英语优秀短文

英语优秀短文篇一：ENGLISH对话理解和优秀短文

1. Read the following passage.

Friends play different roles at different time in our lives. We all remember how important it was to have other children to play with when we were young. During the adolescent years, so filled with physical and emotional change, we have more time, more energy, and perhaps a greater need for friendship than we ever will again, as adults, busy with our own lives, we depend less on our friends for support. However, friends still play a critical role for most of us, sharing our happy moments and helping us through difficult times.

There is a popular rhyme:” Make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold.” Most of us try to make new friends wherever we go—to a university, to a different job, to a new city—and we usually try to “keep the old” as well. However, maintaining friendship over time and distance is not easy. Americans tend to move around a great deal, and old friendship often suffer as a result.

2. Answer the following questions according to the information in the passage.

? What different roles does friendship serve to fulfill in childhood, adolescence, and

adulthood?

? Why is friendship especially important during adolescence?

? Explain the meaning of the rhyme “make new friends, but keep the old; one is silver and

the other gold.”

3. Discuss your own experiences with a partner.

? The passage says that Americans often lose touch with old friends. Is this also a problem

in your culture, or for you as an individual?

? Do you have any sayings in your language about the importance of friendship? If so ,

share them with your class and teacher.

4. presentation(in the form of pair work or group work)

1) Prepare a short oral presentation (four to six minutes) about one of your best friends. Think about when and how you met your friend, why you became friends, and how you maintain your friendship. Write notes and practice speaking from them. Do not memorize your presentation. If possible, get a photo of your friend to show to the class.

2) Make the presentation to your class. Try to make your classmates understand why this friend is special to you.

useful phrases about friend and friendship:

thick-and thin friend 同甘共苦的朋友

faithful friend 忠实的朋友

bosom friend 知心朋友

intimate friend 密友

inseparable friend 形影不离的朋友

buddy 朋友

friend of a friend 朋友的朋友

strike up an acquaintance with/ a friendship 与某人结识、开始建立友谊

easy to get along with 与某人容易相处

get on good terms with 与某人友好相处

cordial friendship 热诚的友谊

ardent friendship 热情的友谊

fast friendship 牢不可破的友谊

lasting friendship 持久的友谊

undying friendship 永恒的友谊

drift out of touch with 与某人失去联系

be on /keep friendly/ good terms / relations with 保持友好关系

break off all the relations with 断绝所有关系

seek common ground while reserving difference 求同存异

Types of Speech

Standard usage includes those words and expressions understood, used, and accepted by a majority of the speakers of a language in any situation regardless of the level of formality. As such, these words and expressions are well defined and listed in standard dictionaries. Colloquialisms, on the other hand, are familiar words and idioms that are understood by almost all speakers of a language and used in informal speech or writing, but not considered appropriate for more formal situations. Almost all idiomatic expressions are colloquial language. Slang, however, refers to words and expressions understood by a large number of speakers but not accepted as good, formal usage by the majority. Colloquial expressions and even slang may be found in standard dictionaries but will be so identified. Both colloquial usage and slang are more common in speech than in writing.

Colloquial speech often passes into standard speech. Some slang also passes into standard speech, but other slang expressions enjoy momentary popularity followed by obscurity. In some cases, the majority never accepts certain slang phrases but nevertheless retains them in their collective memories. Every generation seems to require its own set of words to describe familiar objects and events. It has been pointed out by a number of linguists that three cultural conditions are necessary for the creation of a large body of slang expressions. First, the introduction and acceptance of new objects and situations in the society; second, a diverse population with a large number of subgroups; third, association among the subgroups and the majority population.

Finally, it is worth noting that the terms "standard" "colloquial" and "slang" exist only as abstract labels for scholars who study language. Only a tiny number of the speakers of any language will be aware that they are using colloquial or slang expressions. Most speakers of English will, during appropriate situations, select and use all three types of expressions.

The Definition of “Price”

Prices determine how resources are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed among buyers. The price system of the United States is a complex network composed of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a myriad of services, including labor, professional, transportation, and public-utility services. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the “system” of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.

