六 图画作文：教育文化类（读书）

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）预测范文

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）参考译文

如上图生动所示，一位女士正舒适地坐在沙发上读着一本有趣的书并和她的丈夫聊天。显而易见，这幅漫画所表达的意思是我们应该充分重视读书。

通过广泛的阅读，我们可以收获陪伴，充实人生经历，受到教益。首先，一本好书就如同一位忠实的朋友。当我们高兴和幸福时，书能增加我们的快乐；当我们伤心或孤独时，书能减轻我们的痛苦。而且，广泛阅读还能充实我们的人生经历。我们当中很少有人能到离家很远的地方去旅游，或能活过一百岁，但是通过读书我们能经历各种各样的生活。最后但同样重要的是，广泛阅读能提高我们的智力，开阔我们的眼界，使我们变得明智。

虽然随着电视、手机和网络的出现，人们不像以前读书那么多了，但没有什么东西可以取代阅读在我们生活中的作用。

（三）亮点词汇

vividly 生动地

obviously 显而易见

portrayal 图画

utmost 最大的，极度的

significance 重要性，意义

be attached to 附属于

extensively 广泛地

derive 获得，得到

companionship 陪伴

experience 经历；经验

instruction 教育，教导

faithful 忠实的

contentment 满意，高兴

lessen 减轻

intellectual ability 智力，智能

broaden one’s mind 开阔某人的眼界

advent 出现

（四）道长点评

国内考试的写作部分已经多次考查关于“读书”的话题，例如：1991年专业四级真题“My View on Reading Extensively”、1999年6月四级真题“Reading Selectively or Extensively”（有选择地阅读还是博览群书）、2013年6月四级真题“The Importance of Reading Literature”（阅读文学作品的重要性）、2015年考研英语（一）小作文“推荐书籍”等。2012年，莫言成为首位获得诺贝尔文学奖的中国籍作家，掀起了全国范围的读书热。如今人们遭受着手机和互联网上大量碎片式的信息轰炸，对深度阅读的渴望也日益回归。希望考生对这一话题引起重视。

（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. 小说要求我们运用自己的想象力使背景、人物和事件形象化，使我们成为故事中积极的参与者。

② Reading is gratifying in its own way and can help people relax and unwind. 读书本身有令人满意的地方，并且可以帮助人们休息和放松。

③ Whether you are reading a book in your native language or a foreign tongue, you can always enhance your language skills. 不管你读的书是用母语还是外语写的，都能提高自己的语言技能。