一、题目
Governments should spend money on railways rather than roads. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
二、解析
这是一道交通政策类观点型题目。铁路和公路都是道路交通设施。铁路主要解决远程、大客流量及大件货物交通问题；公路应对城市短途日常出行、点到点交通或个人远程高速路个性出行的需要。两种出行方式各有千秋，不可偏废任何一方。我部分同意题目的观点。本文打算采用平衡式双边讨论最后得出结论的论证框架。
三、正文及点评
1、引言段
Transportation of a country is just like blood vessel in our body which is responsible for the smooth carriage and circulation of essential life nutrients and liquids all over our life system. Different transportation modes such as road, water, air or railway are similar to the network of various thick or thin blood vessels which have their own unique functions and equally crucial for our body to perform normally therefore all are needed by our society. From my point of view, governments should invest in both forms of transportation: road and railway. （本引言段我由两个比喻入手，由远至近、自然得体地引出了我的平衡式观点。在改述题目观点时我注意使用了各种同义转述的方法。）
2、主体#1段
Although railway lines especially high speed lines are very costly to build and only suitable for long distance journey, they are known as very effective in carrying large number of passengers and cargo at higher speed and lower expenditure. They are particularly preferential for regular medium range trip such as intercity route between Guangzhou and Shenzhen or Shanghai and Nanjing. Nowadays we have already daily operation of bullet trains between these mega cities which is very similar to the city shuttle bus service and they are deemed as greatly promote the economic and cultural exchange between cities and provide a huge amount of convenience and efficiency to city dwellers. （本段我用了三个长句用先抑后扬的方式讨论了铁路的优势。）
3、主体#2段
Compared with railway lines, motorways and overpasses contribute to the smooth running of multitude of automobiles such as small pickups, mighty trucks, private cars, public buses, SUVs or taxies and effectively meet people’s need to move around point to point at their own convenience and the transportation of many production materials or consumer goods. Without motorways people’s everyday routine would probably halt to stalgnation and standstill. Therefore, highways, bridges, tunnels or expressways are also foundemental to the livelihood of city and country inhabitants. （这部分我重点讨论了公路运输的重要性。注意这里的反面论证起到了加强论点和增加字数的作用。）
4、结尾段
In summary, either railway or motorway are flawless while have their own characteristic indispensable role to play in our day to day life. Hence governments should not finance only one of the transportation means, instead they ought to allocate funds to sponsor both of them. （这一段我用两个长句总结全文得出结论。）