If one were to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by the buyer to the seller of a product or service or, in other words that price is the money values of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, valid as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that apply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that comprise the total “package” being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.

Schooling and Education

It is commonly believed in United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling and education implied by this remark is important.

Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversation with a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of one’s entire life.

Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from one setting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the working of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that there not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.

Skyscrapers and Environment

In the late 1960's, many people in North America turned their attention to environmental problems, and new steel-and-glass skyscrapers were widely criticized. Ecologists pointed out that a cluster of tall buildings in a city often overburdens public transportation and parking lot capacities.

Skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power. In one recent year, the addition of 17 million square feet of skyscraper office space in New York City raised the peak daily demand for electricity by 120, 000 kilowatts-enough to supply the entire city of Albany, New York, for a day.

Glass-walled skyscrapers can be especially wasteful. The heat loss (or gain)through a wall of half-inch plate glass is more than ten times that through a typical masoy wall filled with insulation board. To lessen the strain on heating and air-conditioning equipment, builders of skyscrapers have begun to use double-glazed panels of glass, and reflective glasses coated with silver or gold mirror films that reduce glare as well as heat gain. However, mirror-walled skyscrapers raise the temperature of the surrounding air and affect neighboring buildings.

Skyscrapers put a severe strain on a city's sanitation facilities, too. If fully occupied, the two World Trade Center towers in New York City would alone generate 2.25 million gallons of raw sewage each year-as much as a city the size of Stanford, Connecticut , which has a population of more than 109, 000.

The Origin of Sports

When did sport begin? If sport is much older than humankind, as we all have observed, the beasts play. Dogs and cats wrestle and play ball games. Fishes and birds dance. The apes have simple, pleasurable games. Frolicking infants, school children playing tag, and adult arm wrestlers are demonstrating strong, transgenerational and

transspecies bonds with the universe of animals – past, present, and future. Young animals, particularly, tumble, chase, run wrestle, mock, imitate, and laugh (or so it seems) to the point of delighted exhaustion. Their play, and ours, appears to serve no other purpose than to give pleasure to the players, and apparently, to remove us temporarily from the anguish of life in earnest.

Some philosophers have claimed that our playfulness is the most noble part of our basic nature. In their generous conceptions, play harmlessly and experimentally permits us to put our creative forces, fantasy, and imagination into action. Play is release from the tedious battles against scarcity and decline which are the incessant, and inevitable, tragedies of life. This is a grand conception that excites and provokes. The holders of this view claim that the origins of our highest accomplishments ---- liturgy, literature, and law ---- can be traced to a play impulse which, paradoxically, we see most purely enjoyed by young beasts and children. Our sports, in this rather happy, nonfatalistic view of human nature, are more splendid creations of the nondatable, transspecies play impulse.

英语优秀短文篇二：英语优秀作文的几个特点

英语优秀作文的几个特点

学生写作时，如果仅局限在把内容交代清楚的水准上，只选用一些普通的、直截了当的词，或一律使用简单句平铺直叙，那么，这样写出来的文章就会像一碗白开水，呆板、单调，没有可读性。句式单一、缺乏生气的文章,哪怕没有任何错误也不可能得高分。要使文章耐人寻味，有亮点，有深度，有文采，给读者留下深刻印象必须注意语言的多样性、连贯性和得体性,。具体说来，优秀英语作文往往有以下几个特点。

1、长句和短句交叉使用。在英语写作中，过多地使用长句或过多地使用短句都不好。正确的做法是，根据实际情况在文章中交替使用长句与短句，使文章显得错落有致，这样不仅使文章在形式上增加美感，而且使文章读起来铿锵有力。如果整篇文章都是短句，显得文章简单呆板没有深度；而文章长句太多会显得冗长乏味，艰深难解。只有长句和短句交叉搭配才使文章快慢结合，诵读起来，音韵铿锵，琅琅上口，给人以一种美的享受。

例如：中午我们晒着太阳吃野餐。休息一会儿后，我们唱歌的唱歌，跳舞的跳舞，还有讲故事、下棋，大家玩得很开心。

【一般句式】 At noon we had a picnic lunch in the sunshine. Then we had a short rest. Then we began to play happily. We sang and danced. Some told stories. Some played chess.

