TEM4 - Writing 专四99-12真题作文范文

their concerns are necessary in that letter writing has some exclusive advantages over phones. First of all, it costs less to send a letter than to phone, especially when a person you want to communicate with lives in another place. According to our experiences, you spend no more than one yuan on a letter. But usually it costs you at least several yuan or more to phone a person. Second, there are many circumstances where letters are more appropriate or feasible than phone calls. For example, if you invite one of your good friends to attend your wedding, it’s better to send him a letter of invitation than just to phone him. Last but not least, letters are often written in a more logical and organized are often written in a more logical and organized way. During the course of writing a letter, you would weigh your words carefully. In contras, during a phone conversation, you speak out of your ideas without mature thought.

Taking the above factors into consideration, phones cannot take the place of letters. Either of them has its own advantages and disadvantages. 2003

Direction：People in modern society live under a lot of pressure, from education, career, or family. So it is important for them to keep a good mood under whatever circumstances.

The Importance of Keeping a Good Mood

With the development of modern science, technology and economics, our living standard has reached an ever higher level. But more and more people are living under greater pressure than ever before. As a consequence, people are increasingly suffering from various disorders both physically and mentally. To help out, it is important that everyone keep a good mood today.

There are several reasons for my argument. First, a good mood can create high efficiency. When you work with a good mood, you will feel happy and be willing to do some work which used to be boring. On the contrary, a bad mood can make you passive and do things with

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reluctance. Second, a good mood is beneficial to your health. If you fail to keep a good mood, you will be feeling depressed and fed up, which is apt to cause some psychological diseases. Third, when you have a good mood, other people around you will be influenced. Thus more and more people will feel happy to communicate with you.

To sum up, keeping a good mood is very important both for yourself and for the people around you. If you want to have a happy and successful life, please keep a good mood every day. 2002

Direction：Nowadays people are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of health. And they have different ways to stay healthy. For example, some exercise every day; others try to keep a balanced diet. What do you think is the best way to stay healthy?

The Best Way to Stay Healthy

Nowadays, it is a heatedly discussed topic that what is the best way to say healthy. People have put forward various ways, such as doing exercise, keeping a balanced diet, taking vitamin tables every day and so on. As for me, the best way to stay healthy is to develop a positive mind toward life.

The benefits for my ideas can be generalized to two major ones. First of all, a positive mind helps to release you from the pressure of frustration of your work or life. Suppose if you always keep a bulldog mood toward everything, you cannot be healthy even if you have a very good diet and exercise very often.

Another benefit is that the positive attitude helps you to gain friendship. “There is no man that impart his joys to his friends, but that he joy the more”, as Bacon said. No one would lie to make friend with one who always complains.

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In conclusion, mental health is as important as physical health, but more difficult to gain. So once you are under pressure, you should learn how to relax and release your tensed nerves. And don’t forget to share it with your friends! 2001

Direction：Travel has become part of our life. And more and more of us have come to know the significance of travel through our own experience.

Travel Broadens the Mind

Upon the benefit of travel, people share a common view that it relaxes our body and

broadens our mind. As to me, I can’t agree more with them. Travel should, undoubtedly, be an indispensable part of our life.

On the one hand, travel enables us to know more about the geography and history of the outside world. Such knowledge often arouses our love of the world and makes us less narrow-minded.

On the other hand, travel helps us to understand people of different culture and interests. We can get ideas of the living conditions and customs of other people. We can also taste different foods and local flavors.

Finally, by traveling we can see with our own eyes many places read from books. We can visit the famous cities and scenic spots. We can enjoy the beautiful scenery in different places. We can gain much beyond written in the books.

So, based on the above discussion, there is no doubt that travel is beneficial to our minds with the knowledge of geography, history, people and culture. What worths mentioning is that the knowledge we gain from traveling is definitely much beyond that we gain from book reading.

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2000

The Importance of Extracurricular Activities

Now, there is a growing awareness among our students that college life should be varied and colorful. From my point of view, I think that extracurricular activities make up an important part of our college life. I will explain why this is the case.

The first and most importance reason is that extracurricular activities are indispensable for us to build our bodies. If you look around, you will always find that those who never or seldom do physical exercises are more inclined to suffer this or that kind of frustrations or mental problems.

Another reason to support my idea is that extracurricular activities help us to develop teamwork spirit. A good case in point is when playing volleyball, the team members must help and cooperate with each other in order to gain scores. As the proverb says: By uniting we stand; by dividing we fall.

So from what has been discussed, one can reach only this conclusion that extracurricular activities are helpful and necessary to college students. Students should not spend the whole day on academic study. If we can manage to strike a good balance between academic study and outside-class activities, our college life will be more enjoyable. 1999

A Major Advantage of Advertising on Television

People’s views towards the advantages and disadvantages of the television advertisement vary greatly. Some believe that TV advertising brings us benefits, while others argue that TV advertising is full of false and misleading information. As for me, I agree to the former idea because its advantages outweigh its disadvantages.

There are dozens of reasons behind my belief. First of all, TV advertising is a good means

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for manufacturers to publicize their products. Through advertising on TV, every company tries its best to display the merits of its products and convince consumers that its product is reliable and credible. In the market-oriented economy, TV advertising is probably the best way for company to win in the keen competitions.

The second reason that can be seen by every person is that consumers need TV advertising for their reference. Through TV advertisements, consumers can get the first-hand information about new products, so that they can choose the most suitable one. For example, before buying a cell phone, they just need to turn on the television, sit in the sofa, watch the screen, and then make their decision.

From the above, we can easily see that TV advertising is beneficial both to manufacturers and consumers on account of the abundant information it provided.

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