Directions： For this part you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition
on the topic A Boom in Adult Education. You should write no less than 150 words
and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese)
below：
1.现在许多成年人都利用业余时间去大学或夜校读书
2.出现这种成人教育热的原因是……
3.结论
范文：
A Boom in Adult Education
Every Tuesday and Friday evening sees Miss Li， my neighbor and a secretary
in a company rush home after a hard day's work， gulp down her meals and then
hurry out to catch the bus for her English class. Miss Li's case is not unique，
and now more and more city adults spend their leisure time trying to improve
themselves at school or college.
There are a number of reasons for people to go back for their education.
Some people， like Miss Li， are doing it to acquire another degree or diploma to
impress the society. To them more knowledge， or rather， more credentials means
more opportunities for better jobs and quicker promotion.
Other people， especially those who are laid off or out of employment go to
vocational school to prepare to return to the job market. They are eager for new
skills so that they can be qualified for the jobs in retail trade，
administration， education and other service categories to which they are strange
because most of them were blue-collar workers in the factory.
There are also people who come to take such courses as Chinese traditional
medicine， painting， calligraphy and photography. As their working weeks decline
people begin to have time to fulfill their old dream of their heart's
desire.
Out of necessity or out of interest， people go back to school for the
common goal——to improve themselves， and this boom in adult education， in turn，
helps to raise the intellectual standard of the whole country.
发表于 2016-7-29 16:21:08