【优秀句式】 At noon we had a picnic lunch in the sunshine. After a short rest, we had great fun singing and dancing, telling stories and playing chess。

工作还得一张一驰呢，老让读者读长句，累死人！写一个短小精辟的句子，却可以起到画龙点睛的作用。而且如果我们把短句放在段首或者段末，也可以揭示主题。例如：

As a creature，I eat；as a man，I read. Although one action is to meet the primary need of my body and the other is to satisfy the intellectual need of mind，they are in a way quite similar。 如此可见，长短句结合，抑扬顿挫，岂不爽哉？牢记！

2、避免同一词语的重复使用。为了使表达更生动，更富表现力，写作时应尽量避免重复使用同一词语来表示同一意思，尤其是一些老生常谈的词语。在作文中频繁使用同一词会显得重复累赘，不能引起读者的兴趣。如果换用一些表达同一意思的新词会使文章更加生动，更富有表现力。如要表达like的意思，还有love=enjoy=prefer=be fond of=be care for=appreciate等同义词使用。贫穷的：poor = needy = impoverished = poverty-stricken。富裕的：rich = wealthy = affluent = well-to-do = well-off。流行的：popular = prevailing = prevalent = pervasive。.优秀的：excellent = eminent = top = outstanding。大量的： a host of = a multitude of = a vast number of = a vast amount of。

例如：我喜欢读书，而我的弟弟喜欢看电视。

【一般句式】 I like reading while my brother likes watching television.。

【优秀句式】 I enjoy reading while my brother prefers watching television。

3、短语优先原则，适当使用短语代替单词。一篇优秀作文里往往含有大量的短语和习惯用法。用短语代替单词会使文章更加地道生动，体现作者的写作水平。例如，love=fall in love with。fill=be filled with = be awash with = be inundate with = be saturated with。decide= make up one's mind。

【一般句式】He has decided to be a teacher when he grows up.。

【优秀句式】He has made up his mind to be a teacher when he grows up。

【一般句式】He doesn't like music.

【优秀句式】He doesn't care much for music.

【一般句式】He told me that the question was now being discussed.

【优秀句式】He told me that the question was now under discussion.

写作时，尤其是在考试时，如果使用短语，有两个好处：其一、用短语会使文章增加亮

点，如果老师们看到你的文章太简单，看不到几个短语，必然会低看你一等。相反，如果发现有精彩的短语，那么你的文章就容易得高分了。其二、关键时刻思维短路，只有凑字数，怎么办？用短语是一个办法！比如：I cannot bear it.，可以用短语表达：I cannot put up with it.。I want it.，可以用短语表达：I am looking forward to it.。这样字数明显增加，表达也更准确。

4、恰当使用某些固定表达方式和习惯用法。

【一般句式】 The film was very interesting.，Both the teachers and the students liked it.

【优秀句式】 The film was so interesting that both the teachers and the students liked it.

【一般句式】He was very tired，He couldnot walk any farther.

【优秀句式】He was too tired to walk any farther.

【一般句式】Your son is old. He can look after himself now.

【优秀句式】Your son is old enough to look after himself now.

5、合理使用省略句。有些句子前后部分意思重复，如果恰当使用省略句会使句子精炼简洁，更加生动，更具文采。如：

(1) 他可能很忙，要是这样，我以后再来拜访。要是不忙，我现在可以见他吗?

【一般句式】 He may be busy. If he’s busy, I’ll call later. If he is not busy, can I see him now?

【优秀句式】He may be busy. If so, I’ll call later. If not, can I see him now?

(2) 如果天气好，我们就去；如果天气不好，我们就不去了。

【一般句式】 If the weather is fine, we’ll go. If it is not fine, we’ll not go.

【优秀句式】If the weather is fine, we’ll go. If not, not.

