题目
City dwellers seldom socialize with their neighbors today and the sense of community has been lost. Why has this happened and how to solve this problem?
解析
从什么时候开始，我们不再与邻里交往？从什么时候开始起，我开始不再愿意加入一个群体？本题给了一个机会让我们思考。原因当然是多方面多层次的，在短短的250字内不可能谈完谈深。我在想，也许是我受到了媒体的影响，认为邻居可能不是好人，可能会抢我，甚至害我；也许是家里的网络给了我太多归属感，让我沉醉在虚拟世界里。我知道，远离邻里，远离社区，害怕甚至拒绝与真人打交道，这是常见的一种现代人疾病。我决定，从今天写完这篇作文开始，每天抽出1-2小时，不带手机，不带ipad，也不带电脑，去与邻居交流，去加入社区活动；我决定，不再读，不再信，也不再传那些鸡鸣狗盗的媒体新闻，敞开心扉，将心比心，去交几个真正的朋友！请看本范文如何表达以上略带诗意的内容。
双语范文
Recently I red a news report about a ninety-year-old poor woman dead at home for days without anybody knowing it. This reports points to one key problem that faces dwellers in cities, especially big cities: they seldom interact with their neighbors, much less to say they care about their neighbors and as a result they feel lonely because they do not feel they belong to any community.
我最近读到了一则新闻报道， 一个可怜的90岁老太太在家里死去数日，却无人知晓。这则报道指向城市（尤其是大城市）居民面临的一个关键问题：他们很少与邻居互动，更不要说关心邻居，他们感觉孤独，因为他们没有团体归属感。
When asked why they do not socialize with their neighbors, many people would respond by saying “Why should I? This is a dangerous city!” Indeed, modern media such as TV, newspaper and the Internet have had way too much coverage about the city’s crimes like theft, robbery and murder. People constantly exposed to such reports of the dark side of the city life may harbor the idea that nobody is trustworthy, including their neighbors.
当问及为什么不和邻居交往时，许多人的反应就是“为什么要交往？这个城市很危险！”的确，现代诸多媒体，比如电视，报纸和因特网报道了太多城市里的犯罪，比如偷盗、抢劫、杀人等。长期浸润在这种城市生活负面报道中的人，也许会产生这种想法，即没有人是可信的，包括邻居。
On the other hand, people now do not feel any more the necessity to communicate with their neighbors or become part of a community. Anyway, they do not need their neighbors like they did before. They work, earn money and go back home. When they want to talk, they can just pick up their cellphone and talk to anybody in the world; when they have some brilliant ideas they want to share, they can go online with a few simple clicks and then publish their ideas there.
另一方面，人们不再感到必要与邻居交流或者成为团体的一部分了。的确，他们不像以前那样需要邻居了。他们工作，挣钱，然后回家。当他们想交谈时，只需拿起手机就可以同世界上任何人通话；当他们有了好观点想交流，只需敲几下键盘，就可以上网发布自己的观点。
But we all know that this kind of confinement is no good, no matter how many friends or fans we may have online. As part of the solution to the problem, I would suggest everybody have an “Internet-free moment”. Simply put, we can set aside an hour every day, in which we try to personally reach out to our neighbors. Once we begin to care about real people around us, we will suddenly find ourselves living in a community that also cares about us. This experience is much more rewarding than having thousands of virtual friends who do not really know us. At the same time, all media should be fully aware of their share of responsibility in this problem, and try to bring more positive stories about the city life.
但是我们都知道这种封闭不好，无论在网上有多少朋友或者粉丝。为了解决这个问题，我提出一个方案，建议每个人都有一个“无网络时刻”。简单地说，我们可以每天都拿出一个小时，在这一小时里，我们走出去与邻居交往。一旦我们开始关心周围的真正的人，我们会突然发现我们居住其中的团体也关心我们。这种经历远比在网上拥有成千上万但并不真正关心我们的网友更有价值。同时，所有新闻媒体也应该充分认识到自己在这个问题中的责任，努力多报道城市生活的积极面。
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