高考英语写作词汇整理（精选20篇）

初一是正式开始写英语作文，怎么样才能写出好的英语作文呢?

一、充分准备，打好基础。

为了提高初一英语作文写作水平，平时应加强阅读，多背诵一些句形、段落甚至短文。俗话说：“读书破万卷，下笔如有神”，只有多读，多记，多背诵，才能出口成章，下笔成文。此外，写好初一英语作文还要掌握一些应用文体的写作方法，如书信、日记、通知等，它们大多有固定的格式。

二、认真审题，明确要求

在写初一英语作文的时候仔细看清写作要求和提示，分清材料的主次，接着确定体裁、格式和人物、地点等要素;最后确定时态，同时考虑相关的语态搭配用法。

三、遣词造句、表达规范

初一英语作文用词要恰当，不可逐句把提示翻译成英语。写作时，应尽量选用你最熟悉、最有把握的词和句型来表达思想。如果有些单词不会些，有些句型不会表达，可以设法绕开，用熟悉的同义词、同义短语或同义句来代替。要学会善于运用适当的关联词，如and, or, but, so，because, since等，以使初一英语作文行文逻辑紧密，自然流畅。

四、认真撰写，卷面整洁

初一英语考试中也会有初一英语作文题，如果时间允许，书面表达一定要先写草稿。在抄写入答题卷前，要先进行检查修改。首先检查所写内容是否切题;之后检查主题是否明确，表达方式是否恰当;最后检查所用时态、语态、人称是否符合要求，前后是否一致。

英语写作常用名言

1.Knowledge is power. 知识就是力量 2.Live and learn. 活到老,学到老

3.The more you know, the more you find you don’t know. 知之愈多,便觉知之愈少

4.Never teach a fish to swim. 切勿班门弄斧

5.Never too old to learn; never too late to turn. 学习不厌老,改过不嫌迟 6.Better sense is the head than cents in the pocket. 口袋里有钱不如头脑里有知识

7. The greatest artist was once a beginner. 最伟大的艺术家也曾是个初学者 8.It’s never too late to learn. 活到老,学到老 9.A good book is a good friend. 好书如同挚友

10. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 只会学习不玩耍,聪明孩子也变傻

11. A young idler, and old beggar. 少壮不努力,老大徒伤悲

12. By reading we enrich the mind, by conversation we polish it.读书使人充实,交谈使人精明

13. Experience must be bought. 吃一堑,长一智

14. There is no royal road to learning. 学问无捷径

15. Imagination is more important than knowledge. 想象力比知识更重要 16. The empty vessels make the greatest sound. 满瓶不响,半瓶咣当

17. If you don’t learn to think when you are young, you may never learn.如果你年轻的时候没有学会思考,那么就永远学不会思考

18.There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.最有益的是知识,最有害的是无知

1、命一个小俏的题目。

命题要做到新、小、俏这三点。新，顾名思义就是新颖，给人一种耳目一新的感觉。小，就是说题目的范围要命得小一点，便于写得具体完整、短小精悍。俏，就是要命得像花季少女一样，亭亭玉立、花枝招展，让人一看就喜欢，便迫不及待地往下读。

2、写一个迷人的题记。

题记不宜过长，百字以内为最佳。可引用名人名言，可组成排比、对偶句，也可化用历史典故、人物事件等。这样不仅可以点明主旨、升华主题、丰富内容，还能增加文章的文学色彩，吸引读者，给人一种美好的感觉。

3、来一个崭新的形式。

作文，从小学三年级一直写到了高中，总不能还是分三大段来写吧?!要勇于尝试一些新的形式，如:书信法、小标题法、日记法、报告法、启事法、倡议书法、说明书法、影视戏剧法、传奇演义法、故事新编法等等。只有如此，形式独特、写出新意，才能让人拍案叫绝!

中高考——高分作文的六个制胜法宝

4、置一个严谨的结构。

写作文，一定要注意使之结构完整，首尾照应。结构严谨，不仅看起来美观大方;而且读起来意思明了，富有节奏感、音韵美。

5、做一次大胆的创新。

“做人，重在求真;作文，贵在创新。”只有创新，才能精彩纷呈;只有创新，才能回味无穷;只有创新，才能赢得关注;只有创新，才能得到青睐;只有创新，才能赢得高分!大胆创新吧!成功一定属于会创造的人。

6、有一个漂亮的书写

卷面是作文的门面，卷面书写洁净工整会让人赏心悦目，能博得阅卷老师的好感;而卷面脏乱不堪的作文只能让阅卷者望而生厌，难得高分。中高考高分作文的书写虽然字体各异，但都字迹工整，卷面整洁。

下面是由语文迷网小编精心为大家整理的英语写作高分技巧，供大家阅读参考。

一、要善于模仿

一些同学的办法往往是背一堆范文，然后再到考场上进行一个“剪切”、“粘贴”的工作，真正的模仿重点永远要放在一定的句式结构上，而非个别的词汇。有一个句式说：“…for the simple reason that…”表示某种现象的原因是什么，用在高考(课程)写作中，我们就可以拿来解释为什么自行车在中国如此的流行：“The bicycle is very popular in China for the simple reason that…”。然而，很多同学一谈到原因仍然是“…because…”。如果要表示“总是能够”的概念，很多同学提笔就会写can always，但理想的句子应该是用双重否定表示强烈的肯定，用never fail to。

二、要灵活变通

在批改过上万份同学们英语(课程)作文中，经常能发现一些将中文生硬地翻译成英文的表达法。有一句话叫做“立志如山，行道如水”，写英文作文，一定要有决心把它写好，有信心把意思表达清楚，这是“立志如山”;但关键是遇到问题时要有个灵活的态度，能像流水一样变通解决问题。有个翻译界的故事说：在某大型国际会议的招待会上，一道菜是用鸡蛋做的。与会的客人问翻译：“What is it made of”本来是非常简单的一个问题，结果翻译太紧张，忘了“egg”这个词，但是他急中生智，回答：“It is made of Miss Hen’s son.”这里，就是一个灵活变通的范例。绕道表达，是写作中应该常常运用的一种方法。

三、要细心观察

注意英语中一些表达上的习惯。比如在正式文体的写作中，很少用 “it isn’t”这样的略缩形式，而往往是一板一眼地写作 “it is not”。同理，在正式文体中的日期一般不缩写，阿拉伯数字一般会用英文表达(特别长的数字除外)。

许多同学在写作文时，习惯于把 “since” “because” “for”这样的词放在句首引导原因状语从句。事实上，在我们见到的英语报刊杂志文章中，这样的从句一般都是放在主句之后的。另外, “and”也常常被误放在一句话的开头，表示两个句子之间的并列或递进关系。其实，经常留心地道的英语文章能发现，如果是并列关系，完全可以不用连词;如果是递进关系，用 “furthermore” “what is more”更为普遍。

四、要心有全局

英文写作如果结构意识良好，应试写作就简化成为一个填空的过程了，适当地填入观点、素材，文章就自然而然立起来了。

导语：当前的社会经常听到很多关于不负责任的事件发生，比如临时工……下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的以责任为话题的高考写作素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

只要你留心，你就能发现一个现象。很多人做事的时候大多是敷衍了事，不负责任。而且这种现象在社会上十分普遍。从媒体曝光的含瘦肉精的猪肉，到超市里出现的有毒的馒头。在这类事件中，相关的执法部门形同虚设，不能起到真正的监管作用。更有甚者，不但不去监管，还要同违法犯罪者狼狈为奸，共同作恶。这也是有目共睹了事实。

不负责任的根源在于责任不明确，监督不到位，没有严格的处罚标准。一切事情都是凭一时的冲动，而没有长效的机制。大家的事情，在做的过程中，没有人认真去做。在现实生活中，什么法都有，但什么法都是随着人为的掌控来不断地改变着，不是就事论事，更多的时候是就人论事。再加上监督的严重缺失，不负责任有时候比负责任的结果要好。在这种情形之下，大家在处理事情的时候，总是瞻前顾后，相互推诿。

从国家的机构设置来看，应该有的全有，一样不差，相比其它国家来说，还多的一套机构。正如一架机器一样，所有的零件都是齐备的。应该说这架机器是能够正常运转的，而且是和谐协调地工作着。理论上成立的事情，在具体的实践中未必就能行的通。有时候总是不尽人意。人应该是聪明的，对于自己所操控的机器，在了解其性能之后，应不断地改进其结构，使之更加合理，更加省时省力，效率更高。而有的人却在做事上不考虑效率，只注重形式。为了保持原来的模式不变，不但不对某些不起作用，有时甚至起反作用的部件采用剔除的方法，而是另外增添一些新的部件来使之保持正常的运转。其结果是机器的部件增多了，运转起来更加的复杂而且繁琐，伴随着问题也是层出不穷地出现着。这就是中国社会目前的困境。机构繁多而且重叠，效率低下，人浮于事的现象是比比皆是。其结果导致社会生活更多的是无序而且混乱。

当年三鹿奶粉出了问题，最后的结果是如日中天的三鹿企业倒闭了，成千上万的工人失业，许多经销商、奶农破产，许多儿童饱受病痛的折磨。三鹿的一些主要负责人以及制假、造假的个别人受到惩罚。政府中的相关人员也受到撤职、记过、警告等不同的处分。看上去政府的举动可谓是雷厉风行的，有一查到底，绝不姑息的意思。实际上是壮士断腕，不得不为之的无奈之举。最后也就不了了之了。如果深究下去的话，三鹿的问题不是三鹿自己做大的。而是政府失去了监管，在利益的驱动之下，有意无意地为企业的违法开了绿灯。政策的倾斜，监管的缺失，让三鹿走上了不归之路。相关地方的党委和政府是难辞其咎的。但最后，只是几个无关紧要的人物作了替罪羊，其它人物则相安无事。这也给更多的人提了个醒，只要不出问题，不出人命关天的大问题，一切都好说。谁出了事，不是因为他负不负责任的问题，而是他的运气好不好的问题。与责任无关的结果，就是更多的人不再负责任地做事情。

三鹿事件，让中国的形象在世界上受到重创。也为食品的安全敲响了警钟。而结果呢?问题不仅没有什么大的改观，反而是愈演愈烈。三鹿剩余的毒奶粉频繁地以各种名目出现，而且是屡禁不止。现在又是瘦肉精事件，让另一个知名的品牌企业双汇又陷入其中，损失惨重。实际上这瘦肉精的问题不是今天才发现的，早几年就有过报道，而且也做过处罚的。为什么那么多的地方监管部门在如此长的时间里就没有发现呢?这瘦肉精不比三聚氰胺，三聚氰胺是肉眼无法看出来的，同时也不是简单的仪器能测出来的。而这喂瘦肉精的猪就不一样，光凭肉眼就可以看出来的。可结果是那么多的检疫、检查人员竟然睁着眼睛却楞没发现，这是何等的咄咄怪事。再说上海超市里的有毒馒头，这么长的时间里，就没有人对馒头的质量进行过化验检查。食品检验部门到底是做什么的呢。难道只是为了罚款而设置的吗?

俗话说，出来混，迟早是要还回去的。食品的问题，生产企业是有过错的。但要是监管到位的话，出问题也只是个别现象，而不是整个行业。而现在要么不出问题，一旦出了问题，可就是整个行业里的大问题。要么企业倒闭，要么企业损失惨重，元气大伤。更主要的是让政府本来就已经很低的信任度更是丧失殆尽了。监管的缺失，监督的缺失，形成了在具体工作中，没有人去负责的情况出现。出了问题，造成的损失是大家的。真的出了问题，大不了找几个人承担下来，免职了事。等到风头过去，还可以东山再起。这是有很多先例可以加以证明的。

在各级政府的会议上，我们经常看到一个个领导是那样神采飞扬激情洋溢地做着各种各样的报告。在报告里，对每一件事的安排是那样的细致周到，有的时候连一个个细小的步骤都考虑到了。可实际上没有人去认真的执行过。这种只注重形式而不见有具体行动的行为，其恶劣的影响是无法估量的。最后的结果是政府工作人员不做具体事务，办事效率低下。很多单位在上班的时间找不到人。来上班的不是炒股就是上网玩游戏。

这个社会是大家的，工作也应该大家来做。不要去报怨每一个人。因为民众的不负责任，与政府是有关系的。首先要有一个负责任的政府，再去要求民众负起责任来。

导语：小编提醒大家，要想把作文写好，要想在考研写作中得高分，平时一定得多阅读优秀的范文，特别是一些漂亮精彩的句型。同时也有必要掌握一些写作模式和技巧，不断地模仿练习，最后才能真正打造出高分作文。

一、命题依据

考研话题牵涉面广，包罗万象，变幻莫测。但从历年考研真题研究中可以发现写作基本上可粗略地划分为两大类话题：永恒话题(everlastingtopic)和热点话题(hotissue)。所谓永恒话题，是指那些不以时间和空间的转移为转移的话题。这类话题一般都是一些宏观的大话题，没有明显的时代印痕。如有关社会道德范畴的话题。另一大类是热点话题，即近几年或某一年特殊的社会现象， 媒体普遍报道过或公众普遍谈论的话题。如AdvertisementonTV(93)，温室的花朵经不起风雨(2003)等，所以，平时在生活和学习中留意类似话题的英文素材预以备战不妨是个好的办法。

