一、2002年真題解說

Directions:

Study the following picture carefully and write an essay entitled "Cultures睳ational and International". In the essay you should

1) describe the picture and interpret its meaning, and

2) give your comment on the phenomenon.

You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)

An American girl in traditional Chinese costume(服裝)

　　2002年考查的也是圖畫作文，但卻是第一次使用照片。照片上是一位穿著傳統中國服飾的美國姑娘，她的臉上掛著微笑，可以看出她非常高興，上面還有一行關于照片的注釋。文章中已經給出了標題和大綱。大綱主要有兩點：一是描述圖片并解釋含義；二是對此現象做出自己的評論。從照片中考生很容易就可以想到其寓意是民族的文化可以成為世界的。確定了這個主題后，我們就可以進一步確定一個支配思想，即這一趨勢對于人類發展是有利的。接下來考生就可以圍繞這一思想，分三段進行寫作，首段簡要地描述照片，次段闡述其含義，末段給出評論。在審題構思時應注意：以小見大、把握象征寓意。關于評論部分可以有三個寫作角度：提建議、考慮背景及原因、或描述未來、預測未來。考生最好能列出簡單的提綱，寫好每段的主題句，最后進行擴展。對于這張照片的描述可能會有一些單詞需要特別注意：如發帶 ribbon、耳環 earrings、項鏈 necklace、少數民族 minority group、婦女服飾accessories等。

二．經典范文賞析

Cultures-National and International

　　At first sight of the picture, my eyes are brightened by the pretty girl, beaming with a simile on her face. She is a typical American girl, but she is dresses in our traditional Chinese costume. It seems that the girl is very proud of the Chinese costume.

　　It goes without saying that the picture indicates that a culture of one nation may become international, which is beneficial to all human beings. Actually the girl stands for two different cultures-western and eastern cultures. Her charming smile is the essential touch of the whole picture, which symbolizes the harmonious blending of the two cultures. With economic globalization, the blending of different cultures has become a necessary trend of the times. On one hand, a large number of people from different countries have been pouring into China. On the other hand, Chinese people are also exposed to different foreign cultures when they go abroad or when more foreign people come to China. In this way, people from various nations in the world will be able to acquire better understanding of each other.

　　As far as I am concerned, I think this phenomenon is good to all of us. It is an effective way to achieve efficient cross-cultural communication and promote world peace and prosperity.

譯文

　　看到這張照片的第一眼，我就被這個面帶微笑的漂亮女孩吸引了。很明顯她是一個美國女孩，但她卻穿著傳統的中國服飾。看上去她對于她穿的中國服飾非常的自豪。

　　勿容置疑這張照片揭示了這樣一個道理，民族的可以變成世界的，這對人類的發展是有益的。事實上這個女孩代表了兩種文化——西方和東方文化。她充滿魅力的微笑是整張照片的核心，代表著兩種文化的和諧相融。隨著經濟全球化，不同文化的融合已經成為一個趨勢。一方面，很多外國人涌到了中國，另一方面，更多的中國人也可以自己出國或與來中國的外國人有更多的接觸。這樣，世界各地的人們就可以更好地相互了解。

我個人認為，這一現象對大家都好。這是進行跨文化交流和促進世界和平和繁榮的一種非常有效的方法。

黃金句型

At first sight of the picture, my eyes are brightened by...

看到這張照片的第一眼，我就被……吸引了。

It seems that...

看起來……

It goes without saying that the picture indicates that...

勿容置疑這張照片揭示了……

With economic globalization, the blending of different cultures has become a necessary trend of the times.

隨著經濟全球化，不同文化的融合已經成為一個趨勢。

On one hand... on the other hand...

一方面……，另一方面……

As far as I am concerned, I think...

我個人認為……

It is an effective way to achieve efficient cross-cultural communication and promote world peace and prosperity.

這是進行跨文化交流和促進世界和平和繁榮的一種非常有效的方法。