2012年12月英语四级真题参考答案解析PartⅠWritingDirection：Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledEducationPaysYoushouldwriteatleast120wordsbutnomorethan180words.【参考答案及解析】标准版：Theabovebarchartclearlyshowsuseducationpaysin2010.Weseethatonewithhighereducationbackgroundearnsmoremoneyweeklythanthosewithlowerones.Forinstance,thecollegestudentswithnodegreegetpaid$712perweekwhereasthosewithaBachelor’sdegreecanearn$1038.Severalreasons,inmyopinion,canbeidentifiedtoaccountforthisphenomenon.Tobeginwith,comparedwiththosewithcomparativelylowereducationdegree,peoplewhohavereceivedhighereducationpossessconsiderablywiderknowledge,moreremarkablelearningandresearchability,greaterinnovationandmostofall,resourcefulsocialnetwork,allofwhichareessentialtoahigh-incomework.Also,thehigherone’seducationdegreeis,thebiggerplatformhewillhavetoshowhisability.Forexample,hiscollege,university,orresearchinstitutewillorganizevariousjobfairsforthemtocommunicatefacetofacewithemployers.Thisphenomenontellsusthateducationisaworthyinvestment.Therefore,substantialeducationinvestmentshouldbestrengthenedwhilewe,ascollegestudents,shouldstudyhardertobuildourcountryandstriveforabetterlifeforourselves.高分版：EducationPaysJudgingfromthetable,wecanseethatpeople’sincomeincreasesalongwiththeireducationlevels.Aboveall，theaveragecollegegraduatesearnmuchmorethanthetypicalhigh-schoolgraduates.Thefactrevealedbythesedataisobvious:adegreedoesbringdistinctivefinancialbenefitstoitsholders.Butisittruethatadegreealonecanensureabrightfuture?Idon’tthinksobecause,ontheonehand,thefinancialvalueofhigheducationdependsheavilyonwhatskillsgraduatescangainfromitinsteadofthedegreeitself.Afterall,anemployeronlypaysforyourabilityandperformance,notforyourcertificate.Ontheotherhand,themostvaluableblesshigheducationbringstograduatesistheabilitytolearnquicklyandefficiently.Peoplereceivedmoreeducationtendtokeeplifelonglearninghabitsaftertheirgraduation,whichwouldhelpthemgainmoreopportunitiesintheircareerpath.Inconclusion,whataccountsforeducationpaysisnotthedegreealone,butthegraduate’sabilityandleaninghabit.【标准版点评】：这次四级作文出了图表题，可能让大家有些意外，但是四六级考察图表作文已经并不是第一次，早在2002年的时候就已经出现过，是图表+提纲的形式，图表反应的是大学生使用计算机的情况。由于备考时大家只是关注近几年的题型，可能没有关注到以往考察过图表作文。我们在备考作文的时候，一般会从以下几个方面着手准备，如何描述现象、如何分析原因、如何分析影响、如何给出解决措施、如何进行观点论战等。其实，图表作文也是从这几个方面展开，只是将第一段的描述现象改为描述图表即可。可见，无论是考察哪种作文题，我们都可以将它转化为我们熟悉的提纲式。这次作文题目有两个版本。题目都是EducationalPays(教育回报)，一个版本的图表显示的是教育水平越高，收入越高，另一个版本的图表显示的是教育水平越高，失业率越低。虽然图表描述的具体内容不同，但主题是一致的：教育是值得投资的。写作思路也是一致的。两篇范文都是采取三段式的描述方法。第一段：描述图表。先一句话引出图表总体内容Theabovebarchartclearlyshowsus…然后具体描述现象Weseethat…。最后用forinstance引出一些具体数据来例证现象。第二段：分析原因。先写一个引出原因的句子，然后具体列举一到两个原因即可。由于字数限制，原因不必列太多。第三段：给出建议。先是总结这个现象Thisphenomenontellsusthateducationisaworthyinvestment.(教育值得投资)。然后是建议国家增大教育投资，以及个人要努力学习。这种三段式的写作模式容易掌...