二、写作技巧

1.精心构造全文的引言段

考研作文阅卷老师每天工作量很大，工作时间也较长，因此长时间批改水平参差不齐、质量高下不一的作文难免感到疲劳，厌倦，甚至气恼。据测试统计，一口气读完12 篇后才走神的人极少，定力惊人。因此，在考研写作三段制中，第一段最能吸引他们的目光和注意力，因为考研作文采用的是总体评分法(GlobalScoring)，作文评卷老师往往主要凭借第一段的总体印象打分。有人把文章的第一段说成是黄金段落，说老师就是在这一段中不断地“淘金”。这一说法是很有道理的，因此，作文要想得高分，一定要精心构造全文的第一段，最大限度地满足阅卷老师的期待心理，力争给他留下良好的第一印象。经验告诉我们，阅卷老师在看完文章的第一段后就已基本上给文章定了分数档次，即使在第二，第三段中发现文章中的其他一些美中不足之处，他也只是微调几分，总体分数还是比先定的档次低的文章要好得多。总之，引言段在全文三段中的重要性再怎么强调也不过分。如果要按重要性依次递减的顺序来排的话，那么应是引言在先，其次是结尾段，再次是拓展段。

2.制造语言的闪光点

“言之无文，行而不远”，同理语言干瘪平淡，让人看之面目可憎，读后味如嚼蜡。要想攫住阅卷老师匆匆的一瞥，留住他们的兴奋点，就非得在语言上猛下功夫，多制造些表达上的闪光点。语言是思维的外壳，语言的好坏直接影响到实际作文分数的高低。语言表达的亮点体现在小到一个词，短语大到一个句子中。高分作文往往是“锱铢必较”，几乎字字计较。很多人作文分数很低往往是因为用词面太窄。当然，词汇的积累是有个过程的。可惜的是，很多同学只能认词，却不能再现，更不用说写作时运用了。

3.避免中国式英语

母语为非英语的人学习英语时往往会将母语的思维和表达方式直接迁移到英语表达当中。中国人学英语时往往会受母语根深蒂固的影响，最易造出中国腔的英语。有人把“价格便宜”直接写成“The price is cheap”，把“这件事小菜一碟”说成“This is a small dish”，让人看后苦笑不得。因此要尽量摆脱中国试英语，方法看来只有一条：多看外国人写的文章，多多阅读。不难想象，阅卷老师如果在短短的二百字文章中到处看到Chinglish，他无法使自己对你文章的印象好起来。

4.尽量有路标词

路标词(signalword)又称衔接词(connectives)就像灯塔为在茫茫大海中航行的船只指引方向一样，它能突出文章的层次性和逻辑性。英语文章讲究启承转合。“启”就是开启观点：“承”就是接着话茬进一步发展论证或补充：“转”就是讲相反或对立的观点：“合”就是总结概括。一篇文章若没有路标词便会杂乱无章的乱堆在一起，给人凌乱没有条理的感觉。标志词或衔接词的作用绝对不可小觑。

此外，多种句型的交替使用，文章脉络层次的分明，论据的合理充分等在写作中都应引起足够的重视。

(一)绝妙开头示范

1.引用名言名句

①问世间情为何物，直教人生死相许。元好问的确好问，也很会问。他这一问可谓一问问千古。多少年来，有多少人在这个问题上徘徊，又有多少人在付出巨大代价后作出了人生最终的答案。但各家之言却如每个人的脸一样，各不相同。

西施说:“爱情是工具。……”(《问世间情为何物》)

②在中世纪的一个教堂里，一位圣者开始了他的演讲:“我之所以成为圣者，是因为我看破了钱财，我的就是大家的。”悠悠岁月，弹指一挥。在跨世纪时的一所监狱里，一个小偷开始了他的人生独白:“我之所以会成为小偷，是因为我看破了钱财，大家的就是我的。”(《圣者与小偷》)

③美学大师罗丹曾经说过:“美是到处都有的，对于我们的眼睛，不是缺少美，而是缺少发现。”今天，受这位富有创新精神的学者启发，我想说:“答案是普遍存在的，对于我们的脑袋，不是缺少思考，而是缺少角度。”许多时候，我们都迷惑于问题的不解或徘徊于多解的选择路口，怎样走便成了心中的疑团，往往举棋不定，左右乱倾，这时，就有换个角度考虑的必要，这样会给你带来更多成功的机会。(《旋转这只万花筒》)

2.巧用书信格式

①尊敬的孔子老爷爷:

你好!我是你的一个普通子孙，相隔数千年后斗胆写信打扰你，不仅为了向你致上崇敬的问候，而且怀着几个难解的问题急待你的指教。(《给孔子的一封信》)

②可恶的标准答案:

看到你，我实在是义愤填膺。所以，在愤怒火焰的驱使下，我写了这封信来声讨你。答案本是丰富多彩的，可是你却偏偏要戴上“标准”这顶帽子。要知道，就因为“标准”二字，发生了无数的悲剧。以下是你的三大罪状:(《给“标准答案”的一封信》)

3.借用章回小说笔法

①“话说天下大势分久必合，合久必分。”当初魏、蜀、吴三国鼎立的时代已不复存在，大江东去，浪花淘尽了往昔的英雄们。而曾经的蜀国的继承人阿斗也变得“乐不思蜀”了，天下已成为“司马氏”的天下。(《三国英雄开会》)

②梁山泊的聚义厅里，现在是灯火通明，人声鼎沸。一百单八位好汉都齐聚在这里，大伙儿都在争吵不休。他们在争吵什么呢?原来梁山泊最近要评选打虎英雄。这个荣誉称号评上就了不得，谁评上了就可以坐上梁山泊的第二把交椅。所以惹得众好汉齐聚在此，争论不休。(《谁是打虎英雄》)

4.巧用修辞

①“砰!”随着一声锤子的敲打声，问号先生清了清嗓子说，“时空讨论会现在正式开始，今天我们的主题是‘什么才是美’，请各位来自不同时代、不同国度的学者们积极发言。”(《什么才是美》)

5.巧用寓言故事

①愚公一家世世代代居住在这儿，门口王屋、太行两座大山挡住了去路，日子难过啊!这里好像与世隔绝，城里有什么新鲜事儿传到这儿早已变成旧闻了，这种生活真的需要改变了。愚公寻思着:得想法子把太行、王屋两座山给搬了。(《新愚公和智叟的故事》)

②喜鹊贴出了大型广告:“为适应时代需要，本校将推行全能素质教育，无一不学、无一不教，包你的孩子成为无所不能的通才，在竞争中立于不败之地。学费，每学期3000元;培养费， 2000元;赞助费， 15000元。”(《全能学校》)

6.巧用揭示主旨的题记

①没有树的伟岸，但你可以有草的翠绿;没有牡丹的娇艳，但你可以有小野菊的洒脱……生命，可以不灿烂，但必须伟大! 题记

蝶曾是个美丽善舞的女孩。她一头披肩的长发，她窈窕的舞姿，曾给她带来了如雷的掌声与无数的鲜花，她曾被别人赞为中国将来的邓肯……然而，一切结束了，命运之神永远将她按在了轮椅里。生命暗淡了，寂静了，“白天鹅”变为无人关心的丑小鸭。多少次，她梦见自己穿上了水晶鞋，继续她的追求，可醒来时只听见“凄凄惨惨戚戚”的冷漠秋风。(《星星夜话》)

②如果你失去了金钱，你只失去了一小部分; 如果你失去了健康，你只失去了一小半;

如果你失去了诚信，那你就几乎一贫如洗了。 题记

何为“诚信”，诚实、守信是也。综观历史，这“诚信”二字浸透了多少人的血泪啊。(《是谁在赞美皇帝的新装》)

7.巧用解题形式

曾经有一位朋友，别出心裁地给我出了这样一道题:

在下列美景中，你最喜欢哪一个?

A.一片纯白的羽毛，在熠熠生辉的金色阳光中，悠然飘落。

B.一瓣落红，在清幽深邃的池水中回旋漂浮。

C.一颗流星，在黛蓝色的天幕中，一瞬而逝。

D.一滴晶莹剔透的露珠，在青嫩新绿的草叶尖，悄然滑落。

看完这道题，我顿时呆住了，万千变化的自然，日升日落、潮汐起伏，多少美景令人怦然心动，悠然神往。……(《无穷的可能无穷的美》)

8.巧用名人作问答

①有人问:幸福是什么?答案是丰富多彩的。

尼采认为:“能把蜈蚣、碎玻璃、肉虫、石头一齐吞下肚，但却毫不恶心，这种人是最幸福的。”

而思多葛派却认为:“拥有无穷的财富和威力，而且能够处事不惊，那才是真正的幸福。”(《答案是丰富多彩的》)

②阿基米德说:“给我一个支点，我能把地球撬起来!”

我说:“给我一个支点，我能把灵魂支撑起来!”(《给灵魂一个支点》)

9.巧用诗文显诗意

①翻开灿若银河的唐诗宋词，数不胜数的当算离别诗了，王勃壮怀高歌:无为在歧路，儿女共沾巾。柳永则声情哀怨:今宵酒醒何处？杨柳岸晓风残月。江淹却千帆过尽一言蔽之:黯然销魂者，惟别而已矣。还有人捶胸顿足:扬鞭哪忍匆匆！当今又有汪国真低吟:人生一瞬百年，哪堪去去还还。无论耳在何处，只祈如水如船。又来了席慕蓉温柔的警语:如果离别能够勾起我们因聚在一起而引起的疏忽的细节，离别真的不好吗？如此种种情思，真是美不胜收。涵咏不同时代不同人生的感悟，会让你有意外的收获。(《万象人生坚守自我》)

②美是什么?我知道，美是地平线上升起的第一道曙光，美是秋天里比火更炽热的枫叶，美是黄昏的沙滩上疾行的丹顶鹤，美是大草原上驰骋的梅花鹿……鲍姆嘉通同意我的说法，并补充道:“美是感性认识，研究美学即研究感性认识的科学。”可康德却愤怒地瞪着我说:“片面，美是人类纯形式的主观感受，与事物本身毫无关系。我劝你还是看一看我的《判断力批评》。”我很虚心，认真仔细地研究了他的关于情感的美学著作。我正在为我的玄虚而洋洋自得时，黑格尔却泼给我一盆冷水:“不对，美应该是人类本质的外化”。接着，他就洋洋自得地谈起了他的美学理论。正当我丈二和尚摸不着头脑的时候，马克思在我旁边耳语道:“别听他的，他乾坤颠倒，是非不分，你千万别掉进唯心主义的泥坑里。美其实应该是人类本质与自由形式的统一。”美究竟是什么?我决定离开莫衷一是的欧洲，去一趟东方文明的古国，寻找美的答案。(《美是什么》)

③当广袤的天宇被染成漆黑的底色，新月初升无垠的天幕上缀满星星时，依栏凭吊的我总禁不住思绪满怀，我遥问天际的月亮:寂寞是什么?曾几何时，有李白“举杯邀明月，对影成三人”，也许，寂寞便是皓月当空，好风如水，万籁俱寂时形影相吊的那种感觉吧!曾几何时，有李后主感慨“无言独上西楼，月如钩，寂寞梧桐深院锁清秋”，也许，寂寞正是深宫大院，国愁家愁人也愁的情丝纠缠吧!曾几何时，有陈子昂感叹“前不见古人，后不见来者，念天地之悠悠，独怆然而涕下”，也许，寂寞就是芳草依旧，天涯依旧，物是人非的空虚心境吧!于是，我问月亮，广寒宫的嫦娥告诉我，寂寞是“云母屏风烛影深，长河渐落晓星辰”的“碧海青天夜夜心”。寂寞到底是什么?我无法回答。(《寂寞的意韵》)

④是什么，来得悄无声息，走得不留痕迹，却激起所有色彩的轻舞飞扬? 是什么，走得不留痕迹，来得悄无声息，可留下穿越一季的倾情歌唱?

是什么，轻轻地来了，又悄悄地走了，在收获的季节留下飘垂的金黄?

