3)看圖畫作文

看圖畫作文也是歷年大學英語四級考試中經(jīng)常試題的類型。其目的是要求考生觀察分析表或圖片傳達的信息，并用文字表達自己的分析。

這類題型既考查學生的觀察分析能力，又考查學生的語言表達能力。看圖作文雖沒有詳細的文字說明，但主題明確且體裁多樣，要視圖畫的具體內(nèi)容而定?？磮D作文可分為圖表作文和圖畫作文兩種。請看下面圖畫作文的例子。

Directions: For the part, you are allowed 30 minutes to study the following picture and required to describe the scene you can see in it with the topic: Inside and Outside. Your composition should be no less than 120 words. Remember to watch carefully and to write clearly.

【范文】

Inside and Outside

There are two birds in the picture. One is in a cage, another

is outside. Both of them are worrying about something.

Locked in the cage and confined to a small space, the bird in

the cage lives a very unhappy life. Although it is fed on a full bowl of rice every day, it is bored to death. It dreams of freeing itself from the imprisonment and flying in the sky.

On the other hand, the bird outside the cage is harassed by starvation. Coveting the bowl of rice in the cage, it has a strong desire to get in. In its hunger pang, it has completely forgotten the advantage of being able to enjoy freedom.

The message conveyed by this picture is instructive. Everything has its positive and negative sides. When a person is beset by his/her unfavorable condition, he/she should never lose sight of his own advantages.

這是一篇根據(jù)圖畫提示展開的說明性議論文，作者根據(jù)題目指定的要求，首先對圖畫內(nèi)容進行簡明扼要的描述，并用Both of them are worrying about something順利過渡到下文。在第二段，作者說明了籠子里面的鳥所擔心的事情。在第三段又用On the other hand進行過渡，說明了籠子外面的鳥所擔心的事情。文章最后一段是作者發(fā)表的自己的看法。

資料來源：李華田主編《四級寫作》，新大學英語四、六級考點透視叢書/李華田主編，武漢大學出版社，2006