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【题目】书面表达

请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Wishing Away

Have you ever noticed how people always want to be something they’re not?

Tall want to be short, young long to age, single dream of marriage, and no matter what body shape, everyone wants to lose at least another five pounds.

It’s almost like a natural preoccupation (天性), this wishing away of our lives.

Think about it. When was the last time you heard someone say, “I am totally satisfied with myself and my life. I couldn’t ask for anything more.”

It just doesn’t happen. So, I have this idea to create a virtual reality machine that would allow people to actually experience the life of their dreams. For instance, for all the women who live with the unanswered hope that their husband will one day wait at the back door with a dozen roses and a cool bottle of Dom Perignon... the opportunity to live with Prince Charming.

Or, for sports fans, how about the chance to score the winning goal, kick the overtime fieldgoal, drive the victory lap, or hit that “must-win” two pointer at the buzzer? Music fans might choose to jump onstage and perform with their favorite rock band or conduct a full orchestral symphony.

The possibilities are endless.

But I wonder about the down side to such an invention. Would experiencing the dreams of a lifetime really make us better people? I'm not sure of that answer, or of the true possibility of such an invention.

But what I am sure of is that perfection is often over-evaluated.

[写作内容]

1．用约30个单词写出上文概要；

2．用约120个单词发表你的观点，内容包括：

(1) 陈述你对上文的观点；

(2) 用2～3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。

[写作要求]

1. 发表观点时必须提供理由或论据；

2. 阐述观点或提供论据或叙述经历时,不能直接引用原文语句；

3. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

4. 不必写标题。

[评分标准]

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

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【答案】

People tend to be dissatisfied with their present state and wish to be what they aren’t. In their eyes, true happiness lies in the imaginary dream life different from the present one.

It is a pity that nowadays so many people don’t value what they possess. The imaginary life will not necessarily bring them contentment even if it comes true some day, because it will end up with another round of wishing to be something else. Besides, some people’s dreams are too high to be realized. What’s worse, some people struggle to get away from their original life, only to find that they have made a wrong decision.

As the proverb goes, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bushes.” What we should focus on is to cherish what we have and pursue what we truly need so that we can make our life meaningful and fruitful.

【解析】

试题分析：文章用英语呈现，这就对考生提出了更高要求。首先要理解本文，然后用30词缩写文章，这时找出文章主题和各段主题句对此很有帮助。另外，还要对所概括内容发表自己观点，并写出2-3个论据。因此，需要写成议论文，并为自己的论点提供好论据，可以旁征博引，运用谚语来帮你解决文章论据不足的问题。最后得出结论，对此观点的最终结论。

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