(3) 她本可申请这份工作的，但她没有。

【一般句式】 She could have applied for that job, but she didn’t do so.

【优秀句式】She could have applied for that job, but she didn’t .

6、适当运用非谓语结构。现在分词、过去分词、动名词、不定式统称为非谓语结构。非谓语结构通常被认为是一种高级结构，适当运用非谓语结构，会给人一种熟练驾驭语言的印象。如：

【一般句式】When he heard the news, they all jumped for joy.

【优秀句式】 Hearing the news, they all jumped for joy.

【一般句式】As I didn’t know her address, I wasn’t able to get in touch with her.

【优秀句式】Not knowing her address, I wasn’t able to get in touch with her.

【一般句式】As he was born into a peasant family, he had only two years of schooling.

【优秀句式】Born into a peasant family, he had only two years of schooling. 7、恰当使用关联词（过渡词或衔接词），使行文自然流畅。流畅性是指根据整篇文章意思的需要，有效采用不同的连接手段，以使文章层次清晰，行文连贯。关联词就是常用的连接手段之一。英语作文中的关联词使用，可以使得句子与句子之间更加流畅，避免了各个句子的分割独立，使得文章顺理成章，一气呵成。恰当使用这些关联词无疑能使全文过渡自然，令读者对后面的句子产生心理的期待和准备，增强句子间的逻辑性和紧凑性。

下面列举一些常用的关联词：

(1) 表示平行、对等或选择关系：and，both?and，as well as，neither?nor，also，not only.?but also等。

(2) 表示转折关系：but，yet，however，nevertheless，in spite of，although，otherwise，while等。

(3) 表示对比关系：on the contrary，instead of，on the other hand，just like，unlike等。

(4) 表示因果关系：so，for，therefore，as a result，because，owing to，due to，thanks to，on account of等。

(5) 表示时间、顺序关系：shortly after， first, second?，then，next，finally，for one thing，for another thing，in the end，eventually等。

(6) 表示递进、强调关系：besides，furthermore，what’s more，in addition，moreover，worse still，above all，to make matters worse等。

(7) 表示解释、说明关系：namely，actually，such as，for example，for instance，that is to say，in other words，and so on，to tell you the truth，according to this等。

(8) 表示结论：in short，in brief，in a word，in general，as you know，as far as I know，on the whole等。

例如，对于这样一段话“Usually if you read the weather forecast in the newspaper, it will help you to predict how the day will turn out. But it’s not so in Britain.。” 如果运用连接词contrary to并且变换一下句式，将其变为Contrary to popular belief, reading the weather forecast carefully in the newspaper will not help you to predict how the day will turn out则显得更简洁、更紧凑。可见恰当运用连接词和变换句式可以收到以少量词表达出丰富意思的效果。 8、综合应用多种句式或句型表达。 在整篇文章中,千万不要只使用一两个句式或句型,否则会被老师认为你的语言应用能力太差。要灵活运用诸如强调句、复合句（包括各种从句）、分词短语、倒装句、省略句、虚拟语气等。文章尽量使用多种句式表达作者意图，可以体现作者娴熟的语言应用能力和文章丰富的表现力。例如:

(1)强调句

【一般句式】The dog has saved my little sister bravely.

【优秀句式】It is the dog that has saved my little sister bravely.

(2)主从复合句

【一般句式】We had to stand there to catch the offender.

【优秀句式】What we had to do was to stand there, trying to catch the offender.

(3)分词短语、由with或without引导的短语

【一般句式】The driver escaped and didn’t stop, he left the old man lying on the road.

【优秀句式】The driver escaped without stopping, leaving the old man lying on the road.

(4)倒装句

【一般句式】I went to bed at 11:30.

【优秀句式】Not until 11:30 did I go to bed.

(5)省略句

【一般句式】While you are crossing the street, you should be careful.

【优秀句式】While crossing the street, you should be careful.

9、改变句子的开头方式。不要一味地每个句子都是主语+谓语+宾语,最后再加一个状语。可以把状语置于句首,或用分词作状语等。这样既有某些部分的强调作用又能使文章呈现出灵活多变的句式从而使文章具有丰富的表现力。试比较:

【一般句式】My brother and I went to the cinema by bicycle the other day.

