2010年考研经典短文背诵之教育类
Directions:
Study the following set of drawings carefully and write an eay in which you should:
1) describe the set of drawings, interpret its meaning, and
2) point out its implications in our life.
You should write about 200 words on ANSWER SHEET 2.
分析：
这又是一组对比的组图，非常简单明了。两张图的大背景都是暴风雨交加的恶劣天气，在左边的图中，花朵在温室中绚烂地开放；而右图中，同样的一朵花在离开了温室之后就黯然凋谢了。组图题为“温室花朵经不起风雨”，考生稍加分析就可以发现该图并不只是谈论花朵，而更是指向了我们平时所说的“祖国的花朵”们，也就是孩子们，这就自然而然地和社会问题联系在了一起。中国在实施了计划生育之后，独生子女们成为了家里的“小皇帝”、“小公主”，受到全家人的百般呵护，从小就在蜜罐中长大。这些孩子们人生道路几乎都是一帆风顺，没有经历过大的困难和挫折，因此一旦离开了父母的保护，就很容易由于经不起各种社会现实的打击而一蹶不振。通过这番分析，我们就可以得出文章的主要论点，即受到过分溺爱的孩子们经不起挫折和逆境。
思路拓展：
独生子女成长的问题在很大程度上牵涉到了中国的教育制度和教育方法等全方位的问题。我们可以联想到现阶段在教育界存在的其他热点问题，如传统灌输教育和素质教育之间的关系、孩子的学习和娱乐之间的关系、学生们的全面发展问题、教育费用和教育负担的问题、教育质量的问题、城乡教育制度差别的问题、教育公平性问题等等。这些问题都是平时政府、民众和媒体非常关注的问题，考生借助自己的大学生活背景也能够了解许多相关的情况。应该说，教育类的话题对于考生说是一个比较熟悉、也相对比较简单容易的话题。
范文：
As the title indicates, “greenhouse flowers cannot survive unpleasant weather”, the set of pictures apparently reminds us that exceive protection only leads to negative results.When a flower blooms in the greenhouse despite of the external rain and thunder, it withers immediately once being moved out of its cozy haven.
Children in China are always compared to “the flowers of our motherland”.It is alarming that a large portion of them are in danger of experiencing a similar misfortune to the flower in the picture.This is partly attributed to the birth of a generation of “only children”, who are quite pampered and spoiled by their parents.Leading a life full of succe, love and sweetne, these children are quite ignorant of failure, hardship, and the taste of tears that abound in real life.Therefore, when they leave home, they might be overly sensitive to frustration and easily suffer depreion that prevents them from a happy and promising future.
This type of child is not what we hope for the future of our country.On the contrary, we need to nurture a generation that is fully prepared for independent life, so that it is ready to confront any challenge, adapt to changes of environment, and survive the heated competition in today’s world.
译文：
正如该图的题目所显示的那样，“温室里的花朵经不起风雨”，这组图画清楚地告诉我们过度的保护只会导致负面的结果。当外面打雷下雨的时候，一朵花却能在温室中生机勃勃地开放。可是一旦离开了这个舒适的避难所来到外面的时候，这朵花立刻就凋谢了。
在中国，孩子经常被比作“祖国的花朵”。但是，令人担忧的是很多孩子有可能经历图中花朵的不幸。部分原因可以归结为“独生子女”一代的出生，这些孩子都被他们的父母惯坏了。他们的生活中只充满了成功、爱和甜蜜，而他们都不懂什么是失败、艰难，也很少尝过眼泪的滋味，但是实际生活中却是充满了失败、艰难和眼泪的。因此，他们可能会对挫折过于敏感、也很容易及沉湎于忧郁，使他们在踏入社会以后没有一个幸福和充满前景的未来。
这一类孩子决不是我们国家未来需要的人才。相反，我们需要培育一代能够独立生活的孩子，他们随时准备面对任何挑战、随时适应环境的变化、并能够在现代社会的激烈竞争中生存下来。
闪光词汇及词组：
exceive: adj.过度的，过分的
bloom: v.开花
external: adj.外部的
wither: v.枯萎
cozy: adj.舒适的，安逸的
haven: n.避难所
a large portion of: 很大一部分
misfortune: n.不幸，灾祸
abound in: 富于
nurture: v.教育，养育
万能句型：
The set of pictures apparently reminds us that…
This partly attributes to…
Write an eay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing.In your eay, you should:
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then 3) state your points of view.
