第一套
作文
Technology and Education
What the drawing vividly depicts is that a pupil tells his teacher he needs tech support to solve an extremely easy question on the blackboard. The picture illustrates that students are highly dependent on technology, overlooking the importance of independent thinking. However, as far as I am concerned, technology plays an important but not indispensable role in academic life.
Undoubtedly, advanced technology has brought many conveniences, but we are not supposed to rely on the technology too much. There are two reasons to support this view. To start with, we shoulder the responsibility to learn, and we cannot learn well with technology tools at hand. Furthermore, the future progress of technology depends on us. And only by having a total understanding of basic knowledge, can we promote the development of science and technology in the future.
Of course, the technology, especially the Internet, has made it much easier to get access to information than before. However, over dependence on technology has done more harm than good. Therefore, we should master basic knowledge on our own and learn how to apply technology to our academic life. Only in this way, can we benefit most from our learning process.

翻译
       反应在艺术和文学中的乡村生活理想是中国文明的重要特征。这在很大程度上归功于道家对自然的感情。传统中国画有两个最受青睐的主题，一是家庭生活的各种幸福场景，画中往往有老人在下棋饮茶，男人在耕耘收割，妇女在织布缝衣，小孩在户外玩耍。另一个则是乡村生活的种种乐趣，画有渔夫在湖上打渔，农夫在山上砍柴采药，或是书生坐在松树下吟诗作画。这两个主题可以分别代表儒家和道家的生活理想。
The ideal of rural life reflected in the arts and literature is an important feature of Chinese civilization, which, to a large extent, can be attributed to Taoist affection for nature. There are two favorite themes in traditional Chinese paintings. One theme is various happy scenes of family life. In most of the paintings, the seniors are drinking tea and playing chess; men are sowing and reaping; women are weaving and sewing; and the children are playing outside. The other theme is all kinds of joys of the country life. In the paintings, fishermen are fishing on the lake; farmers are cutting firewood or gathering herbs in the mountains; or scholars are chanting poetry and painting under the pines. These two themes can respectively represent Confucian and Taoist ideal of life.
  
第二套
作文
No Shortcut to Learning
The cartoon above is thought provoking. A youngman asks where he can find a book named “How To Do Well In School Without Studying”, and the woman suggests him to find it in the fiction section. Apparently, the cartoon ironically demonstrates a truth that there is no such a thing as a shortcut to learning.
The nature of study requires it to be based on a solid foundation. Just as we cannot build a castle in the air, neither can we obtain advanced knowledge through a shortcut, for a shortcut can shatter the foundation. For example, students may choose to cheat in order to acquire a high score. However, the cheaters will wind up in ignorance. In addition, although many students are averse to learning by rote, there is no denying that it is necessary to spend a certain amount of time to remember and learn the basic knowledge which lay the foundation for further study.
To sum up, students should come to realize that there exists no shortcut in study. Only hard work will form the bedrock of good performance in school.

翻译
       自从1978年启动改革以来，中国已从计划经济转为以市场为基础的经济，经历了经济和社会的快速发展。平均10%的GDP增长已使五亿多人脱贫。联合国的“千年(millennium)发展目标”在中国均已达到或即将达到。目前，中国的第十二个五年规划强调发展服务业和解决环境及社会不平衡的问题。政府已设定目标减少污染，提高能源效率，改善得到教育和医保的机会，并扩大社会保障。中国现在7%的经济年增长目标表明政府是在重视生活质量而不是增长速度。
Since the very beginning of the reform in 1978, China has transformed from a planned economy to an economy based on the market and undergone a rapid development of economy and society. Our GDP has risen at an average annual rate of 10%, thus over 500 million people getting rid of poverty. “The Millennium Development Goals” of UN have been achieved or will be soon. Currently, the twelfth Five Year Plan of China emphasizes the development of service industry, the solutions to the environment and the social imbalance. The government has set goals to reduce pollution, enhance energy efficiency, improve the opportunity to receive education and medical insurance and expand social insurance. The current 7% annual economic growth target of China shows the government attaches importance to the quality of life rather than the speed of economic growth.

第三套
作文
Qualities of Job Applicants
In the cartoon, an employer expresses his pity for a young interviewee with a master’s degree. Although the young man has animpressive resume, he fails the interview, for his competitors arePh.D.s. The picture proves that nowadays interviewers pay more attention to the education background. However, I think that the abilities of job applicants should be put a higher value on. There are three main reasons for that. First and foremost, the education background is only a measure of one’s learning ability, and the cart should not be placed before the horse. Besides, in the sole pursuit of high level education, many companies are likely to miss some talented people, who may drop out of school because of financial difficulties. For example, Steve Jobs, a real innovator, did not finish his college; and Bill Gates, one of the richest men in the world, quit the university, too. An individual’s talents cannot be only measured by education background. Finally, most companies do not specialize in cutting-edge science, so some doctors may be a total waste there. In conclusion, I believe job applicants should not be evaluated only by their diploma, and their talents and abilities are supposed to be considered more by the recruiters.

翻译
       中国将努力确保到2015年就业者接受过平均13.3年的教育。如果这一目标得以实现，今后大部分进入劳动力市场的人都需获得大学文凭。
       在未来几年，中国将着力增加职业学院的招生人数：除了关注高等教育外，还将寻找新的突破以确保教育制度更加公平。中国正在努力最佳地利用教育资源，这样农村和欠发达地区将获得更多的支持。
       教育部还决定改善欠发达地区学生的营养，并为外来务工人员的子女提供在城市接受教育的同等机会。
China will exert itself to make sure the employees will have received average education of 13.3 years until 2015. If we can achieve that, the majority of people entering the labor force market will need a bachelor degree in future.
For the next few years, China will be committed to increasing the enrollments of training colleges; and apart from emphasis upon higher education, China will seek a new breakthrough to ensure the education system will be more equal. China is now trying to optimize the use of education resources; hence the rural and underdeveloped areas will get more support.
The Ministry of Education has also decided to improve the nutrition of students from underdeveloped areas and provide the equal access to education for the children of migrant workers in cities.