论自我克制

【内容提示】

假如你手中有一张电影票，但是又要准备考试，你应如何选择？假如你被某人或某事弄得很不高兴，甚至要发脾气，你该怎么办？假如你被一本小说迷住，但其内容又不很好，不值得一读，你又该怎么办？假如晚上有一部很好的电视剧，但演完就会很晚，第二天你得很早去上学，你是看电视还是睡觉？凡此种种都需要做出选择。要做出正确的选择你就需要有自我克制能力。请你就此写一篇短文。

【作文示范】

On Slf-control

What is slf-control? Wll, suppos you hav a tickt for an xciting film which you hav longd① to s for som tim, but unfortunatly, you will hav to sit for an xam tomorrow. What will you do? S th film or prpar for th xam? If you can giv up th film and study hard at your lssons, w say you hav slf-control.

Slf-control is not somthing you possss with your birth. It nds to b cultivatd② in your lif.

Somtims you ar mad unhappy, and you narly los your tmpr③. Thn you should count1, 2, 3,4… till your angr is gon.

Somtims you ar attractd by som novls that ar not worth rading. You must mak good us of your tim. You shouldn＇t wast your tim rading such books or you will surly fl vry sorry aftrwards.

Do not go to bd too lat bcaus of a nic TV film, as you will b lat for school. Nithr should you stay in bd too lat on cold wintr mornings, for it is a wast of valuabl tim.

vryon of us has som habits, a fw of which might b harmful and might hold back our progrss in lif. Thn w must us our slf-control to gt rid of thm.

Rmmbr it is ncssary for you to cultivat strong slf-control. H is a succssful prson who can control himslf.

【词语解释】

①long[l&R]v．渴望

②cultivat [＇k)ltivit]v．培养；磨炼

③los on＇s tmpr[＇tmp+] 发脾气

【写法指要】

劝导（prsuasion）是议论的一种，它是用来说服人们某一种观点或意见是正确的，应该坚持，或某种看法、习惯等是错误的，应该戒除。本文作者先用一个具体事例给“自制”下了定义，然后假设了几种具体情况采取假言推理（如果……所以）和选言推理（要么……要么……）的方式论证了自我克制的重要性，劝说读者要培养自我克制能力。