Question

【題目】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Live in the present moment

To a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrelevant to what happened yesterday, and what may or may not happen tomorrow.

Without question, many of us have mastered the art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things. We allow past problems to dominate our present moments so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless. We have concern over events that might happen in the future—we won’ t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever. We also postpone our gratification, our priorities and happiness, often convincing ourselves that “someday” will be better than today. Unfortunately, that “someday” never arrives.

Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans. When we’re busy making other plans, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. Many people live as if life was a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we push problems and fear from our minds.

The best strategy to improve our well-being is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, “I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. I don’t think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now. Your efforts will pay off.”

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Answer 1

【答案】Living in the present moment is important. However, we always waste precious moment worrying about what we have no control over, missing out on life by hoping for a better future which never comes. Since we can’t control the past and the future, care for those around us and focus on things at present. That improves happiness.

【解析】

這是一篇議論文。活在當(dāng)下是很重要的。然而，我們總是浪費(fèi)寶貴的時(shí)間去擔(dān)心我們無(wú)法控制的事情，希望有一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)到來(lái)的美好未來(lái)，這使得我們往往忽略生活中很美好的東西。因?yàn)槲覀儾荒芸刂七^(guò)去和未來(lái)，所以要關(guān)心身邊的人，關(guān)注現(xiàn)在的事情。這能提高幸福感。

第一步：閱讀

1．認(rèn)真閱讀給定的原文材料，如果一遍不能理解，就多讀兩遍；閱讀次數(shù)越多，你對(duì)原文的理解就越深刻。

2．劃出那些能概括文章主題思想的單詞、短語(yǔ)或短句子；決定原文中哪些部分重要，哪些部分次重要了；對(duì)重要部分的主要觀點(diǎn)進(jìn)行概括。

3．簡(jiǎn)要地記下主要觀點(diǎn)——主題、標(biāo)題、細(xì)節(jié)等你認(rèn)為對(duì)概括概要寫作重要的東西。

第二步：寫作步驟

1. 瀏覽課文，找出主題：活在當(dāng)下是很重要的。然而，我們總是浪費(fèi)寶貴的時(shí)間去擔(dān)心我們無(wú)法控制的事情，希望有一個(gè)永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)到來(lái)的美好未來(lái)，這使得我們往往過(guò)了生活中很美好的東西。因?yàn)槲覀儾荒芸刂七^(guò)去和未來(lái)，所以要關(guān)心身邊的人，關(guān)注現(xiàn)在的事情。這能提高幸福感。

2. 分析文章的結(jié)構(gòu)，把它分成幾個(gè)部分，找出每個(gè)部分的主要思想，用你自己的文字簡(jiǎn)短地寫出來(lái)。本文主要分為兩部分。第一部分Living in the present moment is important。第二部分：However, we always waste precious moment worrying about what we have no control over, missing out on life by hoping for a better future which never comes. Since we can’t control the past and the future, care for those around us and focus on things at present.第三部分：That improves happiness。

3. 按照邏輯順序組織將主要和相關(guān)的支持點(diǎn)用最短的連接詞進(jìn)行連接。如：However，Since。

4. 第三步：修改成文

草稿擬好以后，對(duì)它進(jìn)行修改。

首先，與原文比較看是否把所有重要的觀點(diǎn)都概括了，概要寫作中的觀點(diǎn)是否與原文中的完全一致。

其次，如果出現(xiàn)了不必要的詞匯、短語(yǔ)或長(zhǎng)句子，刪除它們，保持語(yǔ)言簡(jiǎn)單明了。

最后，檢查拼寫、語(yǔ)法和標(biāo)點(diǎn)符號(hào)的錯(cuò)誤。