20##年英语四级写作经典范文及点评：不劳就无获
Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: No pains,no gains You should write at least120 words following the outline below in Chinese.
1. 为什么说“不劳就无获”
2. 试举例说明
No pains, no gains
Nearly every civilization has its own equivalent to the proverb “ No pains, no gains.” It means that nothing can be gained without painstaking efforts and that no knowledge or skill can be acquired without sweat or toil.
You don’t have to look very far too prove the truth of the proverb. Darwin’s great discovery was not the work of a moment but was preceded by years of patient, arduous observation. Mozart was not an accomplished pianist at the age of eight as the result of watching countless hours of TV. Nor did Edison make himself the greatest inventor in the modern world by spending his spare time on going to parties or bars. His words “Genius is 99 percent perspiration and one percent inspiration ,reveals the secret of thousands of successful men and women. All accomplishments and success come from sustained endeavor.
Although it is an old saying,“ no pains no gains” has its profound and realistic significance in our college studies. To acquire knowledge in a particular field and to attain any academic goals, great exertion and persistent effort are undoubtedly required because we all know that “No pains, no gains.”
依靠自己
Depend on Yourself
“Depend on yourself” is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these people only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. Many of them were very poor in childhood, and had no uncles, aunts or friends to help them. Schools were few and not very good. They could not depend on them for education. They saw how it was, and set to work with their strength to know something.① They worked their own way till they became well-known.② One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
Some young men don’t try their best to make themselves valuable to human beings. They can not gain achievements unless they see their weakness and change their course. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of their parents and teachers, and depend on their own efforts.
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行文点评
我们应该依靠自己，他人只能帮助我们帮助自己。这是文章的主旨，也是第一段中的主要意思。第二段开始从正面举例说明历史上的伟大人物是怎样依靠自己的力量获得最后成功的。最后一段从反面举例，谈到现在有些年轻人不努力使自己成为对人类有益的人，并给出自己的建议，与题目和文章开头呼应。
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依靠自己
“依靠自己”是自然告诉每个人的。父母可以帮助你。老师可以帮助你。其他人也可以帮助你。但是所有这些人都只能帮你帮助你自己。
历史上有许多伟人。其中很多伟人小时候都非常贫穷，他们没有叔叔、姑姑或朋友帮助他们。学校数量少，质量差。他们也无法依靠学校接受教育。他们认识到这一情况，然后就开始自己努力去学习。他们排除万难直到最后成功。英国最为著名的一位教师曾经这样告诉他的学生：“我无法使你出人头地，但我可以帮助你做好你自己”。
有些年轻人不努力使自己成为对人类有益的人。他们不会取得任何成就，除非他们能够认识到自己的弱点，改变自己的方向。他们现在一无所成，而且终其一生都会一无所成，除非他们能够接受父母、老师的建议，开始依靠自己的努力。
词汇斟酌
?worthy n. 杰出人物, 知名人士
?achievement n. 成就，功绩
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①【注释】set to work开始工作，着手工作
【临摹】It’s high time we set to work if we want to finish the task today. 如果我们想今天完成任务，现在得开始工作了。
②【注释】work one’s way排除困难前进
【临摹】It takes years to work your way through the examination system until you gain a degree.你需要花上几年时间努力通过全部考试才能取得学位。
思如泉涌
For many, life’s longest mile is the stretch from dependence to independence.对许多人来说，生命中最长的路程就是从依赖到自立之间的距离。
God helps those who help themselves.自助者天助之。
“今日事今日毕”，是一句自古流传下来的谚语，提醒并激励人们要珍惜时间。明日复明日，明日何其多。本文则从一个新的角度诠释了这句名言。
Never Put off until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today
