考研英语图表图画作文

图表图画作文

A traveller who comes before two roads in a wood. One is much easy, for it is made broad and straight with signposts on both sides. It leads you to your destination without much effort. On the contrary, the other is obviously less travelled: it is narrow and uneven, bending in the undergrowth. Following it means risky and even dangerous. And you are not sure where it leads. Which way to go? He has to make a decision. I would take the less travelled one if I were the traveller.

Nowadays people tend to view personal growth as a result or product that can be identified and measured. They celebrate the occasion when a friend or a relative enters a prestigious university, or gets a promotion in a company. They ask a sure way to success, a way which directly

leads them to academic security and career security They dare not take a step until they are ensured that the step is safe.

But sometimes I find it is more meaningful to see personal growth as a process, As a process, it is means more difficult as there are no specific signposts or landmarks along the way, and your will encounter unexpected turns and dangers. As a process, it means the journey will never really end: there are always new ways to experiences, new challenges to accept and the new effort to make. Trying a new way of being is essential to the meaning of our life. To travel a new road, you may take risks and even accept the possibility that you may fail. But to think the pleasure you take in the process of exploring the unknown, undergoing unfamiliar experience and testing the ability of yourself. Nothing is more rewarding

than being able to conquer challenges and fulfil oneself fully.

It understandable that most people follow a straight and safe route in life, for they have the feeling of insecurity and self-doubt. But if you dare to poke down an unmarked side road, it may leads to life’s riches surprises.

举例

Do you stop your bicycle at a red light late at night? You can see no vehicle in all directions. And no one else is around----let alone policemen. You are tired and in a hurry. But most probably you will wait for the light to change. Why? Is it for safety’s sake? No, you are sure that there will have be no danger in going through the light. Still, you wait. Why? An invisible barrier holds

It is recognized that there are something that governs our behaviour. In a cinema, you catch sight of your old friend sitting before you. You are so happy that you are about to call him at the top of your

voice. But you don’t. Instead you rise and walk up to him In a post office there is a long line waiting to pay for their bills of electricity, gas and so on. You don’t feel very well. Or you have some more urgent things. But still you stand patiently in a queue as all do.

Such a phenomenon is universal. My friend who studies in an American college told me a story. People there park their cars at a parking meter. They always put required coins in the meter even if there’s sufficient time left on it to cover whatever task they are going to perform at the location. They pay their own way. They believe that you’re supposed to purchase your own time; the fellow before you purchase only his.

Still remember the explosion in the World Trade Centre in New York. It is said that in chaos and panic, people didn’t forget to say ”excuse me” when they ran

into each other in the rush to escape. Trapped in burning buildings, they even felt hesitant to scream for help; it just isn’t polite to yell.

There are no certain rules written there to force them to do so. But the unwritten rules of decent behaviour, or so-called the social contract, are a stronger force in our lives. You stop because it’s part of a contract we all have with each other and it’s an agreement we live by. We trust each other to honour it. We are more likely to be restrained from doing something bad by the social convention than by any law against. It is the unwritten rules that make a civilization, without which society would fall apart.

比较

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两张图，一张是在教室里进行的画画课，教师在黑板上画猫，孩子在下面依样画葫芦。另一张是在草地上看着几个猫在画，结果画的个个不同。

1)describe the two pictures

2)compare two ways of teaching

3)suggestion

There are two kinds of a drawing lesson. One is held in the classroom. The teacher draws a big circle on the blackboard, and children copies it on their paper; the teacher draws a smaller circle on top of the first and the children draw in exactly the same way until twenty identical cats occur in the classroom. But in another class, the children sit on

the grass, watching several cats playing before them and drawing their own cats according to what they see. The result on their paper is a series of unique cats, each completely different from others.

The two teaching methods offer us a good comparison of Chinese education system and western education system. The first method characterizes the Chinese way of teaching. Undoubtedly, It helps children learn basic skills quickly, Yet its disadvantage is that children have few opportunities to think for themselves. There is little personal

imagination and discussion: the teacher lectures and the children listen and recite rules.

