Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should
1)describe the drawing briefly.
2)explain its intended meaning, and
3)give you comments.
预测范文
The cartoon depicts that a strong person is trying to find gold out of a huge stone. Holding an ax with his firm hands, he is hewing out of the stone of despair a piece of precious gold. The caption indicates that, “Only through Innovation can we make progress and conservatism means regression.”
The purpose of the drawing is to show us that utmost importance should be attached to innovation and creativity. To begin with, an attitude of innovation could be said to be the watchword, or motto of science. Think of all the innumerable times a scientific experiment must be carried out, all the laboratory tests, all the live trials, before a new medicine or vaccine is discovered. In addition, innovation is also responsible for many of today’s business successes. For instance, I personally worked with such a company and its entrepreneur. It was only after four years and four different tries of varying business models that he finally found success, and went to become the chairman of one of the largest Internet companies.
To sum up, in any field of endeavor, whether it be in medicine, engineering or in business, it seems necessary to first put great emphasis on innovation before one can finally reach success. It is as if life is testing us, testing our innovation and creativity to see if we are really dedicated to our vision, before life finally rewards us with success.
参考译文
这幅图画描述了一个强壮的人正在试图从一颗巨石中找到黄金。他用坚定的双手举着一把斧头，从绝望之石中开采出希望之金。文字说明显示：“创新才能发展，守业就是退步。”
这幅漫画的目的是告诉我们应该充分重视创新。首先，创新的态度可以说是科学研究的信条。想想看，只有在进行了无数次的科学实验、实验室检测和活体试验之后，才能发明出新药物和新疫苗。其次，创新也是当今许多企业能够成功的原因。我本人曾在这样一家公司工作过。这家公司曾经尝试了四种不同的商业模式，历经四年才取得成功。后来这家企业的老总也当上了最大一家互联网公司的董事长。
总之，在任何领域，无论是医学、工程还是商业，一个人似乎只有在重视创新之后，才能获得最后的成功。生活好像是在考验我们，考验我们的创新能力，看看我们是否能专注与自己的理想，最后才会给予我们成功。
亮点词汇
Cartoon漫画
depict描述
ax斧子
firm坚定的
hewing砍
despair绝望
precious珍贵的
caption文字说明
indicate显示
Innovation创新
make progress获得进步
conservatism保守
regression退步
purpose目的
drawing漫画
utmost极端的
creativity创新
to begin with首先
attitude态度
watchword信条
motto座右铭
scientific experiment科学实验
carry out进行
laboratory test实验室试验
live trial活体实验
medicine药物
vaccine疫苗
discover发现
in addition其次
is responsible for是造成…...的原因
personally个人
company公司
entrepreneur企业家
try尝试
varying不同的
business model商业模式
find success获得成功
chairman主席
Internet互联网
to sum up总之
field领域
endeavor努力
engineering工程
necessary必须的
put great emphasis on重视
reach success获得成功
vision理想
reward回报
道长点评
英语(一)大作文图画中出现了“重创新”三个字，但严格来讲，当年考查的主题并不是创新，而是选课、选择、困难、逆境、挑战。“创新”这个话题六级写作已经考过5次。在“大众创业、万众创新”的今天，需要引起重视。，专八写作曾考察创新这一话题，主题为贵阳一个偏远山区的新颖建筑。12月六级写作也曾考察创新这一话题，题目为Man and Computer:“The most dangerous thing is not that computer is beginning to think like man, but that man is beginning to think like computer”。在“大众创业、万众创新”的今天，希望考生引起关注。
经典句型
1If human beings were always satisfied with what they have, we would still be living in the stone ages. 如果人总是安于现状，现在的人就还会生活在石器时代。2Most of us are driven to do things in the most efficient way possible, which leads to experimentation and innovation.大多数人都在寻求最高效的做事方法，从而带来实验和创新。3We have taken this proclivity to a positive extreme by investigating every aspect of the tangible and intangible world, in the name of satisfying our thirst for knowledge and understanding. 为了满足对知识的渴求，人类探索着有形和无形世界的方方面面，从而将这一天性善加利用。
