六 圖畫作文：教育文化類（讀書）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start you essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on Reading books. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

（一）預(yù)測(cè)范文

As is vividly shown in the picture above, sitting on a sofa comfortably, a woman is reading an interesting book and chatting with her husband. Obviously, what the portrayal conveys is that utmost significance should be attached to reading books.

From reading extensively, we can derive com-panionship, experience and instruction. First and foremost, a good book is like a faithful friend. It can increase our contentment when we are cheerful and happy, and lessen our pain when we are sad or lonely. Furthermore, reading extensively can also offer us a wide range of experiences. Few of us can travel far from home or live long over one hundred, but all of us can live many lives through the pages of books. Last but not least, reading extensively can improve our intellectual ability, broaden our minds and make us wise.

Though with the advent of TV, mobile phones and the Internet, books are no longer read as extensively as they once were, nothing can replace the role that reading extensively plays in our lives.

（二）參考譯文

如上圖生動(dòng)所示，一位女士正舒適地坐在沙發(fā)上讀著一本有趣的書并和她的丈夫聊天。顯而易見，這幅漫畫所表達(dá)的意思是我們應(yīng)該充分重視讀書。

通過廣泛的閱讀，我們可以收獲陪伴，充實(shí)人生經(jīng)歷，受到教益。首先，一本好書就如同一位忠實(shí)的朋友。當(dāng)我們高興和幸福時(shí)，書能增加我們的快樂；當(dāng)我們傷心或孤獨(dú)時(shí)，書能減輕我們的痛苦。而且，廣泛閱讀還能充實(shí)我們的人生經(jīng)歷。我們當(dāng)中很少有人能到離家很遠(yuǎn)的地方去旅游，或能活過一百歲，但是通過讀書我們能經(jīng)歷各種各樣的生活。最后但同樣重要的是，廣泛閱讀能提高我們的智力，開闊我們的眼界，使我們變得明智。

雖然隨著電視、手機(jī)和網(wǎng)絡(luò)的出現(xiàn)，人們不像以前讀書那么多了，但沒有什么東西可以取代閱讀在我們生活中的作用。

（三）亮點(diǎn)詞匯

vividly 生動(dòng)地

obviously 顯而易見

portrayal 圖畫

utmost 最大的，極度的

significance 重要性，意義

be attached to 附屬于

extensively 廣泛地

derive 獲得，得到

companionship 陪伴

experience 經(jīng)歷；經(jīng)驗(yàn)

instruction 教育，教導(dǎo)

faithful 忠實(shí)的

contentment 滿意，高興

lessen 減輕

intellectual ability 智力，智能

broaden one’s mind 開闊某人的眼界

advent 出現(xiàn)

（四）道長(zhǎng)點(diǎn)評(píng)

國(guó)內(nèi)考試的寫作部分已經(jīng)多次考查關(guān)于“讀書”的話題，例如：1991年專業(yè)四級(jí)真題“My View on Reading Extensively”、1999年6月四級(jí)真題“Reading Selectively or Extensively”（有選擇地閱讀還是博覽群書）、2013年6月四級(jí)真題“The Importance of Reading Literature”（閱讀文學(xué)作品的重要性）、2015年考研英語(yǔ)（一）小作文“推薦書籍”等。2012年，莫言成為首位獲得諾貝爾文學(xué)獎(jiǎng)的中國(guó)籍作家，掀起了全國(guó)范圍的讀書熱。如今人們?cè)馐苤謾C(jī)和互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上大量碎片式的信息轟炸，對(duì)深度閱讀的渴望也日益回歸。希望考生對(duì)這一話題引起重視。

（五）句型拓展

① Novels require that we use our own imagination to visualize the settings, characters and events, allowing us to become an active participant in the story. 小說要求我們運(yùn)用自己的想象力使背景、人物和事件形象化，使我們成為故事中積極的參與者。

② Reading is gratifying in its own way and can help people relax and unwind. 讀書本身有令人滿意的地方，并且可以幫助人們休息和放松。

③ Whether you are reading a book in your native language or a foreign tongue, you can always enhance your language skills. 不管你讀的書是用母語(yǔ)還是外語(yǔ)寫的，都能提高自己的語(yǔ)言技能。