2016专八真题写作范文.pdf

环球时代 【2016英语专八】真题写作范文 吴老师推荐范文 PART V WRITING [45 MIN] The following two excerpts are about Ice Bucket Challenge, an activity initiated to raise money and awareness for the disease ALS (渐冻症). From the excerpts, you can find that the activity seems to have achieved much success, but there have also been doubt can criticism . Write an article of NO LESS THAN 300 words, in which you should: Summarize the development if the ice bucket challenge activity, and then Express your opinion towards the activity, especially whether the problems found with this kind of activity will finally undermine its original purpose. Marks will be awarded for content relevance, content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks. Write your article on ANSWER SHEET FOUR. Excerpt 1 ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Takes U.S. By Storm In the last two weeks, the Ice Bucket ChallengeTM has quite literally “soaked” the nation. Everyone from Ethel Kennedy to Justin Timberlake has poured a bucket of ice water over his or her head and challenged others to do the same or make a donation to fight ALS within twenty-four hours. Between July 29 and today, August 12, the ALS Association and its 38 chapters have received an astonishing $4 million in donations compared with $1.12 million during the same time period last year. The ALS Association is incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support from those people who have been doused, made a donation, or both. “We have never seen anything like this in the history of the disease,” said Barbara Newhouse, President and CEO of the ALS Association. With only about half of the general public knowledgeable about amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS),the Ice Bucket Challenge ismaking a profound difference, since July 29, the Association has welcome more than 70,000 new donors to the cause. “While th