Beijing said on Oct. 21 that starting from 2016, the score of English would drop from 150 to 100 on its plan, while the total marks for Chinese would be raised from 150 to 180. We had a heated discussion about the reform.

Some students are in favor of the reform, thinking that English is useless for most college graduates as well as a potential erosion of the Chinese language and culture. Therefore there is no need for every student to learn English so hard.

However, there are those against the reform. In their opinion, in a globalizing economy, if you cannot interact with foreigners, how can one be part of the world economy? Most successful Chinese figures have given or planned to give his / her child an all-English education.

题目分析：

这是一篇开放程度很高的作文，对考生的英语运用能力要求较高。写作时，应首先简述北京高考英语分值的变化，然后说明本班举行了讨论以及同学们意见不一的情况，最后分述赞成和反对的理由，以保证题目规定的要点不致遗漏，否则会直接影响得分。全文第一、二两个部分要用过去时态，第三部分用现在时态。注意适当增加细节，使用连接性或过渡性词语，以使文章层次清楚、行文流畅、结构连贯。在保证语言规范、不影响表达的前提下，尽量使用一些较为高级的词汇、结构或句式，如强调句、倒装句、分词结构、动名词复合结构，等。注意长短句间杂，可以考虑在部分句子中使用介词短语、非谓语动词等代替从句，从而使文章错杂有致。

【亮点】所给范文较好地完成了题目规定的任务。首先简述北京高考英语分值的变化，其次介绍了本班的讨论，最后阐述了赞成和反对的理由，没有遗漏要点。文章能够做到表达的多样化：叙述赞成及理由时，作者用了介词短语做表语；介绍反对及其理由时使用there be结构和介词短语作定语。使用的句型有：there is no need for sb. to do sth, 短语有：as well as, in favor of, interact；较高级的词汇有：potential erosion，all-English education, globalizing 等。此外作者使用了分词结构（starting from）、复合句（…while the total marks for Chinese would be raised…）等。