My Ideal Job
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition on the topic: My Ideal Job. You should write no less than 120 words and you should base your composition on the outline (given in Chinese) below:
1．人们对职业各有不同的理想；
2．我理想的职业是什么；
3．我打算怎样为我理想的职业做准备。
Remember to write your composition neatly.
【范文】
My Ideal① Job
When we are asked about what we want to be in the future, we have different answers. We may want to be a doctor, a lawyer, a politician, a scientist or a worker, and so on.
My ideal job is to be an excellent teacher. This idea came into being② when I was very young. No one is born with knowledge. If I am a teacher, I will be able to turn an ignorant man into a learned③ person. I will teach what I know to my students. Sometimes, I will be able to learn something from them because students are always active and creative④. So life will be interesting and meaningful⑤.
Bu I know it isn’t easy for me to be a good teacher. Being a teacher needs knowledge, patience⑥, skills, etc. First, I must study very hard so that I will be able to answer most of my students’ questions. Second, I must learn to be patient. I shall not be rude⑦ to my students. Third, I should have good teaching methods. It doesn’t follow that a teacher with great knowledge can make himself understood quickly and clearly. Perhaps students may still be puzzled because they don’t understand what he says at all!
So, you see, different jobs require different talents. I will study hard now at college and get myself well prepared for my future teaching job so that I can truly live up to⑧ the name of a teacher when I stand in front of my students.
【注释】
①ideal：理想的
②come into being：产生
③learned：有学问的
④creative：有创造性的
⑤meaningful：有意义的
⑥patience：耐心
⑦rude：粗鲁的
⑧live up to：不辜负；对得起；符合…的要求
【点评】
本文是一篇根据中文提纲展开的议论文。这种题型的作文在近几年的大学英语四级考试中频繁出现。
文章第一段泛提人们对职业有着不同的理想。第二段详细谈作者本人的理想和实现这个理想的意义。第三段讲实现这个理想并不容易，需要付出很多努力。作者用列举的方法陈述这些努力。这些列举用语如：First, second, Third都用得很恰当。最后一段概括了上述的内容。
整篇文章结构严密，过渡自然，用词得当，读起来十分流畅。
参考文献：英语作文高分必背丛书：大学英语四级写作/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
