2004年專四作文真題：Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?
（電話和寫信）——關(guān)于社會(huì)文化
Direction：
Nowadays young people tend to phone more often than write to each other. So, some say that phones will kill letter writing. What is your opinion?
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?
You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state clearly what your view is.
In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
寫作指南：
此作文題屬于立場選擇型模式。這類題目也可稱為“For-Against” 模式。在提出話題后，通常從相對(duì)的角度提出兩種觀點(diǎn)和立場，要求考生從中選出一個(gè)作為自己的立場，即二選一，然后論證其正確性。
歷年類似考題：
1999 A Major Advantage/Disadvantage on Television
1997 More Pressure from Academic Studies Does (Does no) Good to Us
本文要求考生就大學(xué)里的文化藝術(shù)節(jié)發(fā)表自己的看法。根據(jù)題目要求，文章結(jié)構(gòu)如下：
第一部分：明確表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)（總論點(diǎn)）。
第二部分：用幾個(gè)有說服力的分論點(diǎn)來支撐自己的總論點(diǎn)。
第三部分：對(duì)以上部分進(jìn)行總結(jié)，并適當(dāng)升華主題。
范文與解析：
Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?
Telephone is said to be one of the greatest inventions of the world, which has revolutionized people's way of life. Although more and more people nowadays tend to phone more than write letters, I still don't believe phones will kill letter writing in people's daily communication.
People communicate for different purposes and in different ways. Letters, though traditional in a way, help people express their ideas in a more exact way，without the careless tongue slips of telephone conversations. More importantly, it is long held that “To see is to believe.” and communication in written form is considered to be more formal than that done orally. Therefore, letters are always the preferred way of communication when it comes to formal occasions like job application, nailing down a contract or traveling information confirmation. It is not entirely groundless to say that letters are still indispensable nowadays.
In a word, letters have their unique features to satisfy certain communication purposes and will therefore never be replaced by phones in people's daily life. It's perhaps more appropriate to say that they supplement each other instead of replacing each other.
（電話和寫信）——關(guān)于社會(huì)文化
Direction：
Nowadays young people tend to phone more often than write to each other. So, some say that phones will kill letter writing. What is your opinion?
Write a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:
Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?
You are to write in three parts:
In the first part, state clearly what your view is.
In the second part, support your view with appropriate reasons.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
寫作指南：
此作文題屬于立場選擇型模式。這類題目也可稱為“For-Against” 模式。在提出話題后，通常從相對(duì)的角度提出兩種觀點(diǎn)和立場，要求考生從中選出一個(gè)作為自己的立場，即二選一，然后論證其正確性。
歷年類似考題：
1999 A Major Advantage/Disadvantage on Television
1997 More Pressure from Academic Studies Does (Does no) Good to Us
本文要求考生就大學(xué)里的文化藝術(shù)節(jié)發(fā)表自己的看法。根據(jù)題目要求，文章結(jié)構(gòu)如下：
第一部分：明確表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)（總論點(diǎn)）。
第二部分：用幾個(gè)有說服力的分論點(diǎn)來支撐自己的總論點(diǎn)。
第三部分：對(duì)以上部分進(jìn)行總結(jié)，并適當(dāng)升華主題。
范文與解析：
Will Phones Kill Letter Writing?
Telephone is said to be one of the greatest inventions of the world, which has revolutionized people's way of life. Although more and more people nowadays tend to phone more than write letters, I still don't believe phones will kill letter writing in people's daily communication.
People communicate for different purposes and in different ways. Letters, though traditional in a way, help people express their ideas in a more exact way，without the careless tongue slips of telephone conversations. More importantly, it is long held that “To see is to believe.” and communication in written form is considered to be more formal than that done orally. Therefore, letters are always the preferred way of communication when it comes to formal occasions like job application, nailing down a contract or traveling information confirmation. It is not entirely groundless to say that letters are still indispensable nowadays.
In a word, letters have their unique features to satisfy certain communication purposes and will therefore never be replaced by phones in people's daily life. It's perhaps more appropriate to say that they supplement each other instead of replacing each other.