Assignment: Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are?

　　一、 寫作題目

　　Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below

　　Tough challenges reveal our strengths and weaknesses. This statement is certainly true; adversity helps us discover who we are. Hardships can often lead us to examine who we are and to question what is important in life, In fact, people who have experienced seriously adverse events frequently report that they were positively changed by their negative experiences.

　　Assignment: Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

　　題目翻譯：

　　艱巨的挑戰暴露出我們的強項與弱項這句話無疑是正確的;逆境能幫助我們認識自己。困難常常能夠引領我們去審視自己是誰，并且去質疑生活中什么才是重要的。事實上，那些經歷過極大艱難困苦的人常常袒露，他們因消極的事情而得到了積極的改變。

　　命題：你是否認為安逸不會考驗我們，我們需要逆境來幫助我們發現自我?

　　二、6分范文

　　Everyone goes through their lives seeing and experiencing different things. At times, these different situations may cause one to act differently than another would in the same situation. It can be readily stated that Ease does not challenge us; adversity helps us discover who we are. Through literature, one can see how this statement proves to be true.

　　In the play, The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, the protagonist, Dr. Stockholm, faced adversity, and through that, was able to discover his true beliefs and who he was. Before Dr. Stockholm was put in a situation where he had to face adversity, he had lived his life with mild ease and regularity. He acted just like everyone else in the town he lived in. Years later, he discovered that the popular bath houses were infected with bacteria. Determined to spread his findings, Dr. Stockholm went to the newspaper and the local governing office to try and make his discovery known. However, both the paper and the government werent as inspired to really let the public know about this serious problem due to the popularity of the bath houses. As a result, Dr. Stockholm was forced to face adversity and find a way to achieve his previously set goal. Through adversity, Stockholm was able to truly see how his personality was. He was able to understand his severe discontent with the government and society as a whole. In essence, Stockholm was able to discover his actual self. This, however, only happened when he was faced with a challenge.

　　The book, Where the Heart is by Billie Letts also used adversity to portray its characters true being. The protagonist, Novalee Nation, was placed in a situation where she had to realize and conquer adversity. Novalee was a young girl of 17, who was pregnant. She had experienced extreme hardship her whole life in the trailer park environment that she had previously resided in. She also received lots of abuse from her boyfriend who impregnated her. In the story, he had left her stranded in a K-Mart all by herself, while she was pregnant. All alone, Novalle had to find a way to keep herself and her baby alive. Along the way, through adversity, Novalle found her true, kind self. She also made countless discoveries through meeting different people. Among those things was her true love for photography and literature, and most of all her yearning for love in her life.

　　In the face of adversity, we all act differently. We each have different ideas and methods that we are accustomed to use for different situations. By acting and making decisions on our own, as we are often times forced to do when given a challenge; we are able to find out who we truly are and what we truly believe in. The characters Dr. Stockholm and Novalee Nation are examples of that kind of people in literature. However, in literature and life, it is all the same. Ease does not challenge us; adversity helps us discover who we are.

　　范文翻譯：

　　每個人在人生的旅途中所見識和經歷的事情各不相同。有時候，經歷的不同會讓兩個人在同一形勢下做出不同反應。可以說，安逸不會考驗我們，逆境才能幫助我們發現自我。這句話的正確性可以通過文學作品來證明。

　　在亨利易卜生的戲劇《人民公敵》中，主人公斯多克芒醫生遭遇了逆境，并由此發現了他真正的信仰，認清了自己。在斯多克芒醫生不得不面對逆境之前，他過著輕松安逸有規律的生活，行為舉止正如鎮上的其他人一樣。幾年以后，他發現鎮上流行的那些浴場存在細菌感染的問題。懷著將發現公之于眾的決心，斯多克芒醫生找到資訊報紙和當地管理部門，試圖披露他的發現。然而，因為浴場深受歡迎，資訊報紙和當地政府都不愿意讓公眾真正了解這個嚴重問題。這就迫使斯多克芒醫生面對困難，并找出實現預定目標的方法。通過逆境，斯多克芒才得以認清自己的個性。他看清了自己對政府和社會的嚴重不滿。更重要的是，他發現了真正的自我。而這一點，只有在他被迫面對挑戰的時候才能實現。

　　比利萊茨的書作《甜心伊人》同樣是通過逆境來刻畫角色真性情的。書中的主角諾瓦利內辛不得不正視困難，征服逆境。17歲的年輕女孩諾瓦利已懷有身孕。她原來一直住著拖車式的流動房屋，生活極其艱難。而讓她懷孕的男朋友也多次虐待她。故事中，他拋下懷孕的她孤身一人困在沃爾瑪。諾瓦拉不得不設法獨自養活自己和孩子。一路走來，諾瓦拉通過逆境發現了真實、善良的自己。她結識了種種不同的人，并由此收獲頗多。其中，她發現了自己對攝影和文學的真正愛好。最重要的是，她發現了自己對愛的向往。

