剑桥雅思写作之新概念英语中蕴藏的秘密

作为实用类英语教材的经典，出身英伦三岛、血统纯正的新概念教材已经在神州大地风靡了三十几年。三十年间，她见证了祖国改革开放的伟大历程，也成就了我们几代英语学习者的人生梦想。有些人胸怀学术理想而孜孜苦读，最终成为了硕士、博士;有些人则向往于彼岸的经历而远涉重洋，踏上了异国的土地;有些人则凭借勤奋与智慧成为最先富裕起来的一批人。在国人眼中，新概念英语早已不止于一套教材的概念，她更多地已经成为了一种象征严谨治学和勤勉奋斗的精神图腾。

新概念系列的系统性、缜密性、实用性确实在当今的实用英语教材中位居前茅，罕有同类的教材能出其右。在国内语言培训业界，新概念英语被公认为是所有语言专修课程的“全能先修课程“---可以帮助你事半功倍地准备各种语言考试; 轻松地掌握包括学术英语、商务英语在内的各种特殊用途的英语(English for specific purposes)。

为了验证新概念英语内容的实用性和重要性，在此通过自己的一篇雅思作文习作来进行一个具体的分析。顺带说明，此文章考官Martin Renner 评价为：“It's very well written with next-to-no errors.”

真题重现

Research indicatesthat the characteristics we are born with have much more influence on ourpersonality and development than any experiences we may have in our life.

Which do you consider to be the major influence?

范文

(1)Admittedly, the inborn characteristicswe have impose influence on our personality and development to someextent. From my point of view, however, the experiences we go through in life, education andwork outweigh the characteristics in terms of shaping our personality. (2)To make my claim more convincing, I list three arguments as follows.

诚然，先天的特性会在一定程度上影响我们的人格和发展。但是，以我之见，就塑造人格而言，我们在生活、教育和工作中的经历所起的作用更大。为了使我的观点更加具有说服力，我在这里列出了三个理由。

As aproverb says “life is the best teacher”, we constantly draw on our lifeexperience to improve ourselves. For example, hardships and setbacks make usmore psychologically strong;(3)getting along with people teaches us how to be socially appealing and getting marriedand bringing up our offspring awards us a sense of responsibility. Almost every element in, or facet of, life contributes to the formation ofour personality.

正如一句谚语所言----“生活是最好的老师”。我们经常会使用生活中的经历来提升自己。例如，困苦与挫折会让我们心理上更加坚强;与人相处会教会我们如何成为一个社交上受欢迎的人;结婚、抚育子女会赋予我们责任感。生活中的每一个元素或方面都会有助于我们人格的形成。

Inaddition to life, education--from pre-school to tertiary education--also playsa vital role in the development of personality (4) as it helps build up one’s career path and life trajectory. During the process of learning, one can broaden his or her horizon through grasping knowledge and or skills in various disciplines, and consequently develop his or her traits and attributes, such as creativity, critical thinkingand troubleshooting capacity. These are all essential constituents of one’s personality and arefairly difficult to acquire from inborn characteristics.

除了生活的经历，从幼儿园到大学的教育在我们的人格发展中也起到了至关重要的作用;同时，教育也会有助于规划我们的职业道路和生活轨迹。在学习的过程中，一个人通过掌握各个领域的知识或/和技能开阔了他的眼界，并最终赋予了他一些特性和品质，例如，创造力、批判性思维和解决问题的能力。这些都是人格中的核心组成部分，并很难从先天的特性中获得。

Equally important as life and education is working experience. As a continuation ofeducational experience, It further helps refine one's personality in a very comprehensive way. (5)In awork context, when you handle paper work, you learn to be patient and meticulous; when you meet customers, you learn to be flexible and understanding; and when you encounter pressure, you learn to be calm and prompt.

与生活和教育同等重要的是工作经历。作为教育经历的延续，工作经历非常综合地完善了一个人的人格。在工作环境中，当你处理文案工作时，你学会了耐心和细心;当你会见客户的时候，你学会了灵活和为他们着想;当你遇到压力的时候，你学会了镇定和迅速行动。

In accordance with the perspectives explored here in above, (6) we may safely draw the conclusion that experiences create a more significant influence on our personality and development in comparison with inborn characteristics.

根据以上的探讨，我们可以慎重地得出一个结论，即较之先天的特性，经历对于我们人格以及发展的作用更为深远。