Many people have heard of the phrase, “When life throws you lemons, make lemonade’ ” which is used to encourage optimism and a positive can-do attitude in the face of adversity in life. Lemons suggest sourness or difficulty in life, while lemonade, a sweet drink, suggests happiness. Just as Gump’ s mother said in the movie Forrest Gump: “Life is just like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get. ” we live in a society which is full of unpredictable challenges and changes. But no matter what happens, all we need to do is to adapt to it and take advantage of its good aspects.

I firmly believe in this saying and actually many examples have proved the correctness of it. Gump, who was unfortunately born with a lower IQ and muscle problem, achieved many miracles in his life. Sometimes, people think this kind of person can’ t be successful. However, this “unlucky” man gained lots of incredible achievements and led a very contented life. He has a mother who loves him immensely and a lovely childhood girlfriend. Although he had no talent in war, he survived in Vietnam and won a medal. He took advantage of playing ping-pong and became a football star. He can always use effective strategies to move forward in a positive way. While God gives Gump a bad lemon, he just picks it up and makes it lemonade. When I just came to this university, I felt a wide gap between reality and imagination. My ideal college life is relaxing, free and comfortable, while the fact is there was much rigorous discipline and military training waiting for me. I felt depressed at the beginning. But by suffering and pushing myself to overcome these problems, I had some new understanding towards life. Compared with other students in local college, high-loaded schedule physical training in our daily life make our body stronger and increase our capacity to do work more efficiently. Life is not always what we want it to be, however, we should find out what is beneficial to us and turn misfortune into an opportunity for growth and self- breakthrough.

When life throws you lemons, make lemonade! Never be depressed if life throws some obstacles in the way, remember the phrase, and overcome obstacles or even utilize them in a positive way. Keeping the faith in mind, everyone of us can cope with life’ s challenges effectively! 

此次考试作文的话题是关于习语“When life throws you lemons,make lemonade”写一篇400字以上的作文。范文开篇解释了该习语的引申意思及意义，并引用了电影中的名台词进行补充说明。第二段，作者首先表达了对于该习语的赞同，并先后引用《阿甘正传》中主人公看似生来不幸但获得了自己人生的幸福的事例，以及个人在大学时期的经历说明了这个习语的正确性。最后一段，作者明确了个人观点，即当我们遇到困难的时候，学会克服甚至利用它积极的一方面。