【优秀句式】The other day my brother and I went to the cinema by bicycle.

【一般句式】The young man couldn’t help crying when he heard the bad news.

【优秀句式】 Hearing the bad news, the young man couldn’t help crying.

【一般句式】 There stands an old temple at the top of the hill.

【优秀句式】 At the top of the hill there stands an old temple.

10、通过分句和合句,增强句子的连贯性和表现力。例如:

【一般句式】He stopped us an hour ago. He made us catch the next offender.

【优秀句式】He stopped us half an hour ago and made us catch the next offender.

【一般句式】We had a short rest. Then we began to play happily. We sang and danced.

【优秀句式】After a short rest, we had great fun singing and dancing.

11、多实少虚原则。原因很简单，写文章还是应该写一些实际的东西，不要空话连篇。这就要求一定要多用实词，少用虚词。我这里所说的虚词就是指那些比较大的词。比如我们说很好的时候，不应该只说nice这样空洞的词，应该使用一些诸如generous，humorous，interesting，smart，gentle，warm-hearted，hospital 之类的形象词。再比如：走出房间，一般性的词是：walk out of the room。但是小偷走出房间应该说：slip out of the room。小姐走出房间应该说：sail out of the room。小孩走出房间应该说：dance out of the room。 老人走出房间应该说：stagger out of the room。所以多用实词，少用虚词，文章将会大放异彩。

12、主题句原则。国有其君，家有其主，文章也要有其主题。否则会给人造成“群龙无首”之感。一些文章，故意把主题隐藏在文章之内，结果造成读者稀里糊涂，不知所云！所以一般要写一个主题句，放在文章的开头或者结尾，告诉读者你这篇文章主要想表达的观点或中心思想。当然每一个段落也应有自己的主题句，放在段落前、中、后某一位置。让读者一目了然，知道这一段落或这篇文章你主要想表达什么主题。例如：

to begin with，you must work hard at your lessons and be fully prepared before the exam（主题句）。 without sufficient preparation，you can hardly expect to answer all the questions correctly.

另外，尽自己最大的可能使得第一自然段引人入胜，做到“语不惊人誓不休”。要想做到这一点，就要求学生要大量地阅读课外书籍，做到知识面宽泛，观点灵活，写技高超。

13、条理有序原则。领导讲话总是第一部分、第一点、第二点、第三点、第二部分、第一点? 层次清晰，条理清楚。考官们看文章也必然要通过这些关键性的“标签”来判定你的文章是否结构清楚，条理自然。破解方法很简单，只要把下面任何一组的词汇加入到你的几个要点前就清楚了。

1）first，second，third，last（不推荐，原因：太俗）

2）firstly，secondly，thirdly，finally（不推荐，原因：太俗）

3）the first，the second，the third，the last（不推荐，原因：太俗）

4）in the first place，in the second place，in the third place，lastly（不推荐，原因：太俗）

5）to begin with，then，furthermore，finally（强烈推荐）

6）to start with，next，in addition，finally（强烈推荐）

7）first and foremost，besides，last but not least（强烈推荐）

8）most important of all，moreover，finally

9）on the one hand，on the other hand（适用于两点的情况）

10）for one thing，for another thing（适用于两点的情况）

条理性是指要合理布局文章结构。首先，在文章思路、组织材料、叙述顺序等方面要有一定的条理性。例如：题目要求写一篇记述文，我们可以按照事情发展的先后顺序来写；若介绍某一场所，可按照空间顺序来安排行文顺序；若是一篇议论文，就应该按照所议论观点的顺序来安排结构。全文结构应注意首尾呼应，前后相联。其次，根据需要安排好段落，各段之间要层次分明，每一段落的开头和结尾也要重视，开头语往往是总起句，结尾往往是总结句。请看下面这篇高考英语书面表达范文：I will spend this summer holiday in the countryside. Although the city is modern and convenient, there are still some problems, such as air pollution, crowdedness and noise. In the countryside I can enjoy a comfortable and quiet life. There, the air is fresh and the water is clean. Trees are green and birds are singing. I can also go boating, fishing and swimming in the lake. What’s more, I can climb

the hills. All this will be interesting and good for my health. Above all, I can learn more about nature. So I want to go to the countryside for a change. I’m looking forward to the coming of my summer holiday.

