苏格兰有一种史前圆形石塔的用途。

Several theories about broch of ancient Scottish people

独立写作：(重复2014年11月8日考题 A卷)

Do you agree or disagree with the statement:

Nowadays it is not important for people to have regularly family meals together. 

 

朗阁讲师张璐点评

综合写作：

阅读：阐述了三种可能的用途

1.像堡垒一样，可用于防御（for defense）

2.用于食物储藏（for food storage）

3.用于贵族阶级居住（for leaders to live）

听力反驳：

1.上面没有窗，不像堡垒有很多小窗可以用来射击，不太可能用来防御。

2. 发现壁炉（fire place）,庄稼会容易着火（catch fire）

3. 这些建筑有的是单独建造的，有的是以群落的形式存在。然而，贵族的房子不可能孤零零地存在，并且建在在离村庄很远的地方；同时，也不可能和其他贵族一起居住。

 

 

 

独立写作：

以下是笔者给出的一种答案：

开头段：

In the 21st century, there has been dramatic improvement（巨大的进步） in diverse（不同的） aspects of people’s lives. However, people are becoming increasingly busy（越来越忙） and sometimes are overwhelmed by endless work or study（被无休止的工作和学习所淹没）. As a result, less time is devoted into（被花费在……） families and people no longer have meals regularly with family members. In my opinion, this is totally mistaken and it is significant for people to eat with family members regularly despite of the change of time. My reasons are as follows.

主体段1：

To begin with, having regular meals with children can promote family relationship（促进家庭关系）. Due to people’s busy daily schedules, parents and children tend to have less conversation nowadays. Children spend most of their time learning in school and playing with peers; adults are occupied with（忙于做某事） their work and socializing with（与某人社交） colleagues. Therefore, parents are inclined to ignore problems occurring in the family, and then there will be a barrier between parents and children. 对比论证：In contrast, if having regular meals with children, parents can discover the problems that their children struggle with. They can provide guidance or inspire children to find out solution by giving them some nice tips. In this way, children can feel the care and love from parents and parents can know about children’s thoughts. It brings mutual benefits.

主体段2：

In addition, for couples, having regular meals can strengthen partners’ relationship.(促进伴侣的感情) Common sense（常识） tells us that as time goes by, passion between lovers decreases. The lack of communication can also result in marriage problems or even serious crises.对比论证： However, by spending some quality time with our beloved companion（伴侣） at meal table we can listen and understand each other better. Ensuring at least one meal with our partners a day shows one’s care and how much we value the other person in spite of the busy schedule. Willing to make time for someone is a great way to demonstrate love.

结尾段：

All in all, considering the essential role that regular eating with families plays on children, companion, I insist that it is still of great importance for people to eat with families regularly nowadays.

考试预测

1. 注意利弊分析类题目和绝对词题目

2. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Young people should try several different jobs before they take a long career.

3. Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Improving education is the most important thing in the development of a country.