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　　【題目】　　It has recently been announced that a large shopping center may be built in your ne

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　　【題目】

　　It has recently been announced that a large shopping center may be built in your neighborhood. Do you support or oppose this plan? Why? Use specific reasons and details to support your answer.

　　【範文】 A Shopping Center in the Neighborhood

　　Large shopping centers are very convenient because we can find almost everything we need there. They are also good places to spend free time because they usually offer some form of entertainment such as movie theaters. However, large shopping centers can also bring some disadvantages, and for this reason I would oppose the building of one in my neighborhood.

　　One disadvantage of having a large shopping center in the neighborhood would be a great increase in traffic. More cars would not only bring traffic congestion, but also noise and parking problems. Another disadvantage is that a large shopping center requires a lot of space. Insgroupsto build one in my neighborhood, some open space would have to be sacrificed. We might no longer have room for a park or sports ground. And finally, if there were a shopping center in the neighborhood, people might visit it every day. They would no doubt spend too much money and ignore other ways of spending their leisure time.

　　Due to the above disadvantages, I would oppose any plan to build a large shopping center in my neighborhood. Although I enjoy visiting shopping centers on occasion, I don't need to go very often. I would rather spend some time traveling to one than live next door to one. My neighborhood is a peaceful and quiet place and I hope it will stay that way.

　　【譯文】社區裡的購物中心

　　大型購物中心非常方便，因為我們在那裡幾乎可以買到所需要的任何東西。大型購物中心也是可以度過閒暇時間的好地方，因為那裡通常會有如電影院等娛樂設施。然而，大型購物中心也有一些缺點。因此，我反對在我們的社區裡興建大型購物中心。

　　社區裡有大型購物中心的缺點之一是交通流量會大增。車輛增加不僅會造成塞車，也會製造噪音和停車問題。另一個缺點是，大型購物中心需要很大的空間。若要在社區裡興建，勢必要犧牲掉一些空地，那我們就可能不會有公園或運動場的空間了。最後，如果社區裡有大型購物中心，人們可能會天天去，這樣無疑會花費過多，並且忽視了其他度過閒暇時間的方式。

　　由於以上缺點，我反對任何在我們社區裡興建大型購物中心的計畫。雖然我也喜歡偶爾逛逛購物中心，但我不需要常常去。我寧願多花點交通時間去購物中心，也不願住在購物中心隔壁。我們家附近是個寧靜詳和的地方，我希望它永遠如此。