女性不如男性嗎？
【內容提示】
社會上有一種說法，認為女性在智力方面不如男性。你同意這種觀點嗎？請你寫一篇文章，用實際事例論證自己的觀點。你的觀點最好是正面的，即女性和男性不僅在社會地位上是平等的，而且在智力上也是平等的，女性能勝過男性。
下列詞語供參考：
1．inferior a．差的；次的2．intelligence n．智力；聰明3．intelligent a．聰明的；智力好的
【作文示範】
Are Women Inferior to Men?
I had always believed that men and women in our country were not only equal in social position but also in intelligence. But when I first entered the college, I found that some boy students seemed indeed to be more intelligent and much quicker at understanding than girl students. I felt somewhat inferior, and I began to doubt whether I could succeed. Are men and women really equal in intelligence? I am often troubled by the question. Then I happened to got hold of a book about Madame Curie. I was deeply impressed by her strong will power. Madame Curie worked hard so she became a top student in her university. After graduation she became a well-known physicist and some years later she got the Nobel Prize.From then on, she became a great encouragement to me in my study. Where there is a will, there is a way. At last I became the top student in my class and got the first prize in the English and physics competitions. This made me fee certain that women are no less clever than men. Besides, I was also active in physical exercises. I joined the track and field team and took part in ping-pong competitions. I was really proud of myself for being the women＇s all-round champion①in the sports meet of our college. This proved again that a girl can do just as well as a boy.
As a matter of fact, many women in our country have proved that they can make just as great contributions to the four modernizations as men. For instance, Hua Yi (華怡), an expert of hovercrafts②, and Xie Lijuan (謝麗娟), the vice-mayoress③ of Shanghai are just two examples.
I firmly believe there will be more and more women writers, women scientists, and women enterprisers④ in our country. I hope I can become one of them in the near future.
（選自1986年1月21日《上海學生英文報》）
【詞語解釋】
①the women＇s all-round champion [＇tM$mpj+n] 女子全能冠軍
②an expert [＇eksp+:t]of hovercraft[＇h&v+kr%:ft]氣墊船專家
③the vice-mayoress[?vais＇me+ris]n. 女副市長
④enterpriser[＇ent+prais+]n. 企業家；創業者
【寫法指要】
本又以“Women are not inferior to men.”為論點，用事例法進行論證，證明自己的觀點是正確的。事例有兩種，一是例證（illustration），二是事例（fact或example）。所謂例證就是舉出一個例子後加以詳細敘述，如本文中敘述的居里夫人和作者自己的例子。所謂事例就是只舉出事實或例子，不詳細陳述，如本文中說到的“華怡”和“謝麗娟”。用事例法論證時有時要用銜接詞語“for example”，“for instance”，“such as”等。