　　面對逆境時，我們的做法各不相同。對于不同情況，每個人都有自己習慣運用的不同的觀念和方法。當面對挑戰時，我們不得不獨立行動并做出決定;由此，我們才能發現自己的真性格和真信仰。斯多克芒醫生和諾瓦利就是這類人在文學作品中的代表。然而，無論在文學還是在生活中，并無不同。安逸并不能考驗我們;逆境幫助我們發現自我。

　　三、得分點詳解

　　1 effectively and insightfully develops a point of view on the issue and demonstrates outstanding critical thinking, using clearly appropriate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position

　　圍繞論題有效、深刻地發展一個論點，運用貼切的事例、因果分析和其他證據支持論點，從而展示出色的思辨能力。

　　針對命題你是否認為安逸不會考驗我們，我們需要逆境來幫助我們發現自我?，本文表示同意安逸不會考驗我們，逆境才能幫助我們發現自我。為了支持論點，作者以兩位文學作品的主人公《人民公敵》中的斯多克芒醫生和《甜心伊人》中的諾瓦利內辛為例，展示了他們是如何在逆境中發現自我的。在分析事例時，作者對發現自我的抽象概念賦予了具體含義：對于斯多克芒醫生，發現自我 是指看清了自己對政府和社會的嚴重不滿，而對于諾瓦利，發現自我則是指發現她對攝影和文學的真正愛好，以及更重要的，她對于愛的渴望 。這種化抽象為具體的寫作方法使事例顯得更豐滿，更深刻，更有說服力。此外，作者在斯多克芒醫生的例子中寫到：在斯多克芒醫生不得不面對逆境之前，他過著輕松安逸有規律的生活，行為舉止正如鎮上的其他人一樣。 以呼應命題的另一觀點安逸不能考驗我們，展現了思維的全面性。最后作者進一步深化，指出逆境為什么能幫助我們認識自我：面對逆境時，我們的做法各不相同。對于不同情況，每個人都有自己習慣運用的不同的觀念和方法。當面對挑戰時，我們不得不獨立行動并做出決定;由此，我們才能發現自己的真性格和真信仰。 并指出這個道理無論在文學還是在生活中都是同樣成立的，辯護了運用文學作品做事例的合理性。

　　整篇文章事例貼切，分析深刻，展現了出色的思辨能力。

　　Assignment: Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are?

　　一、 寫作題目

　　Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below

　　Tough challenges reveal our strengths and weaknesses. This statement is certainly true; adversity helps us discover who we are. Hardships can often lead us to examine who we are and to question what is important in life, In fact, people who have experienced seriously adverse events frequently report that they were positively changed by their negative experiences.

　　Assignment: Do you think that ease does not challenge us and that we need adversity to help us discover who we are? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

　　題目翻譯：

　　艱巨的挑戰暴露出我們的強項與弱項這句話無疑是正確的;逆境能幫助我們認識自己。困難常常能夠引領我們去審視自己是誰，并且去質疑生活中什么才是重要的。事實上，那些經歷過極大艱難困苦的人常常袒露，他們因消極的事情而得到了積極的改變。

　　命題：你是否認為安逸不會考驗我們，我們需要逆境來幫助我們發現自我?

　　二、6分范文

　　Everyone goes through their lives seeing and experiencing different things. At times, these different situations may cause one to act differently than another would in the same situation. It can be readily stated that Ease does not challenge us; adversity helps us discover who we are. Through literature, one can see how this statement proves to be true.

　　In the play, The Enemy of the People, by Henrik Ibsen, the protagonist, Dr. Stockholm, faced adversity, and through that, was able to discover his true beliefs and who he was. Before Dr. Stockholm was put in a situation where he had to face adversity, he had lived his life with mild ease and regularity. He acted just like everyone else in the town he lived in. Years later, he discovered that the popular bath houses were infected with bacteria. Determined to spread his findings, Dr. Stockholm went to the newspaper and the local governing office to try and make his discovery known. However, both the paper and the government werent as inspired to really let the public know about this serious problem due to the popularity of the bath houses. As a result, Dr. Stockholm was forced to face adversity and find a way to achieve his previously set goal. Through adversity, Stockholm was able to truly see how his personality was. He was able to understand his severe discontent with the government and society as a whole. In essence, Stockholm was able to discover his actual self. This, however, only happened when he was faced with a challenge.

　　The book, Where the Heart is by Billie Letts also used adversity to portray its characters true being. The protagonist, Novalee Nation, was placed in a situation where she had to realize and conquer adversity. Novalee was a young girl of 17, who was pregnant. She had experienced extreme hardship her whole life in the trailer park environment that she had previously resided in. She also received lots of abuse from her boyfriend who impregnated her. In the story, he had left her stranded in a K-Mart all by herself, while she was pregnant. All alone, Novalle had to find a way to keep herself and her baby alive. Along the way, through adversity, Novalle found her true, kind self. She also made countless discoveries through meeting different people. Among those things was her true love for photography and literature, and most of all her yearning for love in her life.

