Question

Alex is a very special boy who really likes trees. He always feels completely at home in nature and loves going camping in the forest. Alex has a little sister called Julia, who likes playing with dolls. Julia also likes being outdoors, and most of all, she loves going on trips to the snowy mountains with her parents.

One day, their parents decided to take them on holiday and let them choose between camping in the forest and going skiing in the snow. Alex quickly shouted out, “Camping in the forest!” while Julia cried, “Snow! Snow! Snow!” Julia added that the year before they had gone camping and hadn’t gone skiing.

So Alex’s mum and dad asked him, “What do you think is the fairest thing to do?” And Alex shouted, “Camping! Camping! Camping!” His parents insisted he think more about it. This made Alex a little unhappy.

Hearing this, Julia said to her brother, “Alex, we could go to the mountains to see the snow, but make sure it’s somewhere with a forest. What about that?”

The idea seemed good for Alex and he understood that he had to make compromises to get what he had wanted. And in the end, the whole family went to a spot in the mountains where there was a forest.

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括阅读材料的主要内容；

2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你对“分歧中学会妥协”的看法，内容包括：

(1) 与他人发生分歧时为什么需要妥协；

(2) 什么情况下与他人发生分歧时不能妥协；

(3) 介绍一次你或你的同学与他人发生分歧时的经历，以及你由此得出的感悟。

【写作要求】

1. 作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Answer 1

One possible version:

Faced with two choices: camping in the forest or going skiing in the snow, Alex did not insist on his wish stubbornly but decided on the win-win compromise: going to the mountains with a forest.

Compromise is a basic process in which both parties give up something that they want in order to get something else they want more. In Alex and Julia’s situation, neither of them could get all of what they really want if they would insist on their own wish. In the end, they both gave up something unimportant and reached an agreement that was acceptable to both.

Therefore, in most cases, compromise is the best way for people to work out their differences. When people compromise, with each side losing a little in order to reach a satisfactory agreement, both sides can continue to live in harmony. However, compromise can work only when the issues under discussion are not that important. Compromise does not work when there is an actual difference from strongly held principles or ideas.

I once wanted something very cool in a souvenir shop, but my mother refused to pay for me because she thought it cost too much for a student. Finally, I decided on a much less expensive one and promised to work hard at my subjects, and my mother gave me the money for it. Life is always full of disagreements, and sometimes we should learn to compromise to get through them.

【解析】这是一篇关于“Compromise”观点阐述类写作。这篇文章第一段简要概述了材料的内容，insist on 固定搭配，“坚持做某事”，win-win 译为“双赢”。第二段第一句就阐述了妥协的定义，观点清晰，运用了in which定语从句以及in order to引导的目的状语，reached an agreement 译为“达成一致”，也可用come to an agreement.；第三段写了妥协的重要性以及达成妥协的条件，开头therefore ，意思为“因此”，相当于so ，连接上下两段 ；第二句时间状语从句中有个with 引导的伴随状语；将几句话合为一句，简练不累赘；in harmony 意思为“和谐地”；However 表转折“然而”。第四段引用自己的经历来强调妥协的作用，点题。give sb sth 或者是 give sth to sb ，都可表达“给某人某物”， bring , pass 等词用法相同；be full of 与 be filled with 都译为“充满…..”; get through 原意为“穿过，通过”，这里相当于 solve ，“解决，完成”。总结：写作时要注意不要一味地将简单句堆砌起来，会显得累赘死板，要熟练运用各种从句，独立主格等结构；同时注意句与句，段与段之间的逻辑关系，是顺承还是转折等，选择相应的连词，使句子更加流畅；最后要看清题目要求，要包括哪些内容等。

【考点】材料性作文写作。