In some cities, planners tend to arrange shops, schools, offices and homes in specific areas and separate them from each other. Do you thinks the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
话题分析：
本题属于社会生活话题类别中的城市生活层面。考生在审题过程中对于题目中的“specific areas” 和“separate them from each other” 需要格外关注。当然，在论述内容过程中“shop，school， office 和 homes”也不可忽视。由于本题涉及的城市规划内容在现实生活中比较少见，因此对于考生思考论点来说有一定的难度。这时，考生需要站在规划者的角度，以及结合目前城市生活中出现的问题，思考为什么要这样做？对于年纪比较小，缺乏一定社会生活经历的考生来说，平时积累相关话题的论点素材就显得格外重要了。
In some cities, planners tend to arrange shops, schools, offices and homes in specific areas and separate them from each other. Do you thinks the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?
在某些城市，规划者将商业，学校，办公和居家分隔在不同的区域里。优点是否大于缺点。
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1、参考范文
paragraph 1 :结合时代背景引入话题且表明自己的观点。
paragraph 2: 论述反方观点，即此举会加重交通负担。结合假设论证，具体举例展开论述。
paragraph 3: 论述自己的观点，即从住宅，商业和企业发展的角度来列举此举的优点。
paragraph 4: 总结自己的观点，且提出关于学校建址的建议。
参考范文：
In modern cities, people's way of living and working has dramatically changed. In an attempt to satisfy the demands of growing population and tackle problems emerging from city life, urban planners are deciding to locate shops, educational institutions, workplaces and residential real estates in separated areas. As far as I am concerned, it does function effectively.
Opponents do insist that this practice aggravates the traffic burden. It is understandable that if those facilities are respectively situated in one certain district, how crowed it would be. Imaging that in peak hours, thousands of school buses or private cars carrying students are driven to the same direction; subways crowed with hurried office workers run the same route. Obviously, it is unwise to implement this plan as it increases the possibility of traffic congestion, which has already been a tough issue in most megacities.
However, there are some benefits that cannot be ignored, the most rooted of which is that the citizens 'general satisfaction of life has been enhanced. To be specific, dwellers are more likely to live in a quieter and greener environment as there is less noise from busy streets but more room for trees and gardens. In addition, being away from skyscrapers or high-rises that remain us of a fast-paced life, homes will be more of a place for leisure and happiness. What's more, the centralized commercial district provides convenience to consumers since there is no need for them to go shopping for different items around the city. Instead, they could purchase their fancy shoes or pick up the most charming dress in a place. Last but not the least, resource sharing and win-win mode can be easier to achieve between enterprises. A case in the point is that when a manager of Development Department in a training center intends to develop online courses, his potential cooperative partners may work in the IT company upstairs.
In conclusion, I believe that this is the future metropolis' development tendency due to the fact that it facilitates inhabitants' daily life and new pattern of business. Certainly, schools are better not to be constructed far away from housing estate; otherwise, students would suffer a lot on the way to schools.
2、参考范文：
The way modern people live and work has experienced drastic changes. Many urban planners are deciding to separate shops, educational institutions and residential complexes in an attempt to fasten urban development and satisfy the needs of growing population. I personally think that the advantages are far more obvious.
Those who are against this idea may argue that it will add to the burden of the environment.People who did not have cars will have limited access to shop centers, schools. Thus, buying cars will be a necessity for them. Increased use of cars will emit harmful gases and aggravate the greenhouse effect. However, this is not so much a problem in the long term. The past 5 years have already witnessed the invention of cars and buses driven by electricity. We have the reason to believe that in the near future cars will not be a cause for environmental burden.
This will also contribute to people's satisfaction with life. The residential areas will be free from the noise and traffic and more worthy of spending most of our time in. Green areas surrounding the houses will also be more enjoyable when there is no sight of offices nearby.Our homes will be more of a place for leisure when there;s no skyscraper that constantly reminds us of a fast-paced city life. Highly concentrated commercial areas also mean lower prices of land in residential areas.All these are what we expect of a modern society.
In conclusion, I consider this to be a positive trend. Separated areas better suits the demands of growing number of citizens. Of course, city plans should make sure that schools are not far from the housing areas so that students will profit from this plan.291 words
3、话题分析：
多数烤鸭对这个话题不熟悉，看到题目就发懵了。但是，如果认真审一下题目，我们就会发现，本题涉及的内容其实与我们的生活紧密相关。现在的城市有一种倾向，即把相同功能的单位集中在一起，比如我们有电脑城、大学城、商业区、住宿区等。那么，这种趋势是好还是坏呢？
好处很明显：相同功能单位相互交流变得容易，我们去寻找这些单位也变得容易，因此城市功能分区有助于提高我们的工作效率和生活质量。
但坏处也很明显：如果我们家庭周围没有学校或者购物中心，那就会给我们的日常生活造成困扰。因此，我们可以得出这么一个结论：那些我们仅偶尔打交道的单位可以集中在某个特定地方，并与其他地方分开，但那些与我们日常生活息息相关的机构，则应该均匀分布在我们生活的地方，不宜分开。
本题思维的核心是：把题目观点进行拆分，然后分别讨论不同情况的优劣。
Modern city planners tend to separate a city into different areas according to their functions, such as the university area, business area, hospital area, residential area and so on. While this practice does bring about positive effects on our life, it may also create many problems.