The second method is often seen in American schools. Their children don’t have to memorize what the teacher or the text says. Instead they work individually and learn to form their own ideas and opinions. Though their foundation of knowledge in this method may not be as good as that of Chinese children, American children are more creative. And it is the ability of creativity that leads to their future inventions.

Teaching methods also influence personal development. As the Chinese method values discipline and self-control, children tend to be dependent and obedient in every way. While the western way emphasizes creative ideas and individual

responsibility, and their children are more independent, taking action without someone telling them what to do.

It seem that the two methods have both advantages and disadvantages. Therefore a combination of their advantages in education is most recommended.

分析

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图画：正在行使的地铁。有的人抓紧时间，在读报看书，有的人无所事事。

1)d escribe the picture

2)i nterpret its meaning

3)g ive your comment.

The way to handle odd moments varies from person to person. Just look at the picture. Some passengers take advantage of the spare time, reading books and newspapers, To them it seems that no subway ride is so short that they can’t turn

it to some good use. But others are just killing time, by looking at whatever is on the ceiling or is passing outside the window. To them the little odds and ends are not sufficient enough to make anything meaningful.

Everyone has his/her own odd moment each day. Ten minutes before a meeting or an appointment, the odd quarter of an hour before one is served in a restaurant or in a barbershop, and the odd half an hour one has to spend waiting for his train or his airplane, or his turn to see a doctor. Scarcely a day passes that one cannot find such odd moments in their lives

How to use them, in some important sense, makes the difference between a great man and a man of average performance. The persons who have achieved great success are, with no exception, the persons who have utilized their odd moments wisely. Edison, for

example, worked out many inventions between messages when he was a telegraph-operator. Mrs. Stower, a mother of six children, wrote her famous Uncle Tome’s Cabin while she was cooking. Benjiamin Frankling in his story of his life shows an endless number of such effort. They all managed, in a hundred different ways, to make the normally wasted hours useful and productive

What a man does in his odd moments is not only apt to bring him profit: it is apt also to make his life longer and more meaningful. Everyone desires longevity and opportunity. But who knows every minute saved by making it useful, more profitable is so much added to your life and its possibilities. While every minute lost is neglected opportunity------ once gone, you will never get it back.

Among the aimless, unsuccessful, or worthless, you often hear talk about

“killing time.” The person who is always killing time is really killing his own chances in life, while the person who is destined to success is the person who makes time live by making it useful.

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It is a beautiful Saturday. A man is able to take time off from a week’s busy work. With a fishing rod in hand, he is enjoying the rare peace in the countryside. But suddenly his cell phone rang. Frowning at the noise, he has to answer it. But obviously his mood has been affected. It is true that new technology and information systems have been tremendous pluses in areas such as communications, say, bringing man more convenience and efficiency. But the catch is that they are also beginning to impact negatively on human functioning, especially emotional well-being.

New technology makes it more difficult to separate ourselves from work. In times past, it was possible to leave a stressful workplace, go home and relax. “Disappearing” for two days, you could thoroughly enjoy your holiday even if an something urgent happens during the weekend. But with cell phones available, the good old days are gone. It is no longer possible for busy men and women to go on vacation and truly get away from it all. You fear that the beeper you are carrying may go off any time and that you may be wanted any time. Your mind keeps on speeding.

New technology not only becomes a source of modern stress, but intrudes modern man’s fun and relaxation. Cellular phones, miniature recorders, electronic mail and so on have made polyphasic activity possible. For the first time we can get more done in a given time. However,

the function of polyphasic activity doesn’t allow us to enjoy just one activity. Instead, we are so plagued by distractions that genuine relaxation becomes difficult.

It is ironic that much technology is designed to make man more stressful and worried. Despite the promise of “miraculous” new machinery ranging from the more efficient cell phone to the most sophisticated computer, the potential for its negative impact increases, as it becomes even more a part of life at work and at home, The solution to living well lies not in new and better technology, but in the selective disuse of it so that life can be enjoyed in a more emotionally fulfilling way.