2013年6月英语四级作文预测：占座

 　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic Reserving a Seat. You should write at least 120 words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

　　1）很多大学里“占座”现象十分普遍

　　2）这种现象会带来哪些影响

　　3）你 对此的看法

　　【思路点拨】

　　本题属于提纲式文字命题。提纲第1点指 出一种现象，提纲第2点要求分析该现象带来的影响，提纲第3点要 求谈谈“我”对该现象的看法。

　　根据所给提纲，本文应包含如下内容：描述大学生在教室和图书馆“占座”的现象；说明这种现象带来的 不良影响；阐述“我”对“占座”现象的看法。

　　Reserving a Seat

　　We often see there is a table cloth, a book or something else on the desk in the classroom or library, indicating the seat is taken. This kind of phenomenon is very usual in almost all colleges and universities. Strangely enough, most of students seem to take this for granted¹, and few will protest² it.

　　Though most of students’ taking seats in advance is for better study, this kind of phenomenon has great negative effects. On the one hand, it is a selfish behavior, which damages other students’ interests. Sometimes even if many students come to the classroom very early, they can not find a seat. On the other hand, reserving a seat violates³ the rule of fairness. No matter how late you come to class, the seat is still reserved for you even though many others are eager for that seat.

　　Considering the above-mentioned, I think, it is high time that we college students took a good look of our behavior. Indeed, only if all of us can improve our consciousness⁴, it is not a difficult task for us to get rid of this kind of phenomenon “reserving a seat”.

1 granted   

conj.假定，就算v.（退一步）承认( grant的过去式和过去分词 )；（尤指正式地或法律上）同意；准许；让渡

参考例句：

• The president granted a general amnesty for all political prisoners. 总统大赦了所有的政治犯。
• She feared she would not be granted re-entry into Britain. 她担心不会获准再次踏足英伦。

2 protest   

v.反对，抗议；宣称；n.抗议；宣称

参考例句：

• I can't pass the matter by without a protest.我不能对此事视而不见，我要提出抗议。
• We translated his silence as a protest.我们把他的沉默解释为抗议。

3 violates   

亵渎( violate的第三人称单数 )； 违反； 侵犯； 强奸

参考例句：

• Anyone who violates law and discipline must firmly be slapped down. 对于任何违法乱纪的人都必须坚决予以打击。
• The country violates the international agreements. 那个国家违背了国际协议。

4 consciousness   

n.意识，觉悟，知觉

参考例句：

• The experience helped to change her social consciousness.这种经验有助于改变她的社会意识。
• He lost consciousness at the first whiff of ether.他一嗅到乙醚便失去了知觉。