Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the measurement of a country’s progress . You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words according to the following guidelines:
Economic progress is one way to measure a country’s success. Many people think other factors are also important.
What’s your ideal standard of measuring a nation’s progress?
審題立意
1. 導(dǎo)語(yǔ)解讀：要求考生根據(jù)提綱就“衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”這一話題展開(kāi)論述，并提出自己的觀點(diǎn)。
2. 文章立意：人們往往以經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展、良好的社會(huì)制度、不斷增強(qiáng)的國(guó)際政治地位和GDP的增加等作為標(biāo)準(zhǔn)來(lái)衡量一個(gè)國(guó)家的進(jìn)步，其實(shí)，全面的進(jìn)步才能真正代表國(guó)家的進(jìn)步。
寫作思路
1. 第一段引出如何衡量一個(gè)國(guó)家的進(jìn)步這一話題。
2. 第二段闡述不同的人對(duì)衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的不同標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
3. 第三段詳細(xì)闡述個(gè)人對(duì)衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的看法。
參考范文
When it comes to how to measure a country’s progress, different people may have different standards of it. 1
Some people may hold that economic progress is one way to measure a country’s success. With economic progress, people witness great improvement in living conditions and increase of living standard. 2 While others maintain that other factors, such as better social systems and the increasingly enhanced international political status, are also important. 2 There are also people who think that GDP growth means social progress, technological development and productive increase. 2
There is no doubt that the factors such as economic progress, GDP growth, social systems and international political status are very important ones to measure a country’s progress. 3 But for my part, more indicators related to health and environment should figure into measures of national progress. 4 For instance 5 , less inequality and unemployment, less water and air pollution, good climate, less wetlands depletion and more forest cover, higher education and lower crime rate—all these indicators more accurately reflect the progress of human society. To conclude 6 , the overall social improvement can be an ideal standard of measuring a nation’s progress.
當(dāng)說(shuō)到如何衡量一個(gè)國(guó)家的進(jìn)步這一問(wèn)題時(shí)，不同的人可能會(huì)有不同的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
有些人或許認(rèn)為，經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展是衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的方法之一。經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展了，人們會(huì)見(jiàn)證生活條件的巨大改善和生活水平的提高。而另一些人則認(rèn)為，其他的因素，如良好的社會(huì)制度和不斷增強(qiáng)的國(guó)際政治地位也很重要。還有的人認(rèn)為，GDP的增長(zhǎng)代表著社會(huì)的進(jìn)步、科技的發(fā)展和生產(chǎn)力的增加。
毋庸置疑，經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展、GDP增長(zhǎng)、社會(huì)制度及國(guó)際政治地位等是衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的重要因素。但在我看來(lái)，更多與健康和環(huán)境相關(guān)的指標(biāo)應(yīng)該計(jì)入衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)之中。例如，不平等現(xiàn)象少、失業(yè)率低、水和空氣污染少、氣候好、濕地消耗少、森林覆蓋率高、受教育程度高、犯罪率低，所有這些指標(biāo)會(huì)更精確地反映人類社會(huì)的進(jìn)步?？偠灾鐣?huì)的全面進(jìn)步才是衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的最好標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
范文點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. 開(kāi)門見(jiàn)山直接切入文章話題：衡量一個(gè)國(guó)家的進(jìn)步，不同的人可能會(huì)有不同的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
2. 采用列舉的方式闡述三類衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。
3. 對(duì)三種觀點(diǎn)給予肯定，以退為進(jìn)，引出自己的看法。
4. 指出衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)應(yīng)涵蓋更多。
5. 舉例說(shuō)明國(guó)家進(jìn)步的表現(xiàn)，詳細(xì)全面，令人信服。
6. 末句總結(jié)自己對(duì)衡量國(guó)家進(jìn)步標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的觀點(diǎn)。
要點(diǎn)用法
witness v. 目擊；證明
living standard 生活水平
primary adj. 主要的
indicator n. 指標(biāo)；指示器
figure into 列入；被包括
inequality n. 不平等
unemployment n. 失業(yè)；失業(yè)率
depletion n. 消耗；損耗
overall social improvement 社會(huì)的全面進(jìn)步
句法點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. Some people may hold that economic progress is one way to measure a country’s success.
此句型用以表達(dá)“某人持有某種觀點(diǎn)”，hold意為“認(rèn)為”，相當(dāng)于believe或think。
2. But for my part, more indicators related to health and environment should figure into measures of national progress.
此句式用于表達(dá)自己的觀點(diǎn)，for one’s part意為“就某人而言”。
