Topic(题目)：
Awards and prizes are given for excellence invarious fields. Do these awards and prizesserve a useful purpose? Use specific reasonsand examples to support your answer.
Model Essay(范文)：
A prize or award, whether it's the Noble Prize, the Academy Award, or Best Handwriting Prize, isimportant. Such prizes can have economic, personal, and social effects that enrich the life of the recipient.
Prize like the Noble Prize can be a cash award. But ever for prizes that don't, like theAcademy Award, an actress who wins best actress will be offered more roles and a higher paythan actresses who don't win the award. Even for the elementary student who received theschool's Best Handwriting award may get a congratulations gift from proud grandparents.
The personal benefits of receiving any award are evident. Any award winner is pleased thatbe or she has been recognized for his or her work. When people receive the Academy Award, they often cry they are so happy.
Everyone likes to be with a winner. A person who gets a prize often has many new, bestfriends. A winner's social life is much better than a loser's social life. The winner of the BestHandwriting prize may not be very popular with his or her jealous classmates, however.
Awards serve a very useful purpose in that their economic, personal, and social benefitsadd to the recognition.
重点单词 全部解释
popular['pɔpjulə]adj. 流行的，大众的，通俗的，受欢迎的
recipient[ri'sipiənt]n. 接受者，收信人
elementary[.elə'mentəri]adj. 基本的，初级的，元素的
recognition[.rekəg'niʃən]n. 认出，承认，感知，知识
excellence['eksələns]n. 优秀，卓越，优点
academy[ə'kædəmi]n. 学院，学术，学会
social['səuʃəl]adj. 社会的，社交的
n. 社交聚会
specific[spi'sifik]adj. 特殊的，明确的，具有特效的
n. 特
enrich[in'ritʃ]vt. 使富足，使肥沃，添加元素
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