Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay on the topic of Certificate Craze. You should write at least 150 words following the outline given below:

1.现在许多人热衷于各类证书考试

2.其目的各不相同

3.在我看来

　　My opinion on certificate craze

　　The growing tendency among college students to get all kinds of certificates has now evolved into a craze. Just randomly ask a student what he or she is busily engaged in doing, quite possibly, you would get the answer that he or she is preparing for a certificate of some kind. So, why's the craze?

　　The reason behind this phenomenon is common — the enormous pressure of finding a job. Faced with a harsh job market, most students have no choice but to seek more certificates to parlay their qualifications. Another factor is that diploma and certificates still weighs heavily in terms of signifying one's ability. For the sake of increasing their odds of landing a better job, the students are compelled to run from one exam to another.

　　Though I have an open mind toward the craze on certificates, I suggest that students should be more rational when it comes to certificates, since they do not necessarily tell their ability. Instead, they should be more involved in learning and capability boosting, thus, opportunities would come quite naturally.

　　文章点评：

　　这是一篇中等偏上的学生作文。本文先对学生的考证热进行简介，引出全篇;接着分析这一现象背后的原因;整体看思路清晰，逻辑严密，行文流畅，句式多变，用语较为地道。

　　本篇亮点表达：

　　The growing tendency … has now evolved into…

　　be busily engaged in doing

　　The reason behind…

　　harsh job market

　　have no choice but to…

　　parlay their qualifications

　　sth. weighs heavily in terms of…

　　increasing one's odds of…

　　be involved in doing …

　　be compelled to do…

　　have an open mind toward…

　　capability boosting

　　本文有待提高之处：

　　1. 文章结构上，能看得出该同学试图采用议论文的三段式(提出问题、分析问题、解决问题)。逻辑严谨，论证严密;句式表达灵活，用语较为地道。

　　2. 微观语言点方面，有个主谓一致的方面的错误(diploma and certificates still weighs heavily);有些语句稍显啰嗦，比quite possibly, you would get the answer that… 大可简化成you’d most likely be told that… 更好，意思没有丝毫减损，表达力反而增强许多;另外某些用语多重复，比如job多次出现;为了避免此类现象，文中的the enormous pressure of finding a job 不妨改为the enormous pressure of getting employed。

　　从整体看，本篇文章不错，值得参考借鉴，不过用语方面还有待提高。

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2011年6月六级考试真题作文优秀范文(文都版)

Certificate Craze

In recent years, to get a certificate has become a hot topic among people，especially among the young and heated debates are right on their way.

A number of factors could account for the problem, but the following are the most critical ones. College students in growing numbers are beginning to believe that get a certificate contributes directly to enhancing their future job opportunities or promotion opportunities. The pressure of employment makes college students be more inclined to get various certificates. What's more many parents and teachers believe that additional educational activities enjoy obvious advantage. By preparing certificate test, they maintain, their children are able to obtain many kinds of practical skills and useful knowledge, which will put them in a beneficial position in the future job markets .

After a thorough consideration, for my part, I am in favor of being more rational when it comes to certificates, since certificates do not necessarily prove one's ability. Being crazy in getting certificates blindly will definitely leads to wasting of time. The students should enhance their awareness of the importance of ability. To conclude, we should focus on improving our ability but not getting a certificate of no practical value.