英语四级写作范文：城市火灾
Write a composition entitled Fire Accidents in Cities. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chiness.
1.城市火灾是个不可忽视的问题;
2.引起城市火灾的原因;
3.怎样防止城市火灾的发生。
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写作步骤：
步骤1：
审题：这是一篇以城市火灾为主题的解释说明文。
步骤2：
引入话题：简述城市火灾造成的经济损失和人员伤亡;
展开话题：分析城市火灾的原因;
话题结论：提出防止城市火灾发生的措施。
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写作范文：
Fire Accidents in Cities
Recent years have witnessed a marked growth of fire accidents in cities. We often see flashing fire engines rushing through the streets. Fires have not only caused heavy econornic losses but also injured and killed many people.
近年来，城市火灾显著增多。我们常常可以看到警灯闪烁的消防车从街头呼啸而过。火灾不仅造成重大的经济损失，而且也造成很多的人员伤亡。
What are the causes of fire accidents? Most of the fires are caused by carelessness and violation of fire safety regulations. Other fires are caused by home electrical appliances, because they are of poor quality or because people do not know how to use them properly. Besides, some businesses have focused so much of their atlention on profits that they often ignore fire precautions.
火灾事故的原因是什么呢?大部分火灾是由于疏忽和违反消防安全规定而引起的。其他火灾是由家用电器引起的，由于家电的质量较差，或因为人们不知道如何正确地使用它们而引发火灾。此外，一些企业过分注重利润，他们往往忽略防火措施。
To prevent fires and reduce iamages from fire accidents, we should educate people to raise their sense of fire prevention, warn children of the dangers of playing with matches, and instruct workers to be more careful with insulation. In addition, we should improve existing fire engines and add more fire facilities to high buildings. Thus, the fire prevention system will become more reliable. (164 words)
为了预防火灾和减少火灾事故的破坏，我们应当教育人们提高防火意识，警告儿童玩火柴的危险，并指示工人要更加小心地使用绝缘材料。此外，我们应改善现有的消防车，并给高层建筑添加更多的消防设施。因此，防火系统将变得更加可靠。
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句型解析：
Recent years have witnessed a marked growth of fire accidents in cities. 近年来，城市火灾显著增多。
点评：这句话中活用了witness这个词，witness一般是人作主语，在本句中是物作主语，表示“目睹或经历事件”，把没有生命力的东西赋予生命。
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加分词：
witness ['witnəs] v.目击，见证
violation [,vaiə'leiʃn] n.违反，违犯
home electrical appliances 家用电器
precaution [pri'kɔ:ʃn] n.预防，预防措施
insulation [,insə'leiʃn] n.隔离;绝缘
reliable [ri'laiəbl] adj.可靠的，可信赖的