英语二作文素材积累【一】
有这样一个实验：一位长跑运动员参加一个5人小组的比赛，赛前教练对他说，据我了解，其他4人的实力并不如你，于是，这名运动员轻松地跑了第一名。后来教练又让他参加了一个10人小组比赛，教练把其他人平时的成绩拿给他看，他发现别人的成绩并不如自己，他又轻松跑了第一名。再后来，换了一个地方，赛前，关于其他运动员的情况，教练并没和他沟通过，在5人小组的比赛中，他勉强拿了第一名；之后10人小组的比赛中他就滑到了第二名。而实际的情况是这次各个组的其他参赛运动员同第一次的水平完全相同。
是的，生活中的我们往往就是这样，欠缺对对手能力的`估量，而往往给自己安排了一个较低的位置，就这样，我们一步步从优秀走向了平庸。
一个著名的企业家曾经说过，一个优秀的人才，他的自信力恒久不衰。假使我们原先是一块金子，最后也会因为缺乏永恒的自信，而甘心变为一粒沙子。我们原本是优秀的。只不过，是我们缺乏自信心，一步一步把我们从优秀的高位上拉下来，一直拉到了平庸的位置上。自甘平庸，是人生的一场灾难，也是人生的悲剧。只是，更多的时候，是我们自己，导演了这场灾难和悲剧。
素材运用：假使我们原先是一块金子，最后也会因为缺乏永恒的自信，而甘心变为一粒沙。
英语二作文素材积累【二】
Emerging from the cartoon is an eye-catching scene that the parents are willing to have a second child, while their only child do not agree because of his worry that he doesn't want to have another child, even his own sibling, share toys with him. Simple as it is, the symbolic meaning revealed is profound and thought-provoking.
We are supposed to place our attention on, instead of its funny appearance, the implied meaning of the cartoon: as the overall second-child policy expands throughout China, some only children are so selfish that they cannot accept the second child in their family. What can account for this undesirable situation? For one thing, they, as the only child at home all the time, have no awareness of sharing what they like with others due to the fact that all the family members give their love to the only child. As a result, when faced with the problem of whether they are willing to have a sibling, their first response is to refuse it. For another reason, some couples are eager to have a second child as soon as possible, which makes them neglect to communicate with their only child to let them realize the advantage of having a sibling companion in their childhood.
From what has been discussed above, it's safe for me to conclude that it is urgent to take some immediate and effective measures. What I recommend is that parents should let child know the importance of sharing with others, which is beneficial for them in future life. In addition, it's better for parents to have more communication with their only child once they want to have a second child.
英语二作文素材积累【三】
江南，是你心灵栖息的地方。
古往今来多少人在这里寻找到了生命的归宿。传奇女子三毛，浪迹天涯几十年，头发上沾的什么风都有的她，一来到江南便哭了，像见到了亲切的老祖母，她终于找到了生命中可以停歇心灵的地方。江南巨贾沈万三，历经商场的风风雨雨，最后仍是定居在周庄的水边，不再争名逐利。还有不留名的文人隐士，或许他们也曾想金榜题名，仕途得意。然而日复一日的尔虞我诈，勾心斗角终是使他们累了，于是他们打点行囊。到了江南，终老于斯。(2006年高考浙江卷满分作文《栖息江南》
【所用话题】“生有所息/生无所息”(2006年浙江高考作文试题
【素材点拨】 清朝涨潮说：“人生之乐莫于闲，闲非无所事事也。闲者能读书，闲者能游名胜。”三毛的旅行杂记感染了整整一代人，除了她优美洗练的文笔，记事真实的风格之外，一定还有她游历中的悠闲从容，而本文作者说连浪迹天涯的传奇女子三毛也把江南作为生命的归宿，更显出了江南的清纯，江南的美好，让我们也不觉中随着作者的文字感受到了老祖母的心闲神宁，领略到了老外公的悠闲从容，吴侬软语柔情款款，把栖息江南的情思如流水一般注入每一位读者的心灵。
