Topic(题目)：
The 21st century has begun. What changes doyou think this new century will bring? Useexamples and details in your answer.
Model Essay(范文)：
Now that we are in a new millennium, we can assume there will be changes in the world. Ipredict that the changes will be in the areas of information dissemination, global alliances, and family structure.
In the past decades, the computer was responsible for changing the way information wasorganized. Now, the computer plus the Internet is changing the way information is spread. Information will now be universally available to anyone with a computer. You will not have togo to libraries to do research; you will not have to travel to visit scholars; you will not have togo to a bookstore to buy a book. You can do all of this from your home on the computer.
In the past decades, the nations of the world aligned themselves with the United States, theformer Soviet Union, or with one another in a loose alliance. In the future these alliances will bemore fluid. Some countries will align politically with one country, but economically withanother. Some countries will share technology and other information, but will not tradetogether. Some countries, which have long been enemies, will align militarily for regionalsecurity.
The family structure will not be based on a mother/father/child pattern. Single parent familieswill be more common and often the child will not be a biological child of the single parent, butwill be adopted. Other family structures like domestic partnerships will become more accepted.
Whatever the changes may be, whether in the way we receive information, the way nationsalign with one another, or the way family units are defined, you can be sure that there will bemore change. Change is a constant.
重点单词 全部解释
constant['kɔnstənt]adj. 经常的，不变的
n. 常数，恒量
spread[spred]v. 伸展，展开，传播，散布，铺开，涂撒
n.
organized['ɔ:gənaiz]v. 组织
domestic[də'mestik]adj. 国内的，家庭的，驯养的
n. 家仆，
predict[pri'dikt]v. 预知，预言，预报，预测
available[ə'veiləbl]adj. 可用的，可得到的，有用的，有效的
pattern['pætən]n. 图案，式样，典范，模式，型
v. 以图案
assume[ə'sju:m]vt. 假定，设想，承担; (想当然的)认为
global['gləubəl]adj. 全球性的，全世界的，球状的，全局的
defined[di'faind]adj. 有定义的，确定的;清晰的，轮廓分明的 v. 使
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