2016年专四作文范文押题:是否应该让年轻人担任政府要职？

 押题6  是否应该让年轻人担任政府要职？

题目要求：

Should young people undertake important positions in the government? This issue has been intensely discussed for years. The following are the supporters’ and opponents’ opinions. Read carefully the opinions from both sides and write your response in about 200 words, in which you should first summarize briefly¹ the opinions from both sides and give your views on the issue.

Marks will be awarded for content relevance², content sufficiency, organization and language quality. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.

YES

Young leaders who have been well educated are more likely to have a deeper understanding of cultural difference, and they can empathize with other employees and clients much better. Today, empathy plays a key role in retention³ of talents.

Compared with the senior leaders, young directors can apply the latest technology and theory into practice, and this can counteract⁴ negative stereotype⁵ of management and greatly improve productivity.

A distinct merit emerging from youngsters working on such positions is the improvement of government efficiency. Admittedly, a majority of governmental agencies are thirsty for high-efficiency operation so that they can provide better services for the public.

NO

Youngsters might make incorrect decisions that hamper⁶ government work due to their lack of work experience and analyzing⁷ capabilities⁸ when facing significant problems.

Elderly people have better cognitive⁹ skills, such as big-picture thinking and long-term vision. It is because years of work experience and failures teach them to take every aspect into consideration before making important decisions.

Since the senior leaders have already overcome countless¹⁰ difficulties and challenges prior, they can quickly adjust their mood in turmoil¹¹ and lift the morale¹² of the whole organization. 

审题思路:

本题讨论是否应该让年轻人担任政府要职。在具体行文方面，考生首先要总结概述正反方的观点。然后给出自己的观点：尽管年长的领导者更有威信和影响力，但还是应该让更多的年轻人担任政府要职。最后总结全文，重申观点。

高分范文：

Should Young People Undertake Important Positions in the Government?

Nowadays, whether young people should hold important posts in the government has become a controversial issue. Many citizens tend to distrust young leaders’ working abilities due to their age and inexperience. However, some people believe that youngsters are eligible¹³ for leadership roles because of their innovation and vitality¹⁴.

From my point of view, I’m inclined to elect young people as leaders although older leaders have more credibility and influence. To begin with, young leaders can take more decisive measures to tackle corruption¹⁵ and neglect of duty since they have less interpersonal problems to worry about. Moreover, with youngsters undertaking¹⁶ senior positions, efficiency in handling affairs will be highly improved so as to keep the government innovative¹⁷ and productive. Finally, young leaders are more open-minded and easier to take in new things, which can facilitate the enforcement of new policies.

To sum up, old leaders have to be continually replaced by new ones, which is an unalterable law of nature, so young people should be given opportunities to exercise leadership. And yet there is no denying that young leaders have a lot to learn from the old, since the senior leaders have rich work experience and long-term vision.

1 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

2 relevance   

n.中肯，适当，关联，相关性

参考例句：

• Politicians' private lives have no relevance to their public roles.政治家的私生活与他们的公众角色不相关。
• Her ideas have lost all relevance to the modern world.她的想法与现代社会完全脱节。

3 retention   

n.保留，保持，保持力，记忆力

参考例句：

• They advocate the retention of our nuclear power plants.他们主张保留我们的核电厂。
• His retention of energy at this hour is really surprising.人们惊叹他在这个时候还能保持如此旺盛的精力。

4 counteract   

vt.对…起反作用，对抗，抵消

参考例句：

• The doctor gave him some medicine to counteract the effect of the poison.医生给他些药解毒。
• Our work calls for mutual support.We shouldn't counteract each other's efforts.工作要互相支持，不要互相拆台。

5 stereotype   

n.固定的形象，陈规，老套，旧框框

参考例句：

• He's my stereotype of a schoolteacher.他是我心目中的典型教师。
• There's always been a stereotype about successful businessmen.人们对于成功商人一直都有一种固定印象。

6 hamper   

vt.妨碍，束缚，限制；n.(有盖的)大篮子

参考例句：

• There are some apples in a picnic hamper.在野餐用的大篮子里有许多苹果。
• The emergence of such problems seriously hamper the development of enterprises.这些问题的出现严重阻碍了企业的发展。

7 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

8 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

9 cognitive   

adj.认知的，认识的，有感知的

参考例句：

• As children grow older,their cognitive processes become sharper.孩子们越长越大，他们的认知过程变得更为敏锐。
• The cognitive psychologist is like the tinker who wants to know how a clock works.认知心理学者倒很像一个需要通晓钟表如何运转的钟表修理匠。

10 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

11 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

12 morale   

n.道德准则，士气，斗志

参考例句：

• The morale of the enemy troops is sinking lower every day.敌军的士气日益低落。
• He tried to bolster up their morale.他尽力鼓舞他们的士气。

13 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

14 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

15 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

16 undertaking   

n.保证，许诺，事业

参考例句：

• He gave her an undertaking that he would pay the money back with in a year.他向她做了一年内还钱的保证。
• He is too timid to venture upon an undertaking.他太胆小，不敢从事任何事业。

17 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。