We have been told that never put off until tomorrow what you can do today since childhood. However, there are still many people who like putting off the things that should do today until tomorrow.① They have no plans for their work and their time. As a result, they will not accomplish their goals in the end. For example, one Sunday I felt so tired after having a football match that I did not finish my homework even at night. I thought I could get up earlier to go to school the next morning so that I could finish my homework before class. But the next morning I was not able to get to school in time because of the traffic jam. I was punished by the teacher. It taught me a lesson. From then on I made a determination that I would never put off anything important until the next day. Please remember: Work today, for you don’t know how much you may be hindered tomorrow. Seize the present day，cherish every minute you have now and trust the tomorrow as little as possible.②
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行文点评
本文可分为三个部分，首尾部分相互呼应，是对中心论点的概括和总结，第二部分中，作者通过自己的亲身经历来说明拖延时间的糟糕后果。
本文短小精悍，首尾呼应，脉络清晰。以谚语作题目并在开篇重复题目，使主题更加突出鲜明。举例子是常用的说理方式，使得文章更加具体生动。文章结尾处连用两个祈使句不仅增强了语气，也升华了主题。
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今日事今日毕
我们从小就接受“今日事今日毕”的教育。然而许多人还是喜欢把今天的事情推迟到明天去做。他们从不计划安排工作和时间，结果导致他们最终无法完成他们的目标。例如，有一个星期日，我踢完足球比赛后感觉太累了，直到深夜也没完成家庭作业。我想第二天早点起来到学校，以便上课前完成作业。但是第二天，由于交通堵塞我没能及时赶到学校，我受到了老师的惩罚。这件事情给了我一个教训，从那时起，我就痛下决心绝不把重要的事情推迟到第二天去做。请记住：今天做吧，因为你无法预知明天又会有什么样的干扰。抓住今天，珍惜你现在拥有的每一分钟，尽可能少依赖明天。
词汇斟酌
?traffic jam 交通堵塞，堵车
?determination n. 决心，决定，确定
?hinder v. 阻碍，打扰
?cherish vt. 珍爱，珍视;怀抱(希望，想法，感情等)
佳句临摹
①【注释】put off 推迟，拖延
【临摹】She is such a workaholic that she even keeps putting off going to the dentist.她是个工作狂，甚至一直拖延着不去看牙病。
②【注释】排比句式，连用seize, cherish, trust三个动词表达强调的语气，并增加句式结构的美感。
【临摹】Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.读书足以怡情，足以博彩，足以长才。
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.读书时不可存心挑刺，不可尽信书上所言，不可只为寻找谈资，而应推敲细思。
思如泉涌
To save time is to lengthen life.节约时间就是延长生命。
We always have time enough, if we will but use it aright. 只要我们能善用时间，就永远不愁时间不够用。
Time flies. 光阴似箭，岁月如梭。
2013英语四级写作经典范文及点评：人生要自己创造
生活充满了考验和不可预知性。有些人在困难面前一蹶不振，怨天尤人，而有些人却能走出困境走向成功。我们究竟该怎样面对生活，该怎样把握自己?
Create Your Own Life
Sometimes things happen to you that may seem horrible, painful, and unfair at first, but upon reflection you find that without overcoming those obstacles you never would have realized your potential, strength, willpower, or heart.①
Illness, injury, lost moments of true greatness, and sheer stupidity all occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests, whatever they may be, life would be like a smoothly paved road to nowhere. It would be safe and comfortable, but dull and utterly pointless.
If someone hurts you, betrays you, or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart.②
Make every day count.③ Appreciate every moment and take from those moments everything that you possibly can for you may never be able to experience it again.
Talk to people that you have never talked to before, and listen to what they have to say. You can make anything you wish of your life.
Create your own life and then go out and live it with absolutely no regrets.
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行文点评
本文是一篇哲理性的小散文，整体内容可以分为两部分。前面三段，着重描写了生活中的考验以及这些考验对于我们的重要性。后面几段则向读者们提出了一些建议，呼吁人们珍惜生活，创造自己的生活，点明文章的主旨照应了题目。
本文用词考究，句式优美，长短句交错。复合句的使用使得文章更加赏心悦目，排比反复的修辞手法也为文章增色不少。
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人生要靠自己创造
有时候一些发生在你身上的事情起初看起来很可怕、很痛苦、很不公平，但是经过深思熟虑你会发现，如果没有克服过这些困难的话，你就永远不会意识到自己的潜力、力量、毅力和勇气。
疾病、伤害、真正伟大时刻的错失以及做了一些愚蠢至极的事情，所有这些事情的出现都是在考验你灵魂的极限。如果不经历这些小的考验，无论它们是什么，你的生活将会像一条通向碌碌无为的平坦之路。它也许是安全而舒适的，但也是枯燥和毫无意义的。
如果某些人伤害了你，背叛了你或者是刺痛了你的心，请原谅他们，因为是他们帮助你学会了什么叫信任，帮助你懂得要谨慎选择你要交心的人。
珍惜每一天。珍惜每一刻，并且带走每一刻所能得到的东西，因为你再也不可能重复这个过程了。
跟那些你从来没有说过话的人说话，并且倾听他们的话语。你可以做到任何你想做的事情。
