2013年6月大学英语四级作文真题及范文

Directions：

　　For this part，you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then express your views on the importance of doing small things before undertaking something big. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.

范文：

　　We can see from the cartoon that there is a father talking with his son. Having heard his son’s words that“Dad, I am a bit worried about disposing of nuclear weapon.”The father replies that“If you can empty the dustbin here, you can do anything”and points the garbage can beside him.

　　Funny and common as the conversation sounds, it reflects that the father intends to advise his son to do small things before undertaking big. Definitely, doing small things is the first step of success and will lay root for doing something big. By doing something small, we are able to accumulate experience, master skills and train ourselves to be more patient. In other words, we can be well prepared for further challenges in the course of fulfilling small things. By contrast, those who desire to do something big at once will constantly be haunted by disappointment, frustrations or even failures, as with opportunities-“something big”- showing up , they can hardly seize them because of the lack of experience and confidence stems from doing small things. Taking the picture presented above as a case in point, how can the little boy succeed in disposing of nuclear weapons if he even doesn’t know how to empty the dustbin?

　　From my perspective, under no circumstances should we undervalue the power of doing small things. Instead, we should regard small things as the source of experience, skills and the prerequisite of success.“Great achievement only belongs to those who can do small things perfectly.”Aristotle also used to say.