17. (20180415) Playing sports would teach people important lessons about life.

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该题要求考生围绕“运动是否可以给人们生活中带来重要的启示”表达观点并给出论证理由。该题中important lessons表述很抽象，可以通过将抽象事物具体化的方式展开论述运动的好处或者坏处。

运动的好处：强健体魄，增加社交，释放压力，团队协作。

运动的坏处：导致伤痛，时间太长会影响工作学习。

范文思路

论点：同意。

理由一：运动帮助我们保持健康。

理由二：运动中我们会建立新的友谊。

理由三：运动有助于我们的个人成长。

范文文本

In our busy modern life, more and more people choose to play sports during their spare time to release the pressure of work or enjoy the pleasant time. It is widely recognized that playing sports could greatly enrich our life and improve our personality. I couldn't agree more that doing sports will teach us important lessons about life.

Improvement on physical health is the most obvious benefit of doing sports, so doing sports could make us further realize the importance of health. In particular, facing the rapid pace of modern life, many problems have been risen related to people's health, such as obesity caused by unbalanced diet and illness caused by excess fatigue. For example, my uncle was diagnosed with high blood pressure and blood sugar when he was forty years old. The doctor advised him to take a few months away from work for a sabbatical, during which he should follow a rigorous workout regimen. After two months of regular exercise and absence of pressure, he recovered from his condition at a miraculous rate. Therefore, issues related to health are an urgent concern for modern people. Doing sports in our spare time is beneficial both for our physical and mental health. It could help us better relax, keep a pleasant mood and keep fit.

Moreover, playing sports could benefit our social life by helping us build closer connections with others. We could learn about the spirit of cooperation and establish friendships with others when playing on a team. The central pursuit of doing sports is never the victory itself, but rather the process of making effort together with teammates in pursuit of victory. For example, when watching the World Cup, we appreciate the skills the athletes display in their cooperation, and are moved by the united spirit of a team. Without the team spirit, sports will lose their charm. When playing sports in a team, we will feel more cheerful towards the progress we make in the training，and gain more cherished memories about the friendship with team members.

Last but not least, playing sports will be beneficial for our personal growth, since it trains us to have a stronger will. Playing sports is a process of getting over difficulties and continuously making progress. And people will become stronger and more determined in the training. For instance, the movie Million Dollar Baby has left me a deep impression.It tells us the experience of how Maggie，a female boxer, overcame the difficulties in life and grew into a great athlete. Although she failed in the end, her strong spirit displays the value of sports—to challenge and conquer ourselves. It is reasonable to say that while doing sports, we are encouraged to grow as a person and discover better versions of ourselves.

To summarize, playing sports is an enjoyable experience in life. It teaches us precious lessons about our health, spirit of cooperation and determination of mind. With the improvement on people's quality of life, doing sports will become a more important and useful segment in our modern life.

语料积累

It is widely recognized that 被大众广泛接受的事

unbalanced diet 不均衡的饮食

sabbatical 安息日，休假

regimen 养生法，规划

miraculous 奇迹般的

charm 魅力

conquer 征服