(2) Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:

 1) describe the drawing briefly,

 2) explain its intended meaning, and then

 3) state your point of view.

You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

知识分子健康差寿命短

范文：

  The picture depicts a typical Chinese scholar who keeps working late at night, while the presence of his wife and child behind clearly indicates the man's pressure of supporting a whole family. What is strikingly noticeable is the scholar's exceptional skinniness, but it can be easily explained by the simple food, bottles of medicine, and poor working environment shown in the picture.

  The discernable unhealthiness of this hard-working scholar discloses a prevalent phenomenon that has long existed in China's academia. Intellectuals are not highly respected and they enjoy unsatisfactory material benefits with particularly unattractive salaries due to low social position. In addition, family, social, and academic stresses are so immensely exerted on intellectuals that they are forced to work diligently and ceaselessly. As a result, the integration of poor living conditions and work pressure leads naturally to their poor health and short life-span, just as the picture shows us.

  The situation is rather depressing because intellectuals in fact contribute greatly to our country's development, and it is largely owing to their painstaking efforts that pave the way for advancement and prosperity. To solve this problem, I think there should be a thriving social trend of showing respect to knowledge and intellects, and those who endeavor to explore new knowledge should be rewarded with good living and working conditions.

译文：

    这幅图刻画了一个典型的中国知识分子的形象，他一直工作到深夜，背后的妻子和孩子显示了他有着很大的养家的压力。值得我们注意的是这个学者格外削瘦，但这很容易通过图中简单的食物、药罐以及较差的工作环境得到解释。

    这个勤奋学者的不健康状况显示出中国学术界一个长期存在的现象。一方面，知识分子没有受到尊重，他们享受的物质条件也非常差，尤其是由于他们的社会地位很低，他们的工资也相应地非常少。另一方面，知识分子们承担着巨大的家庭、社会和学术压力，导致他们被迫非常勤奋地不停地工作。因此，恶劣的生活条件和巨大的工作压力自然导致他们较差的健康和较短的寿命，正如图中告诉我们的那样。

    这种情况非常令人失望，因为知识分子实际上对我们国家的发展做出了巨大的贡献，而且正是因为他们的不懈努力引向了我国的发达和繁荣。为了解决这个问题，我认为全社会要掀起尊重知识、尊重知识分子的高潮，而那些辛勤地探索新知识的人们应该得到较好的工作和生活环境等回报。

闪光词汇及词组：

exceptional: adj. 例外的，特别的

skinniness: n. 消瘦

discernable: adj. 可观察到的，可辨别的

disclose: v. 揭露，透露

prevalent: n. 普遍的，流行的

academia: n. 学术界

immensely: adv. 非常，广大的，巨大的

diligently: adv 勤勉地

life-span: n. 寿命

painstaking: adj. 努力的

pave the way to: 为......铺平道路，为......做好准备

endeavor: v. 努力，尽力

万能句型：

The picture depicts...

What is strikingly noticeable is...

The situation is rather depressing because...

To solve the problem, I think there should be...

... it is largely owing to...

(3) Write an essay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing. In your essay, you should:

 1) describe the drawing briefly,

 2) explain its intended meaning, and then

 3) state your point of view.

You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.

范文：

  The picture depicts a man who is happily singing and walking home with his cute dog. He is coming back from work carrying his briefcase, and he must have stopped by the market on his way, buying vegetables and fish. As is suggested by the picture, he is exercising by waving the briefcase and basket together.

  The picture is thought-provoking in that it endeavors to convince its audience that we can actually exercise anywhere, as long as we have the awareness of preserving health by exercise. Nowadays a large number of people engage in brainwork, and lack adequate physical movement. Moreover, many of them hold this deep-rooted view that in order to exercise they must squeeze time from their full schedule to go to a gym. Therefore they tend not to exercise simply due to their scanty time. However, the fact is that it is quite easy for everybody to exercise while walking on streets, traveling on buses, and even lying on bed-say, doing yoga.

  I reckon that the consciousness of maintaining health is significant for both individuals and the whole society. On the individual level, it is vividly evidenced by the man in the picture that his exercise improves his health and mood as well. On the social level, the improvement in quality of life contributes vastly to a harmonious society.

译文：

    这幅图描绘了一个男人高兴地一边唱着歌一边和他那可爱的小狗一起走回家。很显然他领着公文包下班回来，而且顺路去市场买了一些蔬菜和鱼。图中画出了他挥动着分别拎着公文包和菜篮的双手在做运动。

    这幅图非常发人深思，它使人们相信我们其实可以在任何地方运动，只要我们有通过运动来保持健康的意识。当今时代有很多人都从事脑力劳动，因而缺乏足够的身体运动。此外，很多人都有一种非常根深蒂固的想法，即为了锻炼身体我们必须要从满满当当的时间表中抽出一点时间去健身房锻炼。因此他们都会因为时间不够而逃避锻炼。但是，实际上每个人都可以非常容易地通过在街上走路、坐公交车、甚至是在床上进行锻炼，比如说做瑜伽。

    我认为保持健康的意识对于个人和整个社会都十分重要。对于个人来说，这幅图上的男人生动地证明了通过锻炼身体，既能促进健康又能改善心情。对于社会来说，人口生活质量的改进会对和谐社会做出巨大的贡献。

闪光词汇及词组：

cute: adj. 可爱的

stop by: 顺便经过

as long as: 只要

preserve: v. 保持

engage in: 使从事于, 参加

brainwork: n. 脑力劳动

adequate: adj. 足够的

deep-rooted: adj. 根深蒂固的

squeeze: v. 挤出

scanty: adj. 缺乏的，不足的

yoga: n. 瑜伽

reckon: v. 认为，估计

evidence: v. 表明, 证明; 显示

utilize: v. 利用

万能句型：

As is suggested by the picture...

The picture is thought-provoking in that it endeavors to convince its audience that...

I reckon that...

On the individual level...On the social level...