2002年英语真题作文
Directions:
Study the following picture carefully and write an essay entitled “Cultures—National and International”. In the essay you should;
1. describe the picture and interpret its meaning, and
2. give your comment on the phenomenon
You should write about 200 words neatly on ANSWER SHEET 2.（20 points）
[审题解题]
2002年考察的也是图画文凭，但却是第一次使用照。照上是一个穿着我国传统服务的美国少女，下面有一行注释。文章给出了题目。提纲包括两点，一是描述图片并解释含义，二是对此现象作出评论。文章可以分为三段来写，首段简要地描述照片，次段阐释其含义，末段给出评论。
[核心词汇]
at first sight of 第一次见到
brighten my eyes 使我眼睛一亮
beam with a smile 微笑
an unexpected and yet harmonious design 一种出乎意料却又和谐的设计
convey 蕴涵
a deep and soul-stirring meaning 深刻又振奋人心的意味
when it comes to 当谈及…
cultural blending 文化融合
[点石成金] Cultures—National and International
At first sight of the picture, my eyes are brightened by the pretty girl, beaming with a smile. She is a typical American girl, but she is dressed in our traditional Chinese costume.
Through such an unexpected and yet harmonious design, the picture conveys a deep and soul-stirring meaning. The girl stands for two different cultures—western ture, which symbolizes the harmonious blending of the two cultures. And thus the picture assumes a kind of peaceful and inspiring beauty.
When it comes to cultural blending, we should attach importance to two factors. On the one hand, with economic globalization, the blending of different cultures has become a necessary trend of the times. Furthermore, the fact that all cultures are both open to and infiltrating into each other lays down the foundation for cultural blending. On the other hand, maintaining and vitalizing national cultures are most important in cultural blending—what have been and will always be most appealing to foreigners are the unique characteristics of national cultures. Only on this basis can we achieve efficient cross-cultural communication and promote world peace and prosperity.
[黄金模板]
At first sight of the picture, my eye are brightened by…
Through such an unexpected and yet harmonius design, the picture conveys a deep and soul-stirring meaning… And thus the picture assumes…
…ON the one hand, …ON the other hand, …
[结构点评]
文章分为三段，实际上是把提纲的第一点分成两段来写。首段的描述非常简练，次段采用总—分—总的结构:首句是段中的主题句，而且分两句来说。段中的第二句说这个女孩代表了两种不同的文化，第三句说她的笑是整幅画中必不可少的笔法，象征着两种文化的和谐融合。
第三段是对文化融合这一现象的评论，从两个方面来说。第一点是时代的潮流。第二点是说这一过程中保持和振兴各族文化是非常重要的——各个文化的独特之处才是最吸引外国朋友的。最后做结。
[妙笔生花]
第二段第二句的stand for 表示“代表”。第三句的touch、symbolize和harmonious blending 分别表示“笔法”、“象征着”和“和谐融合”。第四句的assume和inspiring分别表示“呈现、具有”和“激励人心的”。
第三段第二句中的economic globalization和trend of the times分别表示“经济全球化”和“时代潮流”。第三句中的open to、infiltrating into和lays down the foundation for分别表示“对…开放”、“渗透入”和“为…打下基础”。第四句中使用了破折号进行补充说明，前面的maintain和vitalize分别表示“保持”和“振兴”，破折号之后的appealing和unique分别表示“吸引人的”和“独特的”。末句以unique开头的倒装句结尾，句中的cross-cultural communication和promote world peace and prosperity分别表示“跨文化交际”和“促进世界和平和繁荣”。