You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.
不对，我的标准答案是2+1=3，扣十分
范文：
As is described in the drawing, a student fails in a knowledge competition simply because his answer to one question, though being 100% correct, is not exactly the same as the so-called standard answer.It is discernable that other students are quite puzzled by why “1+2=3” is wrong while “2+1=3” is right.
The drawing reminds its audience of a widespread phenomenon in the area of basic education in China, that is, educators stick blindly to fixed standards without allowing any room of flexibility or variation.Students are required to mechanically remember what is written in the books, but receive no encouragement to question, challenge, and disagree.Consequently, children’s creativity is largely limited or killed, which exerts a detrimental impact on their future development, especially in the current society which puts so much emphasis on creativity, innovation, and inventivene.
As far as I am concerned, there needs to be a comprehensive renovation in the educational system, where new educational concepts, such as to inspire creation, are installed.Only by new teaching methods other than stiff memorization can we cultivate children into talents who will meet the requirements that society demands.Likewise, this new tendency would also benefit educators themselves to realize their own potential.
译文：
正如图中描绘的那样，一个学生在一次智力竞赛中的失败仅仅是因为他的答案和所谓的标准答案不是完全一致，尽管他的答案也是完全正确的。我们可以看到其他学生对于为什么1+2=3是错误的而2+1=3是正确的感到十分疑惑。
这幅图实际上是在提醒读者在中国基础教育界存在的一个普遍的负面现象，那就是教育者盲目地坚持标准，而不提供灵活和变化的空间。老师要求学生们机械地背诵书上的知识，但是从来不鼓励学生质疑、提出挑战或者不同见解。因此，孩子们的创造力受到了限制和扼杀，这对于他们的未来发展是有害的，特别是现代社会十分强调创新性和独创性。
我认为需要对教育系统进行一次全面的革新，加入一些新的教育理念，如鼓励创新等。我们只有通过新的教育方法、而不是死记硬背， 才能把孩子们培养成为适合社会要求的人才。同样，这种新的趋势对于教育者自身也是有好处的，能够使他们开发自己的潜能。
闪光词汇及词组：
puzzled: adj.困惑的
flexibility: n.灵活性
variation: n.变化
mechanically: adv.机械地
stiff: adj.呆板的
cultivate: v.教育，培养
likewise: adv.同样地
万能句型：
It is discernable that…
The drawing reminds its audience of a widespread phenomenon in the area of…
As far as I am concerned, there needs to…
Only by…can we…
Write an eay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing.In your eay, you should:
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then
3) state your point of view.
You should write on ANSWER SHEET 2.
拔苗图
范文：
What is delineated in front of us is a pair of parents who are eager to cultivate their little child into a well-rounded person.The poor girl seems to have a quite tight schedule, as her father is teaching her how to paint while her mother is preparing for her violin cla.The dullne of the kid’s eyes portrays her unwillingne and dislike to learn so many things after school.The drawing reflects a common phenomenon in China that parents are obseed with the wish of their child’s future succe, which is, though, very understandable.Particularly due to the one-child policy, the only child is the greatest hope of parents and is provided with all the available resources.Meanwhile, we sadly discover that this generation of only children is deprived of what used to be the fun of childhood, like running around, playing various games with friends, and climbing trees, all of which are replaced by numerous tutoring courses and art leons.
Admittedly, an early and diversified education benefits children in exploring their potentials.Neverthele, I strongly contend that children are entitled to enjoy a happy childhood filled with games and fun, instead of tedious claes.An appropriate extent of freedom can only do kids good, by promoting their comprehensive development both mentally and physically.
