1. What do you think is the most serious social problem in China?

提到社會問題，必定要問及考生都有哪些社會問題。當今社會我們的社會問題是多方面的。例如：環境問題、人口問題、教育問題、道德問題，而在每個領域又都有比較突出的問題。考生可以選擇一個自己認為最為突出的問題回答，也可以綜合考慮，廣泛而談，點明每個領域存在的問題。

Candidate 1: Firstly, the environmental problem draws more and more attention, such as soil salinization and desertification, air pollution which brings about acid rain, water pollution, and serious soil erosion that leads to mud-rock flow. As we all know, beings on the brink of extinction have happened to some creatures like animals.

Then, transportation is another issue. At present, the development of transportation in rural areas fails behind, while the transportation in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai is terrible with lots of traffic jams in rush hours.

What is more, the gap of the development of education between countryside and city becomes more apparent, the reform of which is not mature in fact. It is clear that because of the economic development it is not in balance.

In all, different fields may have different serious problems.

Candidate 2: That's hard to say, but I'd guess it is overpopulation, even though we've made a lot of progress. Although China has

a strict family-planning policy with one family having only one child, the population is already over 1.3 billion and it's still growing. It causes ont only a shortage of food and shelter but also a lot of other problems like unemployment and crime. We can be flexible with this policy, but I think, in general, we need to enforce this policy quite strictly.

這兩位答題者分別用不同的思路回答問題。Candidate 1點明了社會生活中每個領域存在問題，在環境領域存在土地鹽堿化和沙漠化、空氣污染和水污染以及水土流失等問題；農村交通發展落后而大城市交通擁擠是一個存在于交通領域的問題；城市和農村的教育發展不平衡是存在于教育領域的一個問題。考生的邏輯層次比較清晰，分析全面；Candidate 2重點突出了一個問題即人口過剩。盡管中國實行了計劃生育的政策，但是人口仍在增長，并且帶來了其他如失業和犯罪等問題。最后，考生指出我們應該嚴格實施計劃生育的政策控制人口。

2. Do you think smoking is a problem that needs special attention?

吸煙對人類的危害已經不只是一個醫學問題，而且已經成為一個社會問題了。青年人吸煙現象已引起社會的不安。由于對吸煙危害健康缺乏宣傳教育，青年人吸煙的人數有逐漸增加的趨勢。年紀越小，身體對致癌物質和其他有害物質的易感性就越大。

Candidate 1: Nowadays, more and more people have been getting addicted to smoking, especially we college students. Some students somke just to follow the trend to show that they are cool, the others to relax themselves. So there is no doubt why so many students get addicted to smoking. However, they may not know that smoking is bad for their health. A latest survey shows that up to 90 percent of lung cancer patients are smokers. In other words, smokers are easier to die.

In conclusion, I think smoking is a problem that needs special attention and we should have self-discipline in order to avoid getting addicted to smoking.

Candidate 2: Anytime and anywhere, we could find some people smoking. In general, the number of male smokers is larger than that of female ones. Now experts have found that those who have a habit of smoking are more likely to get cancer than non-smokers. The chemical substances existing in cigarettes do a great harm to our bodies' health, which can lead to a high blood pressure and even coronary heart diseases or other heart attacks. As the number of people who are suffering from cancer increases very fast in recent years, more and more people including doctors, experts, administrators start to become concerned with smoking.

According to some statistics released by our governments, smoking has become one of the biggest threats to our health. But thousands of smokers haven't been aware of this problem, they can't live even one-day's time without cigarettes. It is a small thing which may eventually become the killer of our body. So it is the time we took action and gave special attention to smoking.

相比較而言，Candidate 1的回答比較簡單，主要談及了吸煙的危害，并以大學生為例，而且有數字證明，但是沒有展開論述；Candidate 2的回答比較全面。吸煙人群中男性比例遠遠高于女性。煙草里的化學物質對身體的危害非常大，吸煙者更容易患各種癌癥，甚至最后死亡。根據官方的數據顯示，吸煙已成為健康的最大危害之一。因此吸煙作為一個社會問題迫切需要引起我們的注意，我們應該采取行動禁止吸煙。

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