节约水资源

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on water saving based on the picture below by explaining the significance of saving water resources . You can cite examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

审题立意

1. 导语解读：要求考生根据漫画的内容就“节约水资源”这一话题进行简述，并解释节约水资源的重要性。

2. 漫画解读：图片上画了一个自来水龙头，下方摆放了许多只容器等待接水。然而，水龙头里的水却是在一滴一滴地往外流，显示出水资源的极度匮乏，说明人们在日常生活中节水的重要性。

3. 文章立意：地球上的水资源，尤其淡水资源严重匮乏，已经影响到了人们的日常生活。呼吁人们节约用水。

写作思路

1. 第一段简要描述图画内容，然后提出论点：水资源缺乏，节水很重要。

2. 第二段从三个方面说明节约水资源的重要性：首先，根据统计数字说明水资源很缺乏；其次，水对于人们自身健康的重要性；再次，水对于人们生产活动的重要性。

3. 第三段呼应文章论点，再次强调节水的重要性，呼吁人们采取行动节水。

参考范文

From the picture given above, we can observe that there are many containers under the tap, waiting to be filled with water. 1 However, instead of the normal water flow, only drips of water come out of the faucet. 2 Obviously, the picture intends to remind people of the fact of water shortage and calls for people’s action of saving water. 3

Saving water resources is of great importance to everyone on the earth. 4 First of all 4 , fresh water is a scarce resource. According to the statistics, less than 1% of all water on the earth is fresh water, and of that 1%, most is in ice caps or in deep aquifers, which means it is not really accessible for consumption. Second 4 , water is essential for people’s health. A healthy person needs about 2.5 to 4 liters 5 of water per day. Third 4 , water is important for agriculture and industrial development, which provide food and all other things for people’s life.

To sum up, water resource is scarce but extremely important for people’s life. Therefore, everyone needs to take action to save water. 6

从上图我们可以看到水龙头下方摆放了许多容器等待接水。然而，水龙头放出的水流量却是不正常的，而是一滴一滴地向外滴水。显然，这幅图片旨在提醒人们水资源缺乏，并号召人们采取措施节约用水。

节约用水对地球上的每个人都十分重要。首先，淡水是一种稀缺资源。据统计，地球上的淡水资源不到总水量的1％，而且其中绝大部分位于冰山或极深的地下，意味着很难真正被人们利用。其次，水资源对人们的健康至关重要。一个正常的成人每天大约需要2.5到4升的水。第三，水对于农业和工业发展也极其重要。农业和工业为人类的生活提供食物和其他所需的各种物品。

总而言之，水资源稀少，对人们的生活又极其重要。因此，每个人都要采取行动节约用水。

范文点评

1. 开篇简要描述图片的内容。

2. 自然过渡，逐渐让读者注意到文章话题——水资源缺乏。

3. 首段末句明确表达图片的意图：呼吁人们节约用水。

4. 分三个层次论证了自己的观点，论据充分，论证有力。

5. 援引数字证据，有说服力，同时也体现了论证方法的多样性。

6. 末段总结全文，重申观点，再次唤起人们节约用水的意识。

要点用法

observe v. 观察；观测

faucet n. 水龙头

remind of 提醒，使想起

call for 要求，呼吁

scarce adj. 缺乏的；稀少的

aquifer n. 地下蓄水层；砂石含水层

accessible adj. 易使用的；易得到的

consumption n. 消费

take action 采取行动

句法点评

1. From the picture given above, we can observe that there are many containers under the tap, waiting to be filled with water.

首句采用了there be句型描述静态图画，这是看图作文中的常用句式，类似的表达方法还有：What we can see from the picture above is that there is/are ....此外，waiting to be filled with water为现在分词短语作补足语。

2. According to the statistics, less than 1% of all water on the earth is fresh water, and of that 1%, most is in ice caps or in deep aquifers, which means it is not really accessible for consumption.

这句话中包含了一个关系代词which引导的非限制性定语从句。