2014年6月大学英语四级复习题及答案(第二套)_第14页

　　参考译文：

　　The Duanwu Festival, also called the DragonBoat Festival, is to commemorate the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan was aloyal and highly esteemed minister, who brought peace and prosperity to thestate but ended up drowning himself in a river as a result of being vilified.People got to the spot by boat and cast glutinous dumplings into the water,hoping that the fishes ate the dumplings instead of Qu Yuan’s body. Forthousands of years, the festival has been marked by glutinous dumplings anddragon boat races, especially in the southern provinces where there are manyrivers and lakes.

　　Part Ⅴ

　　写作指导

　　?这是一篇议论文，要求照提纲要求来展开论述。内容涉及到阅读的两种途径，一种是选择性阅读，另一种是博览群书，要求学生分别阐述存在两种不同读书态度的原因 ，也即两种途径各自的优势或不足之处，并在此基础上，阐明自己的观点。在范文中，先借读书有益引入话题，指出存在两种不同的态度。第二段先介绍支持第一种态度人的观点，通过“for one thing”和“for another”把两点原因紧密联系起来。第三段再介绍第二种读书途径的必要性和长处。最后以“In my opinion”引出作者自己的看法。此时作者采取折衷态度，强调要博览选择后的好书，使自己立于不败之地。

　　Sample Writing

　　Reading Selectively or Extensively?

　　?Now, it is generally accepted that reading is very important. But when it comes to how to read, there has sprung up a heated discussion as to whether we should read selectively or extensively.

　　?Those who are in favor of the idea of reading selectively believe that it is not how much one reads but what he reads that really counts. For one thing, living

　　in an age when much time has to be taken by work and other activities, people are unable to find enough time to read extensively even if they intend to. For an

　　other, some books are harmful and therefore the choice of books can never be overlooked.

　　?However, those who insist on reading extensively argue that it is through reading extensively that we obtain most of our knowledge. Now branches of knowledge

　　diverge into each other rather than isolated from each other. Only when one goes

　　beyond his own field and read widely can he really make remarkable achievements

　　in his study. In addition, the most valuable gifts bestowed by reading extensively are experience, broad view and wisdom.

　　?In my opinion, we should read both selectively and extensively. That is to say

　　, upon reading, we have to first distinguish good books from indecent ones. But

　　to the former, there is no such things as too many in reading.