　　In the face of adversity, we all act differently. We each have different ideas and methods that we are accustomed to use for different situations. By acting and making decisions on our own, as we are often times forced to do when given a challenge; we are able to find out who we truly are and what we truly believe in. The characters Dr. Stockholm and Novalee Nation are examples of that kind of people in literature. However, in literature and life, it is all the same. Ease does not challenge us; adversity helps us discover who we are.

　　范文翻譯：

　　每個人在人生的旅途中所見識和經歷的事情各不相同。有時候，經歷的不同會讓兩個人在同一形勢下做出不同反應。可以說，安逸不會考驗我們，逆境才能幫助我們發現自我。這句話的正確性可以通過文學作品來證明。

　　在亨利易卜生的戲劇《人民公敵》中，主人公斯多克芒醫生遭遇了逆境，并由此發現了他真正的信仰，認清了自己。在斯多克芒醫生不得不面對逆境之前，他過著輕松安逸有規律的生活，行為舉止正如鎮上的其他人一樣。幾年以后，他發現鎮上流行的那些浴場存在細菌感染的問題。懷著將發現公之于眾的決心，斯多克芒醫生找到資訊報紙和當地管理部門，試圖披露他的發現。然而，因為浴場深受歡迎，資訊報紙和當地政府都不愿意讓公眾真正了解這個嚴重問題。這就迫使斯多克芒醫生面對困難，并找出實現預定目標的方法。通過逆境，斯多克芒才得以認清自己的個性。他看清了自己對政府和社會的嚴重不滿。更重要的是，他發現了真正的自我。而這一點，只有在他被迫面對挑戰的時候才能實現。

　　比利萊茨的書作《甜心伊人》同樣是通過逆境來刻畫角色真性情的。書中的主角諾瓦利內辛不得不正視困難，征服逆境。17歲的年輕女孩諾瓦利已懷有身孕。她原來一直住著拖車式的流動房屋，生活極其艱難。而讓她懷孕的男朋友也多次虐待她。故事中，他拋下懷孕的她孤身一人困在沃爾瑪。諾瓦拉不得不設法獨自養活自己和孩子。一路走來，諾瓦拉通過逆境發現了真實、善良的自己。她結識了種種不同的人，并由此收獲頗多。其中，她發現了自己對攝影和文學的真正愛好。最重要的是，她發現了自己對愛的向往。

　　面對逆境時，我們的做法各不相同。對于不同情況，每個人都有自己習慣運用的不同的觀念和方法。當面對挑戰時，我們不得不獨立行動并做出決定;由此，我們才能發現自己的真性格和真信仰。斯多克芒醫生和諾瓦利就是這類人在文學作品中的代表。然而，無論在文學還是在生活中，并無不同。安逸并不能考驗我們;逆境幫助我們發現自我。

　　三、得分點詳解

　　1 effectively and insightfully develops a point of view on the issue and demonstrates outstanding critical thinking, using clearly appropriate examples, reasons, and other evidence to support its position

　　圍繞論題有效、深刻地發展一個論點，運用貼切的事例、因果分析和其他證據支持論點，從而展示出色的思辨能力。

　　針對命題你是否認為安逸不會考驗我們，我們需要逆境來幫助我們發現自我?，本文表示同意安逸不會考驗我們，逆境才能幫助我們發現自我。為了支持論點，作者以兩位文學作品的主人公《人民公敵》中的斯多克芒醫生和《甜心伊人》中的諾瓦利內辛為例，展示了他們是如何在逆境中發現自我的。在分析事例時，作者對發現自我的抽象概念賦予了具體含義：對于斯多克芒醫生，發現自我 是指看清了自己對政府和社會的嚴重不滿，而對于諾瓦利，發現自我則是指發現她對攝影和文學的真正愛好，以及更重要的，她對于愛的渴望 。這種化抽象為具體的寫作方法使事例顯得更豐滿，更深刻，更有說服力。此外，作者在斯多克芒醫生的例子中寫到：在斯多克芒醫生不得不面對逆境之前，他過著輕松安逸有規律的生活，行為舉止正如鎮上的其他人一樣。 以呼應命題的另一觀點安逸不能考驗我們，展現了思維的全面性。最后作者進一步深化，指出逆境為什么能幫助我們認識自我：面對逆境時，我們的做法各不相同。對于不同情況，每個人都有自己習慣運用的不同的觀念和方法。當面對挑戰時，我們不得不獨立行動并做出決定;由此，我們才能發現自己的真性格和真信仰。 并指出這個道理無論在文學還是在生活中都是同樣成立的，辯護了運用文學作品做事例的合理性。

　　整篇文章事例貼切，分析深刻，展現了出色的思辨能力。