1、综合练(四)12010年央视春晚的广告收入创新高，但节目中的植入广告引发了热议。最近，某网站举行了一次题为“对今年春晚植入广告的态度”的调查，请根据以下饼图(pie chart)所示信息用英语写一篇短文，并提出你自己的看法。注意：1.对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；2词数150左右。文章开头已给出，不计入总词数；3参考词汇：植入广告product placement。The 2010 Spring Festival Gala has set records for TV commercial rates，which accordingly has caused heat
2、ed discussions due to product placement in the programmes._2“Four Tigers” Ceremony of the Tu MinorityHeigouding Village，Ledu County in the west of Qinghai Province is a place where many people of the Tu minority have lived for centuries.As the little village is comparatively closed to the outside wo
3、rld，a custom called “Four Tigers” was created 200 years ago to protect its inhabitants(居民)from sickness and bad luck.Every year the ceremony is held on the eve of January 15th according to the Chinese lunar calendar to frighten off ghosts and evil souls，and to pray for peace.Normally four local vill
4、agers are selected to be the “tigers” in the ceremony.At first，they gathered with village elders at the mountaingod temple to offer sacrifices of wine，food and incense，and to ask the god to help the tigers.Then the tigers were adorned with herbs，candles and two batches of incense to serve as the tig
5、ers ears.Two red ribbons held in their mouths represented the tigers tongue.The tigers drank wine，knelt and kowtowed to the mountain god before they received Hada，a kind of white silk scarf representing respect and good luck，from the village head with firecrackers crackling.As night fell，the candles
6、 on the tigers bodies were lit and the tigers began their visits to one household after another.Villagers followed，shouting “Tigers are coming！”The elder from each household welcomed the tigers at the gate，while the rest of the family knelt down in the courtyard.Firecrackers were set off，a toast was
7、 made and candies，meat and wine were presented to the villagers following the tigers.After twirling(快速转动)in three circles in the courtyard while those present kowtowed and prayed，the tigers went through every corner of every room to drive away any hiding ghosts.If there was a sick person in the hous
8、e，the tigers jumped around him or her，scratched their body and said lucky words to drive away diseases and ghosts.After the ceremony，the family would present wine and food to the tigers.Then，shouting “The tigers are leaving！” the whole family saw them off.After visiting all 30 or 40 households，the h
9、erbs were removed from the tigers and burned，to indicate that all the ghosts had been conquered.Then the villagers knelt and kowtowed with the sound of firecrackers，marking the end of the ceremony.The tiger image exists in other minority groups，too.In ancient times，people entrusted their happiness t
10、o gods.The “Four Tigers” ceremony is vividly held in memory of ancient times and a living fossil for academics studying the lives of ancient people.As it is not popular nowadays，this cultural heritage is on the edge of extinction and needs to be rescued.3What do you do in a typical day？Do you have c
11、ontrol of your time or does time have control over you？Look at the activities and time spent on each to learn how to effectively manage your time.The first thing you need to do is construct a “Necessary List” to take control of your time.On this list are the necessary things that must be done and th
12、e amount of time that each activity takes.This might include a parttime or fulltime job，commuting to and from the workplace or school，and time for meals.Dont forget to write down your family events，because these cannot be moved to a later date.These are things that you cannot cut out from your avera
13、ge day，so set this time aside in advance.The next thing to do is write a NeedtoDo list of things you need to get done.Write out a daily，weekly and monthly schedule.On this list include such things as grocery shopping，laundry，cleaning the house，mowing(割草)the lawn，and other housework.These are things
14、that are necessary，but they are not fixed，so you can move them around and do them whenever you have time to get them done.Then you should arrange these tasks based on importance.Last is an “Unessential List”Write down how much time you honestly spend watching television，reading magazines or books an
15、d surfing the Internet.You do need time for entertainment，but you should know that a necessary task might suffer because of the amount of time you are spending on something that is considered to be a waste of time.Cut out the activities that are truly unnecessary if you dont have enough time to do o
16、ther important things.Finally，put all of this down on a chart so that you can see it easily.Write out a schedule in 15 minutes so that you can easily check what you have to do that day.TitleHow to Take 1.Control of Your Time2.Methods/Ways to manageYour imeMake a Necessary ListWrite down the things t
17、hat are 3.necessary to do，such as your jobs，meals and so on.List the time that you need to do each 4.activity on the list.Make a Needtodo ListMake a daily，weekly and monthly 5.plan/schedule for the things that you have to get done.There is no 6.needto figure out the specific time for each activity.A
18、rrange things according to their 7.importance.Make an Unessential ListWrite down how much time you spend on 8.entertainment，such as watching TV or surfing the Internet.9.Cut out the unnecessary activities to concentrate on other more important things.Put the 10.lists on a chartCheck the chart every
19、day so that you can take control of your time well.答案1参考范文The 2010 Spring Festival Gala has set records for TV commercial rates，which accordingly has caused heated discussions due to product placement in the programmes.As is shown in the pie chart,20% of the people surveyed think it acceptable，for t
20、he product placement appears in the programmes naturally.And 15% of them consider it necessary for CCTV to make money from product placement，which is of great benefit to the development of CCTV itself.However，among the people surveyed，more than one third of them complain that the product placement h
21、as nothing to do with the programmes.25% of them even feel hurt seeing so much of it.Furthermore，the rest 10% hold the view that great harm has been done to the image of CCTV.From the pie chart we can draw a conclusion that most of the people surveyed are against product placement in the programmes.
22、In my opinion，product placement nowadays is almost unavoidable，but it should not damage the art of the show and should take the audiences feelings into account.21Procedure/Course/Steps2.drive/frighten3.pray4.avoid/prevent5chosen/selected6.tigers7.burned/burnt8.kneel9.vivid10.study31Control2.Methods/Ways3.necessary 4activity5.plan/schedule6.need7importance8.entertainment9.Cut10.lists 5
