问答题 1.  Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an easy comment on the saying "Life is full of roses and thorns". You can write down your understanding of it. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
【正确答案】[范文]
   
Life Is Full of Roses and Thorns

   As we all know, life is not always plain sailing from the beginning till the end, but full of roses and thorns. Although some of us haven't met many difficulties or hardships, we should bear in mind that once we meet them we should be brave enough to conquer them.
   Firstly, we'd better share our difficulties with families or friends. They are the great choices once we need others to share our pressure or anxieties and can also provide assistance for us. Secondly, we can try to read books in order to find ways to solve problems or get a relief from reading. Once we read a famous person's biography, we will find that compared with them, what we suffer is not a big deal.
   Generally speaking, we can never avoid hardships in our lives. Life is full of roses and thorns, so we should be confident that we will not be defeated by them. In addition, we should also have the faith to conquer all the difficulties during our lives.
【答案解析】 人生并非一帆风顺,总会有顺境和逆境。考生可根据自己对此的认识来构思作文,写作的重点应放在自己对这句话的理解和身处困境时自己的应对方法上。作文可分为三段:第一段开门见山,引出话题;第二段提出建议,分两点为宜;第三段总结全文,重申论点。
   一、开门见山,引出话题(life is not always plain sailing from the beginning till the end, but full of roses and thorns)
   二、提出两点建议
   1.和家人或朋友分享难处(we'd better share our difficulties with families or friends)
   2.看书,从书中找到方法或得到慰藉(we can try to read books in order to find ways to solve problems or get a relief from reading)
   三、总结全文(we should have the faith to conquer all the difficulties during our lives)
   
人生充满了玫瑰与荆棘

   众所周知,生活并非从一开始到结束都一帆风顺,而是充满了玫瑰与荆棘。虽然我们中的一些人还没遇到太多的困难或困境,但我们应该铭记于心的是,一旦遇上困难,我们应该勇敢地去战胜它们。
   首先,我们最好与家人或朋友分享我们的困难。一旦我们需要他人来分担我们的压力或忧虑,他们会是非常棒的选择,并且他们还可以为我们提供帮助。其次,我们可以尝试着从书中找到方法来解决难题或寻求到慰藉。我们一旦看名人传记就会发现,与名人相比,我们所经历的困难简直是小巫见大巫。
   一般说来,我们永远都不能避开生活中的逆境。人生充满了玫瑰和荆棘,我们应该有不被逆境打败的自信。此外,我们也应该有征服人生中的困难的信念。
   1.开门见山,引出话题:生活并非从一开始到结束都一帆风顺,而是充满了玫瑰与荆棘。
   2.采用“Firstly”“Secondly”列举原因,层次清晰。
   3.使用亮点词汇如“conquer”“share”“biography”等;亮点词组如“plain sailing”“bear in mind”“compared with”等。
   4.采用“Generally speaking”总结全文,重申论点。