话题如下：

An increasing number of people do not know their neighbors, and there is no longer a sense of community. What do you think are the causes of this situation? Can you suggest some solutions? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.

越来越多的人不认识他们的邻居，不再有社区意识。你认为造成这种情况的原因是什么？你能提出一些解决办法吗？从你的知识和经验相关例子中，给出你的答案的理由。

推荐范文如下：

Nowadays, there is a growing perception that a neighbor is more like a stranger next door, and this is obviously true of a newly-established urban community where crime rates are on the rise. Apparently, that kind of friendliness which existed in grandparents' neighborhood is replaced by that of ignorance, or even indifference. What might have contributed to this negative tendency could be that today`s young neighbors prefer not to get acquainted with each other, and that modern housing designs also prevent such communication from happening.

An increasing number of people, particularly the young adults who have jobs, do not sense the need to know their neighbors. To begin with, most young people tend to be self-centered and do not trust people living near them. It is also possible that working people could not afford to spend time on gossiping about weather, dogs and new babies, in a similar way that traditional neighbors used to do. This absence of communication might turn out to be a dangerous thing, considering that having a friendly neighbor is important to report suspicious activities to the police who handle the crooks. One good solution for this problem is to encourage neighbors to participate in a Citizens Neighborhood Watch Program meant to make it more difficult for bandits to perpetuate a crime nearby. By so doing, people in the same community can know each other and keep intruders away.

On the other hand, interactive face-to-face contact among neighbors has become rare because of modern housing plans. In big cities, for instance, it seems that families are either "caged" like animals in department units of tall buildings, or are separated by walls usually two meters high. In both cases, neighbors appear to be at once so near, and yet so far away. As a result, the level of personal communication among neighbors is declining. This situation may also have something to do with the current crime wave reportedly up and rising. To cope with this situation, the least neighbors need to do is to know people next door and watch each other's back.www.Examw.com

It would not be necessary for people to move away from where they live so as to avoid crimes from happening in the neighborhood. However, it is imperative that they should have a sense of community by caring for their neighbors. Now that geography makes people neighbors for a reason, people should love their neighbors, but the question remains: do they know their neighbors next door? 

重难点词汇学习：

crime rates 

翻译：犯罪率

absence

释义

n.缺席，缺勤; 缺乏，缺少，无; 心不在焉，不注意;

The ostensible reason for his absence was illness.

他假托生病缺勤。

There has been much gossip about the possible reasons for his absence.

关于他缺席的原因有很多传言。

A role as senior diplomat would be a good alibi for his absence.

外交官的角色将是他缺席的上佳托词。

geography

释义

n.地理（学）; 地形，地势; 布局;

I still haven't done my geography homework.

我还没做完地理科家庭作业呢。

the physical geography of Scotland

苏格兰的地形

Why are Geography, Drama, Art and English in the ascendant?

为什么地理、戏剧、艺术和英语逐渐受宠？