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参考答案: 见解析
参考解析: 一、审题谋篇
文章的结构可分三段,第一段,描述图画,四个儿女各守一门,老父亲蜷成一团,被儿女当球一样踢来踢去,儿女们生怕球被踢到自己门里。可能用到的相关表达有:support parents/ take care of parents/ caring the old (赡养父母),exerting all his strength (用尽全力),crouch (蜷缩,蹲伏),guard one’s goal (守球门)。
第二段,阐述图画所要表达的深层含义,点出文章的问题,即不赡养父母,反映了年轻一代道德沦丧,并可指出原因。可以提到老年人的生活现状,退休之后不仅没有经济收入,还疾病缠身。部分子女过度投入在自我的工作和家庭生活中,忽视赡养老人,更有甚者,部分子女还虐待老年人。相关表达有:assume/ accept/ claim/ take on responsibilities (承担责任),shift/ shirk one’s responsibility (推卸责任),the declination of the moral standard (道德沦丧),traditionalvirtue (传统美德)。
第三段,陈述自己的观点并总结全文。对不赡养老人的行为进行批判,指出其行为既是不道德的,也是违法的,提出消除这种现象的方法。首先,政府要制定明确的法律法规保障老年人的权益,惩罚那些丧尽天良的子女。其次,我们还要认识到赡养老人是中华民族的传统美德,要继承发扬。此外,儿女除了给父母寄钱,还需要给予他们感情上的关怀。
二、参考范文
The cartoon symbolically depicts how three sons and a daughter treat their old, helpless father. They each stand in a different corner of a football field. The eldest son kicks out the father, who huddles up into a ball. The other children are prepared to ward him off. It is sad to see none of them is willing to receive their father.
The picture is thought-provoking, and what it illustrates is a common phenomenon in today’s society: many grown-up children refuse to support their aging parents. While they are enjoying a comfortable life, their parents are neglected and reduced to utter poverty, as these elderly people have grown so physically weak that they no longer have the means to support themselves. I think these children have betrayed their own conscience and therefore may subject themselves to social contempt and criticism.
According to Chinese culture, to be kind to one’s parents is the height of virtue. We owe so much to our parents in that they not only gave us lives but also have done much in bringing us up. It is against nature for us to shirk the responsibility of taking care of our parents when they are old. Rather, we have the duty to pay back their love by making their later years enjoyable and happy.
三、写作技巧
第一段,描述图片。
As we can see from the picture, … In the cartoon we can see that…
This is certainly the case as shown in the cartoon.
第二段,分析图中的寓意。
This picture does reflect a thought-provoking social phenomenon that…
Undoubtedly, the picture arouses deep concern over the issue of...
Simple as it is, the meaning conveyed by the picture is clear and profound.
第三段,给出自己的观点,并提出解决办法。
Therefore, it is imperative that we should take some effective measures.
This kind of phenomenon is so rampant that some measures should be taken to prevent it.
Only in this way can the tragedy described above be avoided and only in this way can the society become more harmonious to live