试题出自试卷《青岛理工大学2019年真题及答案解析》

【写作思路】
开头段：引出主题：我们害怕犯错误，因为这会带来后果和惩罚。同时表达自我观点：犯错是最好的学习方式。不管你犯了多少错误，或者你进步得有多慢，你都走在了那些不曾尝试的人的前面。
主体段：首先解释我们害怕犯错的原因，然后论证错误可以促使我们进步。人无完人，我们并非生来就知晓所有的事情，所以犯错再正常不过。具体可以举例说明，例如科学家有某项成就之前，也是经历了无数次的失败，才有最后的成功。
结尾段：错误是进步的垫脚石。我们应该抓住机会，把过去的失败转化为自己的经验，走向成功。

【参考范文】

Everyone makes mistakes. After making mistakes, we risk being criticized or possibly receiving severe punishment. We are all terrified of making mistakes as a result. In actuality, though, it is via our mistakes that we actually achieve enormous accomplishment. I firmly believe that making errors is the best way to learn. No matter how many errors you commit or how slowly you advance, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.
Starting in childhood, society indoctrinates us to think that failing is a bad experience that we should try to avoid and that failure is a sinking ship without lifeboats, life vests, or any chance of survival. Quite frankly, this couldn’t be more wrong. One of the main motivations behind our improvement, innovation, and foresight of novel concepts, technologies, and solutions is failure. Winston Churchill once summed it up well, when he said, “Success is the ability to move from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm.” We make mistakes because we are not all born knowing everything. That is to say, there is no need to constantly feel sorry for your faults. Additionally, making mistakes will often help people learn from them and improve their performance moving forward. The outstanding famous scientist Dr. Einstein had made numerous immortal masterpieces through thousands of failures, without which we would not enjoy the high quality of life. So what matters is not the fact that you have made mistakes, but that you can make much progress from them.
Mistakes are the stepping stones to improvement. We should seize the opportunity to take past failures and turn them into own experiences. Then, the success and self-achievement would not only exceed expectations but thrive in the future.

【重点词汇】
criticize /ˈkrɪtɪsaɪz/ v. 批评；批判 terrified /ˈterəfaɪd/ adj. 恐惧；很害怕
enormous /ɪˈnɔːrməs/ adj. 巨大的；庞大的 indoctrinate /ɪnˈdɑːktrɪneɪt/ v. 灌输；教导
foresight /ˈfɔːrsaɪt/ n. 先见之明 immortal /ɪˈmɔːrt(ə)l/ adj. 永世的；不朽的

【精选句型】
1. Starting in childhood, society indoctrinates us to think that failing is a bad experience that we should try to avoid and that failure is a sinking ship without lifeboats, life vests, or any chance of survival.（解释我们害怕失败的原因）
从童年开始，社会就让我们认为失败是一种我们应该避免的可怕经历，是一艘沉船，没有救生艇、救生衣，也没有生存的机会。
2. One of the main motivations behind our improvement, innovation, and foresight of novel concepts, technologies, and solutions is failure.（介绍失败的作用）
失败是我们对新概念、技术和解决方案的改进、创新和远见背后的主要动机之一。
3. Winston Churchill once summed it up well, when he said, “Success is the ability to move from one failure to another without losing enthusiasm.”（论证失败是成功之母）
温斯顿·丘吉尔曾经总结得很好，他说：“成功就是能够从一个失败走向另一个失败而不丧失热情。”

【全文翻译】

每个人都会犯错。犯了错误，我们就冒着被批评或可能受到严厉惩罚的风险。结果是我们都害怕犯错。事实上，正是通过我们的错误，我们才能取得巨大的成就。我坚信犯错是最好的学习方式。不管你犯了多少错误，或者你进步得有多慢，你都走在了那些不曾尝试的人的前面。
从童年开始，社会就让我们认为失败是一种我们应该避免的可怕经历，是一艘沉船，没有救生艇、救生衣，也没有生存的机会。坦率地说，这是大错特错的。我们对新概念、技术和解决方案的改进、创新和远见背后的主要动机之一就是失败。温斯顿·丘吉尔曾经总结得很好，他说：“成功就是能够从一个失败走向另一个失败而不丧失热情。”我们犯错误是因为我们并非生来无所不知。也就是说，没有必要总是为自己的错误感到遗憾。此外，经常犯错误可以帮助人们从中吸取教训，提高他们的表现。杰出的著名科学家爱因斯坦博士经历了成千上万次的失败，创造了无数不朽的杰作，没有这些杰作，我们就无法享受高质量的生活。所以重要的不是你犯了错误，而是你能从中取得很大的进步。
错误是进步的垫脚石。我们应该抓住机会，把过去的失败转化为自己的经验。那么，成功和自我成就不仅超出预期，而且在未来茁壮成长。