第二節(jié):讀寫任務(滿分25分)
請根據(jù)下面的任務和寫作要求,寫一篇150 詞左右的英語短文,并把文章寫在答題卡指定位置。
[寫作內(nèi)容]
你要參加一場英語辯論賽,主題為“是不是快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福?”。在參賽之前,你查看相關的資料,并準備你的辯論發(fā)言。請認真閱讀下面的短文,然后完成以下的任務。
1) 概況短文內(nèi)容要點,該部分的字數(shù)大約30:
2) 就“是不是快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福?”這個主題發(fā)表你的看法,至少包括以下內(nèi)容要點,該部分的字數(shù)大約120:
l 以你自己為例,簡述你對金錢、快樂的看法;
l 你如何看待快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福的觀點;
l 你的身邊的同學如何對待快樂沒痛苦才是真正的幸福的觀點;
l 你對身邊的同學的觀點持什么看法?為什么?
[寫作要求] 你可以使用實例和其他論述方法支持你的觀點,也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容,但不要抄襲閱讀材料中的句子。
[閱讀材料]
The way people hold the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free lifestyle equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever obtaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness,then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact,the opposite is true: more often than not things that lead to happiness contain some pain.
As a result,many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness.They fear the pain inevitably (不可避免地) brought by such things as marriage,raising children,professional achievement, religious commitment, self-improvement.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest,he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment,for commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement.Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Couples,with infant children, are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep of a three-day vacation. We don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children. But couples that decide not to have children ever know the joys of watching a child grow up or playing with a grandchild.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can really increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who always have so much fun actually may not be happy at all.