第八篇

　　8 Study the following picture carefully and write an essay in which you should:

　　1. describe the picture;

　　2. interpret the meaning of the picture;

　　3. make your comment.

　　You should write 160~200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　這幅圖畫(huà)主題鮮明，不難確定文章的主題是“亂穿馬路”。在思考之后，我們決定分為四段來(lái)寫(xiě)。第一段描述圖畫(huà)。第二段說(shuō)明該現(xiàn)象帶來(lái)的后果。第三段說(shuō)明解決該問(wèn)題的辦法。最后一段是結(jié)論。The present picture highlights several people who are crossing the street while the red light is on. It is quite obvious that the drawer wants all of us to think about the serious problem of jaywalking in our society.

　　The jaywalking phenomenon will bring many unfavorable consequences. First and foremost, it will increase the incidence of traffic accidents and thus cause the loss of lives and property. Moreover, common people are likely to copy the action of just a few people who defy the traffic rules. Finally, if this matter is not properly settled, it will pose a threat to the city traffic as a whole.

　　It is high time that we called on the efforts from all sides to deal with this problem properly. For one thing, the government should improve the design of traffic lights so as to make the operation more reasonable. For another, every citizen should behave himself first and help advise others not to jaywalk. Finally, the mass media should also play a positive role in helping people realize the importance of abiding by traffic rules.

　　No matter whether this problem is a natural result of social development, it is important that we find a satisfactory solution to it in this social transformation era.第一段有兩句話，第一句是對(duì)圖畫(huà)的描述，第二句說(shuō)明了“亂穿馬路”的主題，對(duì)下文的展開(kāi)起到了承上啟下的作用。

　　第二段講的是該現(xiàn)象導(dǎo)致的不良后果，共有三點(diǎn)。一是會(huì)增加交通事故的發(fā)生率，從而導(dǎo)致生命與財(cái)產(chǎn)的損失。句中incidence指的是“發(fā)生率、發(fā)病率”。二是大部分人可能會(huì)在一小部分人的影響下不遵守交通規(guī)則，句中defy表示“不服從、公然反抗”。三是會(huì)給城市交通整體上帶來(lái)威脅。

　　第三段寫(xiě)解決問(wèn)題的辦法，共有四句話。第一句是常用的套句，而后分三個(gè)方面說(shuō)。首先是政府應(yīng)改良信號(hào)燈的設(shè)計(jì)。其次是每個(gè)公民應(yīng)當(dāng)從自己做起，然后再勸說(shuō)他人。最后，媒體應(yīng)該幫助人們意識(shí)到遵守交通規(guī)則的重要性。

　　最后一段是結(jié)語(yǔ)，說(shuō)不論這個(gè)問(wèn)題是否是社會(huì)發(fā)展的自然結(jié)果，我們都應(yīng)當(dāng)在這個(gè)社會(huì)轉(zhuǎn)型階段給這個(gè)問(wèn)題找到令人滿意的解決方法。我們?cè)诳吹綀D畫(huà)和提綱后，應(yīng)立即決定這篇文章該分幾個(gè)段落來(lái)寫(xiě)。主題確定后，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)這是個(gè)令人擔(dān)憂的社會(huì)問(wèn)題，所以可以采用將二、三段寫(xiě)成原因和解決辦法的常見(jiàn)寫(xiě)法。