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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled On Maintaining Trust by commenting on the saying “It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.
As an old saying goes , “It takes years to build trust, and a few seconds to destroy it.” Maintaining trust is the most important characteristic that a person requires to be successful in life. Only by consistently proving to be honest can a person earn the precious trust of family members and business partners.
On the one hand, the parents' relationship with their children must be based on trust and integrity. If a father promises many times to take his son to a football match and cancels every time, his son will naturally begin to lose faith in his father's words. On the other hand, in the business world, people with no trust sooner or later earn the bad reputation they deserve. I have observed how destructive a person's dishonesty has been to his chances for success, and how his relationships with other people are purely superficial, based only on self-interest.
Trust is a very valuable asset, which is easy to lose but hard to gain. In the long run, an honest person will earn the love and respect of the people closest to him or her, which, in my opinion, is the greatest measure of a successful life.
正如古语所说，“建立信任需要很多年，但毁掉它只需要几秒钟。”一个人若想成功，应具备的最重要的特征就是保持信任。一个人只有一贯地保持诚实，才能赢得家人和商业伙伴们的宝贵信任。
一方面，父母和孩子的关系必须建立在信任与诚实的基础上。如果一位父亲多次许诺儿子会带他去看足球比赛，结果每次都取消计划，那么儿子自然就不再相信父亲说的话了。另一方面，在商界，毫无诚信的人迟早会变得臭名昭著。我目睹了一个人用欺骗毁掉了自己成功的机会，他与别人的关系仅仅以个人利益为基础，因而完全是肤浅的。
信任是一份十分珍贵的财富，易失去，难获得。从长远角度看，一个诚实的人将赢得最亲近的人的爱戴和尊敬。在我看来，这就是衡量成功人生的最重要的尺度。
destroy 毁掉
maintain 维持
characteristic 特征
require 具备
consistently 不断地，一贯地
prove to be 证明是
earn 赢得
precious 珍贵的
family member 家庭成员
business partner 商业伙伴
on the one hand 一方面
relationship 关系
integrity 真诚
promise 承诺
on the other hand 另一方面
business world 商界
sooner or later 迟早
reputation 声誉
deserve 应得
observe 观察
destructive 破坏性的
dishonesty 欺骗
chance for success 成功的机会
purely 纯粹地
superficial 肤浅的
self-interest 个人利益
in the long run 长远看来
in my opinion 在我看来
measure 衡量尺度
本文共三段、九句、199个词。第一段为观点陈述段，共三句。第二段是举例论证段，是并列结构，举出两个并列的例子。前两句举出第一个例子：父母和孩子的关系；后两句举出第二个例子：商界关系。第三段为归纳结论段，共两句，是“总—分”结构。
① Incidents of dishonesty frequently happen in recent years, and trust between people is decreasing. 最近几年来，欺诈事件频频发生，人与人之间的信任度正在逐渐下降。
② When the market economy is globalizing, a better international and interpersonal cooperation can only be accomplished when we establish the solid relationships of trust at each level. 在市场经济全球化的同时，我们只有在各个层次建立坚实的信任关系，才能实现更好的国际与人际间的合作。
③ Without trust, we can't get along well with other people, let alone cooperate with them or get help from them. 没有信任，我们无法与其他人友好相处，更不用说与他们合作或者获得他们的帮助了。