开头语I will spend this summer holiday in the countryside是总起句。结尾So I want to go to the countryside for a change. I’m looking forward to the coming of my summer holiday是总结句。

14、时态一致、语法正确。毋庸置疑，时态是英语基础知识的重要范畴之一，也是区别于汉语的重要特点之一。而英语作文又是对学生综合能力的考核。因而，在作文中，必须加入时态的准确运用，才能使自己的观点和所叙述的情节更加精准。因为中文中没有时态的概念，中国学生极易在英语时态方面出现失误或忽略时态的运用，表现出时态前后不一致或使用错误，这将使所写的英语作文大打折扣。另外，英语里面有很多语法规则，如果你写的句子有语法错误，必然就会影响得分。例如，None can negative the importance of money.剖析：negative 系形容词，误作动词。应改为： None can deny the importance of money。The increasing use of chemical obstacles in agriculture also makes pollution.(农业方面化学物质使用的不断增加也造成了污染。) 剖析：显然，考生把obstacles“障碍”，“障碍物”误作substance“物质”了。另外“the increasing use (不断增加的使用)” 应改为“abusive use (滥用)”。改为：The abusive use of chemical substances in agriculture also causes/leads to pollution.

15表达准确地道，努力遵从英语思维，尽量使句子带点“洋味”。准确性是要求写出语法正确的句子，包括时态、语态、用词和句法等，但是不少同学由于受汉语思维习惯的影响，在写作时不自觉地产生了不规范的表达。要做到准确、地道地表达文章，首先必须要牢记掌握一些常用句型或习惯表达，避免中文式英语，在实践中不断总结中英表达差异，养成用英语思维写作的习惯。例如：

我等待着你的到来。

【一般句式】I’m waiting for you to come.

【优秀句式】I’m looking forward to your arrival.

现在我详细地给你介绍屋子的情况。

【一般句式】Now I am going to introduce the room to you carefully.

【优秀句式】Now I am going to give you a detailed description of the room.

别担心，大胆试一试，你很快就会学会的。

【一般句式】Don't worry. Be bold and try it, and you'll learn it soon.

【优秀句式】Don't worry. Just go for it, and you'll get it soon.

谢谢你陪我玩。

【一般句式】Thank you for playing with us.

【优秀句式】Thank you for sharing the time with us.

正确牢记这些习惯用法，无疑可以增添句子表达的准确性，减少不必要的错误，从而提高书面表达的档次。

16、大胆使用高级词汇和高级结构。在英语作文中，高级词汇、词组和高级结构和句型的运用可帮助呈现写作者的英语水平。这就要求学生要在基础知识方面进行系统的学习。例如，使用prefer doing就比使用enjoy doing水平高，而使用enjoy doing又比使用like doing水平高。 由此可以看出，不同类型和不同水平的词组句型可表现出写作者不同的观点及英语水平。例如：

她的黑眼睛很迷人。

【一般句式】Her dark eyes are very beautiful.

英语优秀短文篇三：优秀英语作文

The picture shows us a touching moment when a little girl comes to greet her working mother. Realizing her mother must be very tired after a day’s work, the girl helps to remove the bag from her shoulder. In response, the mother kneels down to show how happy and thankful she feels.All this reminds me of my mother who has been doing whatever she could to let me have the best. But, totally engaged in my own study, I seldom pay attention to what Mother needs and feels, and always think studying well is the only thing I could do in return. Now I know I can do my bit to help with the everyday washing, bedroom cleaning, or at least prepare breakfast myself, so as to share Mother’s daily burden. The picture convinces me it is even more important to be a good daughter than a “good” student.

