On Private Cars

Para. 1（优点）

When it comes to private cars,, it goes without saying that they bring us obvious advantages. It is generally thought that there are all kinds of benefits with private cars. To begin with, they are so convenient that we can drive them to any place at any time; in the second place (on the other hand), with private cars, our life will be bettered and our work efficiency will be improved; What’s more, owning a car symbolizes that you are a successful person in professional world; last but not the least, …Therefore , private cars have great significance in our life.

Para. 2 （缺点）

Just as a coin has two sides/On the contrary, the disadvantages resulted from… can’t be ignored. The defects of private cars can be listed as follows: On one hand, more private cars lead to deteriorated environment and noise pollution; on another hand, traffic accidents owe much to the increase of private cars; besides / moreover / furthermore, private cars contribute to serious energy crisis because of their large consumption of petroleum.

Para. 3 （你的观点/结论段）

My attitude towards it is that I prefer the above mentioned positive effects/advantages of/ brought by private cars overweigh the negative effects/disadvantages. I have at least two basic reasons to prove my point of view. First of all, the reason on which I base my idea is that more private cars will help to develop our national automobile industry and national economy. At the same time, if drastic measures are adopted to avoid the disadvantages brought by cars, we may have a more bright future. That’s why I’m in favor of the idea mentioned in the 1st paragraph.