Question

Alex is a very special boy who really likes trees. He always feels completely at home in nature and loves going camping in the forest. Alex has a little sister called Julia, who likes playing with dolls. Julia also likes being outdoors, and most of all, she loves going on trips to the snowy mountains with her parents.

One day, their parents decided to take them on holiday and let them choose between camping in the forest and going skiing in the snow. Alex quickly shouted out, “Camping in the forest!” while Julia cried, “Snow! Snow! Snow!” Julia added that the year before they had gone camping and hadn’t gone skiing.

So Alex’s mum and dad asked him, “What do you think is the fairest thing to do?” And Alex shouted, “Camping! Camping! Camping!” His parents insisted he think more about it. This made Alex a little unhappy.

Hearing this, Julia said to her brother, “Alex, we could go to the mountains to see the snow, but make sure it’s somewhere with a forest. What about that?”

The idea seemed good for Alex and he understood that he had to make compromises to get what he had wanted. And in the end, the whole family went to a spot in the mountains where there was a forest.

【寫作內容】

1. 以約30個詞概括閱讀材料的主要內容；

2. 然后以約120個詞談談你對“分歧中學會妥協”的看法，內容包括：

(1) 與他人發生分歧時為什么需要妥協；

(2) 什么情況下與他人發生分歧時不能妥協；

(3) 介紹一次你或你的同學與他人發生分歧時的經歷，以及你由此得出的感悟。

【寫作要求】

1. 作文中可以使用自己親身的經歷或虛構的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出現真實姓名和學校名稱。

【評分標準】

概括準確，語言規范，內容合適，篇章連貫。

Answer 1

One possible version:

Faced with two choices: camping in the forest or going skiing in the snow, Alex did not insist on his wish stubbornly but decided on the win-win compromise: going to the mountains with a forest.

Compromise is a basic process in which both parties give up something that they want in order to get something else they want more. In Alex and Julia’s situation, neither of them could get all of what they really want if they would insist on their own wish. In the end, they both gave up something unimportant and reached an agreement that was acceptable to both.

Therefore, in most cases, compromise is the best way for people to work out their differences. When people compromise, with each side losing a little in order to reach a satisfactory agreement, both sides can continue to live in harmony. However, compromise can work only when the issues under discussion are not that important. Compromise does not work when there is an actual difference from strongly held principles or ideas.

I once wanted something very cool in a souvenir shop, but my mother refused to pay for me because she thought it cost too much for a student. Finally, I decided on a much less expensive one and promised to work hard at my subjects, and my mother gave me the money for it. Life is always full of disagreements, and sometimes we should learn to compromise to get through them.

【解析】這是一篇關于“Compromise”觀點闡述類寫作。這篇文章第一段簡要概述了材料的內容，insist on 固定搭配，“堅持做某事”，win-win 譯為“雙贏”。第二段第一句就闡述了妥協的定義，觀點清晰，運用了in which定語從句以及in order to引導的目的狀語，reached an agreement 譯為“達成一致”，也可用come to an agreement.；第三段寫了妥協的重要性以及達成妥協的條件，開頭therefore ，意思為“因此”，相當于so ，連接上下兩段 ；第二句時間狀語從句中有個with 引導的伴隨狀語；將幾句話合為一句，簡練不累贅；in harmony 意思為“和諧地”；However 表轉折“然而”。第四段引用自己的經歷來強調妥協的作用，點題。give sb sth 或者是 give sth to sb ，都可表達“給某人某物”， bring , pass 等詞用法相同；be full of 與 be filled with 都譯為“充滿…..”; get through 原意為“穿過，通過”，這里相當于 solve ，“解決，完成”�？偨Y：寫作時要注意不要一味地將簡單句堆砌起來，會顯得累贅死板，要熟練運用各種從句，獨立主格等結構；同時注意句與句，段與段之間的邏輯關系，是順承還是轉折等，選擇相應的連詞，使句子更加流暢；最后要看清題目要求，要包括哪些內容等。

【考點】材料性作文寫作。