1. Different Types of Compositions 段首句作文 关键词作文 谚语作文 提示作文 提纲式作文

2. 段首句作文 段首句作文，就是给出每一自然段的第一 句话 (The Topic Sentence), 然后学生根据 提供的主题句，发展成一段，最后成篇。 这是属于一种指导性或控制性作文。 段首句给出了全文的框架，学生只需增加 材料加以扩充。

3. Example: The Happiness of Reading People often say that gold and silver are most valuable things in the world. ____ ______________________. As an old saying goes, reading is always profitable. _______________________. Books are our teachers and friends. ___ _________________________.

4. Sample People often say that gold and silver are most valuable things in the world. But I would say that knowledge is more valuable than gold and silver. Money is important, but knowledge cannot be bought by gold or silver. On the contrary, if we are rich in knowledge, we have the ability to create wealth.

5. As an old saying goes, reading is always profitable. There are various kinds of useful knowledge in books, which is limitless for us to acquire. Bacon said, “knowledge is power”. Reading is a good way to spend time and enrich your knowledge.

6. Books are our teachers and friends. They show us the best way to scale heights in knowledge. Reading is the key link in grasping science and technology. Books are our friends——silent friends who do not need to get anything from you. We’ll go on learning till we breathe our last. It is a good way to learn through reading and it will not be limited by time and space.

7. 关键词作文 Topic: Children’s Schoolbags Are Getting Heavier Key words: complain about, burden, an ever-increasing burden, assignments, relieve, apply pressure, parents, strong desire, score high, key schools, ally with, a teacher’s performance, not easy, worth trying, crush

8. Analysis 孩子们在抱怨（ complain about ）学习负担越来越 重（ an ever-increasing burden), 他们花在功课上 （ assignments ）的时间越来越长。为什么孩子的 负担无法减轻（ burden be relieved ） ? 首先家长 （ parents ）对孩子有很高的期望（ strong desire ）, 他们希望孩子考得高分（ score high ）并进重点学 校（ key schools ）；其次，老师（ teachers ）与家 长联合 (ally themselves with) 给学生施加压力 (apply pressures) ，因为学生的成绩代表教学质量（ a teacher’s performance ）。可见要给孩子减负并不 容易（ not easy ）, 但值得去做 (worth trying), 以便 孩子不被重负压垮 (crush) 。

9. Sample: Children’s Schoolbags Are Getting Heavier These days we often hear children complain about the pressure of an ever-increasing burden of their studies. The schoolbags they carry are getting heavier and heavier, and the hours spent on their assignments longer and longer.

10. Why can’t their burden be relieved in spite of social protests and concerns? For one thing, parents have a strong desire for the early intellectual achievement of their children. They believe that if you don’t force them to reach more, a golden opportunity for success will be lost and the chances of their being admitted to key schools, and then to colleges will be slim.

11. So children are under constant pressure to score high, test well, aim to be top students. For another, our teachers ally themselves with parents in applying pressure. Since scores are not only the mark of success or failure for a particular student, but also a measurement of a teacher’s performance, it is natural for a teacher to assign more homework for his own sake as well as for his students. Failure to produce students who win first place in school academic examination is often seen as evidence of bad teaching.

12. To lighten children’s academic burden is not easy, but is worth trying, for after all parents and teachers don’t want the heavy schoolbags to crush their children.

13. 谚语作文： 1997 年 1 月 CET4/6 作文 四级作文题： 1. 怎样理解 “ 熟能生巧 ” ？ 2. 例如：在英语学习中...... 3. 又如...... Practice Makes Perfect 六级作文题： 1. 为什么说 “ 欲速则不达 ” 2. 试举例说明 Haste Makes Waste

14. Example: No Pains, No Gains 1. 为什么说 “ 不劳无获 ” ？ 2. 举例说明。

15. Writing Strategies: First paragraph: explain what the proverbs means. Second paragraph: give examples to show the truthfulness of the proverb. Third paragraph: draw a conclusion or restate the truthfulness of the proverb.

16. Sample ( 解释） No pains, no gains. This is a proverb full of philosophical reasons. If we are to reach the top of a mountain, we must climb it. If we hope to achieve success, we have to do hard and painstaking work. On the contrary, the less one pains, the less he gains. To do nothing is to bring ruin upon oneself. Idleness is the source of all failures, and sometimes, of all evils, for troubles is likely to be made out of doing nothing.

17. （举例） Examples can be easily found to support this proverb. A scientist may be well-known for his discovery. He is greatly rewarded for it and praised wherever he goes. Yet, how many sleepless nights did he spend doing experiments in his laboratory? No one knows. Only the scientist himself knows what reputation, reward and praise mean to him. For a champion athlete, all the sweat, bruises and perseverance prove to be necessary. Even a student’s scholarship is preceded by hard work.

18. （结论） In a word, happiness brought by success goes along with sacrifice of rest, relaxation and entertainment. Gains and pains unexceptionally go hand in hand.

19. 提示作文 Example: My View on Opportunity （ 93.6 ） 有的人认为机会是极少的，另一些人则 认为人人都会有某种机会。你的看法如何？ 写出你的理由并且适当举例。在你的文 章结尾处不要忘记写出你的结论。

20. 提纲式作文 The World Is Getting Smaller and Smaller 1. 现代的交通工具越来越发达 2. 人与人之间的交往越来越频繁 3. 结论