2022年12月四级考试作文真题

2022-12 CET4 Writing

CET4: The necessity of developing social skills for college students

Today on campus, you can hear the words “She Niu” and “She Kong” (good at and not good at social skills) from time to time when encountering associating with people. Many can shoot the breeze with a pleasurable chit chat and end up calling more “friends” while still quite a few throw the chance into embarrassed silence.

Notwithstanding our upbringing and characters that we took shape at an early age, developing social skills can be vital to how far we will go in the future. To be fair, few have been taught how to, to a large extent, as we were asked to focus on higher school marks rather than interpersonal skills.

Yet again, the significance of developing social skills is beyond description there for real. Comprehensive development of an individual encompasses far more than working skills, among which, no one can leave without communicating with people. EQ, more decisive to personal success, is a key building block of social skills. Getting on well bring a wide range of friends but the merits of higher social skills go beyond that: You may seize more opportunities, establish larger network and at workplace, a wider path for promotion. Harmonious and healthy interpersonal relationship is closely knitted through social skills, not to mention a long-lasting romance.

In short, we students first must come to realize how social skills mean to our personal success so that we shall seize every opportunity when encountering scenes with people, poke the head out of the shell, and participate. One good piece of advice is that we take the mind off emojis, sit underneath a tree and strike up a heart-to-heart lengthy coffee talk with a group of people, and we will be more than surprised how many “friends” we will get over the four years that will undoubtedly shape our life, which textbooks don’t give.

译文：

       今天的校园里，当在遇到和人交往的情景时，你总能听到“社牛”“社恐”这两个词（擅长和不擅长社交的人）。很多人能够很好地开启一段愉快的闲聊，最终能够称呼更多人为“朋友”，然而还是有很多人会把和人交往的机会搞成尴尬的冷场。

       虽然说存在我们成长环境和我们后来形成的性格因素，但是培养社交能力对于我们未来能走多远真的是十分关键的。说实话，几乎没有人被教过怎么去做，因为很大程度上我们只被要求如何考高分，而不是学社交。

       但是还是要说，培养社交能力的重大意义是远非文字能描述的，而且非常具有真实意义。个人的全面发展包括的远不止工作能力，在这其中，没有人会躲开与人沟通的环境。好的相处会带来很多朋友，但是社交能力强的好处远非朋友多：你会找到更多机会，在工作中树立更广阔的人际网络，并且走上更宽广的晋升之路。和谐健康的人际关系是通过社交能力一步步结合而成的，长久的恋爱关系那就更是了。

       简而言之，我们作为学生首先必须意识到社交能力对于我们个人成功的重要意义，这样我们才能抓住每次与人交往的机会，走出自己的心门，走出第一步。有个好建议就是，少想用电脑打表情包聊天，坐在校园的一棵大树下，与身边的人一边喝咖啡，一边聊些随心的事情，交心相谈，我们会惊讶地发现最后在这改变人生的四年中，我们会发现自己会交到多少我们叫做朋友的人，而这是课本上学不来的。

解析：

本篇作文属于话题作文，可以从简单的步骤走起。其核心在于“大学生的社交能力培养。”重点要在讨论以下几点：“社交能力是一个热门话题 / 常见的现象”→多维度讨论“社交能力的重要性”“对于校园及未来的意义”→“如何去培养社交能力。”写出重要性是本篇的重要部分。

思路图如下：（PRICE写作法）

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Glossary

encounter  v. 遇上，面对

    encounter tough problems 遇上难题

    encounter pirates 遇上海盗

from time to time    adv. 时不时，经常

    = often / sometimes

shoot the breeze    v. 开始一段闲聊

chit chat    n. 闲聊，碎语

throw … into …    把……搞成了……（砸了）

    throw the chance into embarrassed silence    把一个好机会搞成尴尬了

notwithstanding    prep. 尽管有……

    = although there be…

comprehensive development    全方位发展，全面发展

    = development in all respects

encompass    v. 包括

upbringing    n. 成长的环境，成长背景

take shape    v. 形成

be vital to    be decisive to    be a key building block of

对……十分关键，对……极其关键，是……重要的成分

都是important的替换表达

to a large extent    很大程度上（多用于插入语）

yet again    但是还是要说 （相当于however，比其语气更强）

merit    n. 优势，长处    替换advantage和benefit

reap the benefits from…    从某件事情中获得好处    =benefit from

not to mention    表示肯定：更不用提，那就更是了

    和let alone的区别在于：let alone用于否定较多

seize    v. 牢牢把握

    seize the opportunity 把握机会

    follow your dreams, seize your youth 以梦为马，不负韶华

poke out    v. 探出头，离开现有环境

    poke your head out of your shell    探出头，走出自己的心门（走出舒适区）

    poke at sb. 指向某人

knit    v. 打结，缝上

    knot n. 结扣

strike up a talk    开启一段闲聊

    =shoot the breeze

heart-to-heart    adj. 交心的，真心的

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The necessity of developing social skills for college students

Among college students, there is a heated debate over whether they need to commit time and energy to developing social skills. Many believe that such skills are not as important as the study of major courses, while some have the idea that developing them is of great necessity. As for me, the latter is more reasonable.

There are a range of reasons accountable for my point of view. Firstly, college students with great social skills usually have more opportunities at schools. They are more likely to be noticed by teachers, win some contests, and seize various opportunities. Therefore, they are more confident than their classmates who are shy and lack such skills. Moreover, when they graduate and enter the workplace, fantastic social skills can help them rapidly create a good impression on their bosses and colleagues, which is beneficial for the career development. Besides, in their daily life, social skills can help them make more friends and expand social ties.

In sum, developing social skills is of great necessity for college students. Not only do these skills help them gain advantages when they compete with their peer groups, but also enable them to conquer difficulties, make more friends and enrich their life.  

在大学生中，关于他们是否需要花时间和精力培养社交技能存在着激烈的争论。许多人认为这些技能不如学习专业课重要，而一些人则认为培养这些技能是非常必要的。对我来说，后者更合理。

       下面来说下我的观点的原因。首先，拥有良好社交技能的大学生在学校通常有更多的机会。他们更容易被老师注意到，赢得-些比赛，并抓住各种机会。因此，他们比害羞、缺乏这些技能的同学更自信。此外，当他们毕业进入职场时，出色的社交技能可以帮助他们迅速给老板和同事留下好印象，这有利于职业发展。此外，在日常生活中，社交技能可以帮助他们结交更多的朋友，扩大社会关系。

       总之，培养社交技能对大学生来说是非常必要的。这些技能不仅帮助他们在与同龄人竞争时获得优势，而且使他们能够克服困难，结交更多的朋友，以及丰富他们的生活。