是什么，悄悄地走了，又轻轻地来了，为沉寂的大地纺出洁白的梦想? 哲人对着蓝天微笑:“是时间。” 孩童握着风筝拍手:“是风。”

流浪者说:“什么都不是，只是一个梦。”(《拥有答案的幸福》)

10.借用病历好行文

①病人姓名:吴良心

身份:商人

临床印象:诚信缺乏综合症(晚期)

病史:二十年前初次缺斤少两坑害顾客，染上此病。此病伴随吴良心坑蒙拐骗、投机倒把，手段日渐高明，此病日益加重。三年前诚信医院曾诊断过此病人，吴良心拒绝本院药方，逃离病房，赴境外经商。经查，此人诚实信用指数已下降为零，社会威胁力+100。(《吴良心病历》)

②姓名:张大毛

性别:男

年龄: 18

病史:精神分裂症

病例:不胜枚举

Ι. 8岁，幼儿园时。老师要求画画，画自己的爸爸妈妈。张大毛画了一只瞪着绿眼睛的大灰狼和一只温柔的梅花鹿和一只在地上哭的小白兔。老师给了零分。

医生诊断:老师判得好，大毛画的是森林里的故事，偏题。(《诊断书》) 11.巧用听课笔记

听课时间: 2000年9月15日

听课目的:以小学二年级学生为示范，研究探讨“诚实做人”，以《诚实的孩子》为内容，教育孩子“诚实做人”。

听课内容:……(《听课记录》)

11.巧用产品说明书

①产品:纯天然诚信口服液

主治:“信用”分泌不足，诚实缺乏症，“谎言连篇病”等等，由人体内“诚信”合成量过少而引发的一系列病症。

用量:重度缺乏诚信者，一日三次，每次两瓶。

轻度缺乏诚信者，一日两次，每次一瓶。

妇女、儿童减半。

广告创意:……(《纯天然诚信口服液》)

(二)绝妙结尾示范

①年轻人，来生要记住，在迷津渡口千万别选错。诚信是人生幸福的源泉，不可丢。仅以此诗作结:

〖JZ〗迷津渡口诚信抛，

〖JZ〗一生苦恨悔难消。

〖JZ〗且将虚伪付江澜，

〖JZ〗斩闯红尘任逍遥。(《代抛弃诚信者拟墓志铭》)

②大会结束了，答案仍未有，世间事果真千变万化，难以预料，是非均留给后人评说吧。“滚滚长江东逝水……”(《三国英雄开会》)

③突然有人叫道:“大虫来了，快跑呀!”众人一听大惊失色，纷纷躲避，只听武松叫道:“老虎在哪?”李逵吼道:“虎在哪里?”待人们惊魂初定，回过神来，哪里有老虎?原来是鼓上蚤时迁干的好事。众人都吁了一口气，突然发现打虎将李忠早已不知去向。(《谁是打虎英雄》)

④忠信桥 信义里 诚信坊 …… 收笔处，不觉积习又起，以一首诗来抒我心志:

疏影不悔柳头风，

先贤诚信本相同。

欲借此言呈观众，

熟料笔底波澜重!(《诚信吴门》)

⑤陆游曾说:“谁能养气塞天地，吐出自足成虹霓。”即使你没有博大的思想，但你有意识，也就拥有了发言权，站起来吧，像王朔叫板金庸一样，舞出自我生命的亮点。(《吐出自足成虹霓》)

⑥“何处是归程?长亭更短亭。”不管我们以什么样的身份去诠释“家”的内涵，我们都应知道家中有等待，家中有爱。(《何处是归程?长亭更短亭》)

⑦可见，列夫·托尔斯泰的名言“幸福之家各个相同，不幸之家各有各的不幸”也不必完全奉为真理。关于幸福的答案，同样是丰富多彩的。(《答案是丰富多彩的》)

⑧话音刚落，全场响起了热烈的掌声。这时问号先生红着脸说:“刚才那位青年朋友讲得很对，但是我们这是时空讨论会，所以各位的意见也不尽相同。其实答案是丰富多彩的，并没有统一标准，愿各位都能发现美。今天就到这儿，散会。”(《什么才是美》)

导语：“光盘行动”倡导厉行节约，反对铺张浪费，带动大家珍惜粮食、吃光盘子中的食物，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的英语作文，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

某英文网站举行专题征文活动。请根据下图，结合自己的生活实际，写一篇120-150词的英语短文。

注意：简要描述图片，并陈述自己的观点。

范文：

As is shown in the picture, two men had a big dinner in a restaurant, but much of the food was left and some was even untouched at all. When the waitress asked them to pack the remaining food, they felt very surprised, thinking that it was unbelievable for them to do things like that with too much money in their pocket.

It is a pity that many people act like the two men in the picture. In my view, we should pack the leftovers when we have meals outside. As we all know, saving is a fine tradition for our Chinese people and therefore we shouldnt waste a bit food. Also, there is not enough food in the world and there are many people starving. In addition, we students should form the habit of saving food and give away some to the people in need. Finally, we have the responsibility to help people around us realize the importance of saving.

Only in this way can we build up an economized society and live a happy and healthy life.

【参考译文】

如图所示，有两个人在一家餐馆里吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐，但剩下的大部分食物都没有了，有的甚至一点也不动。当女服务员要求他们把剩下的食物打包时，他们感到非常惊讶，认为他们在口袋里做太多的钱是不可信的。

可惜的是，许多人的行为像两个人在图片。在我看来，我们应该把剩菜打包当我们在外面吃饭。众所周知，储蓄是中国人民的优良传统，因此我们不应该浪费粮食。此外，世界上没有足够的食物，有许多人挨饿。此外，我们学生应该养成节约食物的习惯，并给有需要的人送一些食物。最后，我们有责任帮助身边的人认识到节约的重要性。

只有这样我们才能建立一个节约型社会和健康愉快的生活。

导语：写作文没有素材怎么行，一篇好的作文素材能让读者赏心悦目，让作者文思泉涌。下面是yuwenmi小编为备考的同学准备的作文素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1、一只火鸡和一头牛闲聊，火鸡说：我希望能飞到树顶，可我没有勇气。牛说：为什么不吃一点我的牛粪呢，他们很有营养。火鸡吃了一点牛粪，发现它确实给了它足够的力量飞到第一根树枝，第二天，火鸡又吃了更多的牛粪，飞到第二根树枝，两个星期后，火鸡骄傲的飞到了树顶，但不久，一个农夫看到了它，迅速的把它从树上射了下来。

生存之道1：牛屎运让你达到顶峰，但不能让你留在那里。

2、乌鸦站在树上，整天无所事事，兔子看见乌鸦，就问：我能像你一样，整天什么事都不用干吗?乌鸦说：当然，有什么不可以呢?于是，兔子在树下的空地上开始休息，忽然，一只狐狸出现了，它跳起来抓住兔子，把它吞了下去。

生存之道2：如果你想站着什么事都不做，那你必须站的很高，非常高。

3、一只小鸟飞到南方去过冬。天很冷，小鸟几乎冬僵了。于是，飞到一大块空地上，一头牛经过那儿，拉了一堆牛粪在小鸟的身上，冬僵的小鸟躺在粪堆里，觉得很温暖，渐渐苏醒过来，它温暖而舒服的躺着，不久唱起歌来，一只路过的野猫听到声音，走过去看个究竟，循着声音，野猫很快发现了躺在粪堆里的小鸟，把它拽出来吃掉了。

生存之道3：不是每个往你身上拉大粪的人都是你的敌人。也不是每个把你从粪堆里拉出来的人都是你的朋友，还有，当你躺在粪堆里时，最好把你的嘴闭上。

4、从前，有两个饥饿的人得到了一位长者的恩赐：一根鱼竿和一篓鲜活硕大的鱼。其中，一个人要了一篓鱼，另一个人要了一根鱼竿，于是他们分道扬镳了。得到鱼的人原地就用干柴搭起篝火煮起了鱼，他狼吞虎咽，还没有品出鲜鱼的肉香，转瞬间，连鱼带汤就被他吃了个精光，不久，他便饿死在空空的鱼篓旁。另一个人则提着鱼竿继续忍饥挨饿，一步步艰难地向海边走去，可当他已经看到不远处那片蔚蓝色的海洋时，他浑身的最后一点力气也使完了，他也只能眼巴巴地带着无尽的遗憾撒手人间。

又有两个饥饿的人，他们同样得到了长者恩赐的一根鱼竿和一篓鱼。只是他们并没有各奔东西，而是商定共同去找寻大海，他俩每次只煮一条鱼，他们经过遥远的跋涉，来到了海边，从此，两人开始了捕鱼为生的日子，几年后，他们盖起了房子，有了各自的家庭、子女，有了自己建造的渔船，过上了幸福安康的生活。

一个人只顾眼前的利益，得到的终将是短暂的欢愉;一个人目标高远，但也要面对现实的生活。只有把理想和现实有机结合起来，才有可能成为一个成功之人。有时候，一个简单的道理，却足以给人意味深长的生命启示。

5、孔子的一位学生在煮粥时，发现有肮脏的东西掉进锅里去了。他连忙用汤匙把它捞起来，正想把它到掉时，忽然想到，一粥一饭都来之不易啊。于是便把它吃了。/刚巧孔子走进厨房，以为他在偷食，便教训了那位负责煮食的同学。经过解释，大家才恍然大悟。孔子很感慨的说：“我亲眼看见的事情也不确实，何况是道听途听呢?”

启示：推销生意是一种组织性质的生意，因为人多，人事问题也多。我们不时听到是非难辨的话，如某公司攻击另一间公司，如是者往往令人混淆是非，影响信心。因此找出事情的真相，不是轻易相信谣言，辛辛苦苦建立的事业才不会毁于一旦。

6、有个叫阿巴格的人生活在内蒙古草原上。有一次，年少的阿巴格和他爸爸在草原上迷了路，阿巴格又累又怕，到最后快走不动了。爸爸就从兜里掏出5枚硬币，把一枚硬币埋在草地里，把其余4枚放在阿巴格的手上，说：“人生有5枚金币，童年、少年、青年、中年、老年各有一枚，你现在才用了一枚，就是埋在草地里的那一枚，你不能把5枚都扔在草原里，你要一点点地用，每一次都用出不同来，这样才不枉人生一世。今天我们一定要走出草原，你将来也一定要走出草原。世界很大，人活着，就要多走些地方，多看看，不要让你的金币没有用就扔掉。”在父亲的鼓励下，那天阿巴格走出了草原。长大后，阿巴格离开了家乡，成了一名优秀的船长。

秘诀：珍惜生命，就能走出挫折的沼泽地。

7、有兄弟二人，年龄不过四、五岁，由于卧室的窗户整天都是密闭着，他们认为屋内太阴暗，看见外面灿烂的阳光，觉得十分羡慕。兄弟俩就商量说：“我们可以一起把外面的阳光扫一点进来。”于是，兄弟两人拿着扫帚和畚箕，到阳台上去扫阳光。等到他们把畚箕搬到房间里的时候，里面的阳光就没有了。这样一而再再而三地扫了许多次，屋内还是一点阳光都没有。正在厨房忙碌的妈妈看见他们奇怪的举动，问道：“你们在做什么?”他们回答说：“房间太暗了，我们要扫点阳光进来。”妈妈笑道：“只要把窗户打开，阳光自然会进来，何必去扫呢?”

秘诀：把封闭的心门敞开，成功的阳光就能驱散失败的阴暗。

8、雨后，一只蜘蛛艰难地向墙上已经支离破碎的网爬去，由于墙壁潮湿，它爬到一定的高度，就会掉下来，它一次次地向上爬，一次次地又掉下来……第一个人看到了，他叹了一口气，自言自语：“我的一生不正如这只蜘蛛吗?忙忙碌碌而无所得。”于是，他日渐消沉。第二个人看到了，他说：这只蜘蛛真愚蠢，为什么不从旁边干燥的地方绕一下爬上去?我以后可不能像它那样愚蠢。于是，他变得聪明起来。第三个人看到了，他立刻被蜘蛛屡败屡战的精神感动了。于是，他变得坚强起来。

秘诀：有成功心态者处处都能发觉成功的力量。

9、一个老人在高速行驶的火车上，不小心把刚买的新鞋从窗口掉了一只，周围的人倍感惋惜，不料老人立即把第二只鞋也从窗口扔了下去。这举动更让人大吃一惊。老人解释说：“这一只鞋无论多么昂贵，对我而言已经没有用了，如果有谁能捡到一双鞋子，说不定他还能穿呢!”

秘诀：成功者善于放弃。

10、某大公司准备以高薪雇用一名小车司机，经过层层筛选和考试之后，只剩下三名技术最优良的竞争者。主考者问他们：“悬崖边有块金子，你们开着车去拿，觉得能距离悬崖多近而又不至于掉落呢?”“二公尺。”第一位说。“半公尺。”第二位很有把握地说。

“我会尽量远离悬崖，愈远愈好。”第三位说。结果这家公司录取了第三位。

秘诀：不要和诱惑较劲，而应离得越远越好。

11、中国古代大哲学家老子，有一天他把弟子人叫到床边，他张开口用手指一指口里面，然后问弟子们看到了什么?在场的众第子没有一个能答得上。

于是老子就对他们说：“满齿不存，舌头犹在”意思是：牙齿须硬但它寿命不长;舌头须软，但生命力更强。

12、江南才子唐伯虎在江南一庙宇偶遇前来进香的秋香，一见钟情，遂生共结连理之意。为此，他一路跟踪秋香到太师府，又想方设法以伴读书僮的身份混进府，谋得了接触秋香的机会，后在府中多次接触秋香并表心意，均被秋香拒绝。有一次竟被秋香锁进柴房，但唐伯虎并不气馁，又请来好友祝枝山帮忙，在好友的指点下博得点秋香成婚的好机会，至此，江南才子好梦成真。唯一不太好的是唐伯虎在成婚后从太师府偷偷溜走不辞而别，显得不太有面子，不过，这也是他当时最好的选择。

启示：1、目标要明确;2、为实现目标措施要有效;3、要屡败屡战并适当时候请高人帮助，毕竟有时是旁观者清;4、完成目标美梦成真后可以适时跳槽，该走就走。

13、老和尚携小和尚游方，途遇一条河;见一女子正想过河，却又不敢过。老和尚便主动背该女子趟过了河，然后放下女子，与小和尚继续赶路。小和尚不禁一路嘀咕：师父怎么了?竟敢背一女子过河?一路走，一路想，最后终于忍不住了，说：师父，你犯戒了?怎么背了女人?老和尚叹道：我早已放下，你却还放不下!

