CGTN外籍编辑写的2020高考英语作文，你打多少分？

去年的高考结束后，我们曾请CGTN新媒体部的几位外籍编辑试写了一下高考英语作文。

对于我们日阅上万字的外籍编辑来说，这项任务自然是：

然而，当大家自信满满地交卷发布后，评论区堪称大型翻车现场：

于是，我们将眼光投向了今年的高考英语作文。

这就回到了那个不得不提的人物——

李华同学

多年高考英语作文“钉子户”

英语菜鸟却坚持写信求助第一人

中国家喻户晓的明星高中生

今年却缺席了全国多地的高考卷英语作文题

#李华不写信了#一举冲上热搜榜

有网友为李华鸣不平：

“可怜我李华这么多年冒着个人信息被暴露的风险给你们行方便

可最后呢？2020年，这么重要的年份，竟然把我除名了，这么多年终究是错付了”

“是2020的李华站的不够高吗？”

也有网友打趣，李华等不及，自己写了！

“因为高考延期一个月，所以李华等不及就自己写了…”

最多的网友发出感叹，祝贺李华终于毕业！

本着对李华同学负责任的态度，坚持每一位还没毕业的李华都应该得到帮助的信念，今年我们又邀请了几位CGTN的外籍编辑， 以北京卷“自律”作为题目，现场battle：

第三部分：书面表达

第二节（20分）

假设你是红星中学高三（1）班班长李华。居家学习期间，你们班开展了一次以“自律”为主题的调研活动。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文稿件，给你们学校英文网站投稿，记述你在本次活动中发现问题并解决问题的过程。

Assume that you are Li Hua, a 3rd-grade high school student in Hongxing Middle School and the leader of your class. Your class just did a survey on how self-disciplined everyone is studying from home via online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please write an article in English for your school newspaper based on the pictures in chronological order, talking about how you discovered and solved your classmates’ self-discipline problems through the survey.

注意：词数不少于60。

Note: No less than 60 words.

提示词：自律 self-discipline

Keyword: self-discipline

速度最快外籍编辑1号CGTN international editor No.1

——日阅三万字，下笔如有神。

Studying at home was tough at first. So many distractions – food, games… parents. Even the dog got in the way. I wanted to learn, but my concentration levels were low. And our class survey showed my friends were struggling too. We’re used to being at school, helping each other. Adapting to being away was more difficult than I expected.  I asked my mum and dad for some advice. "Picture home as school during study-time, and agree some rewards with your friends," they said. "Please don't interrupt me when I'm working then," I said, "and stop the dog barking." "Deal," they said. So my classmates and I devised a plan. We’d study until we'd all completed our tasks, and play games together online only when everyone had finished their work. And soon, though the interruptions continued, we were much more productive.  

字数最多外籍编辑2号CGTN international editor No.2

——哥写的不是作文，是小说。

I must admit, looking at that performance review was not just upsetting, it was humiliating. Our class had built a reputation of notable achievements, beating other regional schools in our grade level. But we had never faced the challenges that would come with spending so much time studying from home.

My parents couldn't believe it either. When I showed them the evaluation they were just as disappointed. They reminded me of the responsibility I have as the class leader to do — well — just that, lead. So after a few hours conferring with them about what we could do to bounce back and make our parents and teachers proud, we found the perfect solution: accountability.

See, accountability is not just the pressure we give ourselves to push us to do better. Accountability is most effective when peers encourage and challenge one another. Spending so much time at home, my mother saw how much of a distraction computers are. When used correctly they can be quite useful. Back in her day, computers were a great luxury. But nowadays, computers offer so many ways to entertain us: movies, TV shows, games, etc. And yes, like almost anyone, I too spent a great amount of time doing those things when I should've been paying attention to my teacher's lectures online. 

That's when it came to me: I would use computers to keep us accountable.

I created a WeChat group with my classmates and we agreed to meet – though quite reluctantly – on Saturday at 10 p.m. for a video conference call, exactly the time when the new episode of the popular Chinese series "The Bad Kids" (yin mi de jiao luo) becomes available online. This was our first major test. Given how disappointed all our parents were, I could capitalize on scoring points by making all of us prove to them that we're serious about performing better come next evaluation. 

The 13 of us the rest of the evening discussing ways we could keep tabs on each other and test each other right before and right after our online class. We assigned a class buddy to each other and every Saturday for a whole month we gathered again at the same time to then quiz one another on that week's lecture. 

To our surprise it was much more fun than we thought. By the third week we even forgot about "The Bad Kids." See we were now the good kids who, of course, also binged watched the show after our video call. We stroke this balance between entertainment and study and somehow found a way to make it worthwhile. 

By the end of the fourth week, we took our monthly school exam, which also included an updated report on student attention rates. I got a call from teacher Yang Friday evening. Needless to say, our scores were not only back up, they were better than ever before. This was definitely something to be proud of. We, as a team came together, made the necessary sacrifices, and we outperformed every other class, again. But what I take the most from this experience is the bond we've created by meeting every Saturday. It's now become a routine that may continue as the school year goes by. 

思路清奇0分预定外籍编辑3号CGTN international editor No.3

——I was in the mind of a high schooler.

Every student at Hongxing Middle School has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in some way. Our lives have been upended, daily routines altered, and future plans clouded by uncertainty. 

A recent survey showing the level of self-discipline among my classmates has come to my attention. And I must say, I'm quite disappointed in the results. Studying from home has drained the motivation and perseverance from many of you. I’m certain most of you don't even get off the couch to change your shirt or brush your teeth.

How can we fix this? Are we destined to be the worst-performing class of Hongxing Middle School graduates? Are we destined to score so poorly on the gaokao that our parents will be too embarrassed to claim us in public? I discussed this lack of gumption with my parents and came up with a solution to our woes. 

In a Zoom call with my classmates, I revealed the solution: We should all lie on the next survey. Yes, you heard me correctly. After speaking to many of you, I realized I cannot motivate you beyond your capacity. You're a slothful group of students, to say the least. However, in order to appease our parents and teachers, we should all fabricate our answers. Whether or not you truly become motivated is not my concern. 

Three months later, we took another survey, and the results could not have been more impressive. When speaking to our basket-weaving teacher, Mr. Han, I could hear the joy in his voice after seeing our much-improved survey results. Fortunately, he'll never know the truth.

乱入冒充高考生非外籍编辑4号

——不要超字数，真的好难。

At the beginning I didn't realize self-discipline could be such a serious problem for 3rd-grade students giving that the Gaokao was already upon us, until I saw the survey result. How come so many classmates cannot focus during online courses?

I brought this question to my parents at dinner. To my surprise, they both seemed to find it quite understandable and encouraged me to solve the problem through communication and brainstorming. In the next few days, I organized a series of conference calls with the entire class and asked everyone to talk about the difficulties they encountered with taking classes online and come up with solutions together.

Three months later, the new survey results ended up shockingly good. Our teacher praised my efforts, but really, as the class leader, it pleased me the most to see everyone get better grades.

20分的英语大作文，CGTN外籍编辑们交上的答卷，你给几分？

最后，祝愿各位考生能考出理想的成绩，金榜题名。

【彩蛋】

小编：为什么写了这么长？

外籍编辑们：（委屈）只说不少于60字，没给上限啊……

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