• 专四题目：

In June 2007, the Ministry of Education issued a new regulation that college students should not be allowed to find their own housing solution. This ban on students renting off-campus places has triggered off a hot debate. What is your opinion about renting an apartment off-campus?

专四范文：

Students Should Live on Campus

学生应该住在学校

Is it justifiable to impose a ban onrenting off-campus apartments for university students? Or should theauthorities leave the matter to students themselves to decide since they arealready adults? Personally, I lend my support to the former.

禁止学生租住校外公寓是合理的措施吗？或者当局应该把这件事留给学生自己决定？因为他们已经成年人了。就我个人而言,我支持前者。

First,living on campus may be convenientowing to the proximity to the teaching buildings along with other facilities,It is obviously very handy to walk out of one's dorm and be in the classroomjust five minutes later. The library and canteens are close by too. On thecampus where I live the distance between dormitories and classrooms is quitefar so a bicycle is a necessity. To have an extra distance to travel betweenhome and campus is unthinkable. Second, it is by and larges much safer thanliving off-campus. Students think nothing of staying in the library until lateat night and then walking or cycling back to the dorm. Security guards patrolthe campus night and day and also the dorm entrances. But think what couldhappen if you have to venture outside the campus and make your way home alonethrough darkened and deserted streets and then enter an unguarded building,Security is something we all take for granted on our campuses but this cannotbe guaranteed off-campus.

首先,校园生活很方便，因为宿舍距离教学建筑和其他设施很近。从宿舍出门，走路五分钟就能到达教室，显然是很方便的。图书馆和食堂也在附近。校园中，我住的宿舍和教室之间的距离相当远,所以需要一辆自行车。往返校园与住所之间很长的距离是很难想象的。其次,住在宿舍比住在校外更安全。学生可以毫无顾忌地在图书馆待到深夜，然后走路或者骑自行车回宿舍。保安日夜巡逻校园和宿舍的入口。如果你冒险住在校园外面，在漆黑冷清的街道上自己回家，住在没有安保措施的建筑物中。想想会发生什么呢？在我们的校园，安全被我们看作是理所当然的,但在校外就不能保证安全了。

In conclusion, living on campus means that everythingthat you could possibly require is close at hand with the added benefit offeeling safe and secure within a gated community. (242 words)

总之,校园生活意味着，你需要的一切基本上都很近，而且在封闭的社区中你会感到很安全。(242字)