2003考研英语写作

Study the following set of drawings carefully and write an essay in which you should:

1. describe the set of drawings, interpret its meaning, and 2. point out its implications in our life.

You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

【参考范文】

The above two pictures have shaped sharp contrast to each other. In one picture, a flower grows in a greenhouse and is in full bloom in spite of the outside rain. But in the other, the flower, moved outside and without the protection of the greenhouse, is withering in the thunderstorm. The two pictures show us that the flower, which is raised in a greenhouse and carefully protected, cannot stand natural wind and rain at all.

It is most likely that the drawer means to compare children in our country to the flower in his drawings and reflect a problem in the present education of our children. For one thing, nowadays, most children are brought up by their parents with tender care. Parents always try their best to meet the children’s demands, to provide them with the best environment of growth and study and to protect them from any possible harms, setbacks and sufferings. For another, owing to the present examination-oriented education system, most children are too heavily burdened with studies to have time to take part in social activities, so they learn little about the society, the real world outside their family and school. Growing up in such a manner and such an environment, the children will inevitably and naturally lack the ability to stand sufferings and overcome obstacles when they leave their parents and step into the society.

To sum up, the problem of children’s education must be solved timely and effectively because it is they that constitute the future of our country.

【参考译文】

以上两幅图画形成了巨大的反差。其中一幅图片中有一朵在温室里生长的花朵，尽管外面刮风下雨，却仍在盛开。而在另一幅图画中，一旦被搬到外面，缺少温室的保护，这朵花儿就在暴风中逐渐枯萎了。这两幅图画像我们展示，这朵在温室里成长，且受到细心照料的花儿完全无法承受自然的风暴。

这幅图画的作者是想将我们祖国的孩子比作该图中的花朵，同时反映目前我们孩子教育所遇到的问题。首先，当下，大部分孩子都是在家长的细心呵护下长大的。家长总是努力去满足孩子的要求，给他们提供最好的成长及学习环境，保护他们免受伤害、挫折和苦难。此

外，由于现在仍处在以考试为导向的教育之下，大部分孩子学业负担繁重，以致没有时间去参与社会活动，所以他们对社会、现实和外部世界以及他们的家庭和学校知之甚少。倘若在这种环境下以这种方式成长，那么当这些孩子离开父母、步入社会的时候，就不可避免地会缺乏承受苦难和克服困难的能力。

总之，孩子的教育问题必须及时和有效地解决，因为孩子是我们祖国的未来。

【词汇积累】

1) contrast对比，对照 10) suffering苦难 2) greenhouse温室 11) examination-oriented以考试为导向的 3) bloom花，开花期 12) education system教育体系 4) in spite of尽管 13) be burdened with负担重 5) wither枯萎 14) manner方式 6) thunderstorm风暴 15) stand sufferings承受苦难 7) raise养育 16) overcome obstacles克服障碍 8) tender纤弱的，温柔的 17) step into the society步入社会 9) setback克服 18) constitute构成

【句型提炼】

1) The above two pictures have shaped sharp contrast to each other.以上两幅图画形成了巨大的反差。

2) In one picture, a flower grows in a greenhouse and is in full bloom in spite of the outside rain.其中一幅图片中有一朵在温室里生长的花朵，尽管外面刮风下雨，却仍在盛开。 in spite of引导让步状语

3) But in the other, the flower, moved outside and without the protection of the greenhouse, is withering in the thunderstorm.而在另一幅图画中，一旦被搬到外面，缺少温室的保护，这朵花儿就在暴风中逐渐枯萎了。

moved outside为过去分词短语引导状语

4) It is most likely that the drawer means to compare children in our country to the flower in his drawings and reflect a problem in the present education of our children.这幅图画的作者是想将我们祖国的孩子比作该图中的花朵，同时反映目前我们孩子教育所遇到的问题。 It为形式主语，真正的主语为that后的内容

5) For another, owing to the present examination-oriented education system, most children are too heavily burdened with studies to have time to take part in social activities, so they learn little about the society, the real world outside their family and school.此外，由于现在仍处在以考试为导向的教育之下，大部分孩子学业负担繁重，以致没有时间去参与社会活动，所以他们对社会、现实和外部世界以及他们的家庭和学校知之甚少。 owing to...为原因状语

6) Growing up in such a manner and such an environment, the children will inevitably and naturally lack the ability to stand sufferings and overcome obstacles when they leave their parents

and step into the society.倘若在这种环境下以这种方式成长，那么当这些孩子离开父母、步入社会的时候，就不可避免地会缺乏承受苦难和克服困难的能力。 Growing...为现在分词引导状语

7) To sum up, the problem of children’s education must be solved timely and effectively because it is they that constitute the future of our country.总之，孩子的教育问题必须及时和有效地解决，因为孩子是我们祖国的未来。

because引导原因状语从句，it is they...that...为强调句

【行文思路】

第一段：图画描述+点明主题 第二段：阐述意义 第三段：总结