Directions

For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay on the saying “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to always be right by having no ideas at all.” You can cite examples to illustrate the importance of innovation and creativity. You should write at least 120 words, no more than 180 words.

參考范文

There is a saying that “It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to always be right by having no ideas at all.” The purpose of the saying is to show us that utmost importance should be attached to innovation and creativity.

To begin with, an attitude of innovation could be said to be the watchword, or motto of science. For example, before a new type of medicine or vaccine is developed, innumerable times of scientific experiment, laboratory tests and live trials must be carried out. In addition, innovation is also responsible for many of today’s business successes. For instance, I personally worked with such a company. It was only after four years and four different tries of varying business models that the entrepreneur finally made his mark, and became the chairman of one of the largest Internet companies.

To sum up, in any field of endeavor, whether it be medicine, engineering or business, it is necessary to first put great emphasis on innovation before one can finally meet with success.

參考譯文

有一句話是這樣說的：“有足夠多的創意，哪怕其中有一些是錯的，也比毫無想法的永遠正確要好”。這句話的目的是告訴我們應該充分重視創新。

首先，創新的態度可以說是科學研究的信條。例如，在研發出新藥物或新疫苗之前，一定有無數次的科學實驗、實驗室檢測和活體試驗。其次，創新也是當今許多企業能夠成功的原因。例如，我本人曾在這樣一家公司工作過。這家公司的創始人嘗試了四種不同的商業模式，歷經四年才取得成功。后來他也當上了一家最大的互聯網公司的董事長。

總之，在任何領域，無論是醫學、工程還是商業，一個人必須首先重視創新才能獲得最后的成功。

亮點詞匯

utmost 極大的;innovation 創新 ;creativity 創造力 ;watchword 信條 ;motto 格言，座右銘 ;vaccine 疫苗;develop 研發，研制;innumerable 無數的;scientific experiment 科學實驗 ;laboratory 實驗室的 ;meet with success 獲得成功;be responsible for 帶來，導致 ;entrepreneur 企業家;endeavor 努力;necessary 必須的 ;engineering 工程;put great emphasis on 重視 ;trial 實驗

句型拓展

①Most of us are driven to do things in the most efficient way possible, which leads to experimentation and innovation.

大多數人都在尋求較高效的做事方法，從而帶來實驗和創新。

②If human beings were always satisfied with what they have, we would still be living in the stone ages.

如果人類總是安于現狀，我們現在就仍會生活在石器時代。

③We have taken this proclivity to a positive extreme by investing every aspect of the tangible and intangible world, in the name of satisfying our thirst for knowledge and understanding.

為了滿足對知識的渴求，人類探索著有形和無形世界的方方面面，從而對這一天性善加利用。