2018年P(guān)ETS3寫作范文：珍惜你所擁有的
PETS3寫作范文
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.
范文：
In the picture, a man is holding a huge bag which contains those he possesses. Meanwhile, a woman, probably his wife, is scolding him for abandoning another small bag, which symbolizes those he is not able to attain.
The woman is quite representative of most of people, who tend to care too much about what they have lost, while ignoring what they have gained. For instance, most individuals realize the importance of health only when they get diseases, while in ordinary days they seldom cherish health. Another example would be those corrupted officials who fear losing any opportunity to make a fortune yet forgetting their own advantages. Napoleon’s failure is a more serious lesson in this case, because he refused to remain content of ruling such a strong country like France but craved for the whole world.
As a Chinese saying goes, people can be happy if they constantly feel content. Life would be miserable and stressful if we always focus on the stuff that we lose or that is beyond our reach. If we carefully examine what we already have—health, job, love, parents—we will surely come to realize how fortunate we actually are.
譯文：
圖中描繪了一個(gè)男人心滿意足地抱著一個(gè)巨大的袋子，里面裝著他已經(jīng)得到的東西。同時(shí)，一個(gè)看起來可能是他妻子的女人正在責(zé)罵他丟棄了一個(gè)小包，這個(gè)包象征著他不能得到的東西。
女人代表著大多數(shù)人，他們總是關(guān)心自己失去的東西，而忽略了他們已經(jīng)得到的。例如，大多數(shù)人只有在生病的時(shí)候才意識到健康的重要性，而在平時(shí)他們很少珍惜健康。另一個(gè)例子是那些生怕失去任何一個(gè)發(fā)財(cái)機(jī)會的貪官，但他們卻忘了他們已有的很多優(yōu)勢。此外，拿破侖的失敗是這方面一個(gè)更加嚴(yán)重的教訓(xùn)，因?yàn)樗粷M于統(tǒng)治一個(gè)強(qiáng)大的法國，而是覬覦統(tǒng)治整個(gè)世界。
中國古語有云，知足者常樂。如果我們太在乎所失去的或者得不到的東西，那么生活就會變得很悲慘而且壓力也非常大。相反，如果我們仔細(xì)審視自己已經(jīng)擁有的東西——健康、工作、愛、父母——我們一定能夠意識到我們有多么幸運(yùn)。
閃光詞匯及詞組：
scold: v. 責(zé)罵，斥責(zé)
cherish: v. 珍惜
make a fortune: 發(fā)財(cái)
crave: v. 懇求，渴望
stressful: adj. 產(chǎn)生壓力的
fortunate: adj. 幸運(yùn)的
萬能句型：
The woman is quite representative of most of people, who tend to…
Another example would be…
…is a more serious lesson in this case…
As a Chinese saying goes, people can be happy if they constantly feel content.
