Which Kind of Accommodation Do you Prefer to Choose?

　　你倾向于哪种住所?

　　In the pictures, I am offered four different types of accommodation for choice.

　　Picture One is a dormitory room on the campus and I think this is typical of the traditional students' lodgings. Being shared by eight students, the room is crowded. All there is to see are beds, double-deck beds. One table stands in the middle with five students sitting around it. There being no space for chairs or benches, they sit on the beds. The rest of them have to stay in their nests doing their lessons. Luggage and suitcases find their place either under or above the beds. The room is small and crowded, yet the rent is low, just 20 yuan a month.

　　Compared with Picture One, the dormitory room in Picture Four is much better. Since it is shared by four, it looks larger. The space originally for beds is filled with two wardrobes which include all the luggage, books and knick-knacks. Anyway, it is cleaner and better furnished. Although the rent is twice as much as that of Picture One, I think I get my money's worth and it is within my financial capacity.

　　As to Picture Two, I like the apartment room very much because it is also on the campus and is beautifully furnished with all the necessary facilities. Of course, I will make a good friend of my room-mate. However, it's unrealistic for me to rent it, because I have to live on my parents and my father is a wage-earner and my mother a laid-off worker. It is unimaginable for me to choose Picture Three. I think it's for sons and daughters of overnight millionaires. It's like living on a luxurious isolated island. I can neither stand the cost nor conquer the loneliness.

　　All in all, I think the room in Picture Four should be my wise choice.

　　作文结构分析：

　　·图1———过于拥挤

　　* 八人一室

　　* 少有空间

　　·图2———房租太高

　　* 两人一室

　　* 设施较全

　　* 租金太贵

　　·图3———过于豪华

　　* 为富家子女所设

　　* 远离学生群体

　　· 图4———我的选择

　　* 四人一间

　　* 空间较大

　　* 租金适中

　　* 无孤独感

　　* 校园公寓

　　作文内容分析：

　　本文是一篇看图作文。所列四幅图画分别表示四种不同的住宿条件, 要求选择你最喜欢的一种。这类命题要求学生仔细看画, 特别是图中和图上的文字说明, 然后对每幅画作一简单说明, 进行比较, 最后作出选择并说明选择的理由。

　　单词词组：

　　accommodation n . 住所

　　lodgings n . 住所

　　be shared by 合住

　　double-deck bed 双层床

　　bench n . 板凳

　　All there is to see are . . . 只看见，能看到的都是……

　　There being no space for . . . 因 为没有摆放……的空间( 独立主格结构)

　　nest n . 巢( 这是借喻为“床上”)

　　wardrobe n . 衣柜

　　knick-knack s n . 小摆设, 小玩意儿

　　better furnished 装修较好

　　twice as much as that of . . . 是……的两倍

　　get my money's worth 物有所值

　　financial capacity 经济能力

　　facility n . 设施

　　overnight millionaire 暴富

　　luxurious isolated island 豪华的孤岛

　　neither stand the cost nor conquer the loneliness 既不能承担其租金又无法排除孤独

　　all in all 总之