1. Theme
The topic of CET-4 writing is very practical and contemporary, involving campus life, modern science and technology, social problems, and their simple reason analysis and suggestions.
Campus topics: campus waste, the election of the president of the student union, the campus tour of famous schools, the selection of courses or teachers, etc.
Social problems: contemporary women, shortage of fresh water resources, environment, transportation, housing, fake and shoddy goods, etc.
Modern technology: modern technological inventions such as computers.
2. Type
Stylistically speaking, the investigation forms of the writing part include argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing and situational application writing of letters and speeches.
1) Argumentative essays are mainly divided into two categories: outline argumentative essays and title argumentative essays.
According to the subject matter, the outline argumentative essay can be divided into two kinds: the comparison of positive and negative views and the explanation of causes and phenomena. For example, June, 5438+February, 2006, the real question belongs to the type of contrast between positive and negative views:
1. Many people like to watch the Spring Festival party on New Year's Eve.
2. However, some people proposed to cancel the Spring Festival Gala;
3. Your opinion.
However, the real topic of 65438+February 2007 belongs to an argumentative paper explaining the reasons and phenomena.
1. Various elective courses are offered in the university.
2. Students choose different elective courses for various reasons.
3. Take yourself as an example …
The main characteristics of argumentative writing are argumentation and reasoning. Usually, a famous aphorism or proverb is used as the topic, and candidates are required to elaborate and demonstrate its objective truth. For example, 1997 1 Month Zhenti:
practice makes perfect
2) Explanatory text can be divided into three types: expounding the theme, analyzing advantages and disadvantages, and solving problems:
Elaborate thematic questions such as 199 1 1:
Bicycle-an important means of transportation in China.
1. Why are bicycles so popular in China?
2. Compared with cars.
3. The future of bicycles in China.
Advantages and disadvantages analysis type such as 1998 1 true question:
The harmfulness of counterfeit goods.
1. At present, there are many fake and shoddy goods in society. Why is this happening?
2. Explain the harm of fake and shoddy goods to consumers and society.
Solve problems, such as 200 1 1 true questions:
How to succeed in a job interview?
1. The role of interview in job hunting
2. Factors of successful interview: appearance, manners, ability, professional knowledge, self-confidence and seeking truth from facts. ...
3) Practical writing mainly includes speeches, tour guides' commentaries, cover letters, letters of complaint and announcements (tour guides' speeches in June 2004 and election speeches in June+10, 2005).
3. Propositional form
There are six propositional forms in CET-4 composition: Chinese and English outlines, scenarios, diagrams, the first sentence of a paragraph, keywords and titles. Among all these six forms, the outline type accounts for the highest proportion, above 80%; Secondly, it is situational. Since June 2003, a large number of situational compositions have appeared. Proposers set up a situation for students to deal with a hypothetical thing with the English they have learned. (For example, the certificate shows a car accident in June, 2003, and a classmate fell ill in September, 2003), and the graphic composition was only tested twice (1991June, people's diet changed, and students used computers in June, 2002).
Candidates should practice for each genre and form in their usual practice so as to be familiar with the writing routines and methods of various propositions. Taking the composition of CET-4 in June 2006 as an example, this paper discusses the writing methods of CET-4 composition from four aspects: examination of questions, paragraphs, sentence patterns and word selection.
Explanation: In this part, you have 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic that students choose their lecturers. You should write at least 120 words in Chinese according to the outline given below:
1. Some universities allow students to freely choose teachers for certain courses;
2. The main factors that students consider when choosing a teacher;
3. The advantages and possible problems of students choosing their own teachers.
[model essay]
About students choosing their lecturers.
With the remarkable reform of higher education, some university students have the right to choose their lecturers for certain designated courses, so as to improve the flexibility and efficiency of their study and practice. This move has been welcomed by some students and has become the focus of attention of students and teachers.
Obviously, students will consider some factors when choosing a lecturer. First and foremost, a teacher should have different academic backgrounds and be good at what he or she teaches. This is because a knowledgeable teacher can give students knowledge in a specific field, help them broaden their horizons and cultivate their potential at the same time. In addition, quite a few students think that teachers' humor and enthusiasm are essential in teaching. The reason is that when the classroom is pleasant and students are motivated to learn, they will learn quickly and thoroughly. In addition, teachers who give students high marks in exams and papers are preferred.
Students' free choice of teachers may have many advantages, such as encouraging students to actively participate in classroom activities and promoting teachers to improve teaching quality. Although it is good to choose a lecturer, it also causes many problems. On the one hand, class management may be in a state of chaos. Some teachers may be so popular that there may be too many students in his class, while there may be few participants in other courses. On the other hand, the school may eventually have lecturers who teach interesting courses and give high marks, but there is not much real content. Therefore, we should pay more attention to this phenomenon.
Analysis:
1) exam.
The theme of the composition in June 2006 is to investigate the campus topic-students' choice of teachers and its advantages and disadvantages; As far as genre is concerned, it is an outline composition that is often tested. It requires candidates to choose teachers for certain courses according to given topics and outlines (1. Some universities allow students to choose their teachers freely; 2. The main factors that students consider when choosing a teacher; 3. The advantages of students choosing their own teachers and possible problems), determine the central idea of the article, and then discuss it in sections to express the main idea of the outline.
2) Paragraph arrangement.
The outline essay still meets the layout requirements of CET-4 writing. The outline can be regarded as a segmentation point, that is, the first paragraph writes the first point, the second paragraph writes the second point, and the third paragraph completes the third point. The first paragraph is the introduction, which leads to the phenomenon existing in universities-some universities allow students to choose teachers for certain courses freely, describe the present situation and lead to the theme. With the remarkable reform of higher education, some university students have the right to choose their lecturers for certain designated courses, so as to improve the flexibility and efficiency of their study and practice.
The second paragraph is the main paragraph, explaining the main factors that students consider when choosing a teacher, that is, what kind of teacher to choose and why. According to the paragraph writing skills mentioned above, the first sentence is the topic sentence of this paragraph, and the Chinese outline can be translated with slight changes. For example, it is obvious that there are some factors that students consider when choosing a lecturer. Then, several representative reasons are listed, and connectives indicating hierarchical relations are added in front of the listed reasons to make the article clear in terms of thinking and logic. For example, first of all, a teacher should have different academic backgrounds and be good at what he or she teaches. It is because of …, and then explain other reasons, such as: Moreover, quite a few students think that it is essential for teachers to be humorous and full of passion in teaching.
The third paragraph is the conclusion, discussing the advantages and possible problems of a campus topic similar to "students choose teachers". Write down the advantages first, for example, there may be many advantages for students to choose lecturers freely, such as …, and then turn to the topic and put forward the advantages and disadvantages, because choosing lecturers will also cause many problems. First of all ... the last sentence is a conclusion sentence, and we should pay more attention to this noun.
3) Sentence pattern conversion.
The long and short sentences of the whole text are staggered and the sentence patterns are changeable. According to simple sentences and complex sentences, such as attributive clauses, a teacher who gives students high marks …, the important thing about the subject clause is that the inverted sentence suitable for choice is the participle structure when choosing …
4) Vocabulary use.
The words used in the full text are accurate, standardized and rich, such as "selection" and "selection"; Use some wonderful fixed collocation to add a lot of color to the article, such as end with, rise to skillfully use transitional words, such as first and most, more, additional, as, there, for one thing and so on.