Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic To Restrain Spending. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below in Chinese:

  1. 现在许多大学生花钱大手大脚。

  2. 有人认为社会整体生活水平提高了,大学生花钱多一些无可厚非。

  3. 你的看法。

  To Restrain Spending

  【写作思路】

  本文要求写一篇关于大学生花钱过多现象的议论文。首先简要描述大学生花钱过多的事实,接着写对此现象的不同看法,部分人认为社会整体生活水平提高了,大学生花钱多一些无可厚非,最后阐述自己的观点。

  【参考范文】

  To Restrain Spending

  The monthly expenditures of college students have been on the rise in the past few years. Some argue that if the students earn the money themselves, how they spend it is none of other people’s business, and after all, the general living standard keeps rising. However, the fact is that most students live on the money their parents give them. The lure of a more comfortable and fashionable lifestyle—one with name brand clothing, mobile phones, MP3, and dining out or going to bars with a girlfriendmakes many to be frequent borrowers.

  In my opinion, young students are sensitive to fashions and new trends, thus they easily found it impossible to make ends meet and run into debt. When a student’s spending steps beyond the boundaries of daily necessities, it becomes a kind of waste. Furthermore, widespread extravagant spending on campus could have a bad influence on people’s values. But many students see it as a common practice and not a fault. Though everyone has the right to enjoy a comfortable life, campus is a place for study. So just think twice before you sign a bill.