题目：
6. If you could change one important thing about your hometown, what would you change? Use reasons and specific examples to support your answer.
范文：
If I could change one thing about my hometown, I think it would be the fact that there's no sense of community here. People don't feel connected, they don't look out for each other, and they don't get to know their neighbors.
People come and go a lot here. They change jobs frequently and move on. This means that they don't put down roots in the community. They don't join community organizations and they're not willing to get involved in trying to improve the quality of life. If someone has a petition to put in a new street light, she has a very hard time getting a lot of people to sign. They don't feel it has anything to do with them. They don't get involved in improving the schools because they don't think the quality of education is important to their lives. They don't see the connection between themselves and the rest of their community.
People don't try to support others around them. They don't keep a friendly eyes on their children, or check in on older folks if they don't see them for a few days. They're not aware when people around them may be going through a hard time. For example, they may not know if a neighbor loses a loved one. There's not a lot of community support for individuals.
Neighbors don't get to know each other. Again, this is because people come and go within a few years. So when neighbors go on vacation, no one is keeping an eye on their house. No one is making sure nothing suspicious is going on there, like lights in the middle of the night. When neighbors' children are cutting across someone's lawn on their bikes, there's no friendly way of casually mentioning the problem. People immediately act as if it's a major property disagreement.
My hometown is a nice place to live in many ways, but it would be much nice if we had that sense of community.
重点单词 查看全部解释
disagreement [.disə'gri:mənt] 想一想再看
n. 不合，争论，不一致
community [kə'mju:niti] 想一想再看
n. 社区，社会，团体，共同体，公众，[生]群落
联想记忆 X 单词community 联想记忆：
commun＝common（adj 公共的）,ity表状态－公共状态－社区
suspicious [səs'piʃəs] 想一想再看
adj. 可疑的，多疑的
联想记忆 X 单词suspicious 联想记忆：
源于：suspect（n 嫌疑犯；adj 令人怀疑的；v 怀疑）
property ['prɔpəti] 想一想再看
n. 财产，所有物，性质，地产，道具
联想记忆 X 单词property 联想记忆：
proper拥有+ty→财产；所有物；特性
lawn [lɔ:n] 想一想再看
n. 草地，草坪
n. 上等细麻布
quality ['kwɔliti] 想一想再看
n. 品质，特质，才能
adj. 高品质的
specific [spi'sifik] 想一想再看
adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
联想记忆 X 单词specific 联想记忆：
speci外观+fic带来→带来外观的→具体的
petition [pi'tiʃən] 想一想再看
n. 祈求，请愿书，诉状
vi. 请愿，祈求<
联想记忆 X 单词petition 联想记忆：
pet追求+iteon表名词，“行为过程，状态”→请愿
check [tʃek] 想一想再看
n. 检查，支票，账单，制止，阻止物，检验标准，方格图案
联想记忆 X 单词check 联想记忆：
check原是检查的意思，后来有这么一帮人喜欢突然阻止你，检查你的暂住证，所以就有了突然阻止的意思。
willing ['wiliŋ] 想一想再看
adj. 愿意的，心甘情愿的