译文：
呈现在我们面前的是一对急于把他们的小女儿培养成为一个通才的夫妻。这个可怜的小女孩看起来时间表排得满满的，她的父亲正在教她画画，而母亲正在为她准备小提琴课。但是，这个孩子呆滞的双眼却泄漏了她不愿意在放学之后还学这么多东西的心情。
这幅图反映了一个在中国很普遍的现象，即父母们都望子成龙，尽管这是一个我们都能够理解的现象。由于独生子女政策，这些孩子们都是父母最大的希望，父母给了他们一切可以得到的资源。同时，我们却悲哀地发现这一代孩子被剥夺了属于儿童的快乐，如四处乱跑、和小朋友们玩各种游戏、爬树等，这些都被无数的辅导和训练代替了。
我们承认较早的多样化教育有利于开发孩子们的潜能。但是，我强烈地认为孩子们应该拥有一个充满游戏和快乐的童年，而不只是乏味的课程。适度的自由对孩子们是有好处的，可以促进他们身体和智力上的全面发展。
闪光词汇及词组：
well-rounded: adj.多才多艺的
tight: adj.紧密的
be obseed with: 专注于，专心于
understandable: adj.可理解的
available: adj.可利用的
be deprived of: 被剥夺
tutoring: n.辅导
be entitled to: 有……的资格
tedious: adj.单调乏味的
万能句型：
What is delineated in front of us is…
The drawing reflects a common phenomenon…
Write an eay of 160-200 words based on the following drawing.In your eay, you should:
1) describe the drawing briefly,
2) explain its intended meaning, and then
3) state your point of view.
范文：
The picture shows a boy who is croing a river by stepping on his peasant parents’ heads like stones.The river symbolizes the heavy financial load on rural parents to support their children’s advanced education.As is quoted in the picture, a family in countryside can barely afford a high school student, not to mention a college student.
The picture apparently mirrors an increasingly common social phenomenon in China—the hiking cost of education in contrast with the tiny income of the rural population.For one thing, the problem is partially attributed to the present disparity of wealth distribution.Sometimes the college tuition per student equals the annual income of a rural family.For another, colleges and other educational institutions fail to provide financial tools to aist students from poor areas.For example, the application for scholarship and student loan is usually so complicated that the procedure seems to take forever, while students see no trace of money.
In my opinion, the government needs to reform the educational system with measures that can show immediate effect.Cutting tuition and other expenses proves to be most beneficial to students.Further, a large-scale reform at the macroeconomic level to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor is a basic solution to this iue.
译文：
这幅图一个男孩子正在把他的农民父母的头作为垫脚石来跨过一条河。这条河象征了农村的父母们为了供孩子们接受高等教育所承受的巨大财政负担。正如图中所说的那样，在农村养一个高中生都很困难，更不用说是大学生了。
这很显然反映了在当今中国一个越来越普遍的社会现象——快速增长的教育费用和农村人口的微薄收入之家的差别。一方面，这个问题部分归咎于现有的财富分布不均。有时候一个大学生一年的学费就相当于一个农村家庭一年的收入。另一方面，大学和其他的教育机构没有通过各种各样的融资工具来帮助来自贫困地区的学生。比如说，申请奖学金和贷款的程序都非常复杂、需要花很长时间，而学生们却很难真正拿到钱。
我认为，政府应该改革教育系统，采取一些立竿见影的措施。降低学费和杂费被证明是对学生最有利的。此外，解决这个问题的根本措施在于在宏观经济的层面上进行一个大规模的改革，从而缩小贫富差距。
闪光词汇及词组：
symbolize: v.象征
advanced education: 高等教育
not to mention: 更不用说
hiking: n./ v.提高, 增加
partially: adj.部分地
disparity: n.不一致，不等
wealth distribution: 财富分配
tuition: 学费
equal: 等于
institution: n.公共机构
procedure: n.程序，手续
macroeconomic: adj.宏观经济的
bridge the gap: 缩小差距
万能句型：
As is quoted in the picture…
The picture apparently mirrors an increasingly common social phenomenon in China—
In my opinion, the government needs to reform the educational system with measures that can show immediate effect.