创造自己的生活，然后走出去，去毫无遗憾地享受生活吧。
词汇斟酌
?reflection n. 反映，反射，深思，考虑
?potential a. 有潜力的，有潜能的;n. 潜力，潜能
?willpower n. 毅力，意志力
?sheer a. 纯粹的, 彻底的; ad. 完全，全然
?betray vt. 背叛，出卖，失信于
?cautious a. 谨慎的，小心的
佳句临摹
①【注释】upon reflection沉思，深思熟虑
【临摹】At first I thought it was a bad idea， but upon reflection I realized she was right.最初我认为那是个坏主意，但考虑之后我认识到她是对的。
②【注释】hurt, betray, break 三个动词的连续使用，构成了一个排比句式，加强了语气。
【临摹】We were in the midst of shock — but we acted. We acted quickly, boldly, decisively. 我们处在惊恐之中，但是我们采取了行动，迅速、大胆、坚定地采取了行动。
③【注释】count计算在内;认为有价值。
【临摹】Take careful aim and make every shot count.仔细瞄准而弹无虚发。
思如泉涌
Life is not all roses.人生并非康庄大道。
Adversity is a good discipline.苦难是磨练人的好机会。
Storms make trees take deeper roots.风暴使树木深深扎根。
2013英语四级写作经典范文及点评：忙碌的重要性
现代生活节奏紧张，忙碌使许多人感到疲惫不堪，但忙碌对生活却有着十分重要的意义。孰不闻“勤能补拙”，孰不知“业精于勤”，“勤有三益”?
Importance of Being Busy
Sometimes life becomes so busy that you feel as if you are the only person to whom the whole world has been merciless and that you are the only person who is working harder than anyone else. Yes, the grass on the other side of the fence is always greener and fresher.
However, the more things one has to do or one is into, the greater the involvement in a mental, physical or social way in these things.① Due to this, one’s own personal problems are out of sight, because all the time one’s mind is thinking of completing the undertaken tasks.② Problems, once they are out of sight are out of mind.
Each thing that we do adds a new dimension to our personality. It shapes our thinking and makes us more organized, experienced, knowledgeable and creative. The time and sweat that we put in everyday into our tasks is the brick and mortar of our future. So friends, it is always better to be busy rather than idle. Now hasn’t everyone heard that an idle mind is the devil’s workshop? Behind every successful man is a devotedly followed busy schedule rather than a woman.
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行文点评
文章结构总分总。
首句使用了so ... that句型，强调现代生活的忙碌程度。第二句用grass作比喻支持了首句。第二段以However开始，笔锋一转，指出忙碌使一个人投入到所做的每一件都会对我们有好处，并引用谚语an idle mind is the devil’s workshop，从反面说明闲散的危害。结尾以改编名言的形式画龙点睛。
文章短小精炼，正文中没有出现important或importance等词，却将忙碌的重要性论述得合情合理，水到渠成。文章使用比喻、谚语等写作手法使语言生动活泼，句式多变新颖，如第二段首句使用the more the greater句型，不仅在内容上强调了第3段首可而且在可式上显得有所变化，避无单一。第三段第二句中则以四个并列的形容词organized, experienced knowledgeable and creative深化观点。
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忙碌的重要性
有时候生活变得如此繁忙，以至于你觉得仿佛你是惟一一个世界对你无情的人，而且你是世界上惟一一个比谁工作都辛苦的人。的确，邻家芳草总是更绿、更新鲜。
然而，一个人越有事情要做或正在做，他投入到这些事情中的精力、体力和社交就越多。由此，一个人就看不到自己的个人问题了，因为他的心里总是在想着如何完成承担的任务。问题一旦眼不见了，心也就不烦了。
我们做的每件事都会提升我们的人格魅力。它塑造我们的思想，让我们更具组织性，更有经验，知识更渊博也更具创造力。我们每天为完成任务所花的时间和所流的汗水就是建筑我们未来的一砖一瓦。因此，朋友们，忙碌总比无所事事好。大家不是都听过“游手好闲的头脑就是魔鬼的作坊”这句话吗?每个成功男人的背后是一张兢兢业业的繁忙的日程表，而不是一个女人。
词汇斟酌
merciless a. 无慈悲心的，残忍的
undertake vt. 承担，担任，着手作;答应，保证
dimension n. 方面，特点;尺度，深度;面积
creative a. 创造性的，有创造力的
mortar n. 砂浆，灰浆
devotedly ad. 忠实的，一心一意的
schedule n. 时间表，进度表，计划，安排
佳句临摹
①【注释】the more ... the ...越…越…
【临摹】The truth of life is that the more you want the less you get.生活的真谛就是你想要的越多，反而得到的就越少。
②【注释】out of sight看不见了，不让人看见
【临摹】They looked for the cyclist but he was already out of sight.他们找那个骑自行车的人，但是已经看不见他了。
思如泉涌
Progress is the activity of today and the assurance of tomorrow.进步是今天的活动，明天的保证。
Better wear out shoes than sheets.宁可磨破鞋子，也不要蹭破床单;宁奔波健身也不贪睡而得病。
青春是一种心境，一种气质。如果你正值青春年少，那就随着青春的脉搏一起跳动吧;即使你已经岁月沧桑，心态依然可以保持年轻。让我们青春到老。
Youth
Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of pink cheeks, red lips and flexible knees; it is a matter of will, a quality of imagination, a vigor of the emotion, it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.