启示：君子坦荡荡，小人常戚戚;心胸宽广，思想开朗，遇事拿得起、放得下，才能永远保持一种健康的心态。

1998年高考题目是《坚韧--我追求的品格》/《战胜脆弱》，许多考生写父母不是双亡就是遭遇不幸(如得不治之症，出车祸等)，分明是编造情节、无病呻吟!从2001年开始，高考作文的发展等级里增加了一条“感情真挚”的要求，这就告诉我们一个信息：高考中那些以真情动人的文章能获得高分。

“感人心者，莫先乎情”，“情”这个我们生活中无处不在的东西，千百年来，不知被多少文人墨客以不同的方式讴歌、赞美，成就了多少感天动地、荡气回肠的美文。人类最复杂的东西是情感，最具有个性特色、最能打动人的也是情感，因而语言真正的力量是要挖掘内心深处的灵魂，抒写发自内心深处的真实感情，敞开心扉，“以自己的心灵之火点燃别人的心灵之火”，使读者“去以心发现”(何其芳语)，才能取得感人的艺术效果。时下的影视大片，尽管其耗资怎样巨大，其阵容怎样无比，其视觉怎样新丽，其音响怎样震撼，也只不过是一时耸人耳目、娱乐视听而已，终究没能震撼观众的心灵，也就终究难以动人。记住：行文语言一旦真挚，出乎心灵，有无技巧都无关紧要，甚至让一切技巧黯然失色，如同出浴的美人，素面朝天，也还是魅力动人。

当然，做到语言真挚，情感动人，也有值得借鉴的方法：

1.素材选写中见真情。王国维在《人间词话》上说过：“能写真景物，真感情者，谓之有境界。”要选择自己经历过的或者最熟悉的情感素材来写。

2.冲突描写中露真情。如现实与理想的冲突、误会的冲突、情感的冲突……这些常是捕捉真挚情感的地方。

3.细节勾勒中绘真情。真实细腻的细节描写，向来就是动人情思的。细节描写的魅力是在细致入微的描绘中展现人物的内心世界、思想感情。朱自清的《背影》最感人处，就在于父亲蹒跚地努力地穿过铁道爬上月台为我“买橘子”的细节描写。

4.烘托叙述中显真情。如欲扬先抑的手法，互见与烘托法——情感是一个复杂的东西，它可彼此交错彼此映衬，一方的真情可以衬托出另一方的真情。

5.综合表达中传深情。起码有记叙、描写、抒情、议论四种：抒情自不待言，我们可以根据文章内容的不同、自身性格的不同，选择恰当的抒情方式，或直抒胸臆，或间接抒情;描写，特别是细腻的心理描写，对表达感情无疑也有直接的功效;适当的议论，能使所抒之情得到升华;具体的记叙，是抒发感情的依托。抒情描写议论若不与记叙相结合，情感的表达就会缺乏必然性。此外，关键语句的反复咏叹，可以使感情表达逐层加深，从而产生强烈的感染力;恰当的对比，能使感情表达更鲜明;形象的比喻，能使无形无质的感情更容易被人理解。

【例文借鉴】

真爱

路小汶死的时候，才只有六岁。

2008年5月12日14时28分，那场几乎要波及整个中国的地震把这个像花朵一样的小女孩永远地掩埋了。她甚至还没能从那场甜美的梦中醒过来。

当妈妈劫后余生从单位赶过来的时候，幼儿园只有成堆的钢筋水泥。耳畔是同样年轻的爸爸妈妈们撕心裂肺的哭喊声，他们如同疯子一样冲上去，用双手不停地搬、挖，鲜血淋漓。

那一刻，日月无光，天昏地暗。

救援队来了。不断有孩子从废墟中抬上来，但大多已成了尸体。残缺、变形甚至于血肉模糊。只有3个孩子幸存，但是没有路小汶。

妈妈像是失神了，她看到小汶穿着白裙子背着书包一蹦一跳地走过来，甜甜地叫着“妈妈，我们回家吧!”……书包?妈妈忽然看到小汶的花书包了。它在废墟里悄悄探着个头儿。妈妈于是飞一般地冲过去，双膝跪地，手忙脚乱地一边叫着“汶汶，妈妈来了。汶汶，妈妈来了……”一边把它挖出来。但等到妈妈真的把它挖出来的时候才真的明白，汶汶是真的不在了，不在了……

她抱着书包坐在那一堆残垣断壁上号啕大哭……

她的泪水一直没有断过，一天，二天……

直到有一天，她忽然做了一个梦：一群小天使在天堂里祈祷，每个孩子手里都拿着一支点亮的蜡烛，只有一个小女孩的蜡烛是熄灭的。她赶忙跑过去一看，那个女孩居然是汶汶。她泣不成声地问汶汶：“汶汶，为什么只有你的蜡烛是熄灭的?”汶汶委曲地说：“妈妈，每次他们帮我点亮蜡烛，你的泪水就把它浇灭了。”

她恍有所悟，却不再哭了。她做了救灾志愿者，匆忙地奔走。拯救每一个可能获救的生命，帮助每一个无家可归的人……她不再悲伤了。每个孩子都是妈妈的孩子，每个妈妈都是孩子的妈妈。

再后来，她收养了一个四岁的小男孩，她叫他小川。她像一个真正的妈妈一样爱他，就像爱汶汶一样。

这晚，她又做了一个梦：看见小汶手里捧着最明亮的蜡烛，笑容甜甜地站在那些小天使中……

她忽然明白了：

原来爱可以用这种方式表达。

简评：文章作者编述了一个故事，在汶川地震中，一位母亲失去了小女儿——小汶，她痛彻心扉。痛定思痛，坚强的母亲成了一名志愿者，并收养了一个小男孩——小川，汶川地震牵动全国人民的心。这里，反映出受难群众的悲痛，也反映出灾区人民的坚强，更反映出人间的真爱，感人至深，催人泪下。

下面的材料旨在丰富学生在是非问题写作方面的思想和语言，考生在复习时可以先分类阅读这些篇章，然后尝试写相关方面的作文题。

对于素材中用黑体字的部分，特别建议你熟读，背诵，因为它们在语言和观点上都值得吸收。学习语言的人应该明白，表达能力和思想深度都靠日积月累，潜移默化。从某种意义上说，提高英语写作能力无捷径可走，你必须大段背诵英语文章才能逐渐形成语感和用英语进行表达的能力。这一关，没有任何人能代替你过。

因此，建议你下点苦功夫，把背单词的精神拿出来背诵文章。何况，并不是要求你背了之后永远牢记在心：你可以这个星期背，下个星期忘。这没有关系，相信你的大脑具有神奇的能力。背了工具箱里的文章后，你会惊讶的发现：I can think in English now！

1.?????? Proverbs

1. A graduation ceremony is an event where the commencement speaker tells thousands of students dressed in identical caps and gowns that individuality is the key to success.

2. The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s time.

3. Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.

4. The classroom--not the trench--is the frontier of freedom now and forevermore.

5. Education’s purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one.

6. It is the purpose of education to help us become autonomous, creative, inquiring people who have the will and intelligence to create our own destiny.

7. You see, real ongoing, lifelong education doesn’t answer questions; it provokes them.

8. People will pay more to be entertained than educated.

9.the most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure.

10. The essence of our efforts to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each as equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different-to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses.

11. A great teacher never strives to explain his vision-he simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.

12. If you can read and don’, you are an illiterate by choice.

2. Damaging Research

A study by National Parent-Teacher Organization revealed that in the average American school, eighteen negatives are identified for every positive that is pointed out. The Wisconsin study revealed that when children enter the first grade, 80 percent of them feel pretty good themselves, but by the time they get to the sixth grade, only 10 percent of them have good self-images.

3. Education and Citizenship

An important aspect of education in the United States is the relationship between education and citizenship. Throughout its history this nation has emphasized public education as a means of transmitting democratic values, creating equality of opportunity, and preparing new generations of citizens to function in society. In addition, the schools have been expected to help shape society itself. During the 1950s, for example, efforts to combat racial segregation focused on the schools. Later, when the Soviet Union launched the first orbiting satellite, American schools and colleges came under intense pressure and were offered many incentives to improve their science and mathematics programs so that the nations would not fall behind the Soviet Union in scientific and technological capabilities.

Education is often viewed as a tool for solving social problems, especially social inequality. The schools, t is thought, can transform young people from vastly different backgrounds into competent, upwardly mobile adults. Yet these goals seem almost impossible to attain. In recent years, in fact, public education has been at the center of numerous controversies arising from the gap between the ideal and the reality. Part of the problem is that different groups in society have different have different expectations. Some feel that children should be taught basic job-related skills; still others believe education should not only prepare children to compete in society but also help them maintain their cultural identity (and, in the case of Hispanic children, their language). On the other hand, policymakers concerned with education emphasize the need to increase the level of student achievement and to improve parents in their children’s education.

Some reformers and critics have called attention to the need to link formal schooling with programs designed to address social problems. Sociologist Charles Moscos, for example, is a leader in the movement to expand programs like the Peace Corps, Vista, and Outward Bound into a system of voluntary national service. National service, as Moscos defines it, would entail “the full-time undertaking of public duties by young people whether as citizen soldiers or civilian servers-who are paid subsistence wages” and serve for at least one year. In return for this period of service, the volunteers would receive assistance in paying for college or other educational expenses.

Advocates of national service and school-to-work programs believe that education does not have to be confined to formal schooling. In devising strategies to provide opportunities for young people to serve their society, they emphasize the educational value of citizenship experiences gained outside the classroom. At this writing there is little indication that national service will become a new educational institution in the United States, although the concept is steadily gaining support among educators and social critics.

4. The Teacher’s Role

Given the undeniable importance of classroom experience, sociologists have done a considerable amount of research on what goes on in the classroom. Often they start from the premise that, along with the influence of peers, students’ experiences in the classroom are of central importance to their later development. One study examined the impact of a single first-grade teacher on her students’ subsequent adult status. The surprising results of this study have important implications. It is evident that good teachers can make a big difference in children’s lives, a fact that gives increased urgency to the need to improve the quality of primary-school teaching. The reforms carried out by educational leaders like James Comer suggest that when good teaching is combined with high levels of parental involvement the results can be even more dramatic.

Because the role of the teacher is to change the learner in some way, the teacher-student relationship is an important part of education. Sociologists have pointed out that this relationship is asymmetrical or unbalanced, with the teacher being in a position of authority and the student having little choice but to passively absorb the information provided by the teacher. In other words, in conventional classrooms there is little opportunity for the students to become actively involved in the learning process. On the other hand, students often develop strategies for undercutting the teacher’s authority: mentally withdrawing, interrupting, and the like. Hence, much current research assumes that students and teachers influence each other instead of assuming that the influence is always in a single direction.

5. Education Philosophy

For the past fifty years our schools have operated on the theories of John Dewey (1859-1953), an American educator and writer. Dewey believed hat the school’s job was to enhance the natural development of the growing child, rather than to pour information, for which the child had no context, into him or her. In the Dewey system, the child becomes the active agent in his own education, rather than a passive receptacle for facts.

Consequently, American schools are very enthusiastic about teaching “life skills” –logical thinking, analysis, creative problem--solving. The actual content of the lessons is secondary to the process, which is supposed to train the child to be able to handle whatever life may present, including all the unknowns of the future. Students and teachers both regard pure memorization as an uncreative and somewhat vulgar.

In addition to “life skills”, schools are assigned to solve the ever growing stoke of social problems. Racism, teenage pregnancy, alcoholism, drug use, reckless driving, and are just a few of the modern problems that have appeared on the school curriculum.

This all contributes to a high degree of social awareness in American youngsters.

6. Student Life

To the students, the most notable difference between elementary school and the higher levels is that in junior high they start “changing classes”. This means that rather than spending the day in one classroom, they switch classrooms to meet their different teachers. This gives them three or four minutes between classes in the hallways, where a great deal of the important social action of high school traditionally takes place. Students have lockers in these hallways, around which thy congregate.

Society in general does not take the business of studying very seriously. Schoolchildren have a great deal of free time, which they are encouraged to fill with extracurricular activities—sports, clubs, cheerleading, scouts—supposed to inculcate such qualities as leadership, sportsmanship, ability to organize, etc. those who don’t become engaged in such activities or have afterschool jobs have plenty of opportunity to “hang out”, listen to teenager music, and watch television.

Compared to other nations, American students do not have much homework. Studies also show that American parents have lower expectations for their children’s success in school than other nationalities do. (Historically, there has not been much correlation between American school success and success in later life.) “He’s just not a scholar”, the American parents might say, content that their son is on the swim team and doesn’t take drugs. (Some of the young do choose to study hard, for reason of their own, such as determining that the road to riches lies through Harvard Business School.)

What American schools do effectively teach is the competitive method. In innumerable ways children are pitted against each other—whether in classroom discussion, spelling bees, reading groups, or tests. Every classroom is expected to produce a scattering of A’s and F’s (teachers often grade A=excellent; B=good; C=average; D=poor; and F=failed). A teacher who gives all A’s looks too soft—so students are aware that they are competing for the limited number of top marks.

