2011考研英语经典写作之《写作160篇》范文赏析----论从小事做起

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从小事做起
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Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay，you should
/SPAN>1/SPAN>describe the drawing briefly，
/SPAN>2/SPAN>explain its intended meaning，and then
/SPAN>3/SPAN>give your comments.
/SPAN>You should write neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. （20 points）


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【考研1号英语范文及结构点评】
According to the cartoon， walking on the road， two men come across a small coin. Unfortunately，neither of them wants to pick it up as both think the coin is too small for them to pick up，although neither of them is in a hurry.
  ①Clearly，what the cartoonist wants to convey through this picture goes far beyond a coin. ②Instead it teaches us a vivid lesson of life philosophy： Life is a series of steps. ③Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things. ④A house is built one brick at a time. Football games are won a play at a time. A department store grows bigger one customer at a time. Every big accomplishment is a series of little ones.

SPAN lang=EN-US>    Therefore，anyone who determines to achieve maximum success should learn the principle that progress is made one step at a time. One of the best ways to lead a successful life is simply to make a written or mental list of the things we do each day. ⑤Then we give ourselves a mental credit for each of them, however small. ⑥This will help us to focus on what we have done instead of what we haven’t got around to do. ⑦It may sound simplistic，but it works.
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①为论述图画深层含义的段首句。其中clearly 可以用 It is obvious that 或It is clear that来替换。 同类句型还有：It is obvious that the drawer of this picture wants to draw out attention towards …
②Instead表示替代，可翻译为“相反”、“而”，可位于句首或句末，位于句首时可用alternatively， on the contrary等替换。如：Mike doesn’t study at all. Instead， he sits idle all day.
③“rather than” 连接两个介词短语，表示客观事实，意为“是……而不是……；与其……不如……”。它连接的并列成分可以是名词、代词、形容词、介词（短语）、动名词、分句、不定式、动词等。如：We should help him rather than he should help us. 是我们应该帮助他而不是他应该帮助我们。

④前三句通过三个实例，化抽象为具体，而第四句对所举事例进行总结。在写作中，考生可借鉴这种举例并提出观点的写作手法，使文章生动形象，观点令人信服。
⑤“…however small” 等同于no matter how small （it is），however后接形容词或副词。类似结构中however， whenever， wherever是疑问副词，引导状语从句；而whoever，whiohever，whatever是疑问代词，引导名词性从句。
⑥instead of 用法同in place of， 表示替代。其后接what引导的宾语从句。
⑦work 意为产生预期作用或结果，奏效。如：My plan worked. 类似词汇还有：be/prove effective，bear fruit，be successful等。

【范文精译】
据这幅漫画，两个人走在路上看到了一个小硬币。但是他们两个人谁也不想捡，因为他们认为这样的小硬币不值得捡，实际上他们并不急着赶路。
SPAN lang=EN-US>  很显然，漫画家通过这幅图想表达的意思远远超越了这个硬币，而是教育我们生活哲理中的一个生动的启示：生活是一系列过程。生活中的成功建立在注意小事情上而不是大事情上。房子是一砖一瓦建起来的，足球比赛是一场一场打出来的。百货大楼规模扩大是因为顾客慢慢增加带来的。每一个大的成就都是由一系列小的成绩构成的。
SPAN lang=EN-US>  因此，任何决心取得最大成就的人都应该学会这个道理，进步要一步一步来。想获得成功其中一个最好的方法就是简单地把我们每天要做的事情列一个清单或在脑子里列清单。然后每完成一个就在心里赞扬自己，不管这件事有多小。这种方法会帮助我们一直想着我们已经做了什么而不是还没做什么。这样做听起来很简单，但很奏效。