情景作文Situational Composition
According to the syllabus and the practice up till now，CET—4composition usually has the following five types：situational composition（情景作文），key words composition（关键词作文），topic sentence composition（主题句作文），title-given composition（给出题目作文） and writing a composition according to tables and graphs（图表作文）．
The examinees are required to follow the directions and develop the composition into three paragraphs to form an essay of no less than 100 words in 30 minutes．The essay should be clear，coherent and grammatically correct．Therefore，from this unit on，we are going to introduce the above five types of compositions respectively．
28．1 Situational Composition
In recent years，situational composition has been frequently used in CET—4．This kind of writing requires students to write according to the given situation（sometimes in Chinese，sometimes in English）；its characteristic is that the main idea and information are all contained in the given situation．
Sample Test Item
Directions：For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a three-paragraph composition on the topic“My Favourite Programme”．You should write no less than 100 word sand yon should base your composition on the outline（Given in Chinese）below．
1）我最喜爱的电视（或无线电）节目是……
2）这类节目的内容和特点；
3）我喜欢它的原因。
28．2 Analysis and Advice on the Writing
1）Read the directions carefully and make sure you understand them clearly，and try to understand everything that you are required to do；
2）Examine the given situation of each paragraph，then pick out the key words；
e．g．The key words of the above sample are：
①最喜爱的节目②内容，特点③原因
3）Find out the relationship between the title and each paragraph；
In the first paragraph，you write what your favourite programme is；and in the second paragraph，you have to describe the contents and characteristic of your chosen programme；In the end，yon write why yon like this particular programme．
4）You must produce the topic sentence of each paragraph．
e．g．
①My most favourite programme is……
②The programme is interesting as well as；instructive．
③The reason why I like it is that……
Model Essay 28-1
Nowadays radio and TV play a more and more important role in our daily lives．There are many programmes shown every day．Some of them are very good．My most favourite programme is“The Animal World”，which is shown on television every Sunday night．
The programme is interesting as well as instructive．It providesus with natural scenes of the lives of all kinds of wild animals together with the vivid explanations of the narrator．Besides，the pictures are very beautiful and some of them are also very valuable．They contain much information not only about animals，but also about plants．
The reason why I like this programme is that，being born and bred in the city，I have not seen any wild animals，and the programme compensates for this．In addition，it provides me with rich knowledge about nature and the animal world．
Believe it or not，it is really a GREat joy to watch it．
