第二期作文题如下：
目标：练习185中支持反对型题目，这类题约占了185题总数的34%，可谓考的频率相当高。
作文在下面直接跟帖~

           

Topic:   Should a city to preserve its old, historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings? Use specific reasons and examples to support your opinion.

再练习一篇,还是一小时....无语...
With the increasingly rapid pace of development and swiftly growth of the population , numbers of problems have draw our attention and focus . Here goes a heated debate on the issue of whether to destroy the old buildings for the construction of building modern skyscrapers which has aroused a wide public concern. A multitude of people are living under the illusion that we should vanish those out-dated buildings to feed the present days’ growing appetite for working and living spaces . Nevertheless from my personal angle alone , I am fully convinced that not only can we destroy them , but also preserve them .

First and foremost , the old buildings invariable represent a piece of a country’s history , even reflect the place’s culture and customs . It is undeniable to say that most of them have profound meanings and unforgotten back grounds. In another words , some of them serve as a mirror of the past . Children nowadays can only get their knowledge in books , touching the history and culture only with their imaginations . While the best way is to show them around at the certain places where the historical events took place their such as the old summer palace. So that the students can get a more deep impression and understanding . In conclusion the old building indeed play a significant role in our lives.

The above is only a part of the picture , besides these old buildings also attracted by the visitors from all over the world. A myriad of foreigners are forever constantly coming to other countries to visit to broaden their horizon and fulfill their dreams of learning more cultures in the rest parts of world. As a result the tourism in one’s country will be greatly bloomed which help to make a fancinating contribution to the society’s economy . According to a recent survey done by the economists , up to about 60% income for a country’s budget is from tourism and services fields. And nearly 150 thousand foreigners are attracted to China ,a country which is well combined with the ancient culture and modern society. Suppose that if we down all the interesting places , do the visitors still come ?

Even though there is a great demanding of space and places as for people’s daily lives, we still should not do such a unwise job that to vanish the old buildings . Nothing important can compared with such old treasures left by our ancestors .As for me, I regard these buildings as not only worthy by its own wealth in quality , but the endless meaningful culture and history carried by them as well. In conclusion , it is high time for us to took some efficient measurement to find our solution to problems such as lacking space , at the same time preserve and maintain the legacies in a responsible way.

辛苦大家了~~

With the fast development of country, building, as the most important part of city, are being greatly developed. That also brings about conflict between old history building and modern building. After every aspect taken into consideration, I believe that to preserve old history building would be better choice.

First and foremost, an old history building, been standing there for a long time, even hundreds years, it spreads the atmosphere of literature, the history of city, the traditional life of people. Just take myself as an example, every the moment when I got to a city which I had never been there before, the place that will be my first choice to visit is the old history building which as the symbol of literature, history and people living there. Hardly can I imagine what a city will be if they have not got any old history that can show their history to guests!

Further more, an old history building with countless age would also provide us an entertainment place, especially for old people. Tian-Xin park, towing in the city where I lived for many years. It's a defend wall to protect from attackers long ago, which still stand firmly as a park, and even become a popular park. So, after a day's hard work, a number of people are prefer to have a releax in the park than stay at home. They are playing ball, talking, walking, or just sitting on the big stone. The older usually talk to their children about their early ages with this park, this city. Without this old history building, all of above are no longer existed!

Admittedly, old history building also have their disadvantages. For instance, it take the space for new modern buildings, its design style are not coherent with the buildings around them, and even after many years, its construction may not endurable enough. However, preserve old history building have more merits than replace them, so, I therefore reinforce my standpoint to protect it.

With the rapid development of economy and industry, land becomes a short resource in the urban districts, especially the big cities which are the economic centre of the country. To solve this problem, many people advise that we should destroy the historical buildings and build modern buildings like skyscrapers instead to provide space, to make better use of the land. However, I don't agree with that view. My points are as follows.

