III. Writing

(I)

Directions: In this part, you are to write an essay of 160—200 words entitled “On Developing Tourism”.  Your essay should be based on the outline below:

1. Present situation,

2. Benefits brought by tourism,

3. Obstacles to the development of tourism,

4. My view on future prospect.
   
    旅游业----"无烟的工业"----正在中国迅速发展。随着改革开放政策的贯彻执行, 数以万计的外国游人涌入中国。他们渴望参观这个具有5000多年灿烂文化的神秘古国。

    旅游业作为一种商业活动给中国带来许多好处。首先, 在经济上它有利于我国经济的发展。正如你们所知道的,中国需要大量的外汇来执行现代化建设计划。旅游业是获取外汇的最重要的渠道之一。其次, 旅游业使中国人民更多地了解外界。另一方面, 访问过中国的外国人对我国的最新发展和我国人民的友好和殷勤留下了深刻的印象。显然，旅游业大大促进了中国人民和世界各族人民之间的友谊和了解。

    然而, 仍然存在两个障碍妨碍着旅游业的发展。一方面, 许多地区的运输系统效率不高无法满足日益增长的需要。另一方面，我们的许多名胜地还要多做广告，让全世界都知道它们，以便吸引更多的旅游者。因此, 我们还有许多困难要克服。

    至于我, 我相信, 随着我国经济的发展, 这些问题必将逐步得到解决。我们期望有一个更美好、更光明的未来。
                                        
    Tourism, a smokeless industry, is developing rapidly in China. With the reform and opening-up policy being carried out, thousands upon thousands of foreign visitors are pouring into our country. They are eager to see(=visit) this old mysterious land with a splendid culture of more than 5,000 years.

    Tourism as a form of enterprise brings China a lot of benefits. In the first place, it is financially beneficial to the economic development of China. As you know, China needs a growing amount of foreign currencies for its modernization program. Tourism is one of the most important channels to obtain them. Secondly, tourism enables the Chinese people to know more about the outside world. On the other hand, the foreigners who have visited China are deeply impressed by the latest developments of our country and the friendliness and hospitality of our people. It is clear that tourism contributes a great deal to the friendship and mutual understanding between the Chinese people and peoples all over the world. 

    There are, however, still two obstacles hindering the expansion of tourism in our country. For one thing, the transportation system in many areas is not efficient enough to meet the ever-increasing needs. For another, our places of interest have yet to be better advertised. Information about them should be made available throughout the world to attract more and more tourists. Therefore, we still have a long way to go.

    As for me, with the development of our national economy, all these problems will certainly be solved step by step. A much better and brighter future awaits us.  (262words)

    背记重点词语汉英对照： 1. 成千上万：thousands upon thousands of; 数以百计：hundreds of。  2. 拥入：pour into; crowd into; stream into; swarm into。  3. 渴望做某事：be eager to do sth.; desire strongly to do sth.; aspire to do sth.; long to do sth. ; 渴望某事：be eager for sth.; desire sth.; aspire after/to sth.; long for sth.  4. 使某人能做某事：enable sb. to do sth.。   5. 有助于，促进，增加：contribute to sth.。  6. 阻碍某人做某事：hinder sb. from doing sth.; stop sb. from doing sth.; 阻碍某事：obstruct sth.。 7. 盼望，等待：sth. await(s) sb. = sb. look(s) forward to sth., 例如：A much better and brighter future awaits us. = We are looking forward to a much better and brighter future.

    Put the following sentences from Chinese into English:

    1. 数以百计的学生拥入大厅去看这位歌星。

    2.  1)他渴望成功。 2)他渴望知识。 3)他渴望成为一个超级明星。

    3. 虽然我们还有许多困难要克服，但是我们对未来充满信心。

    4.  1)她的著作极有助于我们对这个困难课题的了解。[ALD]   2)汽车增加了空气污染。

    5. 总之，我们盼望一个更美好、更光明的未来。

(II) (课外背诵篇)

Directions: Study the following pie chart carefully and write an essay entitled “Investment in Beijing from Different Countries and Regions”.   Your essay should meet the requirements below:

    1. Describe the pie chart,

    2. State the possible benefits brought by outside investment,

    3. Suggest measures helping to attract investment from outside.

    自从1979年中国对外开放以来，北京在吸引外企投资合资企业方面已取得了显著成绩。根据图示，不同企业的投资者来自26个国家和地区。香港的投资额居第一位，占总额的44%。日本占19.2%, 居第二位。美国为第三，占16%。

    普遍认为，北京从外部投资中受益匪浅。首先，大量合资企业已经建立，这就大大促进了“首都经济”的发展。其次，外资企业为北京市民提供了许多就业机会。这又缓解了北京的下岗工人问题。最后，由于北京和沿海开放城市一样享有许多优惠政策，所以高科技产业在首都发展迅猛。

    至于吸引外资的措施，有如下几点。一方面，我们应该专门努力来改善投资环境, 以便越来越多的外资能流入北京。另一方面，我们应该抓住机遇把目前的外资企业尽可能办好。我深信，随着改革开放政策的贯彻执行，北京将吸引大量外资。

    Since China opened its door to the outside world in 1979, Beijing has made remarkable results in attracting foreign business to invest in joint ventures. According to the pie chart, the investors in different enterprises come from 26 countries and regions. The investment of Hong Kong ranks first, accounting for 44 per cent of the total. Japan’s investment makes up 19.2 per cent, putting it in second spot. Third is the United States at 16 per cent.
   
    It is generally believed that Beijing benefits a lot from the outside investment. In the first place, a large number of joint ventures have been set up, which contributes greatly to the development of Capital Economy. Secondly, the foreign-invested enterprises offer a lot of jobs to the residents in Beijing. This in turn relieves the problem of laid-off workers in the city. Finally, the high-tech enterprises in the capital will grow rapidly as Beijing enjoys the same preferential policies as coastal cities open to the outside world.

    As far as the measures to attract outside investment are concerned, they are as follows. On the one hand, we should make special efforts to improve the investment environment so that an increasing amount of foreign capital can stream into Beijing. On the other hand, we should take advantage of this opportunity to run the present foreign-invested enterprises as efficiently as possible. I am convinced that with the reform and opening up policy being implemented, Beijing will be a great attraction for foreign investment. (247 words)

    作业：1.每天做“复习指导”阅读理解1 -- 2篇、英译汉2--3天一篇。 2. 改写本单元作文。3. 词汇要结合书中的内容反复背记。

    赠言：1. 一面学习、一面思考，学习使人增加知识，而思考则使人把知识总结成规律，再在实践中转化为解决问题的能力。

    2. 现象是多变的，本质是基本不变的, 它是事物内部的因果性、必然性和规律性。所以本质，一般来说，就是规律。只有把握规律的人才能从必然王国过渡到自由王国。