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我们在写作文的时候经常要用到很多主题相关表达，比如写“青少年犯罪”类文章会用到 juvenile delinquency，young offenders, crime deterrence 这些搭配和词组。那么，平时应该怎样积累这些主题相关表达呢？
一个方法是阅读与这些写作话题相关的文章，从文章里面学习借鉴表达。推荐BBC新闻：
BBC新闻下面有多个子频道，比如教育、健康、家庭、环境、文化等，每个频道里面都汇集了大量与主题相关的报道，这些报道里面有很多值得我们学习的地方。举个例子，下面是一篇关于父母使用手机对家庭关系影响的文章节选：
An overuse of mobile phones
by parents
disrupts family life
, according to a survey of secondary pupils. ...
Among the pupils:
82% felt meal times should be
device-free
22% said the use of mobiles stopped their families
enjoying each other's company
36% had asked their parents to
put down their phones
...
Research last year by DAUK and HMC showed almost half of secondary pupils were checking their mobile phones after they had gone to bed, amid warnings that they were
arriving at school tired and unable to concentrate.
上面段落中加下划线的短语 an overuse of mobile phones，disrupt family life，device-free，enjoy each other's company，arrive at school tired and unable to concentrate 都是
看起来很简单但又非常实用
的写作表达。长期阅读这些文章并积累好词好句会使我们的遣词造句能力得到很大提升。
今天要分析的作文题目是：
Several languages are in danger of extinction because they are spoken by very small numbers of people. Some people say that governments should spend public money on saving these languages, while others believe that would be a waste of money. Discuss both these views and give your opinion.
这是原始作文版本：
习作/Scottie
As English becomes the world dominant language, minority languages are put in a dangerous place.People who appeal to protect them with tax revenue are opposed by those who regard it as an abuse of public funds.I would argue that the endangered languages should be saved and the government should give financial priority to other important areas, such as education and technology.
The minority languages are a cultural treasure for human beings, which are worth our preservation. Although the languages cannot directly boost economic growth, they are the essence of specific civilization, inheriting different beliefs and values. By contrast, if one day there were on longer other languages except English, the multicultural society would die out as well as the language.As a result, we need to take measures to keep them alive.For instance, the government can establish an institution that recruits interested and capable volunteers to learn and inherit the nearly disappearing languages.Such method does need financial support, but with the help of social funds, it will not take up too much public resources.
On the other hand, the limited revenue of government might be better spend on fields that help improve living standards and make economy productive. The reason why is that many important concerns are under-funded. First, people living under the poverty line still have to struggle for living.It is the government who is responsible for using state pensions to reduce social inequality. Second, education and high technology means the future of a country, so they deserve more financial support.
In conclusion, saving endangered languages need to share revenue moderately ,but a wise government should take advantage of public fund to benefit taxpayers.
这是点评版本：
As English becomes the world
's
dominant language, minority languages are put in a dangerous place. People who
appeal to protect
(support protecting)
them with tax revenue are opposed by those who regard it as an abuse of public funds. I would argue that
the
(\)
endangered languages should be saved and the government should give financial priority to other important areas, such as education and technology.
The
(\)
