二手货 Secondhand Goods

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

1)目前购买二手货的人越来越多

2)分析产生这一现象的原因

3)二手货交易可能带来的问题

【思路点拨】

本题属于提纲式文字命题。提纲第1点指出一种现象，提纲第2点要求分析该现象产生的原因，提纲第3点要求谈谈该现象可能带来的问题，由此可判断本文应为现象解释型作文

根据所给提纲，本文应包含以下内容：描述目前二手货的交易现状;说明二手货交易增加的原因;分析二手货交易可能带来的问题。

参考范文

Secondhand Goods

In recent years, second-hand transactions have become quite common. Nowadays there are more and more secondhand goods in the market, such as secondhand books, furniture, appliances, cars, and so on. Why do so many people like to buy secondhand goods?

The following reasons can account for this phenomenon. Above all, secondhand goods are cheaper than new ones. This enables those people who have poor financial abilities to buy the things they want. Moreover, secondhand goods transactions make it possible for people to make good use of the goods which may be useless in their hands. Besides, Internet provides a more convenient and quicker transaction platform for secondhand goods.

However, there are also some problems in secondhand goods transactions. For one thing, the quality of secondhand goods can not be promised and you can not enjoy the good after-sale service. For another, secondhand goods market lacks enough supervision and management, and there exist many dishonest business activities. In a word, I think secondhand goods transaction is a good trading way, but it needs further perfection of the rules.