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Attitude is altitude

Nick is a 25-year-old Australian man, whose life is full of hardships. He was born without limbs. He used to be made fun of for looking like a monster. Everything seemed impossible to him. However, Nick never gave up. After many failures,he finally learned to swim, fish and even surf. What surprised us is that he completed university education and got two degrees. And now he is the CEO of two companies.

When asked about the secret of his success, Nick’s answer is: Attitude is altitude. In his eyes, nothing is impossible if he is determined to overcome any difficulties. He thinks a positive attitude is the key to success.

After reading Nick’s story, I have been feeling inspired by his spirit. Compared with him, we are healthy enough to enjoy life. Somehow, we are always frustrated facing difficulties. I think Nick has set a good example for us. Try to appreciate what we do have and be more persevering and you will achieve success in the end.

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What is happiness? Different people have different views on it. For example, some believe that if they have much money, they will get and everything they want to. And they will feel happy. Some think that they shoulder be in good health. If so, they can enjoy whatever they like. Others wish to have much wealth from their parents. In this way they don’t have to work hard,and they can own everything, which they think is happiness.

I don’t quite agree with the above views on happiness. I don’t think money means happiness. As is known to us all, we can’t buy everything with money, such as friendship and knowledge. I value knowledge, which makes me happy. Knowledge is power. I can do much for mankind with knowledge. Of course, I can do my work better with it to make my life better. Although different people value happiness differently, my happiness comes from my study.

Most of us feel nervous whenever we’re taking an important exam. Some will feel dizzy or tired, some will suffer from lack of sleep, and some will lose their appetite. In fact, all these symptoms have terrible effects on our exams and we are all eager to get rid of them.

First of all,in my opinion,it’s important for us to have a right attitude towards exams. They are only a means of checking how we are getting along with our studies, so there is no need to worry too much about the results. Study hard every day and make careful plans for every exam. In this way we can avoid suffering from the pressure of exams.

Besides, enough sleep can make us energetic and enable us to perform well in an exam. Therefore, during the period of exams, we should not stay up too late. We can also try a warm bath or a cup of warm milk before going to bed. They might help us to have a sound sleep.

(We’d better go out for a walk or do some outdoor exercise before and during an exam so that we can keep ourselves relaxed and then concentrate ourselves on exams.)

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I fully understand why we are not comfortable about it, but there’s no need to feel too sad. Our parents are checking our bags or diaries to make sure we’re not getting into any trouble. They have probably heard some horrible stories about other kids and thought we might do the same. Or perhaps they just want to connect with us but are doing it all wrong. My suggestion is: Tell them we want them to trust us as much as we’d like to trust them. If you don’t think you can talk to them, write them a letter and leave it lying around—they are bound to read it.

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52% of the students agree to it because they can follow their interests and learn more about their favorite subjects.Besides,they can gain more knowledge by receiving instructions from their tutors so that they can improve their academic performance.

However,48% of the students are strongly against it.They think it adds more burdens to their study,which in turn reduces their time to have fun and relax.

In my opinion,the summer vacation is a good time for us to rest and to do what we like.You can make your own decision based on your interest.

Something Special For Parents

Not long ago, Student Union in our school advocated that Senior Three students should do something special for their parents on their 18th birthday. All the students were actively in response to it and most of them have come up with their ideas. Some choose to write a letter, saying it’s the best way to express their appreciation as well as love for their dearest parents. Others prefer to cook a big meal to show that they’ve already grown up.

As for me, I tend to do up hair, wash feet and cut finger-nails for my parents. By doing what parents have been doing for me I can really know how much they devote to bringing me up. Also, being eighteen years old means it’s time that I should take responsibility to take care of them.

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Welcome to the column“English Writing”!

Recently the school website has set up a new column called “English Writing” which provides students with the chances to post their compositions and communicate with each other . Not only can students improve their writing ability in this way, but also they can strengthen their self-confidence.

The column has lots of advantages.It is the teachers’ guide on line that has the advantage over other columns .If necessary, the students can have a direct “ask and answer” with professional teachers.

It is required that the compositions should be related to the students’ life.What’s more, if it is organized well enough, the writer will be rewarded for it .

