Total 700; AWA 6

昨天收到了正式成绩单，Total 700 AWA 6，总分很一般，作文确实出乎我意料，别的就不多说了，在这里和大家分享一下我的作文准备经历，供参考。

我是11.23参加考试的，前后共准备了两个月，用最后一个礼拜准备了作文。因为没有参加培训班，所有的作文复习资料全是从CD上下下来的，现在来回报一下。

准备过程：

1.下了小安发布的ets最新题库

2.AI,AA分别看了几篇范文，知道了两种文章的基本写作套路。当时就是感觉AA有固定套路，AI和TWE差不多，内容上稍微难一些。

3.用了一个晚上整理出了AA魔板：使用的资料是CD上的七宗罪，几篇满分作文的范文；然后自己对句子进行微小的结构转换。七宗罪真是好东西，如果能使用得当就更好了。我的建议是：不用把七宗罪全背下来，选三到四个仔细捉摸一下。我当时就选了自认为比较好些的四个，然后对这四个做扩充与修改。我扫了一下黄金80题里的AA题目，发现文章可以大致分成三类：调查类，对比类，因果无关类。我准备的那四宗罪足够应付这些题目了。还有一个发现就是无论什么驳论，都可以用“信息不充分”来驳。

4.AA魔板出来后，心定很多。开始准备AI。本来想分经济，社会，文化三类搞三个魔板的，后来发现时间不允许，只能放弃这个想法（时间充裕的朋友可以试试，我考TWE时就是这么干的，效果很不错，5.5分）。因此，我的AI几乎没有魔板（如果一定要说有的话，就是那个愚蠢的开头：Nowadays, there's a controversy about...Some people argue that..., others think that...)。AA我没有看CD上给出的200多篇范文，AI我把11月几经题的范文逐一看了，一来开拓一下思路，二来增加些语感。然后就自己写了两篇，觉得还过得去。

5. 看几经题：由于时间实在太紧，连黄金80也来不及好好看了，只能看看11月的机经题。临考前对AA题蛮有把握的，随便抽一题出来练，我的那四宗罪都套得上去，屡试不爽！AI就有点慌了，不过想想也就那么回事了，急也没用了，没时间了，上考场想到什么些什么吧。仓促的准备导致考试的时候两道题都从来没见过。

6.友情提醒：我考前一共练了4篇文章，AI,AA各两篇，定时练习的。考试的时候两篇文章字数应该都在500左右，从结果来看，ets 喜欢你字写得多些。我写作的顺序是第一段，第二段，第三段，第五段，第四段。目的在保证文章结构的完整，在时间允许的情况下给出第三个理由。当然这个是个人习惯问题。

最后想说的是：复习时间不多的朋友可以参考我复习的思路，安排自己的复习计划，只要底子还可以，一个星期准备还是够的。复习时间充裕的朋友，还是应该多写一些，做分类练习。

好运了，考友们，总有熬出头那天的！我现在就是等待了。

AI---16  建筑 my practice

    People have different opinions on whether public buildings reveal the attitudes and values of the society that builds them. As far as I am concerned, I believe that most of the public buildings reflect the attitudes and values of the society that builds them, while a few of the public buildings do not. In the following discussions, I would like to reason and provide evidence to support my viewpoint.

    First of all, as an integrating element of a culture, most public buildings do indeed represent the different aesthetic values of respective cultures. For example, the Chinese architecture system and the European one last longest and are the most popular styles among the global architecture systems. On the one hand, using symmetric and square formats, all the Chinese palaces, temples and northern residences reflect the Confucianism and Feudality values; however, using freeform layouts, all the public garden and southern residences reveal the thoughts of Taoism--- returning to the nature. On the other hand, the gardens in Europe were affected by the western philosophy; therefore, they take on a style of beautiful, bright and neat.

    Secondly, the different functions that public buildings serve in different societies directly reflect the attitudes of respective societies at that time. It is another head and chief reason that I chosen to put here. For instance, the Potala Palace in Tibet, China, a structure that deserves a place as one of the wonders eastern architecture, dedicates not only to religious belief but also to the accommodation place---over a thousand Lamas live in it today. Besides, another good example may be found in the case that the proliferation of public cultural centers and schools reflects a societal concerns for the arts and education, respectively, while new prison construction indicates a heightened concern for safety and security.

    Finally, it may be true that not all the public buildings reflect the values and attitudes of the society that builds them. To illustrate, some architects purposely design buildings against the attitudes and values of the society to boost their own fames. However, this argument alone can hardly support the conclusion that public buildings do not reveal the attitudes and values of the society that builds them. In fact, these cases are rare and therefore are too weak to make this conclusion. When the advantages and disadvantages are carefully examined, the most striking conclusion is that most of the public buildings reflect the attitudes and values of the society that builds them.

    To sum up, it is likely that some public buildings do not reveal the attitudes and values of the society that builds them. However, given the reasons discussed above, we can safely arrive at the conclusion that most of the public buildings reflect the attitudes and values of the society that builds them. Nowadays, more and more people share this belief.

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thanks!

准备

6分难得啊！！！

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