二.经典范文赏析
Cultures-National and International
At first sight of the picture, my eyes are brightened by the pretty girl, beaming with a simile on her face. She is a typical American girl, but she is dresses in our traditional Chinese costume. It seems that the girl is very proud of the Chinese costume.
It goes without saying that the picture indicates that a culture of one nation may become international, which is beneficial to all human beings. Actually the girl stands for two different cultures-western and eastern cultures. Her charming smile is the essential touch of the whole picture, which symbolizes the harmonious blending of the two cultures. With economic globalization, the blending of different cultures has become a necessary trend of the times. On one hand, a large number of people from different countries have been pouring into China. On the other hand, Chinese people are also exposed to different foreign cultures when they go abroad or when more foreign people come to China. In this way, people from various nations in the world will be able to acquire better understanding of each other.
As far as I am concerned, I think this phenomenon is good to all of us. It is an effective way to achieve efficient cross-cultural communication and promote world peace and prosperity.
译文
看到这张照片的第一眼，我就被这个面带微笑的漂亮女孩吸引了。很明显她是一个美国女孩，但她却穿着传统的中国服饰。看上去她对于她穿的中国服饰非常的自豪。
勿容置疑这张照片揭示了这样一个道理，民族的可以变成世界的，这对人类的发展是有益的。事实上这个女孩代表了两种文化——西方和东方文化。她充满魅力的微笑是整张照片的核心，代表着两种文化的和谐相融。随着经济全球化，不同文化的融合已经成为一个趋势。一方面，很多外国人涌到了中国，另一方面，更多的中国人也可以自己出国或与来中国的外国人有更多的接触。这样，世界各地的人们就可以更好地相互了解。
我个人认为，这一现象对大家都好。这是进行跨文化交流和促进世界和平和繁荣的一种非常有效的方法。
黄金句型
At first sight of the picture, my eyes are brightened by...
看到这张照片的第一眼，我就被……吸引了。
It seems that...
看起来……
It goes without saying that the picture indicates that...
勿容置疑这张照片揭示了……
With economic globalization, the blending of different cultures has become a necessary trend of the times.
随着经济全球化，不同文化的融合已经成为一个趋势。
On one hand... on the other hand...
一方面……，另一方面……
As far as I am concerned, I think...
我个人认为……
It is an effective way to achieve efficient cross-cultural communication and promote world peace and prosperity.
这是进行跨文化交流和促进世界和平和繁荣的一种非常有效的方法。
剖析2001年真题
一.2001年真题解说
Directions:
Among all the worthy feelings of mankind, love is probably the noblest, but everyone has his/her own understanding of it. There has been a discussion recently on the issue in a newspaper. Write an essay to the newspaper to
1) show your understanding of the symbolic meaning of the picture below,
2) give a specific example, and
3) give your suggestion as to the best way to show love. You should write about 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2. (20 points)
2001年考研作文经历了一次重大的变革——文章要求有所改动：字数增多，由原来的150字增到200字，也就是说180字以下的文章要扣分。同时写作部分的分值也由15分提高到20分，充分体现了写作在考研英语测试中的重要地位。
本文中的图画非常简单，结合提示考生很容易理解其含义，但这张图片的意义却很深远：油灯上面的火焰是一个孩子的微笑，在黑暗中发出明亮的光芒，上面还有一句提示语“爱心是一盏灯，在越黑暗的地方越明亮。”这句话的理解关系到对整篇文章中心思想的正确理解。这句话的前半句是个比喻，后半句是一个越……越……的结构，考生应该深刻领会爱心的重要作用。本文中的提纲有三点，一是写出对于图画象征意义的理解，二是举出一个具体的事例，三是就献爱心的最好办法给出建议。另外这道题目中增加了情景语言，即：包括情景说明，提纲说明，以及图画。降低了题目的难度，考生可以结合提纲式作文、规定情景作文和图画作文的写作特点完成本文的写作。但要注意一个重要原则：英语情景说明语句，不可直接照搬，需要进行改动。尽量应用同义，近义词，相关表达，不同句式改造。例如worthy 可以替换为valuable，feelings 可以替换为 emotions，mankind 可以替换为 human being，noblest可以替换为greatest等。我们可分三段来完成本文。在第一段中不仅应描述图画，还应描述上面的那句话。在第二段中，应举一个能与图画所表达的道理相匹配的典型事例。这样的事例很多，考生可以结合自己的经历列举，如希望工程、抗洪捐款等等，也可以列举具体人物。最后一段中，考生可以提出自己的建议，这一部分难度不高，考生可以套用一些模版句型。
二.经典范文赏析
In the picture presented to us, an oil lamp gives out bright flame against the dark background. The flame is like a childs smile, so innocent and pure. The oil lamp here is a symbol of love, which is the greatest among all the valuable emotions of human being. Just as the Chinese characters around the lamp say, love is a lamp; the darker the room is, the brighter it looks. It is true that the harder the situation is, the more valuable love is.
