directions:
study the following two pie charts carefully and write an essay entitled the changes in college students’ways of spending vacations. in this essay you should:
(1) interpret college student’s ways of spending vacations in 1980 and2004,
(2) analyze possible reasons for the change, and
(3) your comments about the change.
you should write 160-200 words neatly on answer sheet 2.
as is clearly shown by the two pie charts, from 1980 to 2004 the students who go traveling and do social practices during vacations increase greatly while those who stay at home decrease a lot. for instance, in 1980, only 9% of the students took advantage of their vacation time to do social practice, but its percentage has been more than tripled in 2004. obviously, great changes have taken place in the way that college students spend their vacations.
considering these changes, we can find there are possibly three main reasons. firstly, with the fast development of economy, many people have become rich, which makes it possible for more students to go traveling. most parents tend to support their children to travel financially. secondly, the reason lies in the fact that the boom of tourism has made traveling attractive and, also, modem transportation has made it easier for students to go out to travel. the travel agencies not only provide historic sightseeing but also cultural as well as educational tour around china. what is more important, the fast changing society has raised higher requirements for college graduates. the authorities of chinese university or college have been encouraging their students to do social practices in the hope that college students would broaden their view to know more about the society and become more adaptable to the future work after they graduate. therefore, more students go out traveling or doing social practices during the vacations.
as a college student, i think the charts reflect the exciting progress on the college students’ thinking patterns. we have become much mature to realize how to spend our vacations meaningfully and practically. form the changes in the charts, it is easy for us to predict that more and more college students will walk out their home and throw themselves into more various vacation activities.