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读过上周末推文的烤鸭，动笔写过了吗？

如果写过了，恭喜你，你已经掌握了提高雅思写作的第一种方法——也就是练习。

我烤鸭过程中练习过的大作文超过150篇，写到130篇的时候才感受到了质的提高。

也就是说，就算每周写一篇，那也要坚持两年以上才能看到成效。

Simon大神说过，雅思大作文其实是高中生层次的议论文写作。

还记得参加高考语文考试之前，你写了多少年的作文吗？就算从小学四五年级开始，那也是起码八年的写作练习。写了八年命题作文，到高考考场又有多少人能够得心应手？

我当年高考作文总分是50分，雅思7分相当于接近40分的水平，而又有多少人能够考到40分？

所以如果你一想到为了提高写作要付出的时间和精力，就望而却步，那可以选择第二种方法——碰运气。

我听说过有人的写作一直徘徊在6.0~6.5，但几乎不练习，只是不停地考考考，突然有一天在考场下笔如有神助，就考到了7分。

如果你公司年会每一年都能抽头等奖，炒股每一把都能抄底抛顶，不妨考虑这种方法。你也完全不必移民澳洲，拉斯维加斯欢迎你。

相信第一种方法的烤鸭，请继续看我本周的习作。

下面是今年4月29日的大陆考题。

Some people say that what children watch on TV influences their behavior while others say the amount of time they spend watching TV influences their behavior. Discuss both views and give your opinion.

我的答案是这样的：

As watching TV has become a popular pastime for children in many countries, people are concerned about its influence on children's behaviour. Which matters more, what they watch or how much time they spend on watching, is open to debate.

Some people argue that TV content has a greater impact on how children behave. Presenting alternatives to the world around them, TV programmes are an important sauce of knowledge for children. Without value systems as sophisticated as adults, children tend to view what they observe on TV as social norms and imitate them. For example, those who watch violent acts on TV are more likely to become aggressive for fear of a scary world. The reverse can also be true: programmes with prosocial messages can have a positive effect on them. Therefore, it seems harmless if children are only presented with positive role models.

At the same time, some people believe that there is a stronger link between the hours spent on watching TV and children's behaviour. Children who immerse themselves in a violent world for a long time, they argue, are more likely to become immune to the horror of violence. However, moderate exposure to TV shows hardly changes how they view the society thanks to their engagement in other spare-time activities, such as sports and parties. In addition, regardless of what content children absorb, long hours of watching TV can make them less sociable for a lack of real interaction with family and friends.

In my opinion, TV content and screen time are equally significant factors in changing children’s behaviour. While violent content can negatively affect their actions, watching TV without time restriction is damaging to their development anyway.

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