Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a

composition on the topic Nationwide Shortage of Power Supply. You should write

at least 150 words according to the outline given below in Chinese:

1. 专家预测，自2006年下半年出现的全国范围内的电力短缺目前仍呈不断加剧态势

2. 分析全国范围内缺电现象的原因(可从发电设备过于陈旧、高耗能行业的过快发展等方面加以分析)

3. 试提供缺电问题解决方案

【范文】

Nationwide Shortage of Power Supply

According to experts, China is facing a more severe power shortage at

present than it did in the second half of the year 2006. In fact, a good number

of provincial areas have already imposed power brownouts in the past few

months.

There is no doubt that accelerating development of power-intensive

industrial sectors, the growing pace of urbanization and low energy efficiency

should be blamed for the extensive shortage of power supply. Besides, the

situation is worsened by slow power construction and inadequate overall power

generation.

In order to ease the current power shortage, a package of measures should

be introduced as soon as possible. Firstly, a nationwide campaign should be

launched to educate the public about methods to improve efficiency of energy

consumption. Secondly, great efforts should be made to curb wasteful

duplications and cut irrational demand in some industries. Thirdly, construction

of energy and transport projects should be accelerated to expand power supply.

Lastly, it is necessary to optimize energy structure and establish a diversified

energy consumption pattern. Only in this way can China’s power shortage ease and

finally disappear in the near future.

全国电力短缺

根据专家说法，中国现在面临的能源短缺问题比2006年下半年还要严峻。实际上，多数省市在过去的几个月里已经开始推行部分地区限制用电了。

毫无疑问，高能耗工业部门的快速发展、城市化的进程和低能效是能源极度短缺的罪魁祸首。缓慢的能源建设和总能源发电量的不足也恶化了这种情况。

为了缓解现状，我们应该尽快采取一系列措施。首先，应该展开一场全国性的教育公众如何提高能源使用效率的活动;其次，应该加大力度阻止的无意义的重复，并且削减部分工业部门的无理的要求;再次，应该加快能源和运输工程的建设以扩大能源供应;最后，优化能源结构、建设多样性的能耗模式是有必要的。只有这样，中国的能源短缺问题才能得到缓解并在不久的将来彻底消失。