2013英语四级写作经典范文及点评：今日事 “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。
好文妙译
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
第二篇：英语四级写作经典范文及点评：在起跑线上 - 中国传媒
生命是运动的，生命是一个过程。每一天都可以是一个全新的开始，只要你懂得了生命的道理。从现在开始，认真对待生命
中的每一天吧，美好的未来就在我们手里！
Just at the Beginning
“We are reading the first verse of the first chapter
of a book whose pages are infinite.”
I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mysterious, hazy future and carve out of it anything that we can imagine, just like a sculptor carves a statue from a shapeless stone. We are all in the position of the farmer. If we plant a good seed, we reap a good harvest. If our seed is poor and full of weeds, we reap a useless crop. If we plant
nothing at all, we harvest nothing at all.
I want the future to be better than the past. I don’t want it contaminated by the mistakes and errors with which history is filled. We should all be concerned about the future because that is where we will spend the reminder of our lives.① The past is gone and static. Nothing we can
do will change it.② The future is before us and dynamic.
Everything we do will affect it.
Each day will brings with it new frontiers, in our homes and in our businesses, if we will only recognize them. We are just at the beginning of the progress in every field
of human endeavor.
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行文点评
本文虽然短小，但人生道理却深寓其中。首段首句的引文直指主题，随后在下一段中进行了阐释，提出自己的观点：未来操之在我，我们则在起跑点，我们能掌控自己的未来。第三段将我们的生活比作农夫的劳动，对论点进行论述。接下来一段中，作者提出自己对未来的希望，最后一段进行总结，警示人们未来要
靠自己掌握，重申主题。
文中多处使用比喻、对比，例如将我们比作雕塑家、农夫，
将昨天与明天相比，使得论证更加生动形象。
好文妙译
在起跑线上
“我们正在阅读一本不知道多少页数的书的第一章的第一
节?”
我不知道这段文字是谁写的，但我一直很喜欢用它来提醒自己：未来操之在我。我们可以掌握神秘而不可知的未来，从中创出我们所能想象的任何东西，一如雕刻家可以将一块没有形状的
石头刻成雕像一样。
我们每个人都像是一个农夫。如果我们种下好种子，就会有丰收。如果种子不好而且田里杂草丛生，虽会有点儿收成但却派不上多大用场。而如果我们什么都不种，就根本不会有任何收获。 不管怎样，我希望未来会比过去更好。我不希望在未来再犯下那些充斥在历史中的错误。关心未来吧，因为我们的余生都要在未来中度过。往昔已经一去不复返了，而且是静止的，任凭我们怎么努力都不能改变它了。而未来就在我们眼前，而且是动态
的，我们的任何行为都会影响到它。
如果我们能够认识得到，我们会发现每天都会有一些新的情况发生，在家里，还有我们的事业里。人类在每个领域都努力向
前，而我们就处在起跑线上。
词汇斟酌
infinite a. 无穷的，无限的
mysterious a. 神秘的，难以理解的
hazy a. 朦胧的，烟雾弥漫的，模糊的
sculptor n. 雕刻家
contaminate vt. 弄脏，污染
static a. 静止的，停止的
dynamic a. 有活力的，动态的
endeavor vt.& n. 尽力，努力，尝试
佳句临摹
①【注释】be concerned about关心??
【临摹】People are more and more concerned about the
traffic of big city.人们越来越关注大城市的交通。 ②【注释】we can do是插入语，有助于变化句式
【临摹】What explanation do you suppose the teacher could give? 你想老师会如何解释？(do you suppose插入成分)
思如泉涌
Ideal is the beacon. Without ideal, there is no secure direction; without direction, there is no life. 理想是指路明灯。没有理想，就没有坚定的方向。没有了方向，生活也就
失去了意义。
Life is long if you know how to use it.如能善于利用，
生命乃长。