Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on water saving based on the picture below by explaining the significance of saving water resources . You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
審題立意
1. 導(dǎo)語(yǔ)解讀：要求考生根據(jù)漫畫的內(nèi)容就“節(jié)約水資源”這一話題進(jìn)行簡(jiǎn)述，并解釋節(jié)約水資源的重要性。
2. 漫畫解讀：圖片上畫了一個(gè)自來(lái)水龍頭，下方擺放了許多只容器等待接水。然而，水龍頭里的水卻是在一滴一滴地往外流，顯示出水資源的極度匱乏，說(shuō)明人們?cè)谌粘Ｉ钪泄?jié)水的重要性。
3. 文章立意：地球上的水資源，尤其淡水資源嚴(yán)重匱乏，已經(jīng)影響到了人們的日常生活。呼吁人們節(jié)約用水。
寫作思路
1. 第一段簡(jiǎn)要描述圖畫內(nèi)容，然后提出論點(diǎn)：水資源缺乏，節(jié)水很重要。
2. 第二段從三個(gè)方面說(shuō)明節(jié)約水資源的重要性：首先，根據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)數(shù)字說(shuō)明水資源很缺乏；其次，水對(duì)于人們自身健康的重要性；再次，水對(duì)于人們生產(chǎn)活動(dòng)的重要性。
3. 第三段呼應(yīng)文章論點(diǎn)，再次強(qiáng)調(diào)節(jié)水的重要性，呼吁人們采取行動(dòng)節(jié)水。
參考范文
From the picture given above, we can observe that there are many containers under the tap, waiting to be filled with water. 1 However, instead of the normal water flow, only drips of water come out of the faucet. 2 Obviously, the picture intends to remind people of the fact of water shortage and calls for people’s action of saving water. 3
Saving water resources is of great importance to everyone on the earth. 4 First of all 4 , fresh water is a scarce resource. According to the statistics, less than 1% of all water on the earth is fresh water, and of that 1%, most is in ice caps or in deep aquifers, which means it is not really accessible for consumption. Second 4 , water is essential for people’s health. A healthy person needs about 2.5 to 4 liters 5 of water per day. Third 4 , water is important for agriculture and industrial development, which provide food and all other things for people’s life.
To sum up, water resource is scarce but extremely important for people’s life. Therefore, everyone needs to take action to save water. 6
從上圖我們可以看到水龍頭下方擺放了許多容器等待接水。然而，水龍頭放出的水流量卻是不正常的，而是一滴一滴地向外滴水。顯然，這幅圖片旨在提醒人們水資源缺乏，并號(hào)召人們采取措施節(jié)約用水。
節(jié)約用水對(duì)地球上的每個(gè)人都十分重要。首先，淡水是一種稀缺資源。據(jù)統(tǒng)計(jì)，地球上的淡水資源不到總水量的1％，而且其中絕大部分位于冰山或極深的地下，意味著很難真正被人們利用。其次，水資源對(duì)人們的健康至關(guān)重要。一個(gè)正常的成人每天大約需要2.5到4升的水。第三，水對(duì)于農(nóng)業(yè)和工業(yè)發(fā)展也極其重要。農(nóng)業(yè)和工業(yè)為人類的生活提供食物和其他所需的各種物品。
總而言之，水資源稀少，對(duì)人們的生活又極其重要。因此，每個(gè)人都要采取行動(dòng)節(jié)約用水。
范文點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. 開(kāi)篇簡(jiǎn)要描述圖片的內(nèi)容。
2. 自然過(guò)渡，逐漸讓讀者注意到文章話題——水資源缺乏。
3. 首段末句明確表達(dá)圖片的意圖：呼吁人們節(jié)約用水。
4. 分三個(gè)層次論證了自己的觀點(diǎn)，論據(jù)充分，論證有力。
5. 援引數(shù)字證據(jù)，有說(shuō)服力，同時(shí)也體現(xiàn)了論證方法的多樣性。
6. 末段總結(jié)全文，重申觀點(diǎn)，再次喚起人們節(jié)約用水的意識(shí)。
要點(diǎn)用法
observe v. 觀察；觀測(cè)
faucet n. 水龍頭
remind of 提醒，使想起
call for 要求，呼吁
scarce adj. 缺乏的；稀少的
aquifer n. 地下蓄水層；砂石含水層
accessible adj. 易使用的；易得到的
consumption n. 消費(fèi)
take action 采取行動(dòng)
句法點(diǎn)評(píng)
1. From the picture given above, we can observe that there are many containers under the tap, waiting to be filled with water.
首句采用了there be句型描述靜態(tài)圖畫，這是看圖作文中的常用句式，類似的表達(dá)方法還有：What we can see from the picture above is that there is/are ....此外，waiting to be filled with water為現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。
2. According to the statistics, less than 1% of all water on the earth is fresh water, and of that 1%, most is in ice caps or in deep aquifers, which means it is not really accessible for consumption.
這句話中包含了一個(gè)關(guān)系代詞which引導(dǎo)的非限制性定語(yǔ)從句。
