五 情景作文：创新

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to always be right by having no ideas at all.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of innovation and creativity. You should write at least 120 words, no more than 180 words.

（一）预测范文

There is a saying that “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to always be right by having no ideas at all.” The purpose of the saying is to show us that utmost importance should be attached to innovation and creativity.

To begin with, an attitude of innovation could be said to be the watchword, or motto of science. For example, before a new type of medicine or vaccine is developed, innumerable times of scientific experiment, laboratory tests and live trials must be carried out. In addition, innovation is also responsible for many of today’s business successes. For instance, I personally worked with such a company. It was only after four years and four different tries of varying business models that the entrepreneur finally made his mark, and became the chairman of one of the largest Internet companies.

To sum up, in any field of endeavor, whether it be medicine, engineering or business, it is necessary to first put great emphasis on innovation before one can finally meet with success.

（二）参考译文

有一句话是这样说的：“有足够多的创意，哪怕其中有一些是错的，也比毫无想法的永远正确要好。”这句话的目的是告诉我们应该充分重视创新。

首先，创新的态度可以说是科学研究的信条。例如，在研发出新药物或新疫苗之前，一定有无数次的科学实验、实验室检测和活体实验。其次，创新也是当今许多企业能够成功的原因。例如，我本人曾在这样一家公司工作过。这家公司的创办人尝试了四种不同的商业模式，历经四年才取得成功，后来他也当上了一家最大的互联网公司的董事长。

总之，在任何领域，无论是医学、工程还是商业，一个人必须首先重视创新才能获得最后的成功。

（三）亮点词汇

utmost 极大的

innovation 创新

creativity 创造力

watchword 信条

motto 格言，座右铭

vaccine 疫苗

develop 研究，研制

innumerable 无数的

scientific experiment 科学实验

laboratory 实验室的

trial 实验

be responsible for 带来；导致

entrepreneur 企业家

endeavor 努力

engineering 工程

put great emphasis on 非常重视

meet with success 获得成功

（四）道长点评

2012年6月之前，四级写作重点考查中文提纲作文。2012年12月，时隔十年之后，四级写作再次考查图表作文。2013年6月和12月，四级写作开天辟地考查了图画作文。2014年6月和12月，四级写作再次出其不意考查类似于描写文的情景作文。2015年6月，四级写作杀了个回马枪，又考查图画作文。在大多数师生都预测2015年12月将延续考查图画作文之际，2015年12月命题者再次攻其不备地考查了六级写作从2013年6月开始持续考查情景作文中的引语评论型作文，或称名言警句作文。因此对这几类文体，考生必须有所准备，不可掉以轻心。

（五）句型拓展

① Most of us are driven to do things in the most efficient way possible, which leads to experimentation and innovation. 大多数人都在寻求最高效的做事方法，从而带来实验和创新。

②If human beings were always satisfied with what they have, we would still be living in the stone ages. 如果人总是安于现状，我们现在就仍会生活在石器时代。

③We have taken this proclivity to a positive extreme by investigating every aspect of the tangible and intangible world, in the name of satisfying our thirst for knowledge and understanding. 为了满足对知识的渴求，人类探索着有形和无形世界的方方面面，从而对这一天性善加利用。