Dear Editor,

Recently a survey has been carried out to find out how middle school students spend their pocket money.

In this survey, both junior students and senior students spend most their money on books , snacks and playing games , still some money goes to clothes , banks , sports , and so on. The survey shows that about 44% of seniors prefer books to snacks (37% )and playing games (31% ). On the other hand, only 32% of juniors spend their pocket money buying books, while over a half buy snacks and 44% spend in playing games. Both seniors and juniors would not waste too much money on clothes or put it in banks.

I think a lot of snacks will not only make us put on weight but also do harm to our health. In addition , if we play games without limit, we ' 11 lose much precious time , which results in low grades. Furthermore, the money is hard-earned. I hope we students value our money as well as our time.

题目分析：考查看图作文。本文讨论的话题为：学生的零用钱(pocket money)的消费方向；从表格中考生要仔细筛选出要点，首先要描写零用钱究竟花在什么地方。并详细说明变化的趋势和初高中学生使用零花钱的差异。表达清楚图画中的信息外，考生还需要根据词数要求，适当发挥想象，从而使文章的叙述不单调。

点评：图表类作文对于考生的要求很高，要求考生有很强的审题能力，能根据图表在脑海里勾勒出故事发生的始末，考生的思维量是非常大的。然后根据图表内容组织要点，要注意要点的完整性，不能有遗漏。在完成图表作文时，首先要选择自己熟悉的短语或者句型，在你的能力范围之内，选择句式时要赋予变化，因为这样你才可以更好的驾驭。同时也要选择合适的连接词，把各个要点组织成一个完整的整体，如besides, further, last but not least等。在发表个人观点的时候，可以使用谚语来提升整个文章的档次和文采，也能增加得高分的可能性。