英语四级命题作文：继续教育的蓬勃发展

A Boom in Continuing Education
　　From the graph, we can learn the number of continuing education participants has kept increasing from 1998 to 2013 in X city. In 1998 there were only 20 thousand people taking part in the continuing education, but in 2003 the number grew to 60 thousand, and in 2008 140, and by 2013, the number has reached 210 thousand.
　　The following reasons are responsible for this boom in continuing education. Firstly, during work many people begin to realize what they have learned in schools is far from enough. So they turn to continuing education to gain more knowledge and skills. Secondly, as the science and technology in China are developing very fast, adults after graduation have to refresh themselves. Last but not least, in modern society, those without bachelor's degree or above are less competitive.
　　As far as I am concerned, the boom in continuing education is a necessity. It provides those on-the-job people with chances to get advanced degrees and gain more knowledge. In brief, as our society develops, more and more people will receive continuing education in the future.        (180 words)