Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay explaining why you are the architect of your own fate . You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
審題立意
1. 導(dǎo)語解讀：要求考生根據(jù)“每個(gè)人的命運(yùn)都掌握在自己手中”這一話題進(jìn)行簡述并闡述原因。
2. 文章立意：每個(gè)人的生活都不太可能一帆風(fēng)順，遭遇挫折和失敗是常有的事。因此，生活的成功與否掌握在人們自己手里，也就是說，每個(gè)人才是自己生活的締造者。
寫作思路
1. 第一段指出，生活不是一帆風(fēng)順的，會(huì)遇到各種困難，由此提出論點(diǎn)：每個(gè)人才是自己生活的締造者。
2. 第二段指出，不要讓困難左右你。把困難和逆境當(dāng)作朋友，把它作為享受生活的一種方式。
3. 第三段指出，困難可使人受益并取得進(jìn)步，把握命運(yùn)才能獲取成功。
參考范文
Not everyone in the world has roses all the way through his life. 1 One may have growing pains, encounter troubles and difficulties and suffer adversities. No matter what happens, you are the architect of your own fate. 2
Don’t let your troubles define you. Instead, you define them. That’s a wonderful way for you to define yourself. We all have troubles. There’s no doubt that adversity, which is a good friend for anyone, can bring out the best in us. It’s up to us to choose how to respond to it. You can choose to give in; you can also choose to rise above it. Why don’t you choose to enjoy your life regardless of the challenges that the fate serves you? 3
Whether we enjoy every day or not, there’s always something to experience and learn. Experiences are life’s way of helping us. When you look on the most difficult experience of your life as a gift, you know you’re making real progress. Never surrender to fate, even for those who are too weak to determine their own destiny. Right now you are the architect of your own destiny. Rise above the troubles and meet them head-on; you’ll triumph. 4
世上并非每個(gè)人的一生都是康莊大道。你可能在成長中遇到煩惱，麻煩纏身，困難重重，身陷逆境。但無論發(fā)生什么，你都是自己命運(yùn)的締造者。
不要讓你的那些麻煩定義你，而是你去定義它們。這也是你定義自己的絕佳方法。每個(gè)人都會(huì)遇到麻煩。逆境是每個(gè)人的朋友，毫無疑問，它能讓我們展現(xiàn)出最好的自我。這取決于我們回應(yīng)它的方式。你可以選擇屈服，也可以選擇克服它。無論命運(yùn)給你什么挑戰(zhàn)，為什么不選擇享受人生呢?
不管我們是否享受每一天，總有一些東西可以經(jīng)歷和學(xué)習(xí)。經(jīng)歷是生活給予我們幫助的方式。當(dāng)你把人生中最困難的經(jīng)歷看成一個(gè)禮物，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)你真的進(jìn)步了。決不要向命運(yùn)投降，即便孱弱無力、無法自決命運(yùn)的人也不應(yīng)如此。現(xiàn)在，你就是自己命運(yùn)的締造者?？朔щy，直面挑戰(zhàn)，你終將勝利。
范文點(diǎn)評
1. 開篇簡要提及生活不會(huì)一帆風(fēng)順，為引出文章觀點(diǎn)作鋪墊。
2. 首段末句明確表達(dá)文章的觀點(diǎn)：每個(gè)人才是自己命運(yùn)的締造者。緊扣作文話題。
3. 采用邏輯推理方法，層層遞進(jìn)，邏輯嚴(yán)密。
4. 末段最后使用祈使句號(hào)召人們不要屈服于命運(yùn)，只有把握命運(yùn)，才能獲得最終的勝利。
要點(diǎn)用法
encounter v. 遭遇，遇到
adversity n. 逆境；厄運(yùn)
architect n. 締造者；建筑師
define v. 定義
be up to 由……決定
rise above 克服；不受……影響
regardless of 不管
progress n. 進(jìn)步
look on…as 把……看作
surrender v. 投降；屈服
destiny n. 命運(yùn)；天命
triumph v. 勝利；成功
句法點(diǎn)評
1. Why don’t you choose to enjoy your life regardless of the challenges that the fate serves you?
本句采用了反問句，強(qiáng)調(diào)了挑戰(zhàn)命運(yùn)的重要性，同時(shí)也避免了通篇都是一成不變的陳述句式。
2. Never surrender to fate, even for those who are too weak to determine their own destiny.
本句中包含了一個(gè)由關(guān)系代詞who引導(dǎo)的限制性定語從句，修飾限定those。從句的運(yùn)用使行文更加緊湊，豐富了句式的多樣性。
