新东方讲师王兆飞教你四步破解考博英语写作难题
大部分考博的人英语已经荒废了至少两三年了，而考博英语写作又是比较容易提分的，所以值得格外重视。除了医学博士大部分院校参加统考之外，其他专业考博基本上是各院校自己出题。虽然写作部分的试题内容、形式、字数等有所差异，但也有较强的一致性和规律性。下面新东方在线名师王兆飞就写作出题、阅卷两方面的解析指出高分秘笈，制定复习攻略。
一、出题解析
(一)出题内容
相比四六级、考研作文，考博写作在内容方面加大了难度。四六级、考研写作内容为“社会、文化或日常生活的一般常识，不涉及知识面过广、专业性太强的内容”，而很多院校考博写作则突破了这一范围，具体说来可以分为以下三个方面：
1. 教育科研
例如：
中国人民大学2013年真题：
Directions: If you become a doctoral student, how do you deal with the relationship between English study and the study of your major? (如何处理好专业学习与英语学习的关系)
中国人民大学2007年真题：
Directions: Write an essay of about 200 words on the topic “China is not ready for E-education” (E-education: a type of education in the environment of the Internet with the guidance of modern educational theories). (中国为网络教育做好准备了吗?)
中国人民大学2003年真题：
Directions: Write an essay in no less than 250 words with the title “Social Sciences and the Humanities should Play a More Important Role in the 21st Century”.(社会科学与人文科学在21世纪应该起更重要的作用)
清华大学2008年真题：
Directions: Write a composition of no less than 300 words on the topic Advantages and Disadvantages of Doing Research Online. (在网上做研究的利与弊)
清华大学2007年真题：
Directions: Write a composition of no less than 200 words based on the following instruction.
In the past few years, several plagiarism(抄袭,剽窃) cases have been exposed in China; some involve professors and famous scholars while some others involve graduate students who are working as researchers. Please write a composition of no less than 200 words on your attitude towards plagiarism. You may also illustrate your opinion on academic integrity (正直) and give suggestions on how to preserve it in the academic world.
中科院2006年真题：
PART V WRITING (40 minutes, 20 points)
Directions: Write an essay of no less than 200 words on the topic given below. Use the proper space on your Answer Sheet Ⅱ.
China has the greatest population in the world and a large pool of research workers, yet it has not produced a single Nobel Prize winner so far. What has caused this situation in your opinion?
(中国科研人员为什么没有获得诺贝尔奖的?)
2. 社会文化
中央民族大学2015年真题：
Directions: In this part, you are required to write a composition on the topic “Does the mobile phone affect normal communication between friends and relatives?” in about 200 words. (手机是否影响和亲友的正常交流)
中国艺术研究院2014年真题：
Directions: In this part, you are to write a composition of about 300 words based on the topic of keeping animals as pets. (养宠物)
北京理工大学2013年真题：
Directions: Write an essay of no less than 250 words on the topic “How to eliminate PM2.5 in Beijing”. (如何消除PM2.5)
中国矿业大学2013年真题：
Directions: Write an essay of no less than 250 words on the topic “Fake Diplomas”.(假文凭)
北京大学2009年真题：
Directions: Read the following paragraph and then write a response paper of about 250 to 300 words. Write it neatly on ANSWER SHEET (2).
The total number of national holidays in China is stipulated by law. Yet people still argue about whether there should be “long holidays” or “short holidays”, i.e. a greater number of holidays concentrated around a great festival, or holidays scattered over a number of festivals. Which do you subscribe to, and why? (该不该恢复五一黄金周)
3. 专业话题
例如：
中央音乐学院2015年真题：
作文话题：Musical literacy is both a possible goal and desirable goal for most people(音乐素养对于多数人来说是个既美好又有可能的目标)
中国艺术研究院2015年真题：
作文话题：What is your art dream?(你的艺术梦)
北京电影学院2012年真题：
作文话题：Your view on the box office of films in China(你对过去一年中国电影票房的看法)
北京体育大学2012年真题：
作文话题：Should Li Na deliver thanks to her motherland after winning the world champion?(李娜获奖该不该感谢祖国?)
中国传媒大学2010年真题
Directions: Write a 250-word composition about your point of view on the Power of Online Public Opinion. (你对网络舆论力量的看法)
综观上述真题可以发现，考博英语作文虽然不乏“养宠物的利弊”、“黄金周该不该恢复”这样普通的社会热点话题，也有较有难度和深度的关于科研和特殊专业的内容，因此应该做相应的准备。
2.出题形式
考博英语作文的出题方式也与四六级和考研有较大不同。四六级虽然现在也是用英文给出要求，但通常还会给出具体写作提纲或步骤，而多数考博英语写作只给出一个话题，要求写出自己的观点和理由。
考研英语的大作文基本上是图画或图表，小作文基本上是书信，而考博英语写作基本上没有图表、图画、书信这些类型，而且绝大部分学校只考一篇写作。
值得关注的是，北京师范大学和西北工业大学等个别院校写作形式是(或包括)摘要作文，即给出一篇较长的英文文章，要求写出其summary。而医学博士英语全国统考写作部分一直是给出中文文章，写出英语摘要。
3.时间与字数
考博英语一般没有各题型的时间限制，但一般来说在30~40分钟内完成比较合理。字数因学校而异，一般来说在200~300词。这也是要比四六级和考研难出一些的地方。