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.

　　人與自然

　　范文：

　　The picture depicts a scene in which residents of Earth all try their best to obtain water from outer space. Crowds of people are crammed in the one window, stretching their hands outwards with bowls to catch one or two drops of rain. Further examination reveals that the window actually is dramatized as the window of Earth.

　　Apparently, the picture symbolizes that humans, with such a huge population, may one day suffer from the exhaustion of resources. Take water for example. Water is indispensable. We find that the unbalanced distribution of the resource poses a difficult problem to the rapidly increasing human population as how to maximize the value of water. To make it worse, pollutions from industrial production transform many clean rivers into undrinkable water.

　　If the tendendy of population boom and shortage of resources is not properly controlled, we have every reason to hold a pessimistic perspective towards human’s future on Earth. Perhaps eventually we would face the situation suggested by the picture, that is, relying on the limited resources from outer space. Accordingly, I strongly recommend that the whole globe launch aggressive programs to address this serious problem.

　　譯文：

　　這幅圖描繪了地球上的居民們都努力要從外太空接水的場景。該圖的藝術(shù)手法充滿了反諷意味。人們擠在僅有的一個窗口，努力伸出手用碗來接到一兩滴的水。通過進(jìn)一步的觀察我們可以發(fā)現(xiàn)這個窗戶實(shí)際上是一個地球之窗。

　　很顯然這幅圖象征了擁有如此龐大人口的人類可能有一天要受資源枯竭之苦。以水資源為例。水在人類日常生活中是不可缺少的。盡管淡水的總量十分豐富，我們發(fā)現(xiàn)水資源的分布不均給迅速增長的人口帶來了如何最大化地利用水資源的難題。更糟的是，工業(yè)生產(chǎn)導(dǎo)致的污染使得許多清潔河流都變得不能飲用。

　　如果人口增長和資源匱乏的矛盾得不到有效的控制，我們有理由對人類在地球上的前景持悲觀態(tài)度。我們很可能最終要面臨圖中描繪的那種情況，即向外太空要資源。因此，我強(qiáng)烈地建議全球都要針對這個嚴(yán)重的問題采取積極的措施。

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　suffer from: 忍受，遭受

　　indispensable: adj. 不可缺少的，不可避免的

　　unbalanced: adj. 不平衡的，不均衡的

　　maximize: v. 最大化

　　undrinkable: adj. 不能喝的，不能飲用的

　　shortage: n. 不足，缺乏

　　eventually: adv. 最后，終于

　　aggressive program: 積極的措施

　　萬能句型：

　　The picture depicts a scene in which…

　　Further examination reveals that…

　　Apparently, the picture symbolizes that…

　　To make it worse…

　　If … we have every reason to hold a pessimistic perspective towards…