四级写作考前预测——收入差距

　　Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Income Gap. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

　　1. 有些人认为收入差距的存在是合理的;

　　2. 有些人认为收入差距的存在是不合理的

　　3. 收入差距对社会的影响

　　审题概述

　　议论文，根据题目要求文章可分为三点：收入差距的合理性;收入差距的不合理性;对社会的影响。在叙述第一、二点时，可适当地的展开一两个小点。注意各点之间的衔接，以及论证的逻辑。

　　范文

　　①There has been a heated discussion over the growing income gap now. Some people hold that the gap is natural because it ②reflects different contributions that different people make in their work. ③In their view, those people with high income work hard and long. Besides, these people bring high ④efficiency, and create more wealth. Accordingly, they deserve high pay.

　　①On the other hand, there are always some people who view this gap negatively. They believe that a lot of crimes happen as a result of this income gap. Some people make so little from their work that they ②risk taking criminal acts to get rich. In fact, experts have long found out that most cases of crime are directly related to low income. There is ③another point to ④back up a negative view against income gap. For most people, income gap may destroy the satisfaction that they obtain from work.

　　①As anything has two sides, so has the problem of income gap. Personally, I believe that this gap may ②motivate people to compete better in job market. When this gap is growing too wide, however, our government should make some policies to ③get rid of its negative consequences.

　　第一段思路点评：

　　收入差距的合理性

　　语言点提示：

　　1 There has been a heated discussion over the growing income gap: 直接点题

　　2 reflect 意为反映

　　3 in ones view 意为在某人看来(分析观点时常用词组)

　　4 efficiency 意为效率

　　第二段思路点评：

　　收入差距的不合理性

　　语言点提示

　　1On the other hand：意为另一点、另一方面(提出相反观点，与上文衔接)

　　2risk doing something 意为冒险做某事

　　3another point: 提出另一小点

　　4back up 意为支持

　　第三段思路点评：

　　收入差距的影响

　　语言点提示　　1As anything has two sides, so... 议论文常用句式

　　2motivate：意为激励，刺激

　　3get rid of：意为摆脱，除去