八 图画作文：教育文化类（手机）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start you essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on The impact of mobile phones on interpersonal communication. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

（一）预测范文

As is illustrated in the cartoon, wearing a T-shirt and black trousers, a young boy holding a mobile phone is talking to his mother sitting on a sofa and reading a book. It’s my view that the drawing is to show us that the cell phone serves as a symbol of the Internet, both connecting people and isolating them from each other.

The metaphorical and impressive portrayal has subtly revealed the duality of the relationship between man and mobile phones. On the one hand, there is no denying that cell phone is currently one of the most efficient media used for interpersonal communication.On the other hand, a good many people admit that they are too much addicted to electronics to maintain face-to-face contact with their friends and colleagues.

Hence, it is necessary for us to use mobile phones in a reasonable way and restrain from overindulgence. After all, electronic products are invented to connect you and me, and to bring conveniences to our life rather than set a barrier to keep people beyond reach.

（二）参考译文

这幅漫画描述的情景是，一名穿着T恤和黑色裤子的年轻男孩手里拿着手机，正在和坐在沙发上读书的妈妈聊天。我认为这幅图想告诉我们：手机作为互联网的一种象征，既连接了人们，又使他们彼此隔离。

这幅暗含隐喻且令人印象深刻的图画微妙地揭示了人与手机之间的双重关系。一方面，不可否认，手机目前是用于人际交流最高效的媒介之一。另一方面，很多人承认他们太过沉迷于电子产品而不愿意与朋友和同事保持面对面的联系。

因此，我们很有必要以一种合理的方式使用手机，避免过度沉迷。毕竟，人们发明电子产品是为了连接你我，为我们的生活带来便利，而不是设置障碍使人彼此疏远。

（三）亮点词汇

illustrate 描述

serve as a symbol of 作为……的象征

isolate 使隔离

metaphorical 隐喻性的

impressive 令人印象深刻的

reveal 揭示

duality 双重性

there is no denying that 不可否认

interpersonal communication 人际交流

be addicted to 沉迷于

reasonable 合理的

restrain from 抑制，阻止

overindulgence 沉迷，沉溺

electronic product 电子产品

keep people beyond reach 使人彼此疏远

（四）道长点评

国内考试的写作部分已经反复考查“互联网”话题，如：2007年专业四级写作“是否应该网上交友”、2009年考研写作“网络的近与远”、2012年6月六级写作“网络对人际关系的影响”、2013年12月四级写作“网络对学习的影响”和“网络对人们沟通的影响”、2015年6月四级写作“这种现代生活”。与此类似，国内考试的写作也反复考查了“手机”这一话题，如2009年MBA写作“手机短信”、2010年考研英语（二）写作“手机入网”、2013年12月四级写作“手机在人们生活中越来越多的使用”、2015年6月四级写作“如果我的手机已经知道一切，为什么我还要上学”等。

（五）句型拓展

① Unfortunately, it seems rather ironic that when people attempt to communicate through the Internet, they are actually separated from one another.不幸的是，人们在试图通过互联网交流的同时，事实上却与彼此隔开，这似乎看起来相当讽刺。

② As a college student, I get on line every day to discuss latest news with other people on Microblog, to study English by registering for web courses, to chat freely through WeChat with my friends.作为一名大学生，我每天上网与他人在微博上讨论时事新闻，通过注册网络课程来学习英语，借助微信和我的朋友们免费聊天。

③ Once indulged in the fictitious world, people feel reluctant to approach others and to concentrate on real life.一旦沉迷于这种虚幻的世界，人们便不愿意接近他人或者专注于现实生活。