Foreign students sometimes don’t understand that copying from other people’s papers or from books is considered wrong and taken seriously. Here, it is important to show that you have done your own work and are displaying your own knowledge. It is more important than helping your friends to pass, whom we think do not deserve to pass unless they can provide their own answers. Group effort goes against the competitive grain, and American students do not study together as many Asians do. Many Asians in this country consider their group study habits a large contributor to their school success.

7. Adult Education

After complaining about many aspects of American life, a 40-year-old woman from Hong Kong concluded, “But where else could someone my age go back to school and get a degree in social work? Here you can change your whole life, start a new business, do what you really want to do.”

So at least to this person, school requirements weren’t inhibiting. And to millions of others, adult education is the path to a new career, or if not to a new career, to a new outlook. Schools generally encourage the older person who wants to start anew, and besides regular classes, schedule evening classes in special programs. Today there are so many people of retirement age in college that it is no longer remarkable.

8. Moral Relativism in American

Improving American education requires not doing new things but doing (and remembering) some good old things. At the time of our nation’s founding, Thomas Jefferson listed the requirements for a sound education in the Report of the Commissioners for the University of Virginia. In this landmark statement on American education, Jefferson wrote of the importance of education and writing, and of reading history, and geography. But he also emphasized the need “to instruct the mass of our citizens in these, their rights, interests, and duties, as men and citizens.” Jefferson believed education should aim at the improvement of both one’s “morals” and “faculties”. That has been the dominant view of the aims of American education for over two centuries. But a number of changes, most of them unsound, have diverted schools from these great pursuits. And the story of the loss of the school’s original moral mission explains a great deal.

Starting in the early seventies, “values clarification” programs started turning up in schools all over America. According to this philosophy, the schools were not to take part in their time-honored task of transmitting sound moral values; rather, they were to allow the child to “clarify” his own values (which adults, including parents, had no “rights” to criticize). The “values clarification” movement didn’t clarify values; it clarified wants and desires. This form of moral relativism said, in effect, that no set of values was right or wrong; everybody had an equal right to his own values; and all values were subjective, relative, and personal. This destructive view took hold with a vengeance.

In 1985 The York Times published an article quoting New York area educators, in slavish devotion to this new view, proclaiming, “They deliberately avoid trying to tell students what is ethically right and wrong.” The article told of one counseling session involving fifteen high school juniors and seniors. In the course of that session a student concluded that a fellow student had been foolish to return one thousand dollars she found in a purse at school. According to the article, when the youngsters asked the counselor’s opinion, “He told them he believed the girl had done the right thing, but that, of course, he would not try to force his values on them. ‘If I come from the position of what is wrong,’ he explained, ‘then I’m not their counselor.’”

Once upon a time, a counselor offered counselor, and he knew that an adult does not form character in the young by taking a stance of neutrality toward questions of right and wrong or by merely offering “choices” or “options”.

In response to the belief that adults and educators should teach children sound morals, one can expect from some quarters indignant objections (I’ve heard one version of it expressed countless times over the years): “Who are you to say what’s important?” or “Whose standards and judgments do we use?”

The correct response, it seems to me, is, is we ready to do away with standards and judgments? Is anyone going to argue seriously that a life of cheating and swindling is as worthy as a life of honest, hard work? Is anyone (with the exception of some literature professors at our elite universities) going to argue seriously the intellectual corollary, that a Marvel comic book is as good as Macbeth? Unless we are willing to embrace some pretty silly position, we’ve got to admit the need for moral and intellectual standards. The problem is that some people tend to regard anyone who would pronounce a definitive judgment as an unsophisticated Philistine or a closed-minded “elitist” trying to impose his view on everybody else.

The truth of the real world is that without standards and judgments, there can be no progress. Unless we are prepared to say irrational things—that nothing can be proven more valuable than anything else or that everything is equally worthless—we must ask the normative question. It may come, as a surprise to those who fell that to be “progressive” is to be value-neutral. But as Matthew Amold said, “the world is forwarded by having its attention fixed on the best things” and if the world can’t decide what the best things are, at least to some degree, then it follows that progress, and character, is in trouble. We shouldn’t be reluctant to declare that some things, some lives, books, ideas, and values are better than others. It is the responsibility of the schools to teach these better things.

At one time, we weren’t so reluctant to teach them. In the mid-nineteenth century, a diverse, widespread group of crusaders began to work for the public support of what was then called the “common school”, the forerunner of the public school. They were to be charged with the mission of school felt that the nation could fulfill its destiny only if every new generation was taught these values together in a common institution.

The leaders of the common school movement were mainly citizens who were prominent in their communities—businessmen, ministers, local civic and government officials. These people saw the schools as upholders of standards of individual morality and small incubators of civic and personal virtue; the founders of the public schools had faith that public education could teach good moral and civic character from a common ground of American values.

But in the past quarter century or so, some of the so-called experts became experts of value neutrality, and moral education was increasingly left in their hands. The commonsense view of parents and the publicthat schools should reinforce rather than undermine the values of home, family, and country, was increasingly rejected.

There are those today still that claim we are now too diverse a nation, that we consist of too many competing convictions and interests to instill common values. They are wrong. Of course we are a diverse people. We have always been a diverse people. And as Madison wrote in FederalistNo.10, the competing, balancing interests of a diverse people can help ensure the survival of liberty. But there are values that all American citizens share and that we should want all American students to know and to make their own: honesty, fairness, self-discipline, fidelity to task, friends, and family, personal responsibility, love of country, and belief in the principles of liberty, equality, and the freedom to practice one’s faith. The explicit teaching of these values is the legacy of the common schools, and it is a legacy to which we must return.

9. Schools Should Teach Values

People often said, “Yes, we should teach these values, but how do we teach them?” this question deserves a candid response, one that isn’t given often enough. It is by exposing our children to good character and inviting its imitation that we will transmit to them a moral foundation. This happens when teachers and principals, by their words and actions, embody sound convictions. As Oxford’s Mary Warnock has written, “You cannot teach morality without being committed to morality yourself; and you cannot be committed to morality yourself without holding that some things are right and others wrong.” The theologian Martin Buber wrote that the educator is distinguished from all other influences “by his will to take part in the stamping of character and by his consciousness that he represents in the eyes of the growing person a certain selection of what is, the selection of what is ‘right’, of what should be.” It is in this will, Buber says, in this clear standing for something, that the “vocation as an educator finds its fundamental expression.”

There is no escaping the fact that young people need as example principals and teachers who know the difference between right and wrong, good and bad, and who themselves exemplify high moral purpose.

As Education Secretary, I visited a class at Waterbury Elementary School in Waterbury, Vermont, and asked the students, “Is this a good school?” They answered, “Yes, this is a good school.” I asked them, “Why?” Among other things, one eight-year-old said, “The principal Mr. Riegel, makes good rules and everybody obeys them.” So I said, “Give me an example.” And another answered, “You can’t climb on the pipes in the bathroom. We don’t climb on the pipes and the principal doesn’t either.”

This example is probably too simple to please a lot of people who want to make the topic of moral education difficult, but there is something profound in the answer of those children, something education should pay more attention to. You can’t expect children to take messages about rules or morality seriously unless they see adults taking those rules seriously in their day-to-day affairs. Certain must be said, certain limits lay down, and certain examples set. There is no other way.

We should also do a better job at curriculum selection. The research shows that most “values education” exercises and separate courses in “moral reasoning” tend not to affect children’s behavior; if anything, they may leave children morally adrift. Where to turn? I believe our literature and our history are a rich quarry of moral literacy. We should mine that quarry. Children should have at their disposal a stock of examples illustrating what we believe to be right and wrong, good and bad—examples illustrating what are morally right and wrong can indeed be known and that there is a difference.

What kind of stories, historical events, and famous lives am I talking about? If we want our children to know about honesty, we should teach them about Abe Lincoln walking three miles to return six cents and conversely, about Aesop’s shepherd boy who cried wolf if we want them to know about courage, we should teach them about Joan of Arc, Horatius at the bridge, and Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad. If we want them to know about persistence in the face of adversity, they should know about the voyages of Columbus and the character of Washington during the Civil War. And our youngest should be told about the Little Engine That Could. If we want them to know about respect for the law, they should understand why Socrates told Crito: “No, I must submit to the decree of Athens.” If we want our children to respect the rights of others, they should read the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, the Gettysburg Address, and Martin Luther King, Jr.’ “Letter from Birmingham jail.” From the Bible they should know about Ruth’s loyalty to Naomi, Joseph’s forgiveness of his brothers, Jonathan’s friendship with David, the Good Samaritan’s kindness toward a stranger, and David’s cleverness and courage in facing Goliath.

These are only a few of the hundreds of examples we can call on. And we need not get into issues like nuclear war, abortion, creationism, or euthanasia. This may come as a disappointment to some people, but the fact is that the formation of character in young people is educationally a task different from, and prior to, the discussion of the great, difficult controversies of the day. First things come first. We should teach values the same way we teach other things: one step at a time. We should not use the fact that there are many difficult and controversial moral questions as an argument against basic instruction in the subject.

After all, we do not argue against teaching physics because laser physics is difficult, against teaching American history because there are heated disputes about the Founders’ intent. Every field has its complexities and its controversies. And every field has its basics, its fundamentals. So they are too with forming character and achieving moral literacy. As any parent knows, teaching character is a difficult task. But it is a crucial task, because we want our children to be healthy, happy, and successful but decent, strong, and good. None of this happens automatically; there is no genetic transmission of virtue. It takes the conscious, committed efforts of adults. It takes careful attention.

10. College Pressures

Mainly I try to remind that the road ahead is a long one and that it will have more unexpected turns than they think. There will be plenty of time to change jobs, change careers, change whole attitudes and approaches. They don not want to hear such liberating news. They want a map—right now – that they can follow unswervingly to career security, financial security, Social Security and, presumably, a prepaid grave.

What I wish for all students is some release from the clammy grip of the future. I wish them a chance to savor each segment of their education as an experience in itself and not as a grim preparation for the next step. I wish them the right to experiment, to trip and fall, to learn that defeat is as instructive as victory and is not the end of the world.

My wish, of course, is na?ve. One of the national gods venerated in our media—the million-dollar athlete, the wealthy executive—and glorified in our praise of possessions. In the presence of such a potent state religion, the young are growing up old.

I see four kinds of pressure working on college students today: economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure. It is easy to look around for villains—to blame the colleges for charging too much money, the professors for assigning too much work, the parents for pushing their children too far, and the students for driving themselves too hard. But there are no villains: only victims.

“In the late 1960s.” one dean told me. “The typical question that I got from students was ‘Why is there so much suffering in the world’ or ‘how I can make a contribution?’ Today it’s ‘Do you think it would look better for getting into law school if I did a double major in history and political science, or just majored in one of them?’” many other deans confirmed this pattern. One said: “They are trying to find an edge—the intangible something that will look better on paper if two students are about equal.”

Note the emphasis on looking better. The transcript has become a sacred document, the passport to security. How one appears on paper is more important than how one appears in person. A is for Admirable and B is for Borderline, even though, in Yale’s official system of grading, A means “excellent” and B means “very good.” Today, looking very good is no longer good enough, especially for students who hope to go on to law school or medical school. They know that entrance into the better schools will be an entrance into the better law firms and better medical practices where they will make a lot of money. They also know that the odds are harsh. Yale Law School, for instance, matriculates 170students from an applicant pool of 3,700; Harvard enrolls 550 from a pool of 7,000.

It’s all very well for those of us who write letters of recommendation for our students to stress the qualities of humanity that will make them good lawyers or doctors. And it’s nice to think that admission officers are ready reading our letters and looking for the extra dimension of commitment or concern. Still, it would be hard for a student not to visualize these officers shuffling so many transcripts studded with As that they regard a B as positively shameful.

The pressure is almost as heavy on students who just want to graduate and get a job. Long gone are the days of the “gentleman’s C.” when students journeyed through college with a certain relaxation, sampling a wide variety of courses-music, art, philosophy, classics, anthropology, poetry, religion—that would send them out as liberally educated men and women. If I were an employer I would rather employ graduates who have this range and curiosity than those who narrowly pursued safe subjects and high grades. I know countless students whose inquiring minds exhilarate me. I like to hear the play of their ideas. I do not know if they are getting As or Cs, and I do not care. I also like them as people. The country needs them, and they will find satisfying jobs. I tell them to relax. They cannot.

Nor can I blame them. They live in a brutal economy. Tuition, room, and board at most private colleges now come to at least $7,000, not counting books and fees. This might seem to suggest that the colleges are getting rich. But they are equally battered by inflation. Tuition covers only 60 percent of what it costs to educate a student, and ordinarily the remainder comes from what college receives in endowments, grants, and gifts. Now, the remainder keeps being swallowed by the cruel costs—higher every year—of just opening the doors. Heating oil is up. Insurance is up. Postage is up. Health-premium costs are up. Everything is up. Deficits are up. We are witnessing in American the creation of a brotherhood of paupers—colleges, parents, and students, joined by the common bond of debt.