现代城市规划者倾向于根据城市的功能，将城市划分为不同的区域，如大学区、商业区、医院区、居住区等。虽然这种做法的确给我们的生活带来积极影响，但也可能产生很多问题。
A city arranged on the basis of clearly-defined functional areas can make our life a lot easier and more efficient. When we want to buy a specific model of computer, for example, we can simply visit the city's hi-tech market without having to rummage every corner of the city. For another example, if all government offices are located in the same area, then we will save tremendous amount of time when we need to get our bureaucratic paper work completed.
一个基于明确定位的功能分区的城市能使我们的生活更轻松、更有效。比如，当我们想买一个特定型号的计算机，我们可以访问城市的高科技市场，而没有必要搜寻城市的每个角落。再如，如果所有政府机关都位于同一地区，那么当我们需要完成各种官僚文书时，就将节省大量的时间。
However, this function-based city partitioning is not without problems, especially when we have to use a certain function every day, yet it is located somewhere far away from our home. Let us just suppose that all grocery stores were concentrated in the east end of the city and we lived in the west end. In that case, we would have to travel miles across the city every day to get our fresh fruits and vegetables.
然而，基于功能的城市划分并不是没有问题，特别是当我们每天必须使用某个功能，而它又位于远离我们家的某个地方时。让我们来想象一下：所有的杂货店都集中在城市的东区，我们住在西区。那样的话，我们每天都得在城市里穿行数英里才能买到新鲜水果和蔬菜。
In light of the above discussion, I would conclude that whether the functional division of a city is desirable or not depends on what the functions are. For those functions we do not often require in life such as museums and high-tech centers, they should be kept away from us in specific locations, but for those every-day functions like schools and stores, they should be located among us.
根据以上讨论，我认为城市功能分区是否可取，这取决于功能是什么。对于那些我们生活中通常不需要的功能，如博物馆和高科技中心，应该让它们坐落在特定的地点，远离我们但对于那些每天需要的功能，比如学校和商店，它们应位于我们中间。
4、参考范文
第一段，同义改写就好，表达个观点
Currently, there is a phenomenon that shops, schools, offices and housings are located in different areas by governments. Personally speaking, there exist more advantages brought by such a policy.
第二段，先写缺点，说说交通和时间的问题
Admittedly, it will take people much more time to travel to different areas. Since different buildings are separated from each other, people may have to send their children to school in an area, go to work in another region, and finally return to their home in a different distract. Such a route will make people waste a lot of time on the traffic. Nevertheless, citizens can benefit from such a policy.
第三段，说一下学校独立和居民区独立的好处——
To begin with, citizens' life quality may be improved. When residents send their children to schools, they do not need worry about their children's safety since there are no other buildings around schools. Also, when they come back from work, they may not be interrupted by noises since their housings are far away from the central business district. Therefore, filling an area with only schools or apartments not only brings children a safer environment but also offer citizens a quieter life.
第四段，说一下工or商业聚集在一起的好处——
In addition, establishing some special zones can contribute to the economic development. When there exist a lot of similar enterprises in an area, these companies can cooperate and coordinate with each other more efficiently. For example, Silicon Valley is famous for gathering numerous IT enterprises, which allows it to attract a huge amount of investment. Correspondingly, if city planners and governments can successfully design and establish special zones, such industrial zones or business zones, such a city will face more economic opportunities.
第五段，小小总结——
In sum, if governments locate shops, offices, housings and schools in different areas, children will be more secure and city dwellers may not be interrupted when they intend to have a relax at home. Meanwhile, more economic opportunities will be created to cities.
2017年7月29日雅思写作考试小作文范文：饼图
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The pie charts show the class size in primary （elementary） schools in four states in Australia in 2010.
本题属于静态多饼图。考生在处理该类图形时务必多观察内容之间的关联和对比性。虽然饼图数目比较多，且每个饼图内的成分也较多，但是一定要沉着冷静，多对比，突出图形的主要特征。此外，本题的语句表述也比较复杂，在写句子时务必需要搞清楚百分比和班级规模之间的关系。（百分比指的是百分之多少的小学的班级规模是多少）
参考范文：
The pie charts compare the number of pupils in elementary schools in four states of Australia in the year 2010.
It is clear to see that there were 21-25 students having a class in most primary schools （ 51%） in Australian Capital Territory, and the second common class size was 20 students or fewer per class, accounting for 38%. The same situation occurred in Western Australia, and New South Wales whose major elementary school's class size was 21-25 students per class, taking up 42% and 37% respectively.
On the contrary, 35% of primary schools in South Australia arranged 20 students or fewer in one class, and its figure exceeded the proportion of class size with 21-25 students （33%）。 In this state, 26-30 students attended classes together in 28% of primary schools, which was almost matched by that in Western Australia; while only 10% of schools in Australian Capital Territory was with that class size. In contrast, it was another general size in New South Wales, with 33%.
Overall, it can be seen that the fewest primary schools in four states had the class size of 30 students or more. However, most of them enrolled 21-25 students in every class |
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