【CET-6段首句作文】Movies
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic given
below. You are given the first sentence of each paragraph.Your composition should be
at least 160 words.
Movies
1.Movies are very popular nowadays.
2.Movies, however, are a means of education, too.
3.It is a pity that many people seem to look upon
movies as nothing but a form of amusement.
【範文】
Movies
Movies are very popular nowadays. They are a common form of amusement①. For example, many people go to the cinema at weekends after work so as to get rid of their tiredness, and students go to see the movies in order to relax their strained nerves② so that they have more concentration③ on their studies, whereas④ most children go to see them only for enjoying themselves.
Movies, however, are a means of education, too. Since they have a large audience⑤, they educate the pubic and teach people to tell the bad from the good, at the same time, they can expand⑥ our knowledge of history, geography, industry, agriculture, and so on. Even they let us know much about the peoples of other countries.
It is a pity that many people seem to look upon movies as nothing but a form of amusement. They do not make full use of the moving pictures and they often lose the chances to learn more knowledge, because they go to see the movies only for amusing themselves. In my opinion, they are wasting their time in the cinema.
【注釋】
①amusement: 娛樂
②strained nerves: 緊張的神經
③concentration: 集中注意力
④whereas: 而,另一方面
⑤audience: 觀眾
⑥expand: 擴大
【簡評】
這是一篇根據段首句展開的說明文。
段首句,即每段的第一個句子,通常為該段的主題句(topic sentence),其概括全段的中心內容,所寫句子都必須圍繞段首句展開。
本文第一段用舉例法表明電影作為一種普通娛樂形式,日益受到大眾的歡迎。許多人看電影為了消除身體的疲勞,學生們是為了松馳緊張的神經,而孩子們只是為了好玩。第二段筆鋒一轉,指出電影的教育功能不容忽視。因為它能教人明辨是非,幫助我們增長知識,擴寬眼界。最後一段,作者針對某些人看電影只是為了自我娛樂,表明了自己的態度:They are wasting their time in the cinema.
這篇短文緊扣主題,重點突出,層次分明,生動形象的實例增加了文字的可信度和說服力。
資料來源:新大學英語四、六級考點透視叢書:六級寫作/李華田主編,武漢大學出版社,2006