阅读下面短文,按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的短文,向《21世纪报》中学生版投稿。
Florence Chadwick was born in California in 1918. She grew up on the beach and began competing as a swimmer at the age of six, when her uncle entered her in a race. For the next 19 years, she continued as a competitive swimmer.
On July 4, 1952, at the age of 34, Chadwick attempted to become the first woman to swim 21 miles across the Catalina Channel, from a port on the California coast. That day the ocean was ice cold, the fog was so thick that she could hardly see the support boats that followed her, and sharks swam around her. Several times, her support crew used guns to drive away the sharks. While Americans watched on televisions, her mother and her trainer, who were in one of the support boats, encouraged her to keep going. However, after 15 hours and 55 minutes, with only a half mile to go, she felt that she couldn’t go on, and begged to be taken out of the water.
Later, Chadwick told a reporter, “Look, I’m not excusing myself, but if I had seen land I know, I could have made it.” The fog had made her unable to see her swimming goal, and it made her feel she was getting nowhere. Two months later, she tried again. Although the fog was still heavy, yet this time she made it with the goal rooted in her mind. She knew behind the fog was the land she pursued.
【写作内容】
1.以约30个词概括短文大意;
2.以约120个词就“Goal and Success”的主题谈谈你的看法,内容包括:
1)分析Chadwick第一次失败和第二次成功的原因;
2)Chadwick的故事对你有什么启发;
3)结合实际谈谈如何实现自己的目标。
【写作要求】
1.可以参照阅读材料的内容,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
James Bender, in his book How to Talk Well tells the story of a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.
The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” The reporter asked. “Why,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and carries it from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-pollination(异花受粉) will slowly reduce the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn. ”
He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbors’ corn also improves. The lesson for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.
【写作要求】
1.突出:人与人之间本应和睦相处、互帮互助、共同进步;
2. 以约30个词概括短文的要点;
3. 发表你的看法,谈谈你的认识。
【注意事项】
1、作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点,也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述,但不得直接引用原文中的句子;
2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】概括准确,语言规范,内容合适,篇章连贯。
假定你是李华,正在英国接受英语培训,住在一户英国人家里。今天你的房东Mrs Wilson 不在家,你准备外出,请给Mrs Wilson 写一留言条,内容包括:
1.外出购物
2.替房东还书
3.Tracy 来电话留言:
1) 咖啡屋 ( Bolton Coffee ) 见面取消
2) 此事已告知 Susan
3) 尽快回电
注意:1.词数100左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Dear Mrs Wilson,
With best wishes,
Li Hua
根据下面的提示,写一篇题为“Smoking Is Harmful”的短文,说明吸烟的危害(100词左右)
现在有些青少年抽烟,他们认为吸烟是一种享受(enjoyment)。
事实上吸烟有害健康,对青少年危害很大。
科学家和医生通过实验发现吸烟导致一些疾病,如心脏病heart trouble、癌症cancer等。
世界上越来越多的人已经戒烟或决心戒烟,我们青少年更不应该继续做这种傻事。
我们学生应充分利用时间学习,做对祖国、对人民、对自己有益的事,养成良好习惯。
高中生面临沉重的学习压力,因此,很多同学课间休息时间也坐在教室里学习,但效果并不理想。就此,班主任准备开一次班会课,以劝诫这些同学:适当的休息很有必要。现请你以“The Ten-minute Break Between Classes”为题,按以下要求写一篇英语短文,让这些同学从中受到启发。要点如下:
1. 请简要描述现象:很多同学在课间休息时间也坐在教室里学习,但效果并不理想;
2. 十分钟的课间休息很有必要;
3. 你是如何利用这十分钟休息时间的。
注意:词数100词左右,开头已给出,不计入总词数。
The Ten-minute Break Between Classes
Time seems to be so limited for us senior high school students.
假定你是李华,看到班上有部分同学在做作业时,不自己独立完成而是抄袭他人的作业,针对这种现象,请你以My Opinion on Copying Others' Homework为题谈谈你自己的看法。
注意:1.短文必须包括下面表格中的所有内容要点,可适当发挥。
2.短文标题与开头已为你写好,不计入总词数。
3.词数150左右。
主要原因 |
作业量大,偏难 |
对功课不感兴趣,懒隋 |
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完成任务,取悦老师 |
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危害及解决办法 |
抄袭不对,违反校规 |
要诚实,勤奋学习 |
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有困难可请教同学和老师 |
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个人看法 |
…… |
My Opinion on Copying Others' Homework
It is known to us all that some students copy others' homework ...
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