Youth means a dispositional control of courage over cowardice, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.
Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.
Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human beings’ heart the looking forward to wonder, the endless child-like appetite of what’s next and the joy of the game of living.① In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it is receiving messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power from men and from God, you are young.②
When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old, even at 20, but as long as your aerials are up to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.
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行文点评
文章一开始使用了一组排比，用四个it is …句型给youth下了定义。第二段将60岁和20岁的人进行对比，从而得出结论：年轻不是单纯指年龄，而是指心态。读到这里，读者可能会提出质疑：那要如何保持心态的年轻呢?作者紧紧抓住读者的心理，在第四段中用a wireless station为例，形象地描述了保持年轻的方法。最后一段将对比the aerials are down和aerials are up进行对比，提出号召：只要乐观向上，我们就能够永远年轻。进一步深化了主题。
这篇散文语言优美，内容凝练。各段落之间有很强的内在联系，形散而神聚，全文紧紧围绕青春这一主题，运用排比、拟人、比喻等多种修辞方法是文章的一大亮点，为文章增色不少。
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青春寄语
青春不是人生的一个时期，而是一种心境。青春不是指粉红色的面颊、红润的嘴唇和灵活的膝盖，而是指坚强的意志、丰富的想象和激越的情感。青春是生命深处的一泓清泉。
青春是一种气质：勇猛果敢而不是怯懦退缩，渴望冒险而不是贪图安逸。一个60岁的老人身上常常散发着这种气息，而20岁的青年身上倒未必可寻。没有人会单纯因为年岁增长而衰老，而一旦丧失理想，就会真正变老。
年岁也许会在皮肤上生出皱纹，而热情不在则会使心灵起皱。忧虑、恐惧、自卑都会使人心灰意懒，一蹶不振。
无论60岁还是16岁，每一个人心里都怀有对新奇事物的向往，都会像儿童一样对未来充满永不衰减的憧憬，都能在生活的游戏中汲取快乐。在你我的心灵中央都有一座无线电台：只要它正在接受其他人和上帝发出的美丽、希望、快乐、勇气和力量的信息，你就会永远年轻。
当你的天线收拢，当你的心灵覆盖着愤世嫉俗的霜雪和悲观厌世的坚冰，即使你年方二十，你也已进入了垂暮之年。然而，只要你的天线张开，接收着乐观向上的电波，那么你可以指望，在80岁死去时你依然年轻。
词汇斟酌
imagination n. 想象力，幻觉
dispositional a. 有某种性情的
cowardice n. 怯懦 胆小
appetite n. 胃口，食欲
enthusiasm n. 热情，积极性
wrinkle n. 皱纹;v. 起皱
aerial n. 天线
cynicism n. 愤世嫉俗，玩世不恭
pessimism n. 悲观，悲观主义
optimism n. 乐观，乐观主义
佳句临摹
①【注释】look forward to 期望做…，盼望…
【临摹】I am looking forward to seeing you again on the Christmas Eve.我期待着在平安夜再次见到你。
②【注释】so long as只要，如果
【临摹】So long as you make Mary happy I’m content.只要你能让玛丽高兴，我就满足了。
思如泉涌
Youth means limitless possibilities.
年轻意味着无限的可能。
If you do not learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.
