英语四级作文:英国成人教育

Sample for Band 4
                      Adult Education in England (A)
     I cannot imagine a community without education. It is education that makes progress possible. And the more educated the people, the more advanced and civilized the society.
     Not all people have access to education, though, for one reason or another. According to a recent survey, more men pursued further education in the early 1970s than women. 1,000, 000 men were involved in further education. In contrast, there were only 600,000 women in further education programs. In the early 1980s there was little difference in men＇s and women＇s further education chances. Ten years later, even more women received further education.
     Looking more carefully at this survey, we find that 200,000 men studied full time (vs 80,000 women) in the 1970s. Then things changed and in the early 1990s more women studied full time.
     There are and should be more people, men and women, adults and children, that are to be educated this way or that way. And there should be special schools for the old and the handicapped, as well as vocational schools.


Sample for Band 6
                      Adult Education In England (B)
     Modern civilization owes a great deal to education. It is education that makes men and women for businesses and offices. There would be no literature without education. No advancement of science and technology. No progress.
     Education is so important that we cannot finish it in our life. We can set up a system for a certain number of years of schooling, from a grammar school to a university, but graduation and working do not mean the end of study or education. That＇s why an Open University is opened in England. This allows all people in the country that want to continue their systematic learning after having a job. People can have a full-time or part-time study, the former meaning pausing their job temporarily.
     A recent survey shows that more men pursued further education in the early 1970s than women. There were 1,000,000 men involved in further education while there were about 600,000 women. Then more women joined in. In the early ＇80s the number of further educated women approached the number of men studying further. And, then, ten years later, about 1,200,000 women vs 900,000 men.
     If we take a closer look at it, we will find that more men (200,0000) studied full time than women (80,000) in the ＇70s. Then more and more women studied full time. In the early ＇90s more women (400,000) found themselves in a full-time project.
     It＇s not surprising to find special schools for the old and the handicapped, rubbing shoulders with vocational schools.