问答题 4.  Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying "Genius is nothing but labor and diligence." You can give an example or two to illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
【正确答案】[范文]
   There is a saying that genius is nothing but labor and diligence, which suggests that it is diligence and labor that plays the leading role for one to be a genius.
   "Genius" is a complicated concept, involving many different factors. We incline to believe that a genius must have incredibly high intelligence, who can come up with brilliant ideas or solutions with no efforts. Nevertheless, in reality it is labor and diligence rather than anything else that makes a genius. A classic example would be cited to demonstrate it. Chen Jingrun, one of the best-known mathematicians in China, proved what is now called Chen's theorem, making great progress in the research of the Goldbach conjecture, which is one of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory. Nevertheless, this attainment should be attributed to his labor and diligence. It was said that he got up at 3:00 every morning and immersed himself in mathematical notations all day long. After ten years' hard work, he published Chen's theorem and made a great achievement.
   Therefore, I would like to reaffirm my view that, it is labor and diligence rather than anything else that make a genius.
【答案解析】 第一段:引出名言,一句话说明名言所阐述的道理。
   第二段:用陈景润的例子来证明天才在于勤奋。
   第三段:重申观点,总结全文。
[参考译文] 有句话是这样说的,天才在于努力和勤奋,这说明是努力和勤奋造就天才,而不是其它东西。
   “天才”是一个复杂的概念,包括很多不同的因素。我们倾向于认为天才要有超高的智商,不费吹灰之力就可以想出超级棒的主意和解决方案。然而,事实是勤奋而不是其它东西造就天才。接下来,可以引用一个很经典的例子来论证这个论点。陈景润,中国最著名的数学家之一,他证实了如今被称为“陈式定理”的理论,在“哥德巴赫猜想”(数论中存在最久的未解问题之一)的研究上取得了巨大的进展。然而,他这项成就应该归功于他的勤奋和努力。据说他每天早上3点钟起床,一整天都把自己沉浸于数学符号中。经过十年的努力,才发表了“陈式定理”并取得了巨大的成就。
   所以,我再次重申我的立场,是努力和勤奋造就天才。