考研英语作文范文：你想建一个什么节日

 　　Topic(题目)：

　　Holidays honor people or events. If you couldcreate a new holiday, what person or eventwould it honor and how would you want peopleto celebrate it? Use specific reasons and detailsto support your answer.

　　Model Essay(范文)：

　　October 24 is Union Nations Day. This day is noted¹ in the calendars, but not observed as aholiday around the world. I want the entire world to celebrate the birth of the United Nationsbecause of its attempts to promote peace, education, and health around the world.

　　Peace is the most important thing that we can have today. The sooner that we can stop war thesooner we can all have better lives. There are countries around the world that have been at warfor generations. In some of these countries, UN Peacekeepers have temporarily stopped theviolence so people can go about their lives. If this peace could be made lasting², the lives ofthese citizens would be much richer.

　　The UN actively³ works to promote education. Universal literacy is one of its important goals.Every child in the world deserves to know how to read and write. The UN is also involved in jobtraining for adults. The age of information technology demands new job skills. The UN workswith continuing education programs around the world so workers are not left out of the jobmarket.

　　The UN has played an instrumental role in the eradication⁴ of smallpox⁵. Polio vaccines⁶ andAIDS-awareness programs have also helped reduce the incidence of these diseases. There isa lot to be done in these areas.

　　Much of the work of the UN is unknown and underappreciated. If we want to live in a peacefulworld, where every child can attend school and where every citizen has access to health care, weneed to support the work of the UN. We need to recognize its importance and celebrate itsbirthday.

 

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 lasting   

adj.永久的，永恒的；vbl.持续，维持

参考例句：

• The lasting war debased the value of the dollar.持久的战争使美元贬值。
• We hope for a lasting settlement of all these troubles.我们希望这些纠纷能获得永久的解决。

3 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

4 eradication   

n.根除

参考例句：

• The eradication of an established infestation is not easy. 根除昆虫蔓延是不容易的。
• This is often required for intelligent control and eradication. 这经常需要灵巧的控制与消除。

5 smallpox   

n.天花

参考例句：

• In 1742 he suffered a fatal attack of smallpox.1742年，他染上了致命的天花。
• Were you vaccinated against smallpox as a child?你小时候打过天花疫苗吗？

6 vaccines   

疫苗，痘苗( vaccine的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His team are at the forefront of scientific research into vaccines. 他的小组处于疫苗科研的最前沿。
• The vaccines were kept cool in refrigerators. 疫苗放在冰箱中冷藏。