考研英語考前30天狂背作文十
Direction 21
Read the following story carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1. retell the story briefly;
2. interpret the meaning;
3. make your comments.
You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
題目：
Where are we going?
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them. Not very long, answered the Mexican.
But then, why didn?t you stay out longer and catch more? asked the American.
The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family.
The American asked, But what do you do with the rest of your time?
I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, and take a siesta with my wife. In the evenings, I go into the village to see my friends, play the guitar, and sing a few songs...I have a full life.
The American interrupted, I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat. With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even New York City! From there you can direct your huge enterprise.
How long would that take? asked the Mexican. Twenty, perhaps twenty?five years, replied the American. And after that?
Afterwards? That?s when it gets really interesting, answered the American, laughing. When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!
Millions? Really? And after that?
After that you?ll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta, and spend your evenings enjoying your friends!
審題：
在本書的大作文中，我們不僅為大家提供了圖畫題和圖表題，還提供了一些比較特殊的題目，比如這篇看文章寫作。我們這樣做，不僅因為國外考試中有類似的形式，更重要的是想拓寬大家的視野，提高大家的應變能力。
該題目先給出了一篇極富哲理的三百余字的短文，而后提出了三點要求，簡述該故事;闡釋其中含義;給出你的評論。這篇文章可以分成三段來寫：第一段是簡要地重述該故事;第二段闡釋含義并作出評論;最后一段是結語。
Sample:
In the above story, an American tourist wishes to turn a Mexican fisherman into a millionaire so that the latter can enjoy a happy life. The fisherman simply turns him down because he has been living that kind of happy life now.
This story makes every one of us look at the ultimate question of happiness closer and deeper. Do we need to tell others how to be happy? Is getting rich the only way to be a happy person? Does earning a lot of money surely bring an intense feeling of happiness? Happiness is a largely related with individual perception, and there is definitely no need for us to reshape others lives in the name of bringing them happiness. Furthermore, becoming rich does not necessarily bring happiness, if we cannot control ourselves to spend money in the right way. Finally, to travel happily and hopefully is equal to and even better than to arrive. It is not wise at all to sacrifice youth, health or todays happiness just for a bright future in our dreams.
Happiness is a feeling. We go a thousand miles and spend many years to pursue what we actually can grasp today. Around us there are too many people who are busy all day, and those who are smart enough to enjoy life are always few.
點評：
這篇文章分為三段。第一段寫得非常簡潔，這一段很能體現出我們總結概括的能力。該段只有兩句話，突出描寫了美國人的意圖和墨西哥漁民截然相反的態度。
第二段是核心段落。第一句直接點出了該文討論的主題：幸福。而后三句話連續三個問題，對文中以美國人為代表的一大批人的觀點表示質疑。后四句給出回答：第五句說幸福與個人的感覺相關;第六句說變得富有不一定能帶來幸福;第七、八句最耐人尋味：快樂地、充滿希望地旅行甚至比到達更好，為了夢想中的光明未來而犧牲自己的青春、健康或今天的幸福是不明智的。其中第七句暗引了蘇格蘭作家Robert Louis Stevenson的名句：To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
最后一段做結：幸福是一種感覺。我們跨越千里，等待多年所追逐的其實就在身邊。匆匆忙忙的人總是太多，能享受生活的人卻寥寥無幾啊。
心得：
如果提綱中給出的要求是闡釋含義并給出評論，這類文章是比較難寫的。這篇文章大家一定要細細琢磨，領悟其中的深刻含義。
Direction 22
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1. describe the picture;
2. interpret the meaning of the picture;
3. draw your conclusion.
You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
審題：
《井干方知水可貴》該圖畫以簡潔的筆觸說明了深刻的道理，這類文章考察的可能性是相當大的。
Sample:
The picture focuses on a person standing by a well. Looking at the empty barrel at hand, he sighs, My God, there is no water at all. I should not have wasted it.
We never know the worth of water till the well is dry. Similarly, we never realize the worth of the best things in life until they are lost. When we are young, some of us bear a destination in mind and try to reach it at all costs. In the due process, we either lose health or our friendseven if we reach that destination at last, will we be happy? Others always think God is not fair to themthey are so frustrated that they can not accumulate the courage to change their lives for the better. When youth becomes history, their world will be even colder and more hopeless.
Many of the best things in the world are just in our own hands. It is certainly not easy to realize this point, and even more difficult to cherish them to the uttermost. If we realize the value of youth, health and friends, we will be among the happiest persons of the world.
