四 情景作文：人生哲理类（成功因素）

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay commenting on the saying “The most successful persons may not be the smartest ones.” You can cite one example or two to illustrate your point of view. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

（一）预测范文

According to a survey conducted among a group of people who were in the same college 10 years ago, those whose grade-point average was in the middle fifty percent, all become rich or managers of different fields, while not a single young man of the upper ten percent becomes an executive or boss.

One ingredient, among other things, is good interpersonal skills. With a wide circle of friends who can be trusted to provide information and resources, your chances of success are much higher. On the contrary, if you are competent in your profession, but have difficulty in getting along with your colleagues and even your boss, you can hardly survive the corporation. Another component is the ability to express oneself. In today’s world, what really counts is the ability to express oneself rather than technical competence or professional knowledge. The larger the organization of which you are an employee, and the fiercer the competition, the more important it will be that you know how to convey your thoughts and convince others of your ideas.

To sum up, according to my observation, academic brightness is only part of the story, the other factors are very important.

（二）参考译文

根据一项调查，十年前在同一所大学中学习的一群人中，那些平均学分处于中间50%的学生都变得富有，或者成为不同领域的经理。然而没有一个处于前10%的年轻人成了经理或老板。

诸多因素之一就是良好的人际交往能力。拥有广泛的朋友圈可以信任并提供信息和资源，你成功的机会就会更大。相反，如果你在职业上很有能力，但是和同事甚至老板相处困难，就很难在公司中生存。另一个因素是自我表达能力。在当今世界，最重要的是表达自我的能力，而不是技术能力或专业知识。你所处的公司越大，竞争越激烈，你知道如何表达你的想法并使别人信服的能力就越发重要。

总之，根据我的观察，学习优秀只是一个方面，其他因素也非常重要。

（三）亮点词汇

according to 根据

conduct 进行

grade-point average 平均学分

executive 经理

ingredient 因素

interpersonal skills 人际交往能力

wide circle of friends 广泛的朋友圈

on the contrary 相反

competent 有能力的

profession 职业

have difficulty in... 在……方面有困难

get along with... 与……和睦相处

survive 生存

corporation 公司

component 因素

count 重要

rather than 而不是

technical competence 技术能力

professional knowledge 专业知识

competition 竞争

convey 表达

convince 使信服

to sum up 总之

academic brightness 学习优秀

（四）道长点评

六级写作已经多次考查人生哲理这一话题，如：2012-12“Man and Computer（人类和电脑）”；2012-12“On Maintaining Trust（关于保持信任）”。

（五）句型拓展

① There is strong evidence that friendship can help to tide you over a period of difficulty. 大量有力的证据表明，友谊能帮助你渡过难关。

② Why those who are not excellent in studies tend to be managers or own their own enterprises in their later life? 为什么那些在学业上不出众的学生们以后反而容易成为经理或拥有自己的企业？

③ And what factors lead to success in career and life if brains are not the only answer? 如果智力不是唯一的答案，那什么因素导致了事业和生活上的成功呢？