Question

根据以下提示，结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。
Encouragement from a friend plays a very important role in motivating you to solve the problems you are facing. It helps you fight the difficulties and get out of an unfavorable situation you are stuck in.
注意：
（1）无须写标题，文章开头已经给出，不得照抄英语提示语；
（2）除诗歌外，文体不限；
（3）词数为120左右。
Encouragements can serve as a ray of hope during difficult times.
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Answer 1

Encouragements can serve as a ray of hope during difficult times. The best ones to encourage a depressed soul are our friends.
It was 3 years ago when I just began to attend my high school. For the 1^st time I failed in an English exam where I had thought I could have done a better job, leaving me depressed. My best friend, Lily, tried every means to comfort me, offering her emotional support. She listened to me carefully and told me that Edison succeeded in inventing the 1^st electrical bulb after failing more than 300 times. Eventually, with her patient encouragement, I overcame my depress and was determined to try hard again. The next exam witnessed my great progress.
Encouragement is the best means to rid us of negative feelings. It can equip and motivate us to fight difficulties we may meet with in our life.

试题分析：题目要求根据所给的英文材料写一篇短文。写作时，不得照抄所给材料，不能写成诗歌。材料大意是：朋友的鼓励能帮助你解决正面临的问题。帮助你对抗困难，脱离困境。作文要突出“鼓励”的重要作用。可以通过具体事例来体现出鼓励的作用，最后用一句话总结一下鼓励的好处。
【亮点说明】范文使用了短语serve as, listened to, more than, rid us of等，充实了作文内容，使文章显得具体，有说服力；范文使用了一些语法知识：定语从句when I just began to attend my high school; where I had thought I could have done a better job和we may meet with in our life；非谓语动词leaving me depressed; offering her emotional support；宾语从句told me that Edison succeeded in inventing；固定搭配was determined to等，语法知识的熟练运用给作文增色很多；范文还用Eventually来衔接前后句，做到了衔接紧凑。