题目:Choices After Graduation

写作要求

According to a survey, there are three main choices for college students after graduation:

finding a job, pursuing further study by taking the postgraduate entrance exam or going abroad, and the other miscellaneous options. And the percentages for each choice is 50%, 47% and 3%. What are the possible reasons behind it? And what’s your suggestion for graduate students to make the choice?

Write on Answer Sheet Two a composition of about 200 words on the following topic:

Choices after Graduation

You are to write in three parts.

In the fi rst part, state specifi cally what your idea is.

In the second part, provide reasons to support your idea OR describe your idea.

In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.

Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.

审题思路

本题是一道现象解释说 明/结果预测型的题目,要求分析为什么大学生毕业后只有一

半人去找工作,其他人选择去考研、出国留学或者其他,并发表自己的观点。文章可以从以下方面着手 :

1. 从原因方面来说 :可以分述这些选项的优缺点 ,但重点应该放在就业困难 、考研和出国留学的优势上,至于其他选项,可以忽略 ;

2. 从个人观点来说 :可以建议毕业生考虑个人的经济状况 、学习兴趣和适应能力等来选择 ,而不要盲目地跟随别人来做选择 。

范文赏析

Choices After Graduation

A recent survey shows that only half of the graduate students will choose to find a job while 47% of them (an increasing percentage) , will pursue further study . This change has brought the issue  into focus and made it more prominent. From my perspective, the following factors can account for the choices of graduates.

引言部分 :作者先对题干内容做了一个概述,并用from my perspective引出自己的观点。

First and foremost, with the enrollment extension of universities, college graduates are facing the severe employment situation, which forces them to find another way out. And staying in universities, at home or abroad, could help them out for the time being. Besides, in today’s information age, knowledge is updated very rapidly. Many college students find that their knowledge is not enough for their future career. Therefore, further study becomes their first choice. Last but not least, some college students would not like to enter the complicated society and want to escape from the reality temporarily by going to further study.

主体部分 :作者列举了三个原因——就业形势严峻、知识更新快和逃避现实—— 来说明为什么越来越多的毕业生选择考研或者出国留学,并分别使用了first and foremost,besides和last but not least来衔接。

From my point of view, one’s choice after graduation should be based on his individual condition. Though taking the postgraduate entrance exam or going abroad for further study is a good choice, it is not necessarily true of everyone, because it might involve many factors, such as the future career direction and economic condition. Therefore, we should take a full account before we make our decisions.

总结部分 :在说明原因的基础 ,作者用from my point of view 再次引入自己的观点,说明毕业生应根据自身情况来做出选择。

亮点回放

1. pursue further study: “进行深造”;此处也可以将further用作动词 ,改成further their study来表示同样的意思。另外pursue也常用其名词形式pursuit ,常用搭配为in pursuit of。

2. bring ... into focus: “使 ……成为关注的焦点”。

3. prominent: “显著的,突出的” ;此处近义词为visible ,noticeable ,obvious。

ment: “登记 ,注册” ;这里的enrollment extension是指  “扩大招生”。

5. way out:“出路 ,摆脱 困境 的办法” ;此处还可以用solution来代替 。

6. for the time being:“暂时” ;与下文的temporarily是近义词 。

7. update:“更新 、升级” ;也可以用renew来替代 。

8. complicated: “错综复杂的,艰深的”。

9. be true of: “适用于 ,符合于”。

10. take a full account : “充分考虑”;近义词为consider fully/ carefully,take a full consideration等。