點評：
這篇文章的布局相當簡單，共分三段。第一段描述圖畫。第二段闡釋含義，也就是說明其中蘊涵的深刻道理。第三段下結論。
第一段非常簡潔。第二段共有六句話，第一句話一針見血，非常關鍵。第二句是類推，頗具哲理。第三句和第四句說我們在向著目標奮進的過程中常常失去了寶貴的東西，如健康、朋友。第五句話說有些人慨嘆命運的不公。第六句話說當青春失去時，世界將變得冰冷無望。第三段是結語，共分三句話。首先說世上許多最好的東西實際上就在我們手中;然后說理解到這點是不容易的，而做到就更不容易了;最后說如果我們意識到了青春、健康和朋友的價值，我們就是最幸福的人了。
心得：
看到這副圖畫，關鍵是建立表面的含義和隱藏深刻的含義之間的聯系。井干方知水可貴可推衍至人生中可貴的東西，如青春、健康和友情等。如果平時多思考、多寫作，考試時即使遇到不同的題目，也能快速反應，找到正確的應對方法。
這篇文章的重要特點就是列舉，將具體圖畫與抽象的人生中可貴的東西建立類比聯系之后，一定要舉出具體的有代表性的這類可貴的事物。第二段分兩個方面來說，先說了健康與朋友，后說了青春。第三段中一定要與第二段中直接呼應，將這三者再列舉一次才能取得理想的效果。
Direction 23
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1. describe the picture;
2. interpret the meaning of the picture;
3. make your comments.
You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
審題：
這道題的出題方式我們已遇到多次了，是描述圖畫+闡釋含義+作出評論的模式，這種模式在寫作中的靈活程度比較大。
Sample:
In the picture, a young man asks an old man, What can be got without pains in this world? The old man replies, There is only one thing: poverty.
Looking at the drawing, I think a lot. It tells us that we have to make strenuous efforts whenever we want to be successful in a particular field. How can a person achieve his ultimate goal without long?time practices and continuous attempts?
A good case in point is mountaineering. Nobody is born a good mountain climber, and one can only become a skilled one after countless injuries. The scenery at the mountaintop is fantastic, but the road to the summit is always rough and full of hardships and dangers. Isnt scientific research the same? Countless sleepless nights, thousands of failures and even moreall of these are part of a scientists life. Only a few of them can make great scientific breakthroughs, and all of these people are the most persevering.
On the contrary, if a person is determined to live an idle life, and wait for God to put something in his hands, then that thing should and could only be poverty. If a person has neither ideal nor the determination to live better and let others live better, his existence is not meaningful at all.
點評：
這篇文章共分四段：首段是描述圖畫;次段是總結寓意;第三段是舉例說明;第四段是下結論。該文最引人注目之處是第三個段落，整段舉了兩個例子。我們在多年的考研閱卷中發現，大多數同學的舉例是不成功的。舉例子要具備兩個條件才能成功，一是典型既要緊扣主題，又要具有代表性，能夠震撼人心，切忌不痛不癢;二是精練用簡潔的話語表達深刻的意義，切忌拖泥帶水。本文第三段在這點上很值得學習。
文章第一段非常簡潔。第二段的首句是過渡性的句子，次句直接對圖畫的意義做出總結無論我們想在哪個領域獲得成功，都必須付出艱辛的努力。接著采用了語氣非常強烈的反問句沒有長時間的實踐和不斷的努力，一個人又怎能實現最終的目標?第三段包括了兩個例子，一個是登山，一個是科學研究。第四段是結尾段落，首先與第三段是相對的，其次又呼應了文章的首段，非常精妙。該段共有兩句話，第一句話說如果一個人下定決心要過閑散的生活，等著上天在他手中放上某樣東西，那么這樣東西就只能是貧窮。第二句話進一步說，如果一個人既沒有理想也沒有決心讓自己和別人過得更好，那么他的存在就失去了意義。第二句話與第一句采用了同樣的句式，語氣卻更加強烈，給人留下了很深刻的印象。該段第一句話中的should and could be...是一個高級用法，意思是將會是而且只能是。
心得：
我們重點來看一下舉例的段落，即第三段。該段共有六句話。第一句話引出了登山。第二句話是一個經典句子，沒有人生來就是一個好的登山者，一個人只有在無數傷痛后才能成長起來該句的內在邏輯聯系非常強。第三句話說山頂的風光綺麗，但通往頂點的路卻充滿艱辛(句中有平行名詞的用法)。第四句話采用反問句巧妙過渡到科學研究上來。第五句先用平行的名詞詞組，而后在破折號后寫道所有這些都是科學家生活的一部分相當獨特。注意句中part一定不要加冠詞。最后一句寫道，他們中只有一小部分人能取得重大的科學突破，而這些人又都是最堅忍之人。
請大家仔細學習這一段落。一是該段的構建方法，看句子與句子是怎樣有機結合，層層推進，構成一個理想的段落的。二是學習本段的舉例方法。例子是用來說明道理的，如果能說到點子上，說得透徹，就一定能服人。
Direction 24
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1. describe the picture,
2. interpret the meaning of the picture;
3. make your comments.
