每个人的命运都掌握在自己手中

Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay explaining why you are the architect of your own fate . You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.

审题立意

1. 导语解读：要求考生根据“每个人的命运都掌握在自己手中”这一话题进行简述并阐述原因。

2. 文章立意：每个人的生活都不太可能一帆风顺，遭遇挫折和失败是常有的事。因此，生活的成功与否掌握在人们自己手里，也就是说，每个人才是自己生活的缔造者。

写作思路

1. 第一段指出，生活不是一帆风顺的，会遇到各种困难，由此提出论点：每个人才是自己生活的缔造者。

2. 第二段指出，不要让困难左右你。把困难和逆境当作朋友，把它作为享受生活的一种方式。

3. 第三段指出，困难可使人受益并取得进步，把握命运才能获取成功。

参考范文

Not everyone in the world has roses all the way through his life. 1 One may have growing pains, encounter troubles and difficulties and suffer adversities. No matter what happens, you are the architect of your own fate. 2

Don’t let your troubles define you. Instead, you define them. That’s a wonderful way for you to define yourself. We all have troubles. There’s no doubt that adversity, which is a good friend for anyone, can bring out the best in us. It’s up to us to choose how to respond to it. You can choose to give in; you can also choose to rise above it. Why don’t you choose to enjoy your life regardless of the challenges that the fate serves you? 3

Whether we enjoy every day or not, there’s always something to experience and learn. Experiences are life’s way of helping us. When you look on the most difficult experience of your life as a gift, you know you’re making real progress. Never surrender to fate, even for those who are too weak to determine their own destiny. Right now you are the architect of your own destiny. Rise above the troubles and meet them head-on; you’ll triumph. 4

世上并非每个人的一生都是康庄大道。你可能在成长中遇到烦恼，麻烦缠身，困难重重，身陷逆境。但无论发生什么，你都是自己命运的缔造者。

不要让你的那些麻烦定义你，而是你去定义它们。这也是你定义自己的绝佳方法。每个人都会遇到麻烦。逆境是每个人的朋友，毫无疑问，它能让我们展现出最好的自我。这取决于我们回应它的方式。你可以选择屈服，也可以选择克服它。无论命运给你什么挑战，为什么不选择享受人生呢?

不管我们是否享受每一天，总有一些东西可以经历和学习。经历是生活给予我们帮助的方式。当你把人生中最困难的经历看成一个礼物，你会发现你真的进步了。决不要向命运投降，即便孱弱无力、无法自决命运的人也不应如此。现在，你就是自己命运的缔造者。克服困难，直面挑战，你终将胜利。

范文点评

1. 开篇简要提及生活不会一帆风顺，为引出文章观点作铺垫。

2. 首段末句明确表达文章的观点：每个人才是自己命运的缔造者。紧扣作文话题。

3. 采用逻辑推理方法，层层递进，逻辑严密。

4. 末段最后使用祈使句号召人们不要屈服于命运，只有把握命运，才能获得最终的胜利。

要点用法

encounter v. 遭遇，遇到

adversity n. 逆境；厄运

architect n. 缔造者；建筑师

define v. 定义

be up to 由……决定

rise above 克服；不受……影响

regardless of 不管

progress n. 进步

look on…as 把……看作

surrender v. 投降；屈服

destiny n. 命运；天命

triumph v. 胜利；成功

句法点评

1. Why don’t you choose to enjoy your life regardless of the challenges that the fate serves you?

本句采用了反问句，强调了挑战命运的重要性，同时也避免了通篇都是一成不变的陈述句式。

2. Never surrender to fate, even for those who are too weak to determine their own destiny.

本句中包含了一个由关系代词who引导的限制性定语从句，修饰限定those。从句的运用使行文更加紧凑，丰富了句式的多样性。