Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Never to Delay by commenting on the saying, “Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow .” You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
審題立意
1. 導語解讀:要求考生從評論“今日事今日畢”這一引言入手,寫一篇題目為《絕不拖延》的作文。
2. 文章立意:人們每天都有要做的事情,如果拖延,好多重要的事情會被拖得無法如期完成。因此,拖延往往會讓一個人停止前進的腳步。今日事今日畢是人們取得更大成就的保障之一。
寫作思路
1. 第一段結合諺語引出“絕不拖延”這一話題。
2. 第二段論述拖延的慣性、危害性。
3. 第三段表明自己的觀點,再次強調不要拖延。
參考范文
Never to Delay
Since our childhood, we have been told never to delay, just as the saying goes, “Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.” 1
Frankly speaking, in our daily life many people tend to refuse to do things immediately owing to their indolence. Whether the thing is easy or not, they would rather enjoy their free time instead of going at it. Therefore, there are many people who like to put off things they should do today until tomorrow. As they are always behind schedule, there will be more and more things for them to address with each passing day. Faced with great pressure to fix all of them at a time, they usually can’t accomplish their goals in the end. 2
I agree that we should never put off what we can do today until tomorrow. 3 We should work hard today for we don’t know what will happen and how much we may be hindered tomorrow. Maybe there will be more important things to do. So seize the present and don’t make excuses to put off until tomorrow what we are supposed to do today. 4
絕不拖延
我們從小就被告知絕不要拖延,正如諺語所說:“今日事今日畢。”
坦率地說,在日常生活中,因為懶惰,許多人往往不愿意即刻做事。不管容易還是困難,他們寧愿享受著悠閑而不是著手去做。因此,有很多人就喜歡把今天應該做的事推到明天去做。由于他們總是落后于預定計劃,日復一日,他們每天都會有越來越多的事需要處理。面臨著一次要處理所有事情的巨大壓力,他們通常無法最終完成目標。
絕不把今天能做的事推到明天,我同意這種說法。我們就應該今天努力去做,因為我們不知道明天會發(fā)生什么或者明天我們會遇到什么阻礙。也許明天會有更重要的事。所以,要抓住當下,不要找任何借口推脫今天該做的事。
范文點評
1. 開篇結合諺語引出話題:絕不要拖延。
2. 從日常生活著手,論述拖延對人們生活的不良影響,解釋不應拖延的原因。
3. 末段首句明確表達自己的態(tài)度:贊同不應拖延的觀點。
4. 重申觀點,再次強調不要拖延。
要點用法
frankly speaking 坦率地說
indolence n. 懶惰
behind schedule 落后于預定計劃
in the end 最終,最后;終于
hinder v. 阻礙
be supposed to do sth. 應當做某事
句法點評
1. As they are always behind schedule, there will be more and more things for them to address with each passing day.
在英文中,“處理”問題或事情可以用多個動詞來表示,本句用了address一詞,文中還出現(xiàn)了do, go at it和fix。要注意使用同義詞或近義詞來表達相同的意思,力求表達方式豐富多樣。
2. Faced with great pressure to fix all of them at a time, they usually can’t accomplish their goals in the end.
本句采用了faced with...這一過去分詞短語,在此處表示原因。過去分詞(短語)、現(xiàn)在分詞(短語)等非謂語的使用,會使英文句子顯得更加緊湊。