Write a composition entitled Fire Accidents in Cities. You should write at least 120 words according to the outline given below in Chiness.

　　1.城市火災是個不可忽視的問題;

　　2.引起城市火災的原因;

　　3.怎樣防止城市火災的發生。

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　　寫作步驟：

　　步驟1：

　　審題：這是一篇以城市火災為主題的解釋說明文。

　　步驟2：

　　引入話題：簡述城市火災造成的經濟損失和人員傷亡;

　　展開話題：分析城市火災的原因;

　　話題結論：提出防止城市火災發生的措施。

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　　寫作范文：

　　Fire Accidents in Cities

　　Recent years have witnessed a marked growth of fire accidents in cities. We often see flashing fire engines rushing through the streets. Fires have not only caused heavy econornic losses but also injured and killed many people.

　　近年來，城市火災顯著增多。我們常常可以看到警燈閃爍的消防車從街頭呼嘯而過。火災不僅造成重大的經濟損失，而且也造成很多的人員傷亡。

　　What are the causes of fire accidents? Most of the fires are caused by carelessness and violation of fire safety regulations. Other fires are caused by home electrical appliances, because they are of poor quality or because people do not know how to use them properly. Besides, some businesses have focused so much of their atlention on profits that they often ignore fire precautions.

　　火災事故的原因是什么呢?大部分火災是由于疏忽和違反消防安全規定而引起的。其他火災是由家用電器引起的，由于家電的質量較差，或因為人們不知道如何正確地使用它們而引發火災。此外，一些企業過分注重利潤，他們往往忽略防火措施。

　　To prevent fires and reduce iamages from fire accidents, we should educate people to raise their sense of fire prevention, warn children of the dangers of playing with matches, and instruct workers to be more careful with insulation. In addition, we should improve existing fire engines and add more fire facilities to high buildings. Thus, the fire prevention system will become more reliable. (164 words)

　　為了預防火災和減少火災事故的破壞，我們應當教育人們提高防火意識，警告兒童玩火柴的危險，并指示工人要更加小心地使用絕緣材料。此外，我們應改善現有的消防車，并給高層建筑添加更多的消防設施。因此，防火系統將變得更加可靠。

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　　句型解析：

　　Recent years have witnessed a marked growth of fire accidents in cities. 近年來，城市火災顯著增多。

　　點評：這句話中活用了witness這個詞，witness一般是人作主語，在本句中是物作主語，表示“目睹或經歷事件”，把沒有生命力的東西賦予生命。

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　　加分詞：

　　witness ['witnəs] v.目擊，見證

　　violation [,vaiə'leiʃn] n.違反，違犯

　　home electrical appliances 家用電器

　　precaution [pri'kɔ:ʃn] n.預防，預防措施

　　insulation [,insə'leiʃn] n.隔離;絕緣

　　reliable [ri'laiəbl] adj.可靠的，可信賴的