下面，我们一起来看看任务二的写作注意事项。

考生需围绕一个topic，写一篇250字的文章。

本环节时间限制为40分钟。

本环节测试考生的这些能力：

用有力证据证明观点的能力；

挑战某一观点的能力；

紧扣主题，不写与主题无关内容的能力；

用简单连贯的方式进行沟通的能力；

准确恰当使用英文的能力。

写作范例：

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Present a written argument to an educated reader with no specialist knowledge of the following topic:

Television has had a significant influence on the culture of many societies. To what extent would you say that television has positively or negatively affected the cultural development of your society?

You should write at least 250 words

Use your own knowledge and experience and support your arguments with examples and relevant evidence.

请同学们用40分钟的时间来写一下这篇文章，然后再看下面这篇范文。

范文写作：

It has been around forty years since television was first introduced into Australian households and people today still have mixed views on whether it has a positive or a negative influence on the society.

Many people believe that television damages culture. It promotes the stronger cultures of countries such as Britain and North America and weakens the cultures of less wealthy countries. This is because the stronger, wealthier countries are able to assert their own culture by producing more programs that are shown widely around the world. These programs then influence people, particularly young people, in the countries where they are shown.

Also, because television networks need to attract large audiences to secure their financial survival, they must produce programs which are interesting to a broad range of people. In Australia this range is very broad because we are a multicultural society and people of all ages like to watch television. To interest all these different people, most television programs are short in length, full of action and excitement, do not require much intelligence or knowledge to understand, and follow universal themes common to all cultures, such as love and crime. Television programs which concentrate on or develop themes pertinent to one particular culture are not so successful because they interest a smaller audience.

Nevertheless we much acknowledge that television does have some positive effects on the cultures within a society as well. People who do not live within their own culture can, in a limited way, access it through the multicultural station on the television. For example, Aboriginal children who have grown up in white families, or migrants and international students living in Australia, can watch programs from their own culture on the television.

In conclusion, I hold the view that television promotes and strengthens those cultures that are wealthy and influential while it weakens the cultures that are already in a weakened position.

老师点评：

这篇文章开头简洁得介绍了问题。

中间三段针对主题给出了相关的观点，结尾比较有力地总结了全文。

语法与词汇丰富多样，总体来说是一篇非常好的文章。”