题目：

  Some experts believe that it is better for children to begin learning a foreign language at primary school rather than secondary school.Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?（C9T1）

  分析范文前，我们一起做一个判断题。以下是ABC三位同学的文章结构：

  A同学：小学开始学外语的优点+中学开始学外语的优点

  B同学：小学开始学外语的优点+中学开始学外语的缺点

  C同学：小学开始学外语的优点+小学开始学外语的缺点

  三位同学最终结论都是利大于弊。在词汇和语法得分相同的情况下，你认为谁的得分最高呢？

  我们再看一遍问题：Do the advantages of this outweigh the disadvantages?

  题中的this指代的不正是“learning foreign languages at primary school”吗？

  所以说：A同学和B同学—论述中学的优缺点根本不符合任务要求。

  同学们可能还有疑问：题目中“secondary school”这个关键词难道不用回应吗？

  当然要回应，但是它的出场次数远不如“primary school”

  我们一起来读一下考官范文的主体段，看看两个关键词的论证比例吧：

  Body 1：

  The obvious argument in its favour is that young children pick up languages much more easily than teenagers.Their brains are still programmed to acquire their mother tongue,which facilitates leaning another language,and unlike adolescents,they are not inhibited by self-consciousness.

  这一段全都在论证小学学外语的好处，而且重要句子的主语都是primary school students的改写。但是，secondary school students的改写都出现在了比较状语中，并不是重要的句子结构。

  Body 2：

  The greater flexibility of the primary timetable allows for more frequent,shorter sessions and for a play-centred approach,thus maintaining learners’enthusiasm and progress.Their command of the language in late life will benefit from this early exposure,while learning other languages subsequently will be easier for them.They may also gain a better understanding of other cultures.

  这一段也是在论证“小学开始学外语”的好处，而且大量使用了形容词比较级来突出它的优势。但是secondary school却只字未提。

  Body 3：

  There are,however,some disadvantages.Primary school teachers are generalists,and may not have the necessary language skills themselves.If specialists have to be brought in to deliver these sessions,the flexibility referred to above is diminished,if primary language teaching is not standardised,secondary schools could be faced with a great variety of levels in different languages within their intake,resulting in a classroom experience which undoes the earlier gains.There is no advantage if enthusiastic primary pupils become demotivated as soon as they change school.However,these issues can be addressed strategically within the policy adopted.

  这一段也是围绕着“小学开始学外语”展开的，论证了它的种种缺点。虽然secondary school出现了，但是却不是特别重要的信息，只是被“小学外语教育不够标准化”给影响了。

  看完这篇考官范文，相信大家已经能够识别这种题目的“陷阱”了：当题目中出现rather than或者instead of这样表对比关系的信号词，信号词前面的关键词才是主要论述对象，而后面的关键词就是个小陪衬。

  写作题目中的“陷阱”还有很多种。希望大家充分掌握审题技巧，在考场中能够对写作任务做出正确判断，让写作备考事半功倍！