參考譯文
過去幾年發生了一個現象：各行各業開始出現各種各樣的承諾。遺憾的是，相當多的承諾純屬空話，正如漫畫中的這隻母雞一樣，承諾下蛋不見棱見角，並保證有蛋殼、蛋清、蛋黃。
盡管這些承諾聽起來奇怪有趣，但在全國各地都可以看到或聽到這樣的虛假承諾。管理部門保證不接受任何賄賂，公正有效地履行職責；生產廠家保證生產高質量產品；商業企業發誓提供真貨和禮貌熱情的服務。在這些所謂的承諾中，除了他們的義務、責任和工作之外，你還能發現任何新的和實質性的東西嗎？我想你的答案將是否定的。事實上，他們作這種承諾的目的隻是披上華麗的外衣以便取悅並欺騙公眾。
我認為這個社會正在受到腐敗和欺騙的影響，這在物質和道德上都對社會造成了危害。但這隻母雞及其同類應該知道：在市場經濟體係的激烈競爭中，沒人能通過欺詐的言語生存下去。他們應該牢記這條諺語：“誠實為上策。”
高分作文詳解
本文達到了試題的要求，充分表達了漫畫的內容和寓意，並作出了自己的評論。內容充實，語言流暢，句式變化多樣，用詞較廣泛，並能引用諺語格言，表明作者具有堅實的語言基礎和較強的書麵表達能力。
全文共三段、十句，是“總—分—總”結構。首段圖畫描述共兩句，長短結合。首句進行背景交代，使用了現在完成時、同位語從句和現在完成進行時。尾句總體描述圖畫，點出了圖畫的兩大要素，即動物（母雞）+動作（作出承諾），成功翻譯了圖畫的文字說明，同時使用了主係表結構、方式狀語從句、定語從句和並列謂語。首段先後出現了witness，phenomenon，a variety of，arise from，all walks of life，sheernonsense，given cartoon，commit oneself to，layeggs，round，shells，yolks等精彩表達，充分顯示了作者的語言功底，打動了閱卷老師。美中不足的是，regrettably應改為regretfully。
第二段意義闡釋共五句，“總—分—總”結構，大量使用了同義替換和平行排比。首句是主題句，點出圖畫的象征寓意——承諾問題，使用了讓步狀語從句倒裝、被動語態和並列謂語。二至四句進行舉例論證，列舉了政府、企業、商家三類例證，具體生動，第二句使用了分號連接的三大並列句，使用了平行排比的修辭手段，氣勢磅礴，極有說服力。三、四兩句使用了設問的修辭手法，自問自答，引起讀者注意。尾句進行總結，說明這種承諾的目的：取悅並欺騙公眾。第二段先後出現了odds and funny，take bribes，substantial，obligations，duties and jobs，negative，as amatter of fact，intention to，put on civilized outer clothing，please or deceivethe public等精彩表達。此外，本段使用了 administration departments，manufacturing enterprises和commercial enterprises進行對照；表達“作出承諾”使用了四種同義替換形式： assure，guarantee，swear，makecommitments；同時將 perform tasks effectively and fairly，turn out products of goodquality與 provide genuine commodities and polite and enthusiastic services進行對比。
尾段歸納結論共三句，首句點出問題的危害性，使用了賓語從句、現在進行時、並列賓語和定語從句。第二句說明了問題的嚴重後果——欺詐無法在激烈的競爭中生存，出現了賓語從句、介詞短語作狀語。尾句引用英語諺語畫龍點睛。尾段先後出現了suffer，causedamage，materially and morally，survive，intense competition，market economysystem，honesty is the best policy等精彩語言。
三、1999年寫作真題高分作文及講解
Directions：
A. Study the following graphs carefully and write an essay in at least 150words.
B. Your essay must be written neatly on the ANSWER SHEET 2.
C. Your essay should cover these three points：
1. Effect of the country's growing human population on its wildlife.
2. Possible reason for the effect.
3. Your suggestion for wild life protection.
高分作文
14分作文樣例（當年滿分15分）
From these graphs， we can draw a conclusion that， with the growth of humanpopulation， the number of species has decreased rapidly in America， and somespecies have been vanished from our planet.
Why does this phenomenon appear? I think there are several possible reasons forthis. First， with a rapid growth of population， more and more people came tolive where some wild species have been living. Then these species have to moveto other places. Some of them probably cannot adapt to the new environment anddie. Second， although many people look on the wildlife as their friends， somepeople may not think so. They catch a lot of wild animals and sell them in orderto get more money. Third， with the development of the industry， the naturalbalance and the ecologic environment are destroyed. The deforestation has becomemore and more serious. So some of the wildlives become homeless and extinct.
In order to protect the wildlife， I have some suggestions. First， thegovernments should make laws to prevent them being caught and killed. Second，the governments should educate people to love the nature and protect it. Third，as for ourselves， we should take practical actions to protect our livingenvironment.