Student Name: Evelyn Wang

Introduction The current life situation in rural area in China

Hook: Where is the poorest place you have ever been to?

Statement of Topic/Thesis: The life in rural area in China is still a mystery in our mind.

Preview of main points: 1: the population and current situation.

2: life quality

3: immigration

Body Paragraph #1

State your first main point: Although the population has declined in recent years, there are still a huge amount of people who lives in rural area.

Statement to support the point: According to the 2010 census, 51.3 percent of China’s population lives in rural areas.

Example/Point of Information: “The ratio of average per capita disposable income in urban China to the per capita net income in the cities and towns narrowed down to 2.97 to 1 in 2014. It was the first time that the ratio dropped to below 3:1 since 2002,” he said.

Example/Point of Information: “The ratio of average per capita disposable income in urban China to the per capita net income in the cities and towns narrowed down to 2.97 to 1 in 2014. It was the first time that the ratio dropped to below 3:1 since 2002,” (Rural-urban income gap narrows)

Transition: However, the life quality in rural area and urban area is still not comparable.

Body Paragraph #2

State your first main point: Despite China’s economic boom, poverty and hardship remain a way of life in the countryside.

Statement to support the point: the education kids received are not as good as those study in the city. There are less fine furniture compara with furniture in the city. But farmers can eat healtheir food because they usually eat their own production.

Example/Point of Information: The village is home to around 500 people, who mostly work in the fields growing wheat, maize and vegetables.

Example/Point of Information: Villagers live in courtyard homes surrounded by high walls. Inside, people, pigs, cows, chickens and other animals battle for space.

Transition: Many young people leave the village to find better jobs, often sending money home to their families to help the older people survive in countryside.

Body Paragraph #3

State your first main point: Due to the harsh environment and narrow future for young people, many young men and women leave the two seek for better jobs.

Statement to support the point: Therefore, more than half the amount of young people in village go out to big cities to work, often as factory workers or construction builders.

Example/Point of Information:”Farmer Wu Huailan spends her days tilling the fields, but she does not want her daughter to follow in her footsteps.

As her daughter failed to pass the recent university entrance exam, Mrs Wu says she now wants her to go to a big city to work.

Example/Point of Information: In Shanyang villiage, Hunan Province, there were 132 people in a village, and now there are only 54 people left. They are basically old and young; the land is ridiculous and rarely cultivated; the older generation has worked hard for a lifetime, and the old ones have nothing to do; the first generation of migrant workers and the new generation of migrant workers are difficult to survive in the city; The traditional folk customs in the countryside are no longer; the relationship between the sexes is chaotic, the marriage is difficult to protect; the environmental pollution is serious.

Transition: So the people who were born in cities are very lucky.

Conclusion

Signal that you are wrapping your speech: The life in rural area in China is more harsh than we can imagine, However, everyone has their own lifestyle.

Summarize your main points: The population in countryside in China is declinning, but there is still a huge amount of people who is still in poverty. Their future is not as bright as ours, so we should appreciate all the things we have,

Finish Strong: We should appreciate the life here and cherish the food, the resources, and people who love us!

http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/15/10/5/n4542789.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/picture_gallery/07/asia_pac_life_in_rural_china/html/2.stm