英语四级作文 Housing Problem

 　　Direction:For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition in three paragraphs.You are given the first sentence of the three paragrapgs.Your part of the composition should be no less than 100 words,not including the words given.Remember to write clearly.

　　Housing Problem

　　1. Housing problem comes hand in hand with population growth.

　　2. Despite the mushrooming high building,the provision of living space still falls far short of demands.

　　3.Various solutions have been suggested.

　　Example

　　Housing problem comes hand in hand with population growth. Some big cities in China are now encumbered¹ with a rising population. Naturally,one of the most serious problems incurred² is that of housing. Despite the mushrooming high building,the provision of living space still falls far short of demands.Since the world is advancing, people are no longer reconciled to living in shabby shelters.They look forward to decent dwelling³ places which can protect huan dignity.

　　Various solutions have been suggested.But there seems to be a drawback to each of the solutions.The traditional free allocation of dwellings⁴ to the needy⁵ brings great economic burden to the government, while paid allocation brings equal burden to the average people. The moving of urban population to the suburbs may ease housing problem in inner city but brings about traffic problem.The best solution seems to be a combination of all suggeted solutions.We still have a long way to go.

1 encumbered   

v.妨碍，阻碍，拖累( encumber的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The police operation was encumbered by crowds of reporters. 警方的行动被成群的记者所妨碍。
• The narrow quay was encumbered by hundreds of carts. 狭窄的码头被数百辆手推车堵得水泄不通。 来自辞典例句

2 incurred   

[医]招致的，遭受的； incur的过去式

参考例句：

• She had incurred the wrath of her father by marrying without his consent 她未经父亲同意就结婚，使父亲震怒。
• We will reimburse any expenses incurred. 我们将付还所有相关费用。

3 dwelling   

n.住宅，住所，寓所

参考例句：

• Those two men are dwelling with us.那两个人跟我们住在一起。
• He occupies a three-story dwelling place on the Park Street.他在派克街上有一幢3层楼的寓所。

4 dwellings   

n.住处，处所( dwelling的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The development will consist of 66 dwellings and a number of offices. 新建楼区将由66栋住房和一些办公用房组成。
• The hovels which passed for dwellings are being pulled down. 过去用作住室的陋屋正在被拆除。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 needy   

adj.贫穷的，贫困的，生活艰苦的

参考例句：

• Although he was poor,he was quite generous to his needy friends.他虽穷，但对贫苦的朋友很慷慨。
• They awarded scholarships to needy students.他们给贫苦学生颁发奖学金。