Today it is not unusual for a student, even if he works part time at college and full time during the summer, to accrue $5,000 in loans after four years—loans that he must start to repay within one year after graduation. Exhorted at commencement to go forth into the world, he is already behind as he goes forth. How could he not feel under pressure throughout college to prepare for this day of reckoning? I have used “he,” incidentally, only for brevity. Women at Yale are under no less pressure to justify their expensive education to themselves, their parents, and society. In fact, they are probably under more pressure. For although they leave college superbly equipped to bring fresh leadership to traditionally male jobs, society has not yet caught up with this fact.

Along with economic pressure goes parental pressure. Inevitably, the two are deeply intertwined.

I see many students taking pre-medical courses with joyless tenacity. They go off to their labs as if they were going to the dentist. It saddens me because I know tem in other corners of their life as cheerful people.

“Do you want to medical school?” I asked them.

“I guess so,” they say, without conviction, or “Not really.”

“Then why are you going?”

“Well, my parents want me to be a doctor. They are paying all this money and …”

Poor students, poor parents, they are caught in one of the oldest webs of love and duty and guilt. The parents mean will; they are trying to steer their sons and draughts toward a secure future. But the sons and daughter want to major in history or classics or philosophy—subjects with no “practical” value. Where’s the payoff on the humanities? It’s not easy to persuade such loving parents that the humanities do indeed pay off. The intellectual faculties developed by studying subjects like history and classics—an ability to synthesize and relate, to weigh cause and effect, to see events in perspective—are just the faculties that make creative leaders in business or almost any general field. Still, many fathers would rather put their money on courses that point toward specific profession—courses that are pre-law, pre-medical, pre-business, or, as I sometimes heard it put, “pre-rich.”

But the pressure on students is severe. They are truly torn. One part of them feels obliged to fulfill their parents’ expectations; after all, their parents are older and presumably wiser. Another part tells them that the expectations that are right for their parents are not right for them.

I know a student who wants to be an artist. She is very obviously an artist and will be a good one—she has already had several modest local exhibits. Meanwhile she is growing as a well-round person and taking humanistic subjects that will enrich the inner resources out of which her art will grow. But her father is strongly opposed. He thinks that an artist is a “dumb” thing to be. The student vacillates and tries to please everybody. She keeps up with her art somewhat furtively and takes some of the “dumb” courses her father wants her to take—at least they are dumb courses for her. She is a free spirit on a campus of tense students—no small achievement in it—and she deserves to follow her muse.

Peer pressure and self-induced pressure are also intertwined, and they begin almost at the beginning of freshman year.

“I had a freshman student I’ll call Linda,” one dean told me, “who came in and said she was under terrible pressure because her roommate, Barbara, was much brighter and studied all the time. I could not tell her that Barbara had come in two hours earlier to say the same thing about Linda.”

The story is almost funny—except that it is not. It is symptomatic of all the pressure put together. When every student thinks every other student is working harder and doing better, the only solution is to study harder still. I see students going off to the library every night after dinner and coming back when it closes at midnight. I wish they would sometimes forget about their peers and go to a movie. I hear the clacking of typewriters in the hours before dawn. I see the tension in their eyes when exams are approaching and papers are due: “Will I get everything done?”

Probably they won’t. They will get blocked. They will sleep. They will oversleep. They will bug out.

Part of the problem is that they are expected to do. A professor will assign five page papers. Several students will start writing ten page papers to impress him. Then more students will write ten page papers, and a few will raise the ante to fifteen. Pity the poor student who is still just doing the assignment.

“Once you have twenty or thirty percent of the student population deliberately overexerting,” one dean points out, “It’s bad for everybody. When a teacher gets more and more effort from his class, the student who is doing normal work can be perceived as not doing well. The tactic work, psychologically.”

Why cannot the professor just cut back and not accept longer papers? He can, and he probably will. But by then the term will be half over and the damage done. Grade fever is highly contagious and not easily reversed. Besides, the professor’s main concern is with his course. He knows his students only in relation to the course and does not know that they are also overexerting in their other courses. Nor is it really his business. He did not sign up for dealing with the student as a whole person and with all the emotional baggage the student brought along from home. That’s what deans, masters, chaplains, and psychiatrists are for.

To some extent this is nothing new: a certain number of professors have always been self-contained islands of scholarship and shyness, more comfortable with books than with people. But the new pauperism has widened the gap still further, for professors who actually like to spend time with students do not have as much time to spend. They are also overexerting. If they are young, they are busy trying to publish in order not to perish, hanging by their figure nails onto a shrinking profession.

If they are old and tenured, they are buried under the duties of administering departments—as departmental chairmen or members of committees—that have been thinned out by the budgetary axe.

Ultimately it will be the students’ own business to break the circles in which they are trapped. They are too young to be prisoners of their parents’ dreams and their classmates’ fears. They must be jolted into believing into themselves as unique men and women who have the power to shape their own future.

“Violence is being done to the undergraduate experience,” says Carlos Hortas. “College should be open-ended: at the end it should open many, many roads. Instead, students are choosing their goal in advance, and their choices narrow as they go along. It’s almost as if they think that the country has been codified in the type of jobs that exist-that they’ve got to fit into certain slots. Therefore, fit into the best paying slot.”

“They ought to take chances. Not taking chances will lead to life of colorless mediocrity. They’ll be comfortable. But something in the spirit will be missing.”

I have painted too drab a portrait of today’s students, making them seem a solemn lot. That is only half of their story; if they were so dreary I wouldn’t so thoroughly enjoy their company. The other half is that they are easy to like. They are quick to laugh and to offer friendship. They are not introverts. They are usually kind and are more considerate of one another than any student generation I have known.

Nor are they so obsessed with their studies that they avoid sports and extracurricular activities. On the contrary, they juggle their crowded hours to play on a variety of teams, perform with musical and dramatic groups, and write for campus publications. But this in turn is one more cause of anxiety. There are too many choices. Academically, they have 1,300 courses to select from; outside class they have to decide how much spare time they can spare and how to spend it.

This means that they engage in fewer extracurricular pursuits than their predecessors did. If they want to row on the crew and play in the symphony they will eliminate one; in the ‘60s they would have done both. They also tend to choose activities that are self-limiting. Drama, for instance, is flourishing in all twelve of Yale’s residential colleges, as it never has before. Students hurl themselves into these productions—as actors, directors, carpenters, and technicians—with a dedication to create the best possible play, knowing that the day will come when the run will end and they can get back to their studies.

They also cannot afford to be the willing slave of organizations like the Yale Daily News. Last spring at the one-hundredth anniversary banquet of that paper—who’s past chairmen include such once and future kings as Potter Stewart, Kingman Brewster, and William F. Buckley, Jr.—much was made of the fact that the editorial staff used to be small and totally committed and that “newsies” routinely worked fifty hours a week. In effect they belonged to a club; Newsies is how they defined themselves at Yale. Today’s students will one or two articles a week, when he can, and he defines himself as a student. I’ve never heard the word Newsie except at the banquet.

If I have described the modern undergraduate primarily as a driven creature who is largely ignoring the blithe spirit inside who keeps trying to come out and play, it’s because that’s where the crunch is, not only at Yale but throughout American education. It’s why I think we should all be worried about the values that are nurturing a generation so fearful of risk and so goal-obsessed at such an early age.

I tell students that there is no one “right” way to get ahead—that each of them is a different person, starting from a different point and bound for a different destination. I tell neither them that change is a tonic and that all the slots are not codified nor the frontiers closed. One of my ways of telling them is to invite men and women who have achieved success outside the academic world to come and talk informally with my students during the year. They are heads of companies or ad agencies, editors of magazines, politicians, public officials, television magnates, labor leaders, business executives, Broadway products, artists, writers, economists, photographers, scientists, historians—a mixed bag of achievers.

I asked them to say a few words about how they got started. The students assume that they started in their present profession and knew all along that it was what they wanted to do. Luckily for me, most of them got into their field by a circuitous route, to their surprise, after many detours. The students are startled. They can hardly conceive of a career that was not pre-planned. They can hardly imagine allowing the hand of God or chance to nudge them down some unforeseen trail.

11. To Err Is Wrong

In the summer of 1979, Boston Red Sox first baseman Carl Yastrzemski became the fifteenth player in baseball history to reach the three thousand hit plateaus. This event drew a lot of media attention, and for about a week prior to the attainment of this goal, hundreds of reports covered Yaz’s every more. Finally, one reporter asked, “Hey Yaz, aren’t you afraid all of this attention will go to your head?” Yastrzemski replied, “I look at this way: in my career I’ve been up to bat over ten thousand times. That means I’ve been unsuccessful at the plate over seven thousand times. That fact alone keeps me from getting a swollen head.”?

Most people consider success and failure as opposites, but they are actually both products of the same process. As Yaz suggest, an activity that produces a hit may also produce a miss. It is the same with creative thinking; the same energy that generates good creative ideas also produces errors.

Many people, however, are not comfortable with errors. Our educational system, based on “the right answer” belief, cultivates our thinking in another, more conservative way. From an early age, we are taught that right answers are good and incorrect answers are bad. This value is deeply embedded in the incentive system used in most schools:

Right over 90% of the time = “A”

Right over 80% of the time = “B~”

Right over 70% of the time = “C~” Right over 60% of the time = “D~” Less than 60% correct, you fail.

From this we learn to be right as often as possible and to keep our mistakes to a minimum. We learn, in other words, that “to err is wrong.

Playing It Safe

With this kind of attitude, you aren’t going to be taking too many chances. If you learn that failing even a litter penalizes you (e.g., being wrong only 15% of the time garners you only a “B” performance), you learn not to make mistakes. And more important, you learn not to put yourself to situation where you might fall. This leads to conservative thought pattern designed to avoid the stigma our society puts on “failure”.

I have a friend who recently graduated from college with a Master’s degree in Journalism. For the last six month, she has been trying to find a job, but to no avail. I talked with her about situation, and realized that her problem is that she doesn’t know how to fail. She went through eighteen years of schooling to try any approaches where she might fail. She has been conditioned to believe that failure is bad in and of itself, rather than a potential stepping-stone to new ideas.

Look around. How many middle managers, housewives, administrators, teachers, and other people do you see who are to try anything new because of this failure? Most of us have learned not to make mistakes in public. As a result, we remove ourselves from many learning experience except for those occurring in the most private of circumstances.

Different Logic

From a practical point of view, “to err is wrong” makes sense. Our survival in the everyday world requires us to perform thousand of small tasks without failure. Think about it: you wouldn’t last very long if you were to step out in front of traffic or stick your hand a pot of boiling water. In addition, engineers whose bridges collapse, stock brokers who lose money for their clients, and copywriters whose ad campaigns decrease sales won’t keep their jobs very long.

Nevertheless, too great an adherence to the belief “to err is wrong” can greatly undermine your attempts to generate new ideas. If you are more concerned with producing right answers than generating original ideas, you’ll probably make uncritical use of the rules, formulae, and procedures used to obtain these right answers. By doing this, you’ll by-pass the germinal phase of the creative process, and thus spend litter time testing assumptions, challenging the rules, asking what-if questions, or just playing around with the problem. All of these techniques will produce some incorrect answers, but in the germinal phase errors are viewed as a necessary by-product of creative thinking. As Yaz would put it, “if you want the hits, be prepared for the misses.” That’s the way the game of life goes.

Errors as Stepping Stones

Whenever an error pops up, the usual response is “Jeez, another screw up, what went wrong this time?” the creative thinker, on the other hand, will realize the potential value of errors, and perhaps say something like, “Would you look at that! Where can it lead our thinking?” and then he or she will go on to use the error as a stepping stone to a new idea. As a matter of fact, the whole history of discovery is filed with people who used erroneous assumptions and failed ideas as stepping-stones to new ideas. Columbus thought he was finding a shorter route to India. Johannes Kepler stumbled on to the idea of interplanetary gravity because of assumptions that were right for the wrong reasons. And, Thomas Edison knew 1800 ways not to build a light bulb.

The following story about the automotive genius Charles Kettering exemplifies the spirit of working through erroneous assumptions to good ideas. In 1912, when the automobile industry was just beginning to grow, Kettering was interested in improving gasoline engine efficiency. The problem he faced was“knockthe phenomenon in which gasoline takes too long to burn in the cylinder-thereby reducing efficiency.

Kettering began searching for ways to eliminate the “knock.” He thought to him, “How can I get the gasoline to combust in the cylinder at an earlier time?” the key concept here is “early”. Searching for analogous situations, he looked around for models of “things that happen early.” He thought of historical models, physical models, and biological models. Finally, he remembered a particular plant, the trailing arbutus, which “happens early,” i.e., it blooms in the snow (“earlier” than other plants). One of this plant’s chief characteristics is its’ red leaves, which help the plant retain light at certain wavelengths. Kettering figured that it must be the red color, which made the trailing arbutus bloom earlier.

Now came the critical step in Kettering’s chain of thought. He asked himself, “How can I make the gasoline red?” perhaps I’ll put red dye in the gasoline—maybe that’ll make it combust earlier.” He looked around his workshop, and found that he didn’t have any red dye. But he did happen to have some iodine—perhaps that would do. He added the iodine to the gasoline and, lo and behold, the engine didn’t “knock”.

