小作文题目：Thechartbelowshowsthetotalnumberofminutes(inbillions)oftelephonecallsintheUK,dividedintothreecategories,from1995-2002.Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.范文：ThebarchartshowsthreetypesoftelephonecallsmadeintheUKbetween1995and2002,accordingtohowmanyminutestheylastedintotal.Localfixedlinecallslasted72billionminutesin1995,risinggraduallyto90billionin1998.Thefollowingyear,thenumberpeakedat91billion.Thereafter,itgraduallydeclinedto73billionin2002.Nationalandinternationalfixedlinecallslasted37billionminutesin1995.Thefigurethenroseslowlyto50billionin1999.Therewasabiggerincreasein2000to57billionfollowedbysmallerrisesto60billionand61billionin2001and2002respectively.Mobilecallslasted3billionminutesin1995,increasingto10billionin1998.Thereafter,theincreaseswerelarger,to15billionin1999,27billionin2000and38billionin2001.In2002therewasanotherriseto44billion.Overall,thenumberofminutesforlocalfixedlinecallsrosethenfellandwasalwaysthehighest.Thenumberfornationalandinternationalfixedlinecallsincreasedeveryyearandwasalwaysthesecondhighest,whilstthenumberformobilesroseeveryyear,especiallyafter1999,butwasalwaysthelowest.大作文题目：Somepeoplebelievethatunpaidcommunityserviceshouldbeacompulsorypartofhighschoolprogrammes(forexampleworkingforacharity,improvingtheneighbourhoodorteachingsportstoyoungerchildren).Towhatextentdoyouagreeordisagree?范文：参考译文1——无偿社区服务应该是强制性的Inthisessay,IshallexplainwhyIthinkthatitisagoodideaforsecondaryschoolstudentstodocompulsorycommunityservice.ThemainreasonthatIbelievethisisthatitprovidessecondaryschoolstudentswithwiderknowledgeabout,andexperienceof,theircommunityandsocietyingeneral.Sometypesofcommunityserviceinvolveworkingwithsickordisabledpeople,givingstudentstheopportunitytohelpthosewhoarelessfortunate.Otherkindsofcommunityservicegivestudentsthechancetoworkwithchildrenorworkonprojectstoimprovethecommunity.Allofthesebroadenhorizonsanddemonstratetostudentswhattheirplaceinsocietyis.Anotherkeyadvantageofcommunityserviceforsecondaryschoolstudentsisthatitcanprovidethemwithsomeworkexperience.Thisisparticularlytrueinsomesectors,suchashealthcare,butIthinkthatcommunityservicegenerallyprovidespeoplewithaworkethicwhichwillobviouslybehelpfulthroughouttheirlives.Thefactthattheworkisunpaidmightinspiresomestudentstocontinuewithcommunityserviceevenwhenitisnotacompulsorypartoftheirsecondaryschoolcurriculum.Inaddition,manycommunityservicessufferfromalackofvolunteers,sousingsecondaryschoolstudentsinthiswayprovidesenoughpeopletomeetthisshortfall.Thesupplyofstudentsisverylikelytocontinueasolderstudentsleaveschoolbutnewonesenter,sotheprovisionofthesecommunityservicesisalmostguaranteed.Toconclude,Ithinkhavingsecondaryschoolstudentsdocommunityserviceisanexcellentidea.参考译文2——无偿社区服务不应该是强制性的Inthisessay,IshallexplainwhyIthinkthatunpaidcommunityserviceshouldnotbecompulsoryforhighschoolstudents.Forme,themostimportantreasonwhycommunityserviceshouldnotbecompulsoryforhighschoolstudentsisthattheyshouldbefocusingonotherthings.Ithinkitismuchmoreimportantforhighschoolstudentstostudyacademicsubjects–likemaths,languages,scienceandcomputing–thatwillhelpthemtogetintohighereducationandthengetbetterjobswhentheyentertheworkforce.Thisistheprimarypurposeofschoolspulsorycommunityservicewouldbeadistractionfromthis.Ofcourse,therearesomestudentswhowouldliketodocommunityserviceandwouldfinditusefulintheirfuturecareers.Theycoulddoitduringschoolhoursiftheywish.However,thisdoesnotmeanthatitshouldbecompulsoryforeverystudent.Infact,makingitcompulsorycouldhavenegativeeffectsifthestudentshavetodoworkthattheydonotwanttodoordonotseetheuseindoing.Studentswhowanttodocommunityservicecanalsoeasilyfindwaystoitoutsideschoolhours,e.g.intheevenings,attheweekendsorduringtheschoolholidays.Toconclude,Istronglydisagreewiththeideathatunpaidcommunityserviceshouldbecompulsoryforhighschoolstudents,butIthinkthatcommunityserviceisagoodthingforsocietyandshouldbeavailabletohighschoolstudentswhowanttodoit.
