題目：Income Sources of College Students

寫作要求

According to an investigation, half of the income of American students comes from their parents, ?fteen percent comes from scholarships and the rest from part-time jobs; while ninety percent of Chinese students’ income comes from their parents. What do you think of the result of this investigation?

Write on Answer Sheet Two a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

Income Sources of College Students

You are to write in three parts.

In the ?rst part, state speci? cally what your idea is.

In the second part, provide reasons to support your opinion OR describe your idea.

In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

審題思路

本題是一道個(gè)人觀點(diǎn)表達(dá)型的題目，表述自己對(duì)中美大學(xué)生收入來(lái)源差異的看法，可以從以下幾方面著手 ：

思路1：可以寫導(dǎo)致這種現(xiàn)象出現(xiàn)的原因；

思路2 ：可以寫這種差異將來(lái)會(huì)不會(huì)發(fā)生變化 ，變化的原因是什么 ；

思路3 ：也可以寫這種差異反映了什么樣的問題 ；

思路4 ：還可以寫通過什么措施來(lái)消除這種差異。

范文賞析

Income Sources of College Students

According to the investigation, Chinese students rely much more on their parents for financial support than their American counterparts . As far as I’m concerned, there are many reasons behind the gap and it will change in the future.

引言部分：作者先概述了題目給出的內(nèi)容，這點(diǎn)很重要，如果只是簡(jiǎn)單復(fù)述，會(huì)留下文字駕馭能力不足的印象。接著明確說明下文要寫的內(nèi)容：原因和未來(lái)的趨勢(shì) 。

In my opinion, the main reason lies in? the sense of independence. American students are taught to be independent when they are very young. For example, they will have to earn their own pocket money? by helping with the house? chores or doing part-time jobs since their childhood. On the contrary, Chinese students are taken such good are of that it is very difficult for them to live on eir own. In other words, American parents treat their children in college as responsible adults while Chinese parents will take it for granted that they should help their children in all ways as long as the children need it. As a result, Chinese American peers do. What’s more, Chinese students have fewer opportunities to find part-time jobs.

主體部分：作者重點(diǎn)給出了一個(gè)獨(dú)立性差異的原因，并進(jìn)而引申說明父母觀點(diǎn)的差異導(dǎo)致了孩子獨(dú)立性的差異，這里除了運(yùn)用對(duì)比以外還通過舉例證明自己的觀點(diǎn)。除此以外，作者另外說明中國(guó)學(xué)生找兼職的機(jī)會(huì)少，這也是造成這一差異的原因。

However, the gap will narrow gradually in the future. Nowadays more and more Chinese students are seeking part-time jobs as they’re eager to acquire some social skills and earn some money, which will help them to do more in school and to live independently. As to the American students, I think the sources of American students’ income will remain the same.

總結(jié)部分：這個(gè)結(jié)尾是屬于預(yù)測(cè)性的，認(rèn)為這種差異會(huì)慢慢縮小，并給出了原因。

亮點(diǎn)回放

1.? rely: “依靠”，常用搭配為rely on sb. for sth. ，近義詞為depend on sb. for sth.。

2.? financial support: “財(cái)務(wù)支持” ；這里用的是一個(gè)比較正式的說法 ，非正式 的說法其實(shí)就是money 。

3. counterpart :“對(duì)手 、職位（地 位 ）相當(dāng)?shù)娜?”；這是個(gè)正式用詞，其實(shí)就是指American students。

4. behind the gap: “在這差異背后”；實(shí)際上在這里這個(gè)詞組是“解釋這個(gè)差異”的意思。

5. lie in: “在于”；也可以用consist in來(lái)代替 。

6. pocket money:? “零花錢”；此處也可以用allowance來(lái)代替 。

7. house chores: “家務(wù)活” ；也可以用family chores來(lái)代替 。

8. in other words: “換句話說” ，在這里其實(shí)起到了一個(gè)遞進(jìn)的作用 。

9. take it for granted: “想當(dāng)然認(rèn)為……” ；該詞組 中的it是形式賓語(yǔ) ，詞組后面要接that從句 ，或者直接將賓語(yǔ)放在 中間 ，變成take ... for granted。

10. peer : “同輩” ；此處和上文 的counterpart為近義詞 ，本文對(duì) 同一概念的詞使用了不 同的表達(dá)方式 ，體現(xiàn)了作者 良好 的詞匯駕馭能力 。

11. narrow: “變窄、縮短”常用作形容詞 ，此處作動(dòng)詞用 ，常用搭配有? “narrow the gap”等。

12. acquire: “獲得 、獲取” ；通常搭配knowledge ，skill ，wealth ，information等 。