2019年12月英语四级写作预测：人生哲理

Directions

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to always be right by having no ideas at all.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of innovation and creativity. You should write at least 120 words, no more than 180 words.

参考范文

There is a saying that “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to always be right by having no ideas at all.” The purpose of the saying is to show us that utmost importance should be attached to innovation and creativity.

To begin with, an attitude of innovation could be said to be the watchword, or motto of science. For example, before a new type of medicine or vaccine is developed, innumerable times of scientific experiment, laboratory tests and live trials must be carried out. In addition, innovation is also responsible for many of today’s business successes. For instance, I personally worked with such a company. It was only after four years and four different tries of varying business models that the entrepreneur finally made his mark, and became the chairman of one of the largest Internet companies.

To sum up, in any field of endeavor, whether it be medicine, engineering or business, it is necessary to first put great emphasis on innovation before one can finally meet with success.

参考译文

有一句话是这样说的：“有足够多的创意，哪怕其中有一些是错的，也比毫无想法的永远正确要好”。这句话的目的是告诉我们应该充分重视创新。

首先，创新的态度可以说是科学研究的信条。例如，在研发出新药物或新疫苗之前，一定有无数次的科学实验、实验室检测和活体试验。其次，创新也是当今许多企业能够成功的原因。例如，我本人曾在这样一家公司工作过。这家公司的创始人尝试了四种不同的商业模式，历经四年才取得成功。后来他也当上了一家最大的互联网公司的董事长。

总之，在任何领域，无论是医学、工程还是商业，一个人必须首先重视创新才能获得最后的成功。

亮点词汇

utmost 极大的;innovation 创新 ;creativity 创造力 ;watchword 信条 ;motto 格言，座右铭 ;vaccine 疫苗;develop 研发，研制;innumerable 无数的;scientific experiment 科学实验 ;laboratory 实验室的 ;meet with success 获得成功;be responsible for 带来，导致 ;entrepreneur 企业家;endeavor 努力;necessary 必须的 ;engineering 工程;put great emphasis on 重视 ;trial 实验

句型拓展

①Most of us are driven to do things in the most efficient way possible, which leads to experimentation and innovation.

大多数人都在寻求较高效的做事方法，从而带来实验和创新。

②If human beings were always satisfied with what they have, we would still be living in the stone ages.

如果人类总是安于现状，我们现在就仍会生活在石器时代。

③We have taken this proclivity to a positive extreme by investing every aspect of the tangible and intangible world, in the name of satisfying our thirst for knowledge and understanding.

为了满足对知识的渴求，人类探索着有形和无形世界的方方面面，从而对这一天性善加利用。