Writing Task1:
Bar chart
The graph shows the proportion of males in a particular country who prefer watching sports, compared with that of the males who prefer participating in sports.
2014.4月考情分析及展望:
此次柱状图在本年度雅思考试中属第4次出现,今年小作文其他题目考到的频率分别是:线图5次,表格图3次,饼图1次,地图题1次,流程图2次。照这样的趋势,接下去的考试考生可以着重复习表格和饼图。
写作提示:
此柱状图属于完全的静态图,写作的关键在于不同运动项目间数据的对比以及两种参与方式的数据对比。句型变化是此题的一个难点,需要灵活改变句型中的主语才可实现句型多样化。
参考范文:
The bar chart gives information about the dramatic comparison of the ratio of males who prefer watching sports event and that of those who would rather take part in sports activities.
As is shown in the graph, a large number of males in that particular country enjoy watching football and horse riding and racing, with a percentage of 40%. This is closely followed by the proportion of people who choose to watch basketball (approximately 36%). Surprisingly, an equal number of males treat rugby and badminton as their favorite sports for watching, accounting for roughly 27%.
In terms of the people who choose to participate in sports instead of watching, 50% of them take fishing as their first choice. However, 25% of males choose to take part in basketball and badminton, while football might be the last sports they would like to try.
To sum up, fishing is the most popular sports event in which males in this specific nation would like to take part, while it is the last event they would choose to watch.
Writing Task2:
Television advertising is aimed at children nowadays. What are the effects of television advertising for children? Should television advertising for children be controlled?
题型类别:混合类(报告类和辩论类的结合)
题材类别:电视广告(电视广告对于孩子的影响,以及是否应该加以控制)
较接近的考题有:
There is an increasing amount of advertising directed at children which encourages them to buy goods such as toys and snacks. Many parents are worried that these advertisements may be harmful to children. However, some companies claim that their advertising provides children with useful information. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.
审题要点:
关键词:television advertising
主要从两个方面完成此文章:
1. 电视广告的影响
2. 是否应该控制电视广告
参考思路:
Para 1:开头段引入
Para 2: 影响
1) 生理:长时间专注屏幕造成视力下降
2) 心理:一些偏商业的广告会促使孩子购买一些不必要的零食或者玩具,形成不良饮食或生活习惯;另外,广告中出现的一些负面信息一定程度上影响孩子身心健康
Para 3: 电视广告是否应该被控制取决于这类广告的积极或消极性质
1) 一些具有教育意义的广告应该被鼓励
2) 而另外一些有可能会导致盲目消费的广告就应该被控制
Para 4: 结尾段总结
参考范文:
Currently, a debatable argument over whether children should be exposed to the environment teeming with TV advertising has already aroused public’s attention. According to the discussion, this article tends to focus on the effects it may cause on little children as well as point out the opinion towards whether it should be limited or not.
The first concern should be the influence it may exert on the younger generation. This, to a large extent is due to both physical and mental effects. On the one hand, companies always post some images as well as flashes on screens for the sake of attracting children, and thus long-time exposure to those colorful pictures may cause damages to their eyesight. On the other hand, profit-oriented advertising stimulates the eagerness for children to purchase some unnecessary commodities such as junk food and toys, which contributes to the development of their unhealthy diet or living habits. Besides, negative information such as violence or pornography may find their way in television advertising, which to some extent may leave a negative impression on the youth.
However, in terms of the issue of whether TV commercials for children should be less adopted, the answer depends on the influence it may impose on children. For those that provide little children with a large amount of useful information, limitation should not be taken into consideration. This is due to the fact that those ads about educational events can develop children’s cognitive abilities, artistic creativity or active lifestyle. Nevertheless, to another concern, for these advertisements that cause wasteful consumption, they should be regulated by the government, since those may lead to a lone-term effects on the rates of children’s diet-related disease, such as obesity and high-blood pressure.
In a nutshell, the impacts that television commercials exert on the younger generation should be analyzed both physically and mentally. Individually, laws or regulations only need to be imposed on those which contain negative information.
词汇拓展:
exposure n. 暴露,曝光
profit-oriented adj.以盈利为导向的
stimulate v.刺激,激励
pornography n.色情的
TV commercials n.电视广告
cognitive abilities n.认知能力
artistic creativity n.艺术创造力
obesity n.肥胖症
In a nutshell 总的来说