City dwellers seldom socialize with their neighbors today and the sense of community has been lost. Why has this happened and how to solve this problem?
Now we have numerous newspaper reports about a child being robbed without anybody offering to help him or a ninety-year-old poor woman dead at home for days without anybody knowing it. All these reports point to one key problem that face dwellers in cities, especially big cities: they seldom interact with their neighbors, much less to say they care about their neighbors and they feel lonely because they do not feel they belong to any community.When asked why they do not socialize with their neighbors, many people would respond by saying “Why should I? This is a dangerous city!” Indeed, modern media such as TV, newspaper and Internet have had way too much coverage about the city’s crimes like theft, robbery and murder. People constantly exposed to such reports of the dark side of the city life may harbor the idea that nobody is trustworthy, including their neighbors.On the other hand, people now do not feel any more the necessity to communicate with their neighbors or become part of a community. Anyway, they do not need their neighbors like they did before. They work, earn enough money and go back home to relax themselves. When they want to talk, they can just pick up their cellphone and talk to anybody in the world; when they have some brilliant ideas they want to share, they can get online with a few simple clicks and then post their ideas there.But we all know that confinement to oneself is no good, no matter how many friends or fans you may have online. As part of the solution to the problem, I would suggest everybody have an “Internet-free moment”. Simply put, we can set aside an hour every day, in which we try to reach out for our neighbors without a cellphone or laptop with us. Once we begin to care about real people around us, we will suddenly find ourselves living in a community that also cares about us. This experience is much more rewarding than having thousands of virtual friends who do not really know us. At the same time, all media should be fully aware of their share of responsibility in this problem, and try to bring more positive stories about the city life.
老师笔记
Now we have numerous newspaper reports about a child being robbed without anybody offering to help him or a ninety-year-old poor woman dead at home for days without anybody knowing it. All these reports point toone key problem that face dwellers in cities, especially big cities: they seldom interact with their neighbors, much less to say they care about their neighbors and they feel lonely because they do not feel they belong to any community.
(1) 本段提出现象：城市居民互不来往，互不关心，时时感到孤独。(2) 经常阅读本专栏的烤鸭可能已经发现，唐老师在这里采取了一种完全不同的作文开头模式：用举例方式来引出话题。这种方式其实是英语作文很常见的一种方式，但由于它难以融入国内雅思写作培训的所谓万能模板，因此很多培训老师都故意避而不讲。希望阅读本专栏的烤鸭认真阅读，用心模仿。唐老师的范文力求规避模板，教会大家正确的英语写作方式，避免走入歧途。各位烤鸭阅读模仿唐老师的范文，一旦学会了唐老师的思维和写作方式，不仅会提高雅思考试成绩，更能提高英语写作水平，对将来适应国外学习大有补益。这是其他所谓模板套句写作范文所无法比拟的。（有心的烤鸭可以把唐老师的范文与其它渠道的范文比较一下，欢迎交流！）(3) numerous 许多（可用来替换many, a lot of）(4) point to 指向；指明(5) much less to say 更不必说
When asked why they do not socialize with their neighbors, many people would respond by saying “Why should I? This is a dangerous city!” Indeed, modern media such as TV, newspaper and Internet have had way too much coverage about the city’s crimes like theft, robbery and murder. People constantly exposed to such reports of the dark side of the city life may harbor the idea that nobody is trustworthy, including their neighbors.
(1) 本段写第1个理由，即媒体的影响。开头句也一反模板，相当新颖。如果按照模板写：Firstly, many people do not socialize with their neighbors because they think the city is a dangerous place. 这也完全可以，但就不是高分的节奏了！(2) respond by saying 的简单说法就是answer。(3) way too much （表示否定）太多，过多，比如：She has spent way too much money on her dresses./她花了过多的钱在她的裙子上。(4) People constantly exposed to such reports...may... 长期阅读这类报道的人们会......。简单的表达就是：If people often read such reports, they may... 不过，这个改动就把得分降至6分了。(5) ...harbor the idea that... 有......的想法。harbor的简单用词是have。
On the other hand, people now do not feel any more the necessity to communicate with their neighbors or become part of a community. Anyway, they do not need their neighbors like they did before. They work, earn enough money and go back home to relax themselves. When they want to talk, they can just pick up their cellphone and talk to anybody in the world; when they have some brilliant ideas they want to share, they can get online with a few simple clicks and then post their ideas there.
(1) 本段写第2个理由，即现代人没有实际需要与邻居交往。主要论述方式是举例：想与人交谈的时候......；想与人交流思想的时候......(2) necessity n. 必要性(3) click 这里是名词用法，动词敲键盘就是click the keyboard
But we all know that confinement to oneselfis no good, no matter how many friends or fans you may have online. As part of the solution to the problem, I would suggest everybody have an “Internet-free moment”. Simply put, we can set aside an hour every day, in which we try to reach out for our neighbors without a cellphone or laptop with us. Once we begin to care about real people around us, we will suddenly find ourselves living in a community that also cares about us. This experience is much more rewarding than having thousands of virtual friends who do not really know us. At the same time, all media should be fully aware of their share of responsibility in this problem, and try to bring more positive stories about the city life.
(1) 本段写解决办法。主要写如何摆脱网络影响，也提及媒体报道。(2) confinement to oneself 封闭自我(3) simply put 简言之(4) set aside 抽出；留出(5) rewarding 有回报的(6) virtual 虚拟的
