Topic(题目):
If you could change one important thing aboutyour hometown, what would you change? Usereasons and specific examples to support youranswer.
Model Essay(范文):
If I could change one thing about my hometown, I think it would be the fact that there's no sense ofcommunity here. People don't feel connected, theydon't look out for each other, and they don't get toknow their neighbors.
People come and go a lot here. They change jobs frequently and move on. This means thatthey don't put down roots in the community. They don't join community organizations andthey're not willing to get involved in trying to improve the quality of life. If someone has apetition to put in a new street light, she has a very hard time getting a lot of people to sign. They don't feel it has anything to do with them. They don't get involved in improving theschools because they don't think the quality of education is important to their lives. They don'tsee the connection between themselves and the rest of their community.
People don't try to support others around them. They don't keep a friendly eyes on theirchildren, or check in on older folks if they don't see them for a few days. They're not awarewhen people around them may be going through a hard time. For example, they may not knowif a neighbor loses a loved one. There's not a lot of community support for individuals.
Neighbors don't get to know each other. Again, this is because people come and go within afew years. So when neighbors go on vacation, no one is keeping an eye on their house. No oneis making sure nothing suspicious is going on there, like lights in the middle of the night. When neighbors' children are cutting across someone's lawn on their bikes, there's no friendlyway of casually mentioning the problem. People immediately act as if it's a major propertydisagreement.
My hometown is a nice place to live in many ways, but it would be much nice if we had thatsense of community.
重点单词 全部解释
lawn[lɔ:n]n. 草地,草坪
n. 上等细麻布
property['prɔpəti]n. 财产,所有物,性质,地产,道具
check[tʃek]n. 检查,支票,账单,制止,阻止物,检验标准,方格图案
petition[pi'tiʃən]n. 祈求,请愿书,诉状
vi. 请愿,祈求<
suspicious[səs'piʃəs]adj. 可疑的,多疑的
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的,明确的,具有特效的
n. 特
community[kə'mju:niti]n. 社区,社会,团体,共同体,公众,[生]群落
disagreement[.disə'gri:mənt]n. 不合,争论,不一致
quality['kwɔliti]n. 品质,特质,才能
adj. 高品质的
willing['wiliŋ]adj. 愿意的,心甘情愿的
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