Thank you for joining CCTV9’s Around China show! Now it's 8:45 p. m. Today we are talking about Earth Hour. Earth Hour started in Sydney on March31,2007. More than 2,2 million homes and businesses turned off their lights for an hour. A year later, on March29, Earth Hour became a global activity and was supported by 50 million people from 35 countries. On March 28, 2009, over 2,100 cities in 88 countries took part in it, in the same year, Earth Hour came to China. This year, many people in China turned off their lights for one hour.

This activity aims to save energy and improve climate. We have different ways to spend the dark hour such as having dinner with our family in the candlelight or sharing stories with our friends.

题目分析：本题要求写一篇关于“地球一小时(Earth Hour) "活动”的新闻报道。本题所给材料较为详细，我们要做的就是用正确的英语把这些内容表达出来，不能遗漏要点。结合材料可知本文时态问题较为复杂，设计过去，现在和将来三种时态，注意谓语动词是时间状语的搭配问题及主谓一致问题；写作中注意表达的条理性，用好连接词，注意多种句式的运用。最后，注意不要犯语法、句法以及搭配性错误，写好后反复读几遍，适当修改。

点评：此类作为首先要做的就是认真阅读材料，不能跑题偏题。写作中注意一些基础的写作常识，不犯低级错误。只要平时积累足够，就一定能获得满意的分数。另外为了应付考试，可以有选择的背诵一些范文，这样应考时就会有法可依。