Unit 64 English Is Getting More Important
根據下面的提示，寫一篇約100詞左右的英語短文。題目和開頭已給出，不記入總詞 數。
1． 2001年7月，中國獲得2008年在北京舉辦奧運會的權利。
2． 2001年11月，中國加入了世界貿易組織。
3． 在北京，業餘時間學習英語的人數比前幾年增長了近70%。計程車司機至少能講100句英語日常用語。
要求短文應包括以上提示要點，可適當增加必要的語句，使短文內容更加充實、結構更加緊湊。
English Is Getting More Important
The past year 2001 was a great year in the history of China. Inspiring evernts occurred one after another.
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「範文」
English Is Getting More Important
The past year 2001 was a great year in the history of China①. Inspiring events② occurred one after another③. For example, in July, 2001, China succeeded in④ winning the right of holding the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing; in November of the same year, China joined the WTO(or: became a member of the WTO) at last. That means we Chinese have more chances to communicate with⑤ people from all parts of the world. Therefore, English is getting more and more important.
It is said that in Beijing more and more people are learning English in their spare time⑥. The number of people learning English is nearly 70 percent larger than that⑦ of the last few years. Even the taxi drivers have been asked to be able to speak 100 words and expressions of everyday⑧ English.
Nowadays, we Chinese are crazy⑨about English learning.
「注釋：」
①in the history of China：在中國歷史上
②inspiring events：鼓舞人心的事件
③one after another：一個接一個地
④succeed in doing sth.：做某事成功
⑤communicate with sb.：與某人交流
⑥in one’s spare time：在業餘時間
⑦that：這裡指「the number of people learning English」
⑧everyday：每天的，日常的
⑨crazy：瘋狂的
「點評：」
這是一篇根據漢語提綱展開的說明性議論文。
文章圍繞「英語現在變得更重要了」這個中心展開。全文共三段，文章的開頭兩句話已給出：「The past year 2001 was a great year in the history of China. Inspiring events occurred one after another」，它們起著統領全段的作用。接著，作者根據內容提示，用「for example」過渡，分別舉例加以說明。文章指出，2001年7月，中國獲得2008年在北京舉辦奧運會的權利；2001年11月，中國加入了世界貿易組織。然後，作者用「That means…」對上述事實加以解釋說明；進而用therefore過渡，引出所得結論，呼應了主題。
在第二段，作者根據內容提示3，又一次運用舉例法進一步說明「English is getting more important」這個中心主題。
最後一段，作者用一句話「Nowadays, we Chinese are crazy about English learning.」總結全文，既呼應了主題，又使全文形成了一個有機的整體。
資料來源：英語作文高分必背叢書：高考/李華田主編，武漢大學出版社，2005