写作与摘要

题目：Some people believe that companies should allow employees to work from home. To what extent do you agree?

Whether employees should be permitted to work from home has become a controversial issue in many industries. In my view, remote working is, on balance, beneficial, provided that clear rules are in place.

The primary reason is that it reduces commuting time, which employees often use more productively. For instance, a survey of 400 office workers found that those working remotely two days a week spent nearly five hours less on transport and reported higher job satisfaction. A further consideration is cost: companies can reduce office space and overhead without cutting output.

Admittedly, remote working may weaken teamwork and make supervision more difficult. Junior staff, in particular, learn a great deal from observing colleagues. Nevertheless, this does not mean that the arrangement should be rejected; regular office days and clear performance targets can address most of these concerns.

In conclusion, the benefits of home working outweigh its drawbacks when it is carefully managed. It is therefore advisable that companies adopt a hybrid model rather than an all-or-nothing policy.

批注：第 2 段用 For instance 引入数据，第 3 段用 Admittedly + Nevertheless 让步转折，第 4 段用 hybrid model 给出可执行建议——这三处是拿分点。

数据：去年咖啡市场销量增长 6.2%（前年 11%），销售额增长 9.1%；连锁店新开 420 家，独立门店减少 3%；线上销售占比 7%，增速 24%。

The chart illustrates changes in the domestic coffee market last year. Three features stand out.

First, volume growth slowed sharply, from 11% in the previous year to 6.2%, whereas value growth held at 9.1%. This gap suggests that consumers are trading up rather than buying more: they spend more per cup, not more often.

Second, the structure of retailing continued to shift. Chain stores opened 420 new outlets, while the number of independent shops fell by 3%. Online sales, although still only 7% of the total, grew fastest at 24%.

Overall, the market is maturing in tier-one cities, where outlet density is approaching that of Seoul. Future growth is therefore likely to come from lower-tier cities and from prepared drinks rather than packaged beans.

批注：图表描述必须有三件事——趋势（slowed sharply）、对比（whereas / while）、原因或含义（suggests that / is likely to）。只报数字不得分。