问答题
The Best Way to Stay Healthy
You are to write in three parts.
In the first part, state what you think is the best way.
In the second part, support your view with one or two reasons.
In the last part, bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or make a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, language and appropriateness. Failure to follow the instructions may result in a loss of marks.
【正确答案】People now increasingly care about their health and try various ways to stay healthy. For this purpose, many of them have even gone so far as to take supplements like Chinese jinseng and western tonics. In my view, however, the best way to stay healthy lies in sticking to a healthy life style.
A healthy life style includes sports, healthy diet, and regular relaxation. Sports strengthen heart and consume calories within the body, and can therefore effectively prevent people from heart disease and hyperlipidemia. Apart from sports, healthy diet also helps people to stay healthy. If we balance what we eat. we will not risk suffering from fatty liver or diabetes. At the same time, regular relaxation is necessary, too. to keep us healthy. Relaxation includes taking strolls, listening to music, holidaying, etc. These activities can help relax our blood pressure, thus relieving us of both mental and physical fatigue and reducing our chances of hypertension.
To conclude, the best way to stay healthy is to stick to a healthy life style, which encompasses constant physical exercise, persistent healthy diet and regular relaxation. This life style is the best way to keep us healthy in that it can help maintain and enhance our physical functions.
【答案解析】本篇作文隶属论说文体(argumentation)。作文第一段首句总起点到文章主题(People...try various ways to stay healthy),第二句是前一句的支持细节(supporting detail),第三句摆出作者的观点(In my view, however, the best way to stay healthy lies in sticking to a healthy life style.).
第二段首句是定义健康生活方式所包含的方面(A healthy life style includes sports, healthy diet, and regular relaxation.)。然后是条理性地分别阐述这些方面的健康益处。先说的是体育锻炼及其益处( Sports strengthen heart and consume calories within the body, and can therefore effectively prevent people from heart disease and hyperlipidemia. ),然后是健康节食及其益处( Apart from sports, healthy diet also helps people to stay healthy. If we balance what we eat, we will not risk suffering from fatty liver or diabetes. ),最后说的是定期休闲及其益处(At the same time, regular relaxation is necessary, too, to keep us healthy. Relaxation includes taking strolls. listening to music, holidaying, etc. These activities can help relax our blood pressure, thus relieving us of both mental and physical fatigue and reducing our chances of hypertension. )。最后一段是文章上述内容的归纳总结,并且再次强调了个人的观点This life style is the best way to keep us healthy in that it can help maintain and enhance our physical functions.
整篇作文布局得当——首尾两段简短,中间主体段充实,突出了重点。作文内容合理,健康生活方式所包含的三个要素——运动、节食和休闲——,合乎情理,具有说服力。此外,作文文字语句表达规范合理,尤其注意了句意之间转折、衔接性的词语表达,比如第一段中的“For this purpose,”“however”等;第二段中的“Apart from...”,“At the same time, ”等;以及结尾段中的“To conclude”,等等。