You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
審題：
《踢皮球》圖畫題最常見的有兩種情況，一是寫世間的哲理，一是寫常見的社會現象或社會問題，這里是后一種情形。簡單的圖畫，深刻的寓意這是當前圖畫題最主要的趨勢之一。
拿到這個題目后，我們認為它和其它的一些題目反映的情況不盡相同隨著市場經濟的發展，顧客被生產者和銷售商推來搡去的現象已大有改觀，所以我們可以這樣來安排全文首段描述圖畫，次段以自身感受為基礎，描述過去的這種情形，第三段寫現在已經大為改善的情況，末段下結論。
Sample:
The picture describes a match of kicking the ball: the person on the left has just kicked the ball toward the person on the right, who has already been ready to kick the ball back. A close examination will help us find out that this is a match between the producer and the sellerboth of them refuse to take on the responsibility whenever the customer reports a problem.
We cant forget those days in the past when we went shopping. The shop assistant was so cold and indifferent that we usually had to wait for long. We often had no right of comparing and selecting. Later when we found there was something wrong with the product, the chance of getting it exchanged was slim, not to mention returning it to the shop. The shop always said the producer was to blame, and if we went to the producer directly, the latter would say that it was not common practice for a customer to contact the producer. Even if we finally succeeded in exchanging the product, it always took too much time and wasted too much energy.
In the present environment of market economy, we are happy to see that the situation in our nation has improved significantly. When a customer is not satisfied with a product, he is entitled to return it to the store and get refunded during a certain period of time. If that time limit has passed, the customer still has the right to get the product exchanged.
In this era of fast economic development, both the producer and the seller should first cater to the needs of the customer. Anyone who fails to do so will be driven out of the market sooner or later.
點評：
首段先寫看到一場足球比賽，而后仔細一看，原來是生產者和銷售商在產品質量出現問題時將消費者推來搡去。
第二段用六句話描述我們曾經有過的痛苦的經歷。第一句話是個引子。第二、三句描寫購物時不愉快的經歷。第四句說發現質量問題后，要換非常麻煩，更用不著說是退了。第五句話生動地再現了銷售者和生產商都拒絕負責的情形。末句說即使最后商品得以調換，也花費了大量的時間和精力話語中充滿了無奈。
第三段說現在的情況已大幅改善。顧客有權在一段時間內退貨，如果期限已過，也可以換貨。段中be entitled to表示有權利做某事，refund表示退款。
末段總結。第一句說在這個經濟快速發展的時期，生產商和銷售商都應把顧客的需求放在首位。第二句反過來說，任何做不到的人都遲早會被市場淘汰。
心得：
首段由遠及近的寫法非常有效。第二段以時間為線索，描述了過去不愉快的經歷。這一段以時間為線索，所以即使句子較多，也絲毫不顯得凌亂。第三段說明了現在的情形，與第二段形成鮮明的對比。末段正說加反說的辦法很有說服力。
Direction 25
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay in which you should:
1. describe the picture;
2. interpret the meaning of the picture;
3. make your comments.
You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.
審題：
該圖畫描寫的是一個敏感的社會問題平價藥店受到各方遏制的現象。這篇文章的難度比較高。在描述圖畫后，可分三段來寫：先寫藥價偏高的現象，再寫平價藥店的崛起及受到的壓制，最后寫解決辦法。
Sample:
We can see from the picture that several people are condemning a person so violently that it seems that some of them even want to beat him hard. The person has crouched down, with virtually no possibility of striking back. After looking at the picture carefully, we realize that the low?price drugstore has evoked anger and even hatred in many drug factories, various dealers, traditional drugstores and hospitals.
