閱讀下面的短文，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。

As a kid, I was a little fat. In college, I was less active, and I started blowing up. It got out of control when I went to law school. At the age of 30, I weighed 414 pounds. I was always tired. I have a family history of heart disease, and I was scared. I also wanted to look better. So a few weeks after my birthday, in the spring of 2006, I started to lose weight.

Walking was all I could do at first. I started by walking to a subway stop a few blocks away instead of the one closest to my apartment. I gradually increased the distance. A year later, I started to run. At first I could run for only two minutes, but I kept on.

I made a difference. I was losing nine or ten pounds a month, and I had a lot more energy. I started to think about the New York City Marathon, which goes right past my apartment building. For years, I thought I could never do that. But now I realized that maybe I could…

By my 33rd birthday, in the spring of 2009, I was down to 180 pounds. That summer, I started formally training for the marathon. And on the morning of November 1, I stood on the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island with more than 40,000 other runners, waiting for the event to start.

When we started moving, it was an amazing feeling to have people cheering me on, handing me cups of water. In Harlem, my mom and brother stood on a street corner, waving. And then I crossed the finishing line in Central Park, and somebody put a medal around my neck. I was in tears from being so happy.

[寫作內(nèi)容]

1．以約30詞概括上文的主要內(nèi)容。

2．以約120詞就“持之以恒”這個話題發(fā)表你的看法，內(nèi)容包括：

(1) 你讀后的感受；

(2) 用你自己或他人的經(jīng)歷說明持之以恒的重要性；

(3) 呼吁大家堅持就是勝利。

[寫作要求]

1. 作文中可以使用親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事．也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。

2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The author was getting very fat when young and he tried to lose weight step by step. He tried hard and even joined in the City Marathon. At last he achieved great success.

Having read the passage, I was deeply touched and admired the author for his insistence. If he had not been so determined and persistent, he would not have lost so much weight and lived an exciting life. His story shows that if one sets his mind to something, nothing is impossible.

It reminds me of a similar experience. One day it was announced that there would be a rope-skipping competition in our class. On hearing the announcement, I felt nervous because I had never done rope skipping before. But my sister, who promised to teach me, persuaded me to have a try. At the beginning, I found it hard to learn to skip because my feet always blocked the rope. However, I didn’t lose heart but changed my way of learning. Gradually I could skip faster and faster. Thanks to my sister’s help and my perseverance. I took part in the competition confidently, in which I skipped 155 times and ranked fifth.

So my dear friends, I strongly recommend that only with insistence can your dream eventually come true! Just keep it in mind, “Roma wasn’t built in one day.”

【解析】

試題分析：題目要求先用30詞來概括文章大意，然后用120詞發(fā)表對話題“持之以恒”的看法。作文中要包括自己的感受；要用例子來證明持之以恒的重要性；最后要呼吁大家堅持到最后才能取得勝利。

亮點說明：范文注意使用At the beginning, However, Gradually等來銜接句子和上下文；

范文使用了省略when young；非謂語動詞Having read the passage；條件狀語從句If he had not been so determined and persistent；賓語從句that if one sets his mind to something, nothing is impossible；主語從句it was announced that there would be a rope-skipping competition in our class.；定語從句who promised to teach me，in which I skipped 155 times and ranked fifth；原因狀語從句because my feet always blocked the rope；倒裝only with insistence can your dream eventually come true等語法知識，展現(xiàn)了扎實的語法功底；

范文還注意使用step by step; joined in; remind ...of ...; On hearing the announcement; persuade sb to do sth; lose heart; Thanks to; take part in; keep ... in mind等短語或句型，豐富了作文的內(nèi)容。

考點：材料類作文

 

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