如果你年轻时不学着思考，你将永远不会。
就像植物需要阳光，我们对知识充满了渴求。学习伴随我们成长，让我们感到充实，让我们更加了解生活，让我们能够用所学去帮助别人。你的学习旅程是怎样的?
Learning: a Lifelong Career
As food is to the body, so is learning to the mind.①Our bodies grow and muscles develop with the intake of adequate nutritious food. Likewise, we should keep learning day by day to maintain our keen mental power and expand our intellectual capacity. Constant learning supplies us with inexhaustible fuel for driving us to sharpen our power of reasoning, analysis, and judgment.② Learning incessantly is the surest way to keep pace with the times in the information age, and reliable warrant of success in times of uncertainty.
Once learning stops, vegetation sets in. It is a common fallacy to regard school as the only workshop for the acquisition of knowledge. On the contrary, learning should be a never ending process, from the cradle to the grave. With the world changing so fast, to cease learning for just a few days will make a person lag behind. What’ s worse, the animal instinct dormant deep in our sub-conscious will come to life, weakening our will to pursue our noble ideas, undermining our determination to sweep away obstacles to our success and strangling our desire for the refinement of our character. Lack of learning will inevitably lead to the stagnation of the mind, or even worse, its fossilization.③ Therefore, to stay mentally young, we have to take learning as a lifelong career.
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行文点评
本文首先从正面论证主题，首句点题，并通过对首句的解释进一步说明终生学习的意义。之后作者结合时代变化的特征，用the surest way以及reliable warrant说明了持续学习的现实意义。第二段作者从反面来论证自己的观点，说明停止学习会导致的严重后果。最后用therefore引出全文的结束语，再次重申观点，并与文章题目相呼应。
本文开篇引用As...is to..., so is... to... 的经典句型开门见山，将学习对心智的重要性比作食物对身体的重要性，生动形象。行文流畅，并能结合时代特征;首尾呼应，画龙点睛。
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学习：一生的事业
学习之于心智，就像食物之于身体一样。摄取了适量的营养食物，我们的身体得以生长而肌肉得以发达。同样地，我们应该日复一日不断地学习以保持我们心智的敏锐，并增长我们的智力。不断的学习像是为我们的前进提供了用之不尽的能量，驱使我们磨砺自身推理、分析和判断的能力。持续的学习是在信息时代中与时俱进的最稳妥的方法，也是在无常变化的时代中求得成功的可靠保证。
一旦学习停止，单调贫乏的生活就开始了。视学校为汲取知识的惟一场所是种常见的谬误。相反，从生到死，学习应该是一种无终止的历程。由于世界变化日新月异，学习过程停顿几天，就会使人落后。而更为糟糕的是，蛰伏在我们潜意识深处的动物本能就会复活，削弱我们追求高尚理想的意志，弱化我们扫除成功障碍的决心，并且扼杀我们净化自身人格的追求。缺少学习将不可避免地导致心智的停滞，甚至更糟，使其僵化。因此，为了保持青春永驻，我们必须将学习当作一生的事业。
词汇斟酌
inexhaustible a. 无穷无尽的
incessantly ad. 不断地，不停地
warrant n. 授权令，(正当)理由，根据;vt. 证明…是正当的
fallacy n.谬误，谬论
cradle n. 摇篮，发源地
dormant a. 蛰伏的，休止的，匿名的
undermine vt. 暗中破坏，逐渐削弱;侵蚀…的基础
strangle v. 扼杀，抑制，压制
stagnation n. 停滞
fossilize vt. 使成化石，使陈腐
佳句临摹
①【注释】As A is to B, so is C to D . A之于B就如同C之于D一样
【临摹】As water is to the fish, so is book to the human being.书之于人类就如同水之于鱼。
②【注释】本句用了比喻的手法将fuel“燃料”比做能量，使行文更加生动，比喻法是写作中的常用手法，为文章增色添加亮点。
【临摹】He doesn’t have an idea of his own. He just parrots what other people say.他没有自己的观点，只会鹦鹉学舌。
③【注释】or even worse 或甚至更糟糕，这是一种递进的表达方法。
【临摹】Some people lived in a completely wrong way： they waste money and time, and even worse, they don’t realize their mistakes yet. 有些人以一种极为错误的方式活着，他们浪费着金钱和时间。更为糟糕的是，他们还没有认识到他们做错了。
思如泉涌
We believe that out of the schools grows a nation’s greatness.我们认为，一个民族的伟大出自于她的学校教育。
There is no royal road to learning. 书山有路勤为径，学海无涯苦作舟。
2013英语四级写作经典范文及点评：对我一生影响最大的书
读书如交友。通过书，你可以和几千年前的孔子、苏格拉底交流思想，你可以与几百年前的曹雪芹、卢梭围炉恳谈。你，和几个伟大的灵魂交流过?
