Part B

　　Directions: Write an essay based on the following chart. In your writing, you should

　　1) interpret the chart, and

　　2) give your comments.

　　You should write about 150 words on the ANSWER SHEET. (15 points)　　

　　我国某市居民春节假期花销比例

　　参考例文：

　　As is clearly reflected in the above pie chart, the proportion of money spent on various affairs demonstrates obvious differences during the Spring Festival in one city of China. According to the data given, the money spent on buying gifts for others takes a lion’s share, accounting for 40%. While transportation takes away 20% of the whole proportion.

　　What triggers this phenomenon? It is not difficult to put forward several factors responsible for this phenomenon. To start with, with the ever-growing eagerness to keep up with others, oceans of folks intended to offer thicker and thicker red envelope to kids as gift money, which leads to the high proportion of our expenditure. What’s more, due to the great urbanization, most Chinese residents move from their hometowns to work in big cities. In order to cover the long distance and enjoy the happy together with family members, a large amount of money is spent on transportation.

　　In view of the arguments above, we can conclude that the current phenomenon is of no surprise. And therefore, it can be predicted that buying gifts and transportation will still take up a large share in our expenditure during the Spring Festival.

　　文章第一段描写图表，可以指出我国某市居民春节假期花销比例组成，由于字数的原因，也可以具体描述两种，不过，要记住第一段是第二段的基础;第二段进行分析原因，生活的改进肯定是一大原因，再找具体所占比列的原因。还可以写第三段，不过不建议太模板的具体，一定要跟本题进行具体的结合!