Topic8 2003年1月真题
Directions ： For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled It Pays to Be Honest. You should write at least 120 words following the outline given below ：
当前社会上存在许多不诚实的现象
诚实利人利己，做人应该诚实
It Pays to Be Honest
Nowadays, we often hear people’s complaints about dishonesty. In fact，there are dishonest practices in all walks of life. Take food safety as an example，the past five years has witnessed an average number of 4，320 factories producing contaminated food every year， which seriously harmed people’s lives and health.
It pays to be honest because being honest is beneficial to both other people and yourself. To begin with，being honest will make others relieved and devote full efforts to their work and life. In return, it will bring you true friendship and good mood，which promotes your happiness. What’s more, being honest can always bring you more business opportunities. We have heard lots of successful businessmen note that “doing business is actually testing one’s moral quality.
Being honest has become our traditional virtue and we should bear in mind to behave ourselves honestly. Only when every one of as is honest can the society be harmonious. (156 词）
一句话评价
第一段的数据将吸引阅卷老师的眼球，同时使用了 witness， take ... as an example等好词与短语及producing分词作后置定语， 将给阅卷老师留下良好的第一印象。
快捷构思
第一段:描述现象，引人该段中心“当前社会上存在许多不诚 实的现象”。而后“一句话”数例，举出工厂生产污染 食品的例子更加形象地说明社会上的不诚实。
第二段:开门见山提出该段主题句“诚实利人利己，做人应该 诚实”。紧接着列出了 make others relieved and devote full efforts to their work and life 和 bring you more business opportunities来支持该主题中心。
第三段:事实上，原题并没有第3个提纲，最后一段可以不写。 但为了使文章显得充实，在末段做一个简单的总结或 号召是一种值得推荐的写法。
美丽词句
1.all walks of life 各行各业
2.promoteone’s happiness 增加幸福感
3.devote full efforts to 奉献全部精力
4.traditional virtue 传统美德
5.bearin mind牢记在心（优于大家通常用的remember)