英语作文-高考 请比较“打电话”与“写信”各自的优点。

英语作文

When we want to communicate with our relatives or friends, what will we do, to make a call or write a letter? Now let’s compare the advantages of a call and of a letter.

    Generally speaking, most of us would prefer to make a call nowadays. Firstly¹, it is fast so making a call can save us time. None of us wants to waste time in this competitive² society. Then the telephone functions well in this aspect. In addition, making a call brings us convenience because we can do so wherever and whenever we like. Also, we can communicate with people in the casual³ way of chatting on the phone, which seems to be friendlier. With the development of hi-tech, man has realized the dream of talking face to face on the visual⁴ phone, thus bringing people together and reducing the homesickness⁵ of many people far away.

    However, writing a letter for greetings has its own special advantages. As we all know, it is much cheaper than making a call. Not only can writing a letter save us money but also it shows more respect and sincerity⁶ to others. For instance⁷, when you want to invite someone to your party or to dinner with you, you’d better send him an invitation letter, which is more formal than just making a call. Times are constantly⁸ changing, and yet writing a letter is still as good a way as making a call.

    Of course which on earth should be the more proper way depends on the individual personal purpose.

1 firstly   

adv.第一；首先

参考例句：

• Firstly,you must be loyal to your homeland.首先，你必须忠于你的祖国。
• Firstly,let us deal with the most important issue.首先让我们来处理最紧要的问题。

2 competitive   

adj.竞争的，比赛的，好竞争的，有竞争力的

参考例句：

• Some kinds of business are competitive.有些商业是要竞争的。
• These businessmen are both competitive and honourable.这些商人既有竞争性又很诚实。

3 casual   

adj.漠不关心，冷漠的；随便的，非正式的；偶然的，碰巧的

参考例句：

• He earns a living by casual labour.他靠做临时工为生。
• The guests wore casual clothes.客人们穿着便服。

4 visual   

adj.视力的，视觉的，观看的，直观的，看得见的，光学的

参考例句：

• The film is a visual art.电影是一种视觉艺术。
• His designs have a strong visual appeal.他的设计在视觉上很有感染力。

5 homesickness   

n.思家病；乡思；思家成疾；怀乡病

参考例句：

• He returned to his native land of homesickness. 他因怀念故土而返回（乡里）。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The girl appeared to be overcome with homesickness. 这女孩看来想家想得受不了啦。 来自辞典例句

6 sincerity   

n.真诚，诚意；真实

参考例句：

• His sincerity added much more authority to the story.他的真诚更增加了故事的说服力。
• He tried hard to satisfy me of his sincerity.他竭力让我了解他的诚意。

7 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

8 constantly   

adv.不变地，不断地，时常地

参考例句：

• The two countries have been warring constantly for years.这两国多年来一直交战。
• We should constantly urge ourselves on to study hard.我们要经常鞭策自己努力学习。