because their friends do it or because their parents want them. Some, instead of aiming at serve the people, have the intention of enjoying the interests and power brought by their future position. Secondly, too many candidates compete for limited positions. Take such hot positions as those in the judicial branch of government for example, it is estimated that one matriculate is selected out of 200 candidates. More worse, with the flow of most talents to such positions, those positions that are important for social welfare but inferior in personal welfare are left uninterested. This should arouse our deep concern.

For my part, college students should be cautious when deciding whether to apply for the positions. On the one hand, they should not follow others blindly. On the other hand, there are plenty of ways of employment and self-employment, so why crowd on one bus? In a word, the fever should be cooled down.

【点评】

    本文属于现象解释型作文。首先通过对当前很多人报考公务员这一现象进行阐释，接着讨论造成这一想像的原因，最后总结全文，表达自己对此的观点。文中精彩词汇包括：apply for，the ever increasing number of，compete for，arouse our deep concern，cooled down。其中句式It is estimated that…；以及疑问句的使用So why crowd on one bus?也成为文章亮点。

例文二

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Media and Shopping. You should write at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

　　1. 当今，各种媒体非常发达，人们通过媒体购物相当普遍起来；

　　2. 媒体购物给人们带来很多方便，同时也暴露出其弊端；

　　3. 我的看法。

【思路点拨】

提纲第1点指出一种新兴事物时下非常流行，提纲第2点针对比该事物的优势和缺陷，提纲第3点要求表明“我”的看法，由此可判断本文应为利弊对比型作文。根据所给提纲，本文应包含如下内容：描述时下媒体发展迅猛，媒体购物也逐渐流行；阐述其优点和弊端；最后谈谈自己的看法拟或是提出对策如何最大限度的减少其弊端的影响。网络课堂对传统课堂的挑战；提出关于网络课堂是否会取代传统课堂的两种不同观点并说明理由；表明“我”的态度并说明理由。

【参考范文】

Media and Shopping

    With numerous technological advances, various kinds of media have been well developed. As a result, an increasing number of people are fond of purchasing goods with the help of media, such as newspapers, radio stations, TV stations and the Internet.

　　As we know, there are always two sides to everything and shopping via media is no exception. On the one hand, it saves much time, money and effort to purchase goods through media since you don’t have to go to the shops in person. Besides, you can choose what you want from an enormous variety of goods on display. On the other hand, you may be cheated sometimes by the false information and suffer a considerable loss.

As far as I am concerned, shopping via media brings great benefits to our life and our economy on the whole. At the same time, we need strengthened supervision over the information released via media. In this way, we can gain more benefits from shopping via media and reduce the possible harm to a minimum.

【点评】

    文章属于现象解释型文章，首先从时下非常流行的网上购物现象入手，接着指出该事物的优势和缺陷，最后表明“我”的看法。文中精彩词汇包括：with the help of，suffer a considerable loss，brings great benefits to，on the whole，gain more benefits from，reduce the possible harm to a minimum等。