小作文
The two pie charts illustrate the percentage of water used by different sectors in Sydney, Australia in 1997 and 2007.
According to the chart, 48% of water consumption was used in the food industry in Sydney in 1997, which made up the largest source of water consumption. It was followed by the water used in household and manufacturing industry at 19% and 15% respectively. The building industry used the least amount of water at 5%.
Compared with the water use in 1997, the year of 2007 witnessed a change in the percentage of water use in different sectors. The most noticeable change happened in the service industry, which doubled to 25%. The water used in the food industry, household and manufacturing industry has all declined whereas the water consumption in the building industry showed slight improvement.
In conclusion, the food industry remained the top one industry in the percentage of water consumption whereas the building industry is the opposite. In addition, the service industry witnessed the largest increase in the water consumption.
大作文
It is a common practice that the media is bombarded with news of disasters, horror and malpractices. While some may consider this as an accepted way of doing by the media, I strongly believe more good news should be included in the news coverage.
More coverage of good news certainly generates some benefits. Firstly, good news is more constructive in promoting kindness and positive energy in society. Compared to news of murder, earthquake and air pollution, news coverage of kindness, discovery and innovation is more likely to have positive psychological benefits on news-readers and it shall encourage more people to do more good deeds. Secondly, it may benefit the media by making more benefits. The existing news media is flooded with the kind of news like natural disasters, political corruption, etc.. The audience or reader, therefore, are getting tired of reading news, which means low audience rating and hence low profits for the news agency. However, if the news agency change their common practices and report more good news, it is more likely their audience rating will change for the better.
Granted, newspaper and TV broadcasters reporting more news about disaster, corruption may have their reasons. People tend to be more interested in disasters or other bad news, provided it is not happened on themselves and the news agency tend to exploit on the fact. However, the news agency should fulfill their responsibilities and guide the reader or audience for the better.
In conclusion, the media should try to abandon their normal practices and experiment with reporting more good news. I am sure the media will be surprised at the response of the audience and readers.
