Topic(题目)：
It has recently been announced that a newrestaurant may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Usespecific reasons and details to support youranswer.
Model Essay(范文)：
I can see both advantages and disadvantages tohaving a new restaurant built in our neighborhood. I'm worried about traffic and how it will affect our neighborhood. However, I think that it willbenefit local businesses and increase appreciation for our neighborhood. Overall, I think it isa good idea.
Traffic congestion is always a concern when you build something new. Our streets arenarrow, with parking on both sides. More cars traveling through the neighborhood could cause alot of congesting. Traffic means parking problems, too. Our neighborhood has very few garagesattached to the houses. Most of us depend on finding a space to park on the street. If the newrestaurant is built, we’ll be competing for those spaces with the restaurant's patrons. Plus, if therestaurant offers wallet parking, it'll be even worse. Valet parkers work in teams to grab everypossible space available on the street.
I'm also concerned about the type of patrons this new restaurant will bring into ourneighborhood. A family restaurant wouldn't be a problem. However, if it's going have a bar anddancing, then there could be problems. The restaurant would stay open later, and peopleleaving the restaurant might be drunk. Who wouldn't worry about rowdy customers staggeringaround our neighborhood in the early morning hours, looking for their cars?
I have to admit, though, there are advantages to a new restaurant. Our neighborhood couldcertainly use the jobs the restaurant would provide. Not only that, the money neighborhoodresidents would earn there would likely be spent at other neighborhood businesses. This wouldgive a boost to those businesses and make our neighborhood more prosperous.
A new restaurant would also attract a lot of people to our neighborhood. They could seewhat a nice area this is to live. That might attract new residents to the neighborhood. Thatwould be a good thing, because we've been losing residents to the suburbs the last couple ofyears.
There are a lot of details to consider, but all in all, I support the idea of this new restaurantin our neighborhood.
重点单词 全部解释
concerned[kən'sə:nd]adj. 担忧的，关心的
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
oppose[ə'pəuz]vt. 反对，反抗，使对立，使对抗
benefit['benifit]n. 利益，津贴，保险金，义卖，义演
vt.
wallet['wɔlit]n. 皮夹，钱包
affect[ə'fekt]vt. 影响，作用，感动
appreciation[ə.pri:ʃi'eiʃən]n. 欣赏，感激，鉴识，评价，增值
boost[bu:st]vt. 推进，提高，增加
n. 推进，增加
available[ə'veiləbl]adj. 可用的，可得到的，有用的，有效的
announced[ə'naunst]宣布的
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