2014年5月欧洲地区
Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.
Many people believe that it is important to plan ahead and to work toward an accomplishment that may take years to achieve, even if doing so means giving up immediate pleasures and fun. To these people, the end result of such an achievement is worth making sacrifices for in the present. Others, though, believe that it is much more important to focus on enjoying the present because it is impossible to predict what will happen in the future and because life’s joyful moments are so rare.
Should people focus on enjoying the present moment instead of following a plan for future achievement? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
1. 题目翻译
很多人认为提前计划并且朝着需要多年才能实现的成就努力是非常重要的，即使这么做意味着放弃眼前一时的痛快和乐趣。对这些人，这样一项成就的结果值得现在做出牺牲。但是其他人认为享受现在是更重要的，因为无法预料将来会发生什么，也因为生活中快乐的时刻太少了。
人们是否应该把精力放在享受现在而不是遵循实现未来成就的计划?
2. 审题关键词
enjoying the present moment, following a plan for future achievement
3. 论证分析-各段核心提纲：
正：It is important to enjoy the present because life is very short and no one knows what will happen tomorrow.
反：However, only focusing on present happiness but ignoring the future may waste much valuable time.
反：People may miss once-in-a-life-time opportunities because they do not prepare themselves well at the present.
补：The present is important, but people should make preparations for the future.
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(编辑：Kitty)
