九 图画作文：社会热点类（健康）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then discuss The importance of good health. You should give sound arguments to support your views and write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

（一）预测范文

As is symbolically illustrated in the cartoon, wearing a white gown and a stethoscope, a doctor is holding a medical record and speaking to his patient in a ward of a hospital. Apparently, the intended meaning of the drawing is that people are doing less and less exercises now, which is not a piece of good news for their health.

There are numerous ways of keeping fit. First and foremost, it is most effective to do physical exercises. We can choose jogging, playing basketball, swimming, skating, climbing or riding as regular exercises, because exercises never fail to make us stronger and more energetic. Moreover, we should put great emphasis on forming good habits. A balanced diet and sufficient sleep are both indispensable to physical fitness. Finally, mental health should also be taken seriously. Especially in adversity, we need to maintain an optimistic mentality to pull through life’s pain and sorrow, twists and turns.

To sum up, all these practices guarantee a fit health and a happy life.

（二）参考译文

如图象征性所示，一位医生穿着白大褂，戴着听诊器，手拿病历正在医院的一间病房里和他的病人谈话。显而易见，这幅漫画的内在含义是：人们现在的运动量越来越少，这对于他们的健康而言并不是什么好消息。

保持健康的方式有很多种。首先，进行体育锻炼十分有效。我们可以选择慢跑、打篮球、游泳、滑冰、爬山或骑车作为日常锻炼，这是因为这些运动经常会使我们更强壮、更加精力充沛。此外，我们应该重视养成良好的习惯。均衡的饮食和充足的睡眠对于身体健康都是不可或缺的。最后，心理健康也应被认真对待。尤其在逆境中，我们需要保持一种乐观的心态来经历人生的痛苦悲伤、迂回曲折。

总而言之，所有这些努力可以保证我们拥有健康的体魄和快乐的生活。

（三）亮点词汇

illustrate 描述

white gown 白大褂

stethoscope 听诊器

medical record 病历

ward 病房

physical exercises 体育锻炼

jogging 慢跑

energetic 精力充沛的

put great emphasis on 充分重视

form good habits 养成良好的习惯

balanced diet 均衡的饮食

sufficient sleep 充足的睡眠

indispensable 不可或缺的

physical fitness 身体健康

mental health 心理健康

adversity 逆境

optimistic 乐观的

mentality 心态

pull through 经历，度过

twists and turns 迂回曲折

（四）道长点评

四级写作已经多次考查“健康”这一话题，如：1988-6：An Early Morning Walk（一次早晨漫步）、1991-6：Changes in People’s Diet（人们饮食的变化）、1993-1：Positive and Negative Aspects of Sports （体育锻炼的积极和消极方面）。

（五）句型拓展

① Mental problems are often difficult to recognize and even more difficult to resolve if a person doesn’t realize they have such problems. 心理问题一般很难发现，如果人们没有意识到自己有心理问题，那么解决起来就变得难上加难。

② A contented person tends to be a happy person who has sorted out the priorities in their life and has a purpose. 知足的人往往很幸福，因为他们会安排好生活中的轻重缓急，而且有自己的目标。

③ To be psychologically healthy, one needs to be realistic in facing problems and not afraid to seek help when it is needed. 要保持心理健康，就需要现实地面对问题，并且在需要帮助时勇于求助。