[英语作文写作的需要背诵的部分

导语：岁月是一场有去无回的旅行，下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的写作素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

能够握紧的就别放了，能够拥抱的就别拉扯，时间着急的冲刷着，剩下了什么，时间是一种令人措不及防的东西，原谅走过的那些曲折，留下的都是真的。光阴似箭，日月如梭，时光荏苒，白驹过隙，我们有不计其数的优雅词汇来诉说时光的流逝，但却没有一种方法让时间静止。

仍记得，在一个停电的夜晚，刚刚学会走路的我，因为口渴便悄悄的在没有得到你的允许的情况下，喝了放在桌子上的保温杯里的水，结果因为水温过高，导致小小的我的一定程度的烧伤，在当时12月份下着大雪的夜晚，驱车向最好的医院赶去，而我好像明白了发生的事情，尽管医生在治疗时很疼，哪怕是成人都忍不了的治疗过程，小小的我仍没有流下一滴眼泪，在你和她没日没夜的细心照料下，新生的皮肤竟然和原来的皮肤没有什么区别，这样的结果似乎是对你们几乎半年们有睡过一个好觉的最好的回报。

仍记得，我第一次在电视上看到你的身影，当时还小，还不懂这是一件十分值得骄傲的事情，小小的心中害怕的以为你被关在了那个黑黑的小盒子里，在妈妈的怀中挣扎着想要去救你，直到看到你出现在我的面前，激动的跑过去，只是为了确定你还在我身边。

仍记得，你第一次送我上学的经历，看着我哭红的眼睛，你笑着对我诉说着学校的美好，但只有你自己知道你心里是多么的不舍，你笑着对我说等到我放学之后你一定会在诺大的人群中等我，我安心的朝着陌生的校园走去，看着我渐渐远去的小小的背影似乎又有一种莫名的欣慰与满足。

仍记得，我当时对上学有一种说不出的反感，我使出浑身解数就是不上学，走到门口时，死死地抓住桌腿就是不放手，在我妈异样的眼神之下，你带着我去公园疯了整整一个上午。这样做的结果就是，我一不上学，就想去公园玩，这个坏毛病，虽然让你头疼，但是仍不后悔当时的决定。

仍记得，当时正在陪我在幼儿园参加电子琴比赛的你，突然接到的那一个你一生都不会忘里的一个电话，脸色的突变以及声音的急促，我尽管年龄小，但却也预测到不是什么好的事情，直到我们到了医院，看到了那个我们都十分敬爱的人儿的离去，看到你那伤心的模样，虽然仍然没有太搞清楚状况的我也明白此时，默默的陪伴才是对你最好的慰藉。

仍记得，小时候，你在我心中简直就是个神人，语、数、英、政、史、地简直是样样精通，老师总是给我们留下了一堆不能用x来解的应用题，让我们来共同解答，或许说是你一个人在战斗，然后再顺便替我写好过程，等着给我仔细解释，直到我彻底明白，尽管我有时我为了尽快和小伙伴玩耍，只是应付的听听。

仍记得，我们总有一些不能让妈妈知道的秘密，例如培训班没上，小提琴没练等等，你回来之后发现我没去上课后，在我的软磨硬泡之下，终于答应不告诉她，我激动的跑到门口小卖店给我们一人买了一根一块的老冰棒，这就就是我们达成协议的见证，虽然用的是你口袋里的零钱，但你每次都帮我保守着这些老妈“不该知道的秘密”。

仍记得，每次和nn发生矛盾，哪怕不是我的错，你都会责备我，我知道在这种情况下，你的处境真的很为难，但青春期的我似乎不怎么理解，依然和你对着干，就是这样，从小到大都是在你的保护下不让我妈打我的你，踹了我一脚，委屈的眼泪止不住的流下来，但现在回想起来，真的是我的不对，真的想和你说一声对不起。

仍记得，已经很晚了，你非要去nn家，我和妈妈都说不用去，这么晚了，估计都已经睡了，别再去打扰她，但你却反问了了我一句“为什么你可以和你妈妈在一起?”这是我才知道，虽然在我面前你是一个超人一样的角色，但实际上你仍是个需要时不时和妈妈在一起的孩子，至此之后，无论多晚，我会陪着你一起去看nn。

仍记得，每天在回家的时候，电视机总是固定不变的是法制栏目，其实心里有小小的反感，但只能默默的陪你看，每每问起你为何要看此类的节目时，你总是默默不语。除此之外，十多年的职业生涯，似乎使你得了职业病，总是持续关注着最新的法制信息，还时不时的给我普及，尽管我有时是真的不感兴趣，但我任然坚持听，因为这是你喜欢的，就像小时候你不厌其烦听我讲了一遍又一遍的《哪吒传奇》。

仍记得，在高考的前几天，家里的氛围似乎有那么点紧张，但你和妈妈装的一种不太像的云淡风轻的模样把所有的好吃的全部堆在餐桌上，直到我吃不下，但我知道你比我还要紧张，生怕任何突发情况，导致我发挥失误，考不上一个理想的大学，而没心没肺的我，仍然是吃嘛嘛嘛香，睡眠质量超好的度过了人生中第一个最重要的转折，而你和妈妈却担心的晚晚都睡不好觉。

仍记得，当接收到大学录取通知书的瞬间，你开心的模样，小心的打开，仔细的取出里面的录取通知书，一遍又一遍的看着，仿佛是你自己的似的，当我们坐着飞机来到了这个陌生的城市，向来心大的我，似乎渐渐体味到分离的伤感，当你们帮我打理好宿舍里的一切，军训的集合没有让我能和你们好好地道个别，回来是你们已经离去，但我的脑海里满满的都是你们。当第二天，你们为了给我送些吃的再次出现在我的面前，明明是一件很开心的事眼泪却止不住的掉了下来，倔强的为了不让你们担心，悄悄的跑到楼道里把眼泪擦干，微笑着进来。舍不得你们每天早上叫我起床，舍不得你们每天早上给我做早餐，舍不得你们每天晚上无论自习到多晚总会给我留灯，舍不得你们给我的一切……

仍记得，刚刚进入大学有种种的不适应，从来没有住过校的我要五个来自不同地区的性格迥异的姑娘相处，面对全新的教学模式，面对全新的班级人群，面对全新的一切，慢热的我似乎一下子适应不了者如此多的变化，每天都过得不太开心，每天最大的乐趣就是和你视频通话，虽然每天都是几乎一样的问题，但我能感觉到你就在我身边。

时间一种让人猝不及防的东西，晴时有风阴时有雨，争不过朝夕，又念往昔，偷走了青丝却留不住你。渐渐地，我长大了，尽管我从未做过任何让你骄傲的事，你却始终视我如宝，你没有很多钱，也不是大领导，但你却护着我，宠着我，给了我最好的一切，有一天仔细的观察你，原来你一种肉眼看不到的速度慢慢的变成了一个老男人，突然好想抱抱你。也许含蓄是咱们家的传统，但我仍欠你一句：爸爸，我爱你!

岁月是一场有去无回的旅行，好的坏的都是风景，别怪我贪心只是不愿醒，纵然似梦半醒着，哭着笑着都快活，因为你只为你，我们在一起，看云淡风轻……

铭仁园高三话题类作文常用短语与句型荟萃(一)----旅游&交通

本话题主要包括：1.旅游；2.描述一次旅程；

针对本话题，高考命题人员可能会从以下角度来命题。

1.描述个人旅游经历 2. 谈旅行中的不文明现象 3 .太空旅游、生态旅游 4.度假方式的变化及其原因5.旅游计划的拟订、准备及注意事项 一、话题常用单词

1. travel/journey/trip/tour n.旅游，旅行 16. a group/organized tour n. 团体游

2. travel agency n. 旅行社 17. a self-driving tripn. 自驾游

3. guiden. 向导，导游 18. destinationn. 目的地

4. flight ticketn. 机票 19. sceneryn. 风景，景色

5. passport n. 护照 20. disadvantage n. 不利条件

6. visan.签证 21. insurancen. 保险

7. identity card(ID) 身份证 22. interesting/ funny/ exciting adj 有趣的

8. tent n. 帐篷 23. enjoyable令人愉快的

9. camp n&vi. 露营 24. memorable 令人难忘的

10. hoteln. 旅馆 25. attractive/fascinatingadj 迷人的

11. necessity n. 必需品 26. boring/dull/tiringadj.无聊的

12. schedule n. 计划表，日程表 27. well-organized adj 组织有序的

13. tourist attractions/places of interest 28. convenient adj 方便的，便利的 /scenic spots/sights旅游景点 29. crowded adj 拥挤的

14. DIY tour n. 自助游 30. severe/seriousadj 严重的 15. space tourism n. 太空旅游

二、话题常用短语

1. go on a wildlife tour/a hiking trip

参加野生动物之旅/去远足

2. be on holiday/a trip to sp 去某地度假/旅行

3. see sb off 送行

4. pay a visit to sp/sb 参观某地/拜访某人

5. show sb around 带领某人参观

6. set out/off 出发，启程

7. check in 登记住宿

8. check out 结账退房

9. have a good time/enjoy oneself/have fun 玩的开心

10. broaden one’s horizon/mind 开拓视野

11. eich one’s knowledge丰富知识

11. experience foreign culture 体验国外的文化

12. join a tour group参加旅游团 三、话题常用句型

1. He who travels far knows much. 远行者见闻多。

2. Travelling can eich our knowledge.旅游可以丰富我们的知识。

3. Travelling enables us to learn a lot that we cannot get from books 旅游可以使我们学到很多在书本上学不到的东西。

4. It’s my pleasure to tell you how to get to the Great Wall. 我很乐意告诉你如何到达长城。

5. Welcome to Sichuan. I feel it an honor to be your guide. 欢迎来到四川。我很荣幸能够担任你的导游。

6. I will keep you company to visit numerous places of interest.我将陪你去参加许多的名胜古迹

7. A visit to Sichuan will be an unforgettable experience. 到四川旅行将会令人难忘。

8. There are many places of interest in Sichuan, such as…四川有很多名胜古迹，比如…

9. Sichuan is rich in tourist attractions and enjoys many world-famous places of interest.

四川有很多景点，并且享有很有世界著名的名胜古迹。

10. However, travelling may cause some problems. 然而，旅行可能会造成一些问题。

11. Great changes have taken place in the ways that people spend their holidays in the past decades. 在近几十年内，人们的度假方式已经发生了巨大的变化。

四、佳作欣赏

nick,将于八月来四川旅游，特来询问，有关旅游景点的情况，请根据，提供的要求写封回信，表示盼望他的到来

要点：1.旅游资源：许多世界著名的风景名胜，如九寨沟（海子：清澈见底，色彩斑斓）；都

江堰水利工程（2000年的历史，仍发挥作用） 2.相关信息： 气侯适宜，交通方便。

Dear Nick,

Im glad to hear that youre coming to Sichuan in August. Youve made the wise choice to travel here. Sichuan Province is rich in tourist attractions and enjoys many world-famous places of interest, such as Jiuzhaigou and Dujiangyan Irrigation Projcet.

Jiuzhaigou is well known for its beautiful lakes, of which the water is clear and looks colorful. It can excite visitors imagination. Another attraction is Dujiangyan Irrigation Project. It was built over 2,000 years ago and is still playing an important part in irrigation today. Besides, the nice weather and convenient transportation here can make your trip more enjoyable. Im sure youll have a good time. Im looking forward to your coming.

假设你是李华，父母答应你今年高三毕业后去美国进行为期10天的观光旅游。请你给美国网友Lucy 写一封电子邮件，咨询以下事情：1. 不随团旅游的食宿、交通等问题。2. 必看景点与时间安排 3. 邀请她到中国观光。

Dear Lucy

How are you doingMy parents have just promised me to make a 10-day tour of America after my graduation from senior high school this summer, which will be a good chance for me to experience American culture and practice my oral English.

As I don’t like to join a tour group, could you please offer me some advice on where to stay, what to eat and how to travel in such a short timeI would appreciate it if you could tell the must-see attractions and the time arrangement. Your advice will surely make my visit enjoyable and worthwhile.

Welcome to China at your convenience. Looking forward to your early reply.

范文二：文明旅游

有些旅游景点的文物景观遭到了严重的破坏，致使最近文明旅游的倡议越来越受重视，因此就“游客可付费在仿造长城上涂写留言”发表看法。

内容包括：(1)谈谈对某些人喜欢在旅游景点随便涂鸦留言的看法;

(2)对专门修一段仿造城墙让游客付高价留言的做法你是赞成还是反对，并简要陈述你的理由。

It is reported that tourists to China’s Great Wall can now leave their mark on a fake(伪造的) wall recently built near the real wall in Badaling if they pay 999 yuan.

In China, many visitors have the hobby of carving graffiti on places of interest, especially on some famous cultural relics. Last year I went to the Great Wall and found many people had left names and ugly words on the Wall, which destroys many historic bricks. In my opinion, such people should feel ashamed of leaving their marks on the great relics which were created by our ancestors.

