Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the use of PowerPoint (PPT) in class. You can start your essay with the sentence “The use of PowerPoint is becoming increasingly popular in class”. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

参考范文

    The use of PowerPoint is becoming increasingly popular in class. As more and more classrooms across the country are now equipped with multimedia screens and projectors, using PowerPoint slides has become one of the most common ways of teaching nowadays.

    There are a lot of factors contributing to this changes of teaching equipment. First of all, it is more convenient for teachers to make PowerPoint slides than to write on a blackboard with a chalk, and it is easier for students to understand as well. Moreover, teaching assisted by PowerPoint slides is apparently more interactive. There are plenty of functions that allow both teachers and students to mark, change and even animate the information on the slides, whereas the traditional teaching tools may limit the creativity of teaching methods.

    All in all, the continuous development of PowerPoint-assisted teaching opens up a bright future for education, and I am convinced that this kind of technology will continue to benefit more teachers and students.

参考译文

    在课堂上使用PowerPoint变得越来越流行。随着全国越来越多的教室配备了多媒体屏幕和投影仪，使用PowerPoint幻灯片已成为当下最常见的教学方式之一。

    教学设备的这种变化可归功于诸多因素。首先，相较于用粉笔在黑板上书写，PowerPoint幻灯片对老师来说制作更方便，对学生们来说也更容易理解。此外，使用PowerPoint幻灯片辅助教学显然更具互动性。有许多功能可以让教师和学生对幻灯片上的信息进行标记、更改，甚至添加动画效果，而传统教学工具可能会限制教学的创新性。

    总而言之，PowerPoint辅助教学的不断发展为教育开创了光明的未来，我相信这种技术将会继续造福更多的教师和学生。