2011年12月英语四级作文点评及范文（新东方版）

　　上海新东方学校国内考试部

　　作文明星教师汪中平

　　Nothing Succeeds without a Strong Will.

　　四级写作考题出炉了。看到考题，我们眼前又是一亮：这不是新东方四级写作教材必背范文第13篇The Way to Success 的翻版吗！

　　这已经不是第一次了。

　　如果说以前这种情况颇为“偶然”，近年这种“命中考题”的情况似乎不再鲜见、渐渐变成“必然”了。2003年四、六级写作共用的题目Honesty Is the Best Policy就是我们教材必背范文第3篇Honesty；08年6月四级考题“大学生休闲娱乐的方式”和我们必背范文第12篇Ways of Relaxing 非常相近；08年12月考题Disposable Plastic Bags 是我们考前预测的重点；09年12月考题“创建绿色校园”和我们必背范文第9篇Make Our Cities Greener 非常接近，只要把city 改成campus 就可以了。

　　当然，猜题押题不是我们的宗旨。我们更重视的是如何培养学生的写作能力传授写作技巧。

　　一般来说，文章的主体段落展开方式不外乎因果分析和举例说明。今年的考题与以往很多“现象类”或“争议类”考题不同，要求评述一句格言，这和03年Honesty 非常相似。对这种文章，因果分析比较牵强。那么我们主要就依靠举例说明了。在我们的教材范文中就举了两个例子，一为孙中山依靠坚强的意志创建中华民国，二为苏秦刺股挑灯夜读。

　　其实考生只要掌握了方法，随便举一两个自己生活中的例子。只要文字表达顺畅，就是一篇好文章。

　　碰到熟悉的考题固然欣喜；碰到陌生的考题学会自如应对才是制胜的法则。

　　附教材范文：

　　Everyone tries to achieve success in his career. However, someone firmly attains¹ his goal while another fails. Why? The one continues his cause to the end through long periods of hard struggling, but the other is easily disappointed or stops halfway².

　　Strong will, perseverance³ and diligence are the three essentials of success. A man of strong will and perseverance always has an inflexible⁴ spirit. He sticks to his cause no matter how tough it might be. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was such a man. Many of his attempts failed, but he held to his purpose with firmness and finally succeeded in overthrowing⁵ the Qing Dynasty. Diligence means steadiness in one’s work and study. Su Qin stabbed himself in order to keep himself attentive⁶ to studies. Marx often worked 15 hours a day. Life is short and we have many things to do. Without diligence no one can achieve anything.

　　I believe that where there is a will there is a way, and that success belongs to those who can suffer long years of patient toil⁷ and constant efforts.

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