Unit 71 Should Smoking Be Banned?
目前有许多人对该不该戒烟有不同的看法。你以“Should smoking Be Banned?”为题，发表自己的意见和看法，写一篇120字左右的短文。
“范文”
Should Smoking Be Banned?①
Should smoking be banned? Different people have different opinions.
Some smokers think smoking is a kind of enjoyment, and they can live without food, but die without smoking. Also, they say that they have freedom of smoking and it has nothing to do with② others. However, a lot of non- smokers don’t agree. In their opinion, smoking is harmful to③ not only smokers themselves, but also to public health, especially to women and children. Therefore④, many countries have worked out⑤ laws to forbid smoking in public places, such as cinema, hospital, station.
Nowadays, smokers make up⑥ one quarter of the world population. If the problem of smoking is not dealt with⑦ seriously, the health of human will be in danger⑧. So smoking should be banned in no time.⑨
“注释：”
①ban：vt.禁止，同forbid
②have nothing to do with：与……无关
③be harmful to：对……有害
④therefore：adv.因此
⑤work out：制定
⑥make up：占有
⑦deal with：处理，对付
⑧(be) in danger：在危险中
⑨in no time：很快，马上
“点评：”
这是一篇要根据情景提示展开的三段式议论文。本文所讨论的也是当今社会的一个热点问题。
第一段，作者开门见山提出问题，并用“Different people have different opinions”很自然地过渡到下一段。
第二段作者分别陈述了两种对立的观点。在前半部分，作者陈述了一些吸烟者的观点：他们认为吸烟是一种享受，不抽烟，他们就活不了。而且他们还认为，他们有吸烟的自由，这与其他人无关。在本段的后半部分，作者用however进行转折，陈述了另外一些人的对立观点。这些non-smokers认为，吸烟对吸烟者本人和被动吸烟者均产生巨大危害，许多国家制定法律禁止在公共场所吸烟。
第三段作者用“Nowadays smokers make up one quarter of the world population”具体说明吸烟者人数之众，进而表明了自己的观点，禁烟迫在眉睫，势在必行。
本文内容充实，结构完整，一些过渡性词和惯用短语的运用使文章衔接自然，语言丰富，行文流畅。
资料来源：英语作文高分必背丛书：高考/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
