Part I Writing

·审题·

题目要求考生写一篇以“如今，人们越来越意识到‘容貌焦虑’或沉迷于个人外表存在的风险”开头的作文，考生可以通过发表评论、举例子或描述个人经历等方式展开论述。根据题目提示，作文可以采取以下布局：开头段描述社会现象，指出如今很多年轻人过分看重外表；中间段分析过度的容貌焦虑对身心的危害；结尾段总结全文。考生写作时可以使用与“说明观点”相关的写作句型。

·参考范文＆点评·

People are now increasingly aware of the danger of “appearance anxiety”or being obsessed with one's looks. In such a “face-judging”world, or a world of judging people by their appearance, many people, especially youngsters, have attached too much importance to their appearance. At the same time, people also come to realize the problems caused by appearance anxiety. ¹

In my opinion, excessive appearance anxiety is harmful to both our physical and mental health. For one thing, in order to pursue so-called “beauty”, some people are blindly dieting to lose weight, resulting in malnutrition, anorexia and other diseases; also some people regard cosmetic surgery as the quickest and the most effective way to make them more beautiful. However, in case cosmetic surgery fails, there is a price to pay. In fact, some people have already paid the price with their lives. For another, under the influence of the concepts such as “the perfect body”and “the golden ratio of beauty”, people tend to have self-doubt, thus putting all their energy into how to become good-looking, instead of focusing on study and work. ²

There is a saying that the desire to look attractive is universal. But remember that appearance is not the only standard to measure one's value, and a person's inner beauty outweighs his/her appearance. ³

1 描述社会现象——很多年轻人过分注重外表，同时人们也意识到容貌焦虑带来的问题。

2 分别从身体健康、心理健康这两个角度阐述过度的容貌焦虑带来的危害，由连接词For one thing、For another引出。

3 引用俗语，总结全文，告诫人们外表不是衡量个人价值的唯一标准，内在美比外表更重要。

·范文译文·

如今，人们越来越意识到“容貌焦虑”或沉迷于个人外表存在的风险。在这样一个“看脸”的世界（即以貌取人的世界），很多人，尤其是年轻人，过于注重自己的外表了。与此同时，人们也逐渐意识到容貌焦虑带来的问题。

在我看来，过度的容貌焦虑对我们的身心健康皆有危害。首先，为了追求所谓的“美”，有些人为了减轻体重盲目节食，以至于引发了营养不良、厌食症和其他疾病；也有些人把整容手术看作是使他们变得更美的最快、最有效的途径。然而，万一整容手术失败，就会付出代价。事实上，已经有一些人付出了生命的代价。再者，在“完美身材”和“美貌的黄金比例”等观念的影响下，人们往往会产生自我怀疑，因而把所有精力都放在如何变漂亮上，而不是专注于学习与工作。

俗话说，爱美之心人皆有之。但要记住，外表并不是衡量一个人价值的唯一标准，一个人的内在美比其外表更重要。

·亮点词汇·

youngster 年轻人

pursue 追求

anorexia 厌食症

attach importance to 重视

diet 节食

cosmetic surgery 整容手术

excessive 过度的

malnutrition 营养不良

outweigh （在重要性或意义上）超过

·写作句型·

1 In my opinion, ...is harmful to both our physical and mental health.

句型意为“在我看来，……对我们的身心健康皆有危害”，可用于作文中间段，承上启下，展开论述某一事物或现象带来的危害。

2 But remember that...is not the only standard to measure one's value, and a person's...outweighs his/her...

句型意为“但要记住，……并不是衡量一个人价值的唯一标准，一个人的……比其……更重要”。通常用于文章结尾段，阐述某一事物比另一事物更重要。 Qa1v3RktAHw8dhr7EfWKWuc1QScOte47FmYRBPPgHgGW/zOvugHRFqiUIhqx0yAJ