公共英語三級寫作模擬試題

　　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 then

　　3) state your point of view.

　　You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

　　范文：

　　Basically, what we see in this cartoon is a woman pushing six floors of baby cradles on an urban street against the background of two skyscrapers. The piled-up cradles interestingly echo the huge buildings with tens of floors: the cradles are occupied by babies while we can imagine those buildings are filled with crowds of adults.

　　We can deduce from this picture that the artist is trying to attract our attention to the present exploding world population. The striking point is that while the population growth is almost out of control, the space for humans to live is increasingly circumscribed. As a result, owning a house, which was very ordinary centuries ago, becomes a luxury nowadays because only wealthy people can afford the rocketing price of land. In contrast, common households have to cram into small apartments inside large buildings that are alignned close to each other.

　　The simple picture is a wake-up call for the whole human race. While we strive for better living standards, the overgrowing population tend offsets our efforts by demanding more living space and resources. Hence, mankind should cooperate worldwide to control population by effective measures, in order to secure the prosperity of our future on this planet.

　　譯文：

　　我們在這幅漫畫中看到一個女人推著有六層嬰兒搖籃的推車在一條城市的大街上走著，背景是兩座摩天大樓。有趣的是，疊起來的搖籃與那些有著幾十層樓的大廈相呼應(yīng)，搖籃里面躺著許多嬰兒，而同時我們可以想象大樓里面擠滿了成年人。

　　我們可以從畫中推論作畫者的意圖在于使人們更加關(guān)注目前世界人口的爆炸性增長。其中令人注意的一點(diǎn)是，隨著人口增長的失控，人類的生存空間也更加受到了限制。因此，雖然擁有一座房子在幾個世紀(jì)以前是非常普遍的現(xiàn)象，但是現(xiàn)在由于地價昂貴，價格飛漲的房子變成了有錢人才買得起的奢侈品。相反，普通家庭擠進(jìn)大樓的小套公寓中，這些大樓也都是一幢緊挨著另一幢。

　　這幅簡單的圖畫給人類敲響了警鐘。雖然我們努力地提高生活水平，但是過度增長的人口對于空間和資源的需求卻抵消了我們的努力。因此，人類應(yīng)該進(jìn)行全球范圍內(nèi)的合作，通過有效的措施來控制人口，從而保證我們在這個星球上的美好未來。

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　cradle: n. 搖籃

　　skyscraper: n. 摩天大樓

　　piled-up: adj. 疊起來的

　　explode: v. 爆炸

　　circumscribe: v. 限制

　　luxury: n. 奢侈品

　　rocket: v. 飛速上升

　　household: n. 家庭

　　cram: v. 把...裝滿, 使充塞

　　living standard: 生活水平

　　offset: v. 抵消

　　secure: v. 保障，保護(hù)

　　prosperity: n. 繁榮

　　planet: n. 行星

　　萬能句型：

　　Basically, what we see in this cartoon is…

　　We can deduce from this picture that the artist is trying to attract our attention to…

　　The simple picture is a wake-up call for the whole human race.