To begin with, human being is a species which is cultured. We have knowledge, we have history, we have culture. That's where we are different with other animal species, that's why we call ourselves human being. Economic development is and should not be the only thing we pursue. Historical buildings, as significant symbols of our civilization, should not be destroyed. On the contrary, we should spare no effort to protecting them, as a reminder which stand for our ever-existed prosperity, depression, glory or guilt.

Furthermore, it is unnecessary to destroy the building to spare space. What we need to do is just some repair work. Thus, space we get and historical meaning we preserve. Take a look at one of the biggest cities in the world - Paris. Look how French kill two birds with one stone. They preserved the old urban district and decided to build the government in the suburban area which is now the new centre of the city. The old buildings are being made full use of as stores or bars, attracting millions of travelers each year.

In conclusion, we can get more when not having these buildings destroyed, why should we do it?

从开始准备托福以来第二次成文，看大家写了，就跟着写了，近四十分钟，270词左右，是不是太少了，作文还要好好练
这是基本没有什么积累的结果，我发誓，不会再写的这么烂，我会进步的！

[ 本帖最后由 telly.bbs 于 2008-3-27 21:02 编辑 ]

2楼：
hustle:
作文总体看来逻辑清晰，因为使用了结构严谨的模板。
同时有很多语言方面的亮点，在使用词汇和句子方面也看出下了很大功夫。
好句子如：
Para1.
Here goes a heated debate on the issue of whether to destroy the old buildings for the
construction of building modern skyscrapers which has aroused a wide public concern.
the old buildings invariable represent a piece of a country’s history , even reflect the place’s culture and customs .
建议写summer palace in beingjing.指出城市这样具体些老外也就不用猜了。。。

第二个supporting para:
A myriad of foreigners are forever constantly coming to other countries to visit to broaden their horizon and fulfill their dreams of learning more cultures in the rest parts of world. As a result the tourism in one’s country will be greatly bloomed which help to make a fancinating contribution to the society’s economy . According to a recent survey done by the economists , up to about 60% income for a country’s budget is from tourism and services fields.
建议把myriad放在后面和China并列作例子。先分析再举例，是老外的思维。

最后一段亮点句子：
Nothing important can compared with such old treasures left by our ancestors.
结尾很有启示意义:
In conclusion , it is high time for us to took some efficient measurement to find our solution to problems such as lacking space , at the same time preserve and maintain the legacies in a responsible way.

麻烦能指出其中语法和句子运用不当或者有误的地方吗?因为鄙人语法实在不敢恭维,没有专门训练,难免会有些问题...希望能够指正避免再犯

In modern society, due to the increasing of popularity that the demand of space and house are becoming more concerned, then some people maintain the invaluable historic buildings should be replaced with modern buildings. Why some deem that to destory these historic buildings as the optimum choice that somehow superior to preserve them is really beyone me. For a nation, nothing can be compared, in my point, with the importance of historic buildings.

First and foremost, children directly know our history. When I were young, I recognized numrous historic buildings of beijing from books. For example, forbidden city. It always described with “grave”, or “glorious” that I couldn’t image and totally understand until I saw it. If these old, historic buildings are demolished, children will realize our history from books or other TV series. They will never know how smart our ancestor were and how marvelous historic buildings were.

Besides, historic buildings plays a significant role in the development of economy. The historic buildings are never failed to appeal to tourists. To take the summer palace in beijing as an example. According to a recent survey, about one million persons in a year toured the summer palace, which greatly improved the development of ecnomy. Obviously, most people who come to the summer palace just want to feel and touch the building that the emperor had ever lived. If the building is destoried, the economy will be of influence.

Last but not least, the old, historic building let more foreigners know our country. Our country is a nation that has a long history. The buildings our ancestors constructed not only just constructions, but also represent a sort of cultures. To preserve these buildings that can let more people recognize our country and further love our country. Nor is a country without its moment of history.

But the problem we should still focus on. It’s the very time that we took measures to solve these problems.

[ 本帖最后由 yoyo 于 2008-3-28 23:37 编辑 ]

老师，经济发展，除了development of economy, 还有别的说法吗？我好像就会这一个~还有“了解”，除了know, understand, acknowledge这些之外还有什么？谢谢高手解答