2016年12月英語四級作文真題＆答案：試卷二 （新東方版）
第二套詳解：
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay.
Suppose you have two options upon graduation. One is to find a job somewhere and the other to start a business of your own. You are to make a decision. Write an essay to explain the reasons for your decision. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
精彩範文
In the past two years of my college life, I have never ceased to think what kind of work I shall take up upon graduation. Although my ideas are not consistent, I have now decided to start a business of my own as my lifelong career.
A variety of factors have led me to make this decision over other more lucrative ones. To begin with, running my own business means freedom and independence. As a person having my own business, I am free to use my own ideas and make my own decisions, a privilege not everyone can have, even those with highly-paid positions. More importantly, I like starting my own business in that it offers a certain peace of mind. No more rushing to catch a morning bus, no more anxiety to please a boss, no more worries about your paycheck which is steady, if not handsome.
Nothing, not even a big salary, can equal for the satisfaction of being your own boss and a gentle peace of life.
參考譯文
在過去兩年的大學生活中，我一刻也沒有停止過思考：我大學畢業以後要幹什麼工作。儘管我的想法很多，但我現在已決定，我將開創我自己的事業。
有很多理由使我做出這個選擇而不是其他較賺錢職業的決定。首先，創業意味着自由和獨立。當一名創業人員我可以有自己想法的自由，有自己作決定的自由，而這個特權不是每一個人，甚至拿高薪的人都能擁有的。其次，我喜歡創業，是因爲這個工作給我一份安寧。我無須每天早上去趕汽車，無須爲如何討好老闆，如何不落在人家後面而焦慮不安，無須擔心自己的工作收入，雖然不那麼豐厚，但卻十分穩定。
沒有什麼東西，甚至高工資，可以抵得上自己做主人的樂趣和平靜安寧的生活。
亮點詞彙
cease停止 take up從事 upon graduation畢業時 although儘管 consistent連續的 lifelong終生的 career職業 a variety of很多 factor原因 lead to導致 lucrative誘惑性的 to begin with首先 freedom自由 independence獨立 privilege特權 highly-paid position高薪職位 more importantly更爲重要的是 in that由於 offer提供 certain某種 peace安靜 rush匆忙 anxiety焦慮 please取悅 paycheck收入 steady穩定的 handsome豐厚的、英俊的 big salary高工資 equal抵得上 satisfaction樂趣、滿足 gentle安寧的
道長點評
四級寫作已經多次考察情景作文，如：2014-6：What is the Most Interest Place in China（中國最有趣的地方是哪兒），2014-6：What is the Most Interesting Place in Your Hometown? （你的家鄉最有趣的地方是哪兒）， 2014-6：What is the Most Interesting Place in Your Campus?（你們校園最有趣的地方是哪兒），希望考生引起高度重視。
句型拓展
1、To make my lectures more constructive and stimulating, I have to read more books, explore new knowledge and gain a better understanding of the world——the very thing I enjoy in my life.
要使我的課更有啓發性，更生動有趣，我就得讀更多的書，探索新的知識，對世界要有更好的瞭解，而這正是我生活中最喜歡乾的事。
2、This is inevitable because ours is a society where one’s income is still determined by the knowledge you possess.由於我們社會中一個人的收入仍然由你所擁有的知識所決定，因此這一點不可避免。
3、 With the growing number of college graduates being turned out each year, the situation in the job market is getting tighter and tighter.隨着每年畢業的大學畢業生越來越多，就業市場的形勢越來越嚴峻。
