【CET-6段首句作文】On Retirement
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic given below. You are given the first sentence of each paragraph.Your composition should be at least 160 words.
On Retirement
1.Since work is a very important part of life, retirement can be difficult for the senior citizens.
2.Retirement can bring many problems for the retired.
3.Now our society is beginning to be concerned
about the needs of its senior citizens.
【範文】
On Retirement
Since work is a very important part of life, retirement can be difficult for the senior citizens①. Work is not only important for economic benefits, but also for social and psychological② needs. Leaving one job is a difficult change. Many of the retired feel lost without their jobs.
Retirement can bring many problems for the retired. Retirement gives one a feeling of uselessness. Such a psychological problem often brings physical③ problems. It is the feeling of emptiness④ that gradually kills the retired. With retirement there will be a decrease in income. Unless they plan carefully, the retired will get into economic problems.
Now our society is beginning to be concerned about the needs of its senior citizens. The government is taking steps to ease the problem of limited incomes. Free medical care⑤ and welfare⑥ are offered for the retired. The society provides services to help with the housework of the retired. Besides, various kinds of clubs⑦ or associations⑧ have been set up. They help the retired to make new friends and develop new interests such as gardening, collecting, sports, etc., so that the retired can find new meaning and satisfaction of life.
【注釋】
①senior citizens: 老年人
②psychological: 心理的
③physical: 身體的
④emptiness: 空虛
⑤medical care: 醫療保健
⑥welfare: 福利
⑦clubs: 俱樂部
⑧associations: 協會
【簡評】
這是一篇根據段首句展開的議論文。
針對retirement這一問題,文章圍繞三個主題句展開。首先,作者用因果法說明工作是生活中的重要部分,人們工作不僅僅是為了經濟利益,同時也有社會和心理上的需要。因此,退休對於老年人來說是一種非常困難的變化,沒有工作,老年人感到失落。第二段用列舉法說明退休給老年人帶來的諸多問題,既有心理和生活方面的,也有經濟上的。第三段,作者列舉了大量事例表明我們的政府開始關注退休者的需要,對其採取免費醫療,福利保障等措施。同時,社會也為老年人設立各種俱樂部和協會來滿足他們對於生活的需要。
本文按照提出問題——分析問題——解決問題的思路展開,因而顯得結構嚴謹,層次分明。綜合使用各種論述方法增強了文字說服力。
資料來源:新大學英語四、六級考點透視叢書:六級寫作/李華田主編,武漢大學出版社,2006