Question

【题目】 假定你是李明,住在苏州,你的美国朋友David在做一个关于中国东部城市人口状况的调查,他给你发了一封邮件,想了解一下有关情况。请你认真阅读下面的邮件,并根据信中的内容和生活实际用英语回复,可以有适当的发挥。

To: liming@163.com

From: davide@gmail.com

Subject: population

Dear Li Ming, I'm doing a survey on the population of the cities in eastern China. I know you are living in Suzhou. Would you mind answering several questions on the topic? Is the population of the city increasing fast? Why? What are the advantages of population change? What are the problems of population change? What influence does the change have on the development of the city? I look forward to hearing from you soon. Best wishes, David

注意:1.词数90左右。开头和结尾已经写好,不计入总词数。

2.回复中不得提及真实的人名、校名等相关信息。

Dear David,

Thanks for your email. I'm very happy to answer your questions.

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I hope my answers will be of some help to your survey.

Yours,

Li Ming

Answer 1

【答案】例文:

Dear David,

Thanks for your email. I'm very happy to answer your questions. With the development of economy, many people are moving from the countryside to cities in eastern China for work. Unbalanced development of educational resources and the hope that the children get a better education make some people have the strong feeling to live in cities. These are the main reasons of the increasing population in eastern cities. Population growth is helpful to the development of cities. But because of the large population, not only the cost of living but also housing price is too high. Most cities are more crowded than before, and the traffic is much heavier. Natural environments are becoming worse and worse. Cities in eastern China are developing quickly and people’s living condition are improving rapidly, but the population problem is still serious. Since the one-child policy, the problem of aging population in cities is becoming more and more serious. Aging population leads to lack of labor force. Thus, the two-child policy is being put into effect.

I hope my answers will be of some help to your survey.

Yours,

Li Ming

【解析】

1.题干解读：本篇材料作文要求以李明的身份，根据信中的内容和生活实际给美国朋友David回邮件，讲述在中国东部城市人口增长速度、人口改变给城市带来的有利和问题以及人口改变对城市发展的影响；书写时要注意文句通顺，内容完整。