Hoping for the students’ participation.

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Discussion about the issue has become very heated throughout the country, especially in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

As is shown in the pie chart, 48%of the people surveyed tend to support this policy. They think that it will promote fair education. On the contrary, 19% of the people surveyed think otherwise. They are opposed to the policy, which, in their opinion, is not beneficial to the promotion of fair education. Meanwhile, 23% of the hold that it will be very difficult to carry out the college matriculation policy for migrant children. And very few (10%) people express their view that,

while performing the policy, the governments should pay attention to protecting the local’s legal interests.

As far as I’m concerned, I’m in favor of the policy. On one hand, it can allow the migrant children to enjoy equal opportunity for education. On the other hand, it will have a profound effect in China’s field of education.

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about present education system while their kids would blame the bad results on teachers. Teachers, who always work hardest, have more complaints like lack of co-operation from parents and less hard work of students. What should be the appropriate attitude towards test results is always under hot discussion. Gladly, most parents nowadays are quite aware of their own responsibilities. They would co-operate more with teachers afterwards and give enough guidance to their kids. Teachers will undoubtedly re-consider and thus improve their teaching methods aiming to increase classroom efficiency. Students will certainly study harder.

In my opinion, it is always the best for family, students and schools to co-operate closely. When kids fail, everybody should be brave enough to bear responsibilities and find practical solutions to avoid similar mistakes. It surely benefits a lot in the construction of a harmonious society as well as forming a friendly relationship between families and schools.

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Some of my classmates are in favor of living in the city. Firstly, there are more career opportunities in big cities which they think are very important to their future development, because big companies have their headquarters located in big cities. Secondly, they think living in a big city is very comfortable. For one thing, it is convenient to take a bus or a taxi. On top of these, cities have parks, restaurants and other entertainment places where they can seek excitement. But most small towns have none of these.

However, some other students hold a different opinion. They think the expenses of living are high in big cities. Furthermore, big cities are very crowded with too many people. The air is polluted which contributes to the poor living environment.

As far as I’m concerned, every coin has two sides. But on matter where we live, we should

work hard, protect natural environment and save energy.

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结合社会实际，请你谈谈出国留学的利弊。利：1发达国家条件好,设施先进有利学习。

2.能了解不同文化，开阔视野。3.能锻炼独立生活的能力。4.回国找工作有优势。弊：1.语言不熟，沟通困难。2.适应期内，学习会受影响。3.存在安全隐患。4.费用太高。

Nowadays, going to study abroad is popular with the Chinese students．

Obviously, it has a lot of advantages．The students can study in good conditions in developed countries. Besides, they can learn about different cultures and broaden their horizons as well as raise their ability of living independently．Moreover, they may have an advantage in finding jobs at home over others who haven’t been abroad．

However, never can we ignore the disadvantages．Perhaps most students will find it difficult to communicate with (来自:www.zhaoQt.NeT 蒲公英文摘:英语优秀短文)the natives because of the language problem．So they may fall behind in their studies while trying to adapt to the new society．Being alone abroad, they’re sure to be faced with safety problem．Meanwhile, the too high cost is undoubtedly a heavy burden to their families．

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1．城市垃圾的危害：污染环境，有害健康。

2．你所在的城市是如何处理垃圾的：(1)垃圾分类；(2)报纸、玻璃的再利用;(3)填埋有害垃圾；(4)处理废水；(5)制定法律。3.作为一名中学生你该如何做...

Saving Our City

It is very important to deal with the rubbish in cities. Rubbish must be treated properly, otherwise it may cause problems. It may pollute the air and water. If people breathe the polluted air or drink the polluted water, they may get ill.Our city has begun to pay attention to the problem. For example, rubbish is sorted . Some rubbish,such as newspapers and glass, is recycled.

The rest, which is believed to be harmful, is sent to a certain place and buried.Laws have been passed to protect the environment, so waste water should be treated before it is poured into rivers。We’ve been trying, but there is still a long way to go. As a student, we should do our best to fight against pollution.

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