The Most Influential Book in My Life
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is the most influential book in my life. It abounds with courage, struggle and faith throughout.① Helen Keller was once in deep despair in her childhood, but finally she decided to overcome her physical defects and live happily. Furthermore, she showed great patience in her long and hard learning period.
I have learned, above all, three lessons from her story.② First, she taught me that often the road to success is to face hardships bravely. Maybe you are born under an ill star yet you can stand a better chance than others. It is therefore important that you screw up your courage when courage is needed. Second, the impairment of part of her senses did not prevent her from learning: on the contrary, she had made continual efforts to go deeper into the realm of knowledge, and her perseverance had thus helped her overcome many handicaps. Third, she advised that we should make the most of our sense organs as if we would lose them soon because this way we would observe the world more carefully than ever before.③
The book is inspiring in that it is one brimming over with the unbending will of a gallant woman beset with seemingly insurmountable difficulties.④I hope I can be as courageous as she.
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行文点评
文章第一句直接切入主题：The Story of My Life by Helen Keller is the most influential book in my life。接下来，对书和主人公进行了简要介绍。第二段从三个方面具体说明该书对作者的影响和启示。三个副词first、second、third之后，分别从面对困难、坚忍不拔、和珍惜我们的感官三个方面阐述了这本书对读者的影响。最后一段进行概括性说明。
文章字斟句酌，第一段运用abound with这个固定搭配指出作者认为这本书对其影响最大的原因，即courage, struggle and faith。行文过渡自然，第一段中用furthermore进行第二点补充，实现了句与句之间的衔接，丰富了内容，保证了全文的连贯性。结尾处as... as的运用，与首段主题句相互照应，深化了主题，为短文画上了圆满的句号。
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对我一生影响最大的书
海伦·凯勒所著的《我生活的故事》是对我一生影响最大的一本书。此书全篇充满了勇气，奋斗和信仰。海伦·凯勒童年时曾经一度十分消沉，但是最后她决定克服自己生理上的缺陷快乐地生活。并且她还充满耐心地完成了漫长而艰难的学习过程。
最重要的是，从她的经历中，我领悟到了三个道理。首先，她教给我通往成功之路的真谛即要经常勇敢地面对艰难困苦。或许你一生下来身体就有缺陷，但是你依然可以获得比别人更好的机会。因此重要的是在需要勇气时鼓起自己的勇气。第二，她感官上的某些缺陷并没有阻止她学习，相反，她却持之以恒努力钻研知识，正是这种坚韧不拔的精神帮助她克服了很多障碍。第三，她建议我们应该充分利用我们的感官，就好像我们马上就要失去他们一样，因为这样我们就会比以前更仔细地观察这个世界。
这本书催人奋进，全篇洋溢着一个勇敢的女人在被一些看似不可能克服的困难困扰时所表现出来的不屈的精神。希望我也可以和她一样的勇敢。
词汇斟酌
under an ill star 生来不幸
impairment n. 损害, 损伤
brim v. 充满，溢出
gallant a. 英勇的
insurmountable a.不能克服的
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①【注释】abound with充满
【临摹】The region abounds with rain all the year around.那个地区终年多雨。
②【注释】above all首先，最重要的是
【临摹】I should like to rent a house - modern, comfortable and above all in a quiet location.我想租一幢房子——要求设备现代化、舒适，尤其是地段要清净。
③【注释】make most of sth充分利用，最大限度利用
【临摹】We should make the most of our resources without wasting.我们应该充分利用资源不要浪费。
④【注释】brim over with充满，洋溢
【临摹】We won the foot game just now, so all of us are brimming over with joy.我们刚刚赢了足球比赛，大家都兴高采烈。
【临摹】We brim over with sympathy after she told us her sad story.她告诉我们她的悲苦身世后,我们对她深表同情。
思如泉涌
Books and friends should be few but good.读书如交友，但求少而精。
Use a book as a bee does a flower.对待书籍，要像蜜蜂对待花朵一样。