四 情景作文：诚信

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying “It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of maintaining trust. You should write at least 120 words, no more than 180 words.

（一）预测范文

A saying goes like this, “It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.” Indeed, honesty is the most important characteristic that a person should possess in order to lead a successful life. Only by constantly proving to be honest can a person earn the precious trust of family members and business partners.

On the one hand, parents’ relationship with their children must be based on trust and integrity. If a father promises many times to take his son to a football match and cancels every time, his son will naturally lose faith in his father’s words. On the other hand, in the business world, people with no trust will sooner or later earn the bad reputation they deserve. I have observed how destructive a person’s dishonesty has been to his chances for success, and how his relationships with other people are purely superficial, based only on self-interest.

Trust is a valuable asset, which is easy to lose but hard to gain. In the long run, an honest person will have earned the love and respect of the people closest to them, which, in my opinion, is the greatest measure of a successful life.

（二）参考译文

有一句话这样说道：“建立信任需要很多年，而毁掉它只需要几秒钟。”的确，若想人生有成，一个人所应具备的最重要的特质就是诚实。一个人只有一直证明自己是个诚实的人，才能赢得家人和商业伙伴的宝贵信任。

一方面，父母和孩子的关系必须建立在信任与诚实的基础上。如果一位父亲多次许诺儿子会带他去看足球比赛，结果每次都取消计划，那么慢慢地，儿子自然就不再相信父亲说的话了。另一方面，在商界，不被信任的人迟早会落个身败名裂。我目睹过一个人因为不诚实而毁掉了自己成功的机会，他与别人的关系完全以个人利益为基础，因而纯粹是肤浅的。

信任是一份珍贵的财富，失去容易获得难。从长远看，一个诚实的人将赢得最亲密的人的爱和尊敬。在我看来，这就是衡量成功人生的最重要的尺度。

（三）亮点词汇

characteristic 特征

consistently 一直，始终

prove to be 证明是

family member 家庭成员

business partner 商业伙伴

naturally 自然而然地

business world商界

sooner or later 迟早

reputation 声誉

deserve 应得

observe 目睹

destructive 破坏性的

dishonesty欺骗，不诚实

superficial 肤浅的

self-interest 个人利益

valuable 宝贵的

asset 财富

in the long run 长远看来

（四）道长点评

2015年12月的四级写作再次体现了强烈的反押题倾向：考查了四级很少考查而六级一直考查的情景作文中的引语评论型作文，结果很多同学措手不及。希望考生对引语作文引起高度重视。

（五）句型拓展

① Incidents of dishonesty frequently happen in recent years, and trust between people is decreasing. 近几年来欺诈事件频频发生，人与人之间的信任度逐渐下降。

② When the market economy is globalizing, a better international and interpersonal cooperation can only be accomplished when we established the solid relationships of trust at each level. 在市场经济全球化的同时，只有我们在各个层次建立了坚实的信任关系，才能实现更好的国际与人际间的合作。

③ Without trust, we can’t get along well with other people, let alone cooperate with them or get help from them. 没有信任，我们无法与其他人友好相处，更不用说与他们合作或获得他们的帮助了。