PartB
52.Directions:
SupposeyournameisWudong,writealettertoyourlocalEnglish-languagenewspapergivingyourviewsonadiscussioninspiredbyanarticletheypublishedentitled"WhydoWeNeedEnglish?"
Yourlettermustbewritteninatleast200words,excludingtheaddresses,etc.YoushouldwritedearlyonANSWERSHEETⅡ.
正确答案：[考题分析]这是一篇书信作文。对于书信作文，首先要注意它的特定格式，正文右上方注明写信人的地址、日期，称呼上面在需要时还要写出收信人的职位，地址等。正文后别忘了问候语，最后是署名。正文的写作与其它文体差不多。对于本文来说，先要表明自己写信的目的，是要对出版社的文章进行回应，然后当然要有条理地列出自己的观点，并给出理由，最后则是照应开头，作结尾。
[参考范文]
No.23,DonghuRoad
WuchangDistr ict,
Wuhan,Hubei,430000
Feb.20,2003
DearSir:
Iamveryinterestedinthediscussioninspiredbythearticle"WhydoWeNeedEnglish?"publishedintheLocalEnglishDailyof20thJan,2003.
TheoneaspectoftheEnglishlanguagethatmostofyourcorrespondentsseemtobeunawareofitswidespreaduseastheinternationallanguageofdiplomacy,commerceandtechnology.ItisthelanguageoftheUnitedNationsanditsagenciesaswellasofmanyotherinternationalbodies.Wewouldbefoolishtoconfineinourvisiontoournationalbordersonly.Wearestill,afterall,dependentonothercountr iesfortechnicalandindustr ialassistance.Howcanwehopetobeeconomicallyandtechnologicallyindependentifwearenotable tocommunicateintheseareasoutsideourowncountr y?
Englishmustbetaughtinallourschools,notonlyfortheabovereasonsbutalsosothatourstudentscangoabroadtolearnthetechniquesournationsourgentlyneeds.Wealsoneedrepresentativeswhocancommandrespectattheinternationalconferencetable softheworld.AndifEnglishisthecommonlanguageofcommunicationsforworlddiplomacy,economicsanddefence,thenletusbeasfluentandproficientinitaspossible,forthesakeofourowncountr y'sadvancementandprestige.
Bestwishes.
Yoursincerely,
Wudong
