2012年英语四级分类话题作文：社会热点类

在历年四级考试作文话题中，关于辩论性的话题（加上6月份刚刚考过的四级作文）出现了4次，由下图可以看出，这类话题在历年四级作文中出现的频率也很高。
　　再来回顾一下历年四级作文中的社会热点话题
　　Harmfulness of Fake Commodities
　　How Should Parents Help Children to Be Independent?
　　My views on Online Shopping
　　我们就以今年6月份的四级作文On Excessive Packaging为例，具体分析下如何来写好这类作文。这次作文又回归了传统的写作题型：英语题目+汉语提纲。
　　题目：On Excessive Packaging
　　提纲：
　　1. 目前很多商品存在过度包装现象
　　2. 出现这一现象的原因
　　3. 我对这一现象的看法和建议
　　本次作文的话题是“过度包装”，话题不算很新，考生对这类话题应该很熟悉。作文要求中给出了提纲，那么大家写好本篇作文的关键就在于紧跟题目所列提 纲：现象—原因—看法和建议，来确定相应的写作结构。要重点分析产生此现象的原因是什么，罗列出最重要的两三点。最后结尾处别忘了给出自己的看法和建议。
　　用三句简单的英文来总结一下怎样构思这类作文：
　　1. Describe the phenomenon
　　2. Talk about the causes of this phenomenon
　　3. Express your attitude and give people some suggestions on solving the phnomenon of...
　　但大家在写作中不能太死板，构思的形式可以多样化，只要能保证这三点，其他就可以按照自己的方式来，一定要调理清晰，还可以使用长短句交错的方式，这样节奏便较为明朗。用词也不能太频繁，可以换着同义词来写，这样就不会让你的作文看起来太“干燥”。
　　我们一起来欣赏一下下面的11个范文吧，取长补短，让自己的写作水平快速提高。
　　范文1
　　Nowadays, the phenomenon of excessive packaging of goods is prevalent in our society. Wandering in the supermarkets, one might be dazzled by the fancy packaging of goods on the shelves. Although the government has concerned with the issue, the phenomenon still flourishes.
　　The reasons can be listed as follows. First, manufactures believe that they can attract customers’ attention and stimulate their purchasing desire by means of over-packaging their goods, thus gaining more profits. Second, quite a number of consumers mistakenly hold the opinion that the more exquisite the package is, the better the quality will be, which encourages excessive packaging. In addition, most of this kind of goods are brought and sent as gifts to their relatives or leaders.
　　To my mind, excessive packaging can do harm to our society, for instance, it can result in the loss of precious resources and the shortage of energy. In the light of the disastrous consequences mentioned above, every citizen should be aware of the problem, and laws or regulations must be made to restrict the behavior of excessive packaging of manufactures.