范文四十七

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a  composition on the topic The Popularity of Blog. You should write at least 150  words, and base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:

  1)近年来“博客”越来越流行,许多人利用“博客”来表达心声、交流想法

  2)博客流行的原因

  3)目前的博客中可能存在的问题

  范文:

  The Popularity of Blog

  In recent years, blog has become very popular. More and more people have  created their own blogs and often visit others’ blogs. They use blog to reveal  their inner voice, or collect and share thoughts and things they find  interesting. In brief, blog is an online dairy or a frequently updated personal  page.

  Why does blog become so popular in such a short time? Firstly, it is the  widespread of Internet that provides a platform for the appearance and  popularity of blog. Secondly, anyone can create his own blog as he wishes. Blog  has no fixed rules and needn’t professional knowledge and skills, which enables  millions of people to have a voice and connect with others. Thirdly, blog covers  all kinds of topics from daily life to political forums, from individual  thoughts to world events. Among millions of blogs, you can always find something  you are interested in.

  However, blog has some problems. For one thing, plagiarism in blog is not  unusual. The protection of blog copyright cannot be guaranteed. For another,  many blog contents are in a mess, and some even include unhealthy things.  Therefore, blog still has a long way to go before it becomes mature.