Question

【题目】请阅读下面文字及图表，并按要求用英语写一篇150个词左右的英语短文。

You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet, but you just can’t bring yourself to do it. Maybe it can wait a little longer? Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough? You know the feeling.

According to Professor Piers Steel, of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary, 95% of people postpone important tasks at some point. But for some, procrastination (拖延症) isn’t occasional, but constant. Professor Joseph Ferrari, of DePaul University Chicago, found that 20% of the population of the world are habitual procrastinators. Sadly, delaying our duties isn’t very good for us. As the poet Edward Young wrote: “Procrastination is the thief of time”.

【写作内容】

1. 用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；

2. 结合上述信息，简要分析“拖延症”产生的原因及危害；

3. 根据你的分析，就如何克服“拖延症”谈谈你的看法（不少于两点）。

【写作要求】

1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

Answer 1

【答案】

The two selections presented above clearly reveal that almost everyone is held down by procrastination to some degree. In addition, people suffering from deep procrastination tend to experience more pain.

Many factors may be responsible for procrastination. To begin with, the task people are involved in seems too difficult to complete. Besides, due to an overconfidence in their abilities, people often fail to manage their time efficiently. Moreover, an individual may also choose to procrastinate because the job is not challenging enough. Procrastination has negative effects on our life, such as causing stress and anxiety, leading to health problem, impeding our ability to achieve our goal and so on.

So it’s absolutely necessary for us to take action to beat it. Firstly, we can write down our tasks in a visible place with their due dates. Additionally, we can tell our family or friends about our goal because they will motivate us along the way. Last but not least, reward ourselves for a job well done.

【解析】

试题分析：根据要求文章可分三段写：第一段要概述所给文章的内容，注意在30个单词左右，不要太多也不要太少；第二段分析“拖延症”产生的原因及危害；第三段就如何克服“拖延症”谈谈你的看法，注意不要少于两点。

【亮点说明】本文是一篇根据文字与图表要求所写的英语短文。采用三段式，语言流畅，内容齐全，布局合理，文中使用高级句子。an individual may also choose to procrastinate because the job is not challenging enough.句中使用原因状语从句；另外，In addition，To begin with，Besides，Moreover，Firstly，Additionally，Last but not least的运用为文章增色添彩。