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) give an example/examples.

　　范文：

　　From the above drawing, we find a man lying satisfactorily on a pile of money which symbolizes his parents’ legacy. Obviously, he can easily afford luxurious cars and grand mansions. Moreover, he is exempt from any work since he thinks his money can never be exhausted.

　　In fact, the huge inheritance does not do him any good, but tends to undermine his vigor and passion for life. There are two reasons for this. The first and perhaps most important is that the essence of life, to most individuals, is that one struggles for independent survival. But this man is furnished with material abundance and life becomes meaningless and disoriented. The other reason is very serious from a practical point of view. A lot of people who inherit great wealth indulge in alcohol and smoking, sometimes even drug addiction. It owes to their lack of holistic outlook of life and that may destroy them physically and mentally.

　　Therefore, people should be aware that the best gift to children is not money, but an independent personality. This can be best exemplified by the world’s wealthiest person, Bill Gates, who has declared that he would donate most of his fortune to charity causes instead of his children. It is an admirable and wise decision that is worth being followed by all.

　　譯文：

　　從上圖中，我們看到一個(gè)男人滿意地躺在一打錢上，這些錢象征了他父母的遺產(chǎn)。很顯然對(duì)他來說購買名車和豪宅是非常容易的事情。此外，他也不讓自己做任何的工作，因?yàn)樗�認(rèn)為根本花不完父母的錢。

　　實(shí)際上，這么大筆的遺產(chǎn)對(duì)他不僅沒有什么好處，反而會(huì)損害他的活力和對(duì)生活的激情。原因有如下兩點(diǎn)。第一個(gè)也是比較重要的一個(gè)原因就是對(duì)于大多數(shù)人來說，生活的本質(zhì)就在于一個(gè)人要為獨(dú)立生存而奮斗。但是這個(gè)人物質(zhì)上非常豐富，生活對(duì)于他來說已經(jīng)失去了意義和方向。另一個(gè)原因從實(shí)踐角度看來是更加嚴(yán)重的。那些繼承了大筆遺產(chǎn)的人通常都酗酒、抽煙，甚至吸毒。這是因?yàn)樗麄儧]有整體的生活觀，而這些壞習(xí)慣會(huì)從身體到精神上損害他們的健康。

　　因此，人們應(yīng)該意識(shí)到給孩子們最好的禮物不是錢，而是獨(dú)立的人格。在此一個(gè)最佳例子就是全球首富比爾.蓋茨，他宣布將把大部分財(cái)產(chǎn)捐獻(xiàn)給慈善事業(yè)而不是他的孩子們。這是一個(gè)非常令人欽佩的明智之舉，值得所有的人效仿。

　　閃光詞匯及詞組：

　　legacy: n. 遺產(chǎn)，遺贈(zèng)

　　mansion: n. 大廈，大房子

　　exempt: adj. 被免除的

　　inheritance: n. 遺傳，遺產(chǎn)

　　vigor: n. 精力，活力

　　passion: n. 激情，熱情

　　abundance: n. 豐富，豐裕

　　disoriented: adj. 分不清方向或目標(biāo)的，無判斷力的

　　inherit: v. 繼承

　　admirable: adj. 令人欽佩的，值得贊美的，極好的

　　worth: adj. 值得的

　　萬能句型：

　　From the above drawing, we find…

　　There are two reasons for this. The first and perhaps most important is that…The other reason is very … from a … point of view.

　　Therefore, people should be aware that…

　　This can be best exemplified by…