Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture, explain its intended meaning and then state how you will face your setbacks . You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
審題立意
1. 導(dǎo)語(yǔ)解讀：要求考生簡(jiǎn)要描述漫畫(huà)內(nèi)容并揭示其寓意，然后闡述如何對(duì)待挫折。
2. 漫畫(huà)解讀：圖片上畫(huà)的是不倒翁，旁邊的文字寫(xiě)道：“不倒翁雖然不會(huì)摔倒，但也不會(huì)前進(jìn)一步?！边@里的“摔倒”意味著人遭遇的挫折，意在說(shuō)明不經(jīng)歷挫折就難以進(jìn)步。
3. 文章立意：對(duì)待挫折的態(tài)度不同，那么挫折對(duì)人們生活產(chǎn)生的影響亦不同，因此，要積極地面對(duì)挫折。
寫(xiě)作思路
1. 第一段簡(jiǎn)要描述漫畫(huà)及注解文字，然后提出論點(diǎn)：不要害怕挫折。
2. 第二段通過(guò)例證的方式闡述人們?cè)谠庥龃煺蹠r(shí)，有的因沮喪而陷入悲觀，有的會(huì)怨天尤人，有的因害怕挫折而半途而廢。這些人都不能克服困難，因而淪為生活的輸家。
3. 第三段提出人們應(yīng)該如何面對(duì)挫折，進(jìn)而成為生活的強(qiáng)者。
參考范文
As is shown in the picture, although the tumbler never falls over, it can never make a further step because it always stays where it stands. Therefore, it never knows what fall means to it. 1 Here, falls can be compared to setbacks that people meet in their life. 1 If one is afraid of falls and setbacks, he will be a coward of life and achieve nothing. 2
Life is not always full of joys and flowers. There are inevitable setbacks in every person’s life. 3 Some people feel so depressed about the setbacks that they fall into pessimism; others lay the blame on others, society or circumstances; still others are frightened by setbacks and give up halfway. 3 All of these people don’t make use of their wisdom and abilities to overcome difficulties and become losers of life. 4
How will you face your setbacks and become winners of life? Have a positive attitude. 5 The positive attitude allows you to utilize your wisdom and abilities to clear away the difficulties that appear in your life rather than run away from them. Confront setbacks with joy, energy and enthusiasm, and you will find them really not as horrible as we think. So it is of vital importance to have a correct attitude towards setbacks. 6
如圖所示，盡管不倒翁永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)摔倒，但它也不會(huì)前進(jìn)一步，因?yàn)樗恢蓖Ａ粼谠亍Ｒ虼?，不倒翁永遠(yuǎn)不知道倒下意味著什么。這里，摔倒可以比作人生中遇到的挫折。如果一個(gè)人害怕跌倒或挫折，他就會(huì)成為生活的懦夫，碌碌無(wú)為。
人生不全是歡樂(lè)與鮮花，每個(gè)人一生中都會(huì)遭遇挫折。有些人對(duì)自己的挫折感到沮喪從而陷入悲觀情緒；另一些人則將失敗歸咎于他人、社會(huì)或環(huán)境；還有些人害怕遇到挫折,半途而廢。所有的這些人都沒(méi)有用他們的智慧和能力去克服困難，從而淪為人生的輸家。
你會(huì)怎樣面對(duì)挫折并成為人生的贏家呢？得有個(gè)積極的心態(tài)。積極的心態(tài)能讓你運(yùn)用自己的智慧和能力清除一切出現(xiàn)在你人生中的困難，而不是逃避它們。用快樂(lè)、力量和熱情面對(duì)挫折，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)挫折并不像之前想象的那么可怕。因此，以一種正確的態(tài)度面對(duì)挫折是至關(guān)重要的。
范文點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. 開(kāi)篇簡(jiǎn)要描述圖片的內(nèi)容，同時(shí)結(jié)合圖片中的文字準(zhǔn)確表達(dá)出這幅漫畫(huà)的寓意。
2. 首段末句直接點(diǎn)明自己的觀點(diǎn)：害怕挫折只會(huì)碌碌無(wú)為。
3. 自然過(guò)渡，第二段引出挫折對(duì)人們的影響，緊扣作文話題。
4. 第二段末句總結(jié)得出：逃避挫折的人只會(huì)成為生活的輸家，從反面論證了消極對(duì)待挫折的影響。
5. 末段從正面加以論證，與第二段形成對(duì)比，闡述如何積極面對(duì)挫折，成為生活的贏家。
6. 總結(jié)全文，重申觀點(diǎn)，并指出我們一定要積極面對(duì)挫折。
要點(diǎn)用法
tumbler n. 不倒翁
compare…to… 把……比作……
coward n. 懦夫
inevitable adj. 不可避免的
depressed adj. 沮喪的，灰心的
lay the blame on 歸咎于……
halfway adv. 在中途
utilize v. 利用
句法點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. Some people feel so depressed about the setbacks that they fall into pessimism; others lay the blame on others, society or circumstances; still others are frightened by setbacks and give up halfway.
這里運(yùn)用了排比句式（Some...others...still others），增強(qiáng)了行文的美感和氣勢(shì)。
2. The positive attitude allows you to utilize your wisdom and abilities to clear away the difficulties that appear in your life rather than run away from them.
這里運(yùn)用了定語(yǔ)從句，同時(shí)內(nèi)嵌rather than結(jié)構(gòu)，使句式富于變化。
