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Sports Does Matter
Participation in sports is extremely important, especially for young people like us so that we develop good habits that we can continue into adulthood. And that’s why I disapprove the shut-down of all sports and club activities. Sports has had a long and varied history throughout human civilization. The ancient Greeks were the first people to fully realize the physical and mental importance of sports, and their sporting traditions are still carried on today in the form of the Olympics. However, sport is not always about professional competitions and contests, but a fundamental way for people to push themselves to the limit. Sporting events are about physical fitness, mental endurance, competition, and teamwork. These characteristics are not just regulated to the history book or modern sport’s gym, but can also be applied to all aspects of life.
So how the sports be beneficial for us exactly? Well, because sports are about working together as a unit to achieve a common goal, it is used as a tool to teach teamwork in a lot of schools. For example, sports like football, baseball, basketball, emphasize the importance to the team over the skills of a particular individual. Besides, learning how to accept a loss is just as important as getting a score. On the other hand, some sports are all about testing your ability and competing with others to improve yourself in tremendous ways. For instance, winning a tennis match relies on mental clarity, focus, and confidence, let alone the skills that require a long time of practice.
In a word, sports help us achieve a balance between the body, mind, and spirit. Now that the fact that sports are good for us is completely undeniable, maybe it would be better to rethink the decision that all the sports will be called off. AEAS考试作文真题解析
这篇作文题在题目中先交代了文章背景是学校即将在新学期取消所有的文体活动，具体的作文要求是为学校杂志写一篇文章表明自己对这个问题的看法。题目中的最后一句话
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明确指出要列出支持自己看法的理由和例子（give examples and reasons to support your argument），表明这篇文章的文体是议论文。议论文要求立场清晰，论据充分，从这个要求出发可以开始组织文章。
我们的立场是不赞同学校的看法，认为应该保留文体活动。为支持这种立场，我们可以把主论点立为：体育活动对我们的生活很重要，所以我们必须保留体育活动。在文章题目中我们直接提出我们的论点，并在文章开头中明确说明：参加体育活动对于青少年来说十分重要，因此我们反对取消文体活动。文章采用先陈述理由后举例说明的结构。从古希腊奥林匹克运动的起源入手，进而阐述体育活动重要的理由主要表现在有助于身心健康、提高竞争力和培养团队合作精神几个方面，并强调这些方面对我们生活的方方面面都有帮助。接下来用具体例子支持上述理由。比如足球等球类运动对于团队合作能力的培养以及抗压能力的提升有极大帮助，而网球这种运动则会在意志力、专注度和自信心方面给人以极大的锻炼。最后一段重申论点和立场，再次点题，首尾呼应，使文章结构有序而完整。
在语言方面，这篇文章运用了较多高级词汇和短语，但并不是一味地追求词汇的难度，而是在确保文章流畅度和内容完整性的基础上尽量多地使用高级词汇，此外，使用一些常用地道的短语也会为文章填色不少。比如mental endurance，get a score，call off等等。文章句子的组织首先应当以句意清晰为第一目的，而不一定要追求十分复杂冗长的长难句或者复合句，但这也并不意味着我们不能写出漂亮的句子。例如，在句子“For instance, winning a tennis match relies on mental clarity, focus and confidence, let alone the skills that require a long time of practice.”中，用短语let alone连接打好一场网球赛所需要的两个不同方面的个人素质，显得清晰明了而又有层次感。
整篇文章立场鲜明，论据充分，语言通顺，结构完整，较好地满足了题目所给出的要求。
How To Be Happy
Henry David Thoreau once said: “Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you.” With all due respect to Thoreau, maybe happiness is not a destination, but it is not a thing so far away that we couldn’t touch it.
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The easiest way to be happy is to indulge yourself into what you love to do, the passion to which can help you tremendously elevate your mood. And when you get your mind thoroughly absorbed into your hobby or whatever meaningful activities, you could get not only happiness but also the great development of your capacity.
In addition to this, to stay out of your comfort zone is also a good way to live happily. Research has consistently shown that we rapidly adjust to changes and treat it as the new status quo. Besides, the adrenaline surge caused by unfamiliar situation normally give us a magic tingle of excitement which can be enjoyable as well.
Another way to ensure a happy life is to stay close to friends and family. This isn’t just a way to make yourself happy, but a win-win situation, cause relationship truly is the warmest harbor that can wash away all the fatigue and pressure for anyone. Besides, optimism can be contagious, when you are positive and happy, the other side of the intimacy, whether is your friend or your family, even the whole community, can get a beneficial influence by your attitude. Happiness is not a simple goal, but is about making progress, when it’s as elusive as ever. May we all be happy! AEAS考试作文真题解析
这篇作文题在题目中已经给定了题目为“How to be Happy”，从题目看，作文的大概主题是要求我们就“如何变得快乐”这个问题给出建议，而题目中的“advice column（建议专栏）”也正好印证了这一点。具体来看题目的要求，题目中明确指出作文中要包含以下两个内容：1、怎么做才能过上快乐的生活（what they can do to ensure a happy personal life）；2、这对他们的家庭或者整个社区会有什么影响（how this will affect their family and the community）。
在仔细审好题目要求之后，我们就可以开始对整篇作文的结构进行构思。因为写作时间有限，如果要把以上两点分别展开详细说明的话，可能会因为时间不够用最后匆忙收尾而导致作文结构头重脚轻、作文过长、或者作文重点不突出结构松散等问题，因此，我们可以
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考虑对第一点建议方面详细展开，第二点影响方面简略得当即可。这样作文的大体结构就被划分为三个部分：1、作文开头，引出话题；2、给出建议，层次分明，升华影响；3、结尾点题，呼应开头。
作文开头引用梭罗关于快乐的句子直接指出快乐并不是像梭罗所说的那样难以得到，相反，通过一些方法是可以使人更加快乐的，由此顺利过渡到作文的第二部分。在建议部分，我们列出了三条建议，由内及外展开。我们先从自身讲起，最好的获得快乐的方法就是做自己喜欢做的事，并指出这样做除了能获得快乐之外还能获得自身的发展。当自身获得一定的发展之后就可以向外寻求自身的突破，因此第二部分我们建议突破自己、走出舒适圈，获得一种更激烈的快感。最后，我们接着向外展开就会涉及到与他人的交往，而这样也可以和作文要求的第二点结合在一起，因此第三点建议就是和家人朋友还有整个社区建立良好亲密的联系。这样不仅会使自己更加快乐，也会把快乐带给其他人，让周围的人也受到正能量的感染。最后结尾简单点题，和开头呼应，说明快乐虽然难以追寻，但是如果把追寻快乐看作一个过程而不是一个遥远的目标的话，快乐就在我们身边。
在语言方面，文章注意使用连接词和高级词汇、短语，使整篇文章语言流畅，层次分明，重点突出，长度适中，并且覆盖了题目要求的两个方面。
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