So personally, I quite agree with this brilliant project though it has caused criticism from some people. The Great Wall would be ruined one day if we didn’t take any steps to protect it. The fake wall is a really good idea because it will protect our relics as well as making profits from the project

明年的高考即将来临，众多考生也进入了最后的紧张复习阶段，如何高效地复习，最大化地提高成绩呢?下面是小编给大家带来的高考满分作文写作技巧的内容，欢迎大家查看。

清代诗人、画家郑板桥有一幅对联：删繁就简三秋树，领异标新二月花。十九世纪英国诗人王尔德说：第一个把美人比成鲜花的人是个天才，第二个把美人比成鲜花的人是个庸才，第三个把美人比成鲜花的人则是个蠢才。要激活自己的创新意识，做到“人无我有，人有我深。常中求变，变中求新。”黑格尔也说过：“内容之所以成为内容，即由于它包括成熟的形式在内。” 高考作文在发展等级中设立“有创新”的条目，目的正是想通过一个侧面鼓励学生培养创造性思维。或是见解新颖，或是材料新鲜，或是构思精巧，或是推理想象有独到之处，或是有个性特征。这些方面都是可能蕴涵“创新”因素的地方，在高考作文中凡是有利于培养学生创造精神和思路解析的地方，我们就必须给予重视和鼓励。

古代戏曲理论家李渔在《闲情偶寄》中这样说过：“变则新，不变则腐;变则活，不变则板。”高中阶段的作文训练也是如此。只有时时处处将创新意识贯彻到写作中，才有可能写出内容和形式俱佳的作文。

怎样才能做到创新呢?重要的就是你比一般人思考得深，琢磨得透，才能从普通的事物中洞见其本质意义。古人说得好：“凡作文发意，第一番来者，陈言也，扫去不用;第二番来者，正语也，停止不可用;第三番来者，精语也，方可用之。”这三番意思代表了认识逐步深化、文章渐次深刻的一个过程。具体可从以下几方面下工夫：

1.精心打造首尾。你精心设计的有个性的“亮点”，你的精彩之笔，要尽量在文章的前头展示出来，不可遮遮掩掩，直到文章的末尾才露出姿容。要一“亮相”便获“满堂彩”，不能搞“图穷匕现”。河南一考生的《一把生锈的锁》，文章层层递进，步步为营，终于找到了问题的根源：自信随岁月逝去。文章题目一语双关，一方面指实实在在的锁，另一方面指心灵上的锁，生动形象。重庆一考生的《菊花飘香的时节》文章一开始就展示了一幅旷远的画面，想象丰富，文情并茂，引人入胜。结尾两段升华主题，前后照应，行文自然流畅。

2.紧跟时代步伐。北京高职一考生的《时尚流行我心定》作者首先用“时尚”作为文章的开篇之语，继而用现实生活中的五花八门，形形色色的“时尚”来阐述所谓的时尚。然后，旁征博引，列举古今中外各行各业的时尚生活。与现代生活紧密相连，有时代特色。江西一考生的《把“意见”刻录成光盘》，好就好在不落窠臼，采取网络搜索的形式，从而似乎出现了一个个画面感，历史和现实的例子就自自然然地展示在读者面前，“搜索结果”就成了作者简短的点评，最后的结论也就水到渠成。本文的内容没有过人之处，出彩的就是它的形式。

3.敢于逆向思维。北京一考生的《包容(七)》中，大对小，厚对薄的包容容易理解，但微小对广博的包容，静止对流动的包容，沉默对喧嚣的包容，此种创意实在是独辟蹊径，非同一般。江苏一考生的《项王项王若奈何》，作者进行丰富而大胆的想象，将思维的触角延伸到了历史之中，以一种全新的眼光对历史人物 ——项王进行了入木三分的刻画与诠释，也更深刻地揭示了一个主题：灵动的水可保持一片蔚蓝，灵动的智慧，可以造就一个英雄。

阅读电视广告词： If we don t save water,the last drop of water will be a tear-drop. 根据提示，写一篇60-80词的短文。

提示：

1.生活离不开水。

2.可饮用水在减少。

3.水污染严重。

4.应保护水源，再利用水。

Water is very important to humans.We can t live without water.The water we can drink is falling.But some people don t seem to care about it.They waste a lot of water.They pour dirty water into rivers and lakes.Water pollution is getting more and more serious.So we must do something to stop the pollution.We not only protect the water but also find ways to reuse it.If we don t do this,the last drop of water will be a tear-drop.

水对人类很重要，我们不能没有水，水可以喝掉。但是有些人似乎并不在乎。他们浪费很多水。他们把污水排入河流和湖泊，水污染越来越严重，所以我们必须做点什么停止污染。我们不仅保护水，还发现利用它的方式。如果我们不这样做，最后一滴水将是一滴眼泪。

[高考英语作文：水的重要性

诚然，在特定的考场要写出一定水平的议论文，确实有一定的难度。“关键还在于我们学生思想的深度，要敢于大胆地论证，不能只求保守式地作文。下面是小编为你带来的高考议论文写作常见问题，欢迎阅读。

一、惯性写作，文体走样。

有些学生写议论文时，常把议论文写成纯粹的记叙文或带有议论性的哲理散文。比如，有些学生写的议论文常常是前半部分叙事描写，后半部分议论说理，结果把议论文写成了既非说理又非叙事的四不像文章。此外，还有不少学生由于分不清夹叙夹议类记叙文与议论文的区别，结果把议论文写成了记叙文。因此，必须明白记叙文和议论文的区别——记叙文主要运用记叙、描写、状物等表达方式，追求以情动人，而议论文则主要采用议论为主的表达方式，追求的是以理服人。

二、拟题不当，文题空泛。

文章的标题犹如屋之窗或人之眼。好的文题不但能统摄全篇的思想内容，达到题文合一的效果，而且还能润物无声地激发读者的阅读兴趣。

常见的议论文标题有两种类型：一类是论点型标题，即题目本身就是文章的论点，如“开卷有益”等;另一类是论题型标题，即标题已经指出论述的对象、话题或范围，如“说宽容”等。学生写议论文时，不管采用哪种类型的标题，都要将追求“简明而不失深意，新巧而不乏韵味”当成拟题的基本原则。

(当然，我们将组织议论文拟题的专题训练。)

三、雾里看花，观点隐晦

写议论文，论述某一问题或分析某一现象时，不仅要有明确的观点和主张，而且观点和主张还应当正确、鲜明、深刻、新颖和有强烈的针对性。学生当领会“义理”在议论文中的核心地位和灵魂作用，明白写议论文坚持“观点正确，态度明确，论证充分，论据有力”可以很好地解决写议论文无观点、观点散或观点隐晦的问题。此外，可掌握“开门见山立论”“行文中间立论”“卒章收束立论”等写作技巧，也可以有效消除论点模糊或零散的弊端。

四、“骨”“肉”分离，事例论证乏力

写议论文，论据只有紧扣论点才能达到观点与材料统一，进而为主题服务。此外，论据只有准确、典型、新鲜才能使说理更充分，论证更有力。许多学生写议论文，进行事例论证或事理分析时，由于没有全面把握和深入理解论据内涵的丰富性，或没有精心选择和巧妙剪裁论据材料，常常因无法找到观点和论据的契合点，结果使文章的“骨”(论点)“肉”(论据)貌合神离。具体地讲，就是论据不能有力地佐证和支撑论点，而论点也不能水乳交融地统率和包容论据。此外，还有许多学生用事例论证论点时，所用事例往往流于俗套，不是千人一面，就是老生常谈，既缺乏历史的厚重感和浓烈的生活气息又缺乏鲜明的时代色彩和个性特征。具体地讲，就是所举事例不是琐碎肤浅，就是常以部分代替整体，或以个别现象代替一般规律，结果使事例既缺乏广泛的代表性又缺乏深刻的典型性。

解决这一问题的办法是，深入挖掘课本和读本资源，重视课外阅读，走出书本和课堂，融入社会生活中，关注各种媒体信息，勤于观察，善于思考，广泛涉猎，加强积累，探究材料内涵的广义性，捕捉论点和论据的相关性。

五、事例论据叙述冗长

议论文中的事例是作为论据使用的，叙述方式与记叙文中的不同——记叙文里的叙事必须完整具体，而议论文中的事例论据则应简明扼要。因此，议论文中的事例论据应该用概述法或截取法叙述。由此可见，明确叙述方式在议论文与记叙文中的不同特点和功能，仔细揣摩叙述方式在议论文与记叙文中的不同处理技巧，是解决写议论文事例论据叙述冗长问题的关键。

六、转移论题，节外生枝

“一议一话题，一话题一中心”是议论文写作的基本要求。可是，议论文写作中，却有许多学生由于审题不仔细，不是开篇就转移话题，与命题意图和写作要求南辕北辙，就是写至中途便信马由缰，与文章的中心论点渐行渐远，或者是干脆就抛开文章的中心论点一气呵成，结果下笔千言却离题万里。由此可见，议论文写作中，既要看清题干，读懂题意，明确要求，还要注意行文中思维的收与放和张与弛，即既要利用发散思维适当拓展，又要利用聚合思维适时收束，切不可天马行空，题外生题。

七、表达偏颇，宽严失度

写议论文，需要多角度全方位地看待问题，即要辩证地分析问题，因此议论文的语言表达应当准确、严密、富有逻辑性，切不可只见彩虹不见阴霾。可是，议论文写作中，却有许多学生忽略了这一点。比如，要么是仅凭自己的主观好恶评头论足，结果在表达上不是随意夸大就是肆意贬损;要么是孤立、静止或片面地看待和分析问题，结果不是在文中说了一些过头的话，就是推论出一些难圆其说或前后矛盾的脆弱观点和结论。

表达宽严失度和语意疏漏有隙，表面上看似乎是一个小问题，但实质上却是认识水平的大问题。因为，语言是思维的工具，语言是思想的物质外壳和显性表现，语言表述粗糙实际上是思考不够缜密和严谨的结果。写作中解决这一问题，必须掌握一些唯物辩证法的知识，坚持用联系的、发展的、一分为二的观点和方法，去审视和评价生活与学习中碰到的一切事物和问题，从而培养良好的思维品质。

高考英语中常见的话题有哪些呢?下面是语文迷整理的十五大高考英语话题作文素材，希望对你有帮助。

一、面对挑战的感悟

Looking back on this, I realize that whatever challenges I am faced with, I will spare no effort and never give up. I’m sure to achieve final victory and become what I should be.

二、怎样看待司机的行为?

After reading the passage, I felt very angry with the driver. It was what he did that did shock me. I can’t believe the driver is so cruel. Generally speaking, the responsibility of a bus driver is to serve people. However, the driver is short of essential occupational morality. Having known the woman’s arm was stuck in the bus door, he continued to drive his bus. What an evil-minded driver!

三、对交友的看法

In my view, it takes time to build good relationship with others. You can’t expect to become good friends with someone soon after you meet him. You also can’t expect to become good friends with others if you do not spend time with them.

四、对心理问题的看法

As far as I’m concerned, mental problems are serious problems both in universities and middle schools. I believe physical and mental health is more important than good grades. Therefore, parents and teachers should first pay attention to students’ feelings. Only when they feel it fun to study, can they learn their lessons well.

五、对网络教育的看法

Personally, I appreciate this new form of education. It can provide different learners with more flexible ways to learn. Most of all, with online education, we can absorb the latest knowledge.

六、怎样应对同伴压力

First of all, since the whole world is full of peer pressure, we have to know that it is not easy for us to avoid it. Secondly, find out the truth about something and you’ll really feel better.

七、态度决定一切的启示

Different attitudes lead to different results. Take Xiao Hua for example, He’s my classmate. He always puts his heart into study, so he has become a top student in our class. With his diligence and concentration, he’s bound to succeed in the entrance examination. However, Xiao Li never cares about his study and turns a deaf ear to the teachers’ advice. As a result, he falls far behind others in his study.

八、对…行为的看法

As for me, Marry is really great because she’s ready to do…that seems very small. Maybe what she is doing is very common in others’ eyes but it will play an important role in our daily life.

九、目标的重要性(看法)

I was greatly inspired by such a story as it makes me realize the power of a goal in shaping one’s success and gives me strength to pursue my goal despite the hardships I’m to go through.

In my opinion, goals are important in our life. To begin with, as goals often enables us to be positive to ups and downs in our life. Moreover, bearing goals in mind, we’re less likely to be distracted from our way to success. Finally, as goals are what we’re longing for, they thus can motivate us to strive for greater achievements, making our life more fulfilling(令人满意的).

十、对考验的感受

From the story I’ve learned that the trials of life are of great importance in our growth. As the saying goes, “No cross, no crown(不经历风雨怎么见彩虹).” Only by facing and overcoming difficulties in our life can we grow up happily and healthily.

十一、对中学生活的感受

As for me, a student from the country, what I do every day is to devote myself to realizing my dream of attending a key university. So I seldom have time to do outdoor activities. Anyway, I’ve become more independent and as a student of boarding school, my experience has become a benefit in my future college life.

十二、有关命运转折点的启示

The passage inspired me greatly as I come to know that the happiness of life lies in our own hands. Although he was hopeless in any sport at school, He didn’t give up. Despite what others say about him, he made up his mind to improve himself push his body to the limit. With his determination and perseverance, he made a difference in his life.

十三、对街头食品的看法

As far as I’m concerned, I often purchase some street food on my way to school in the morning because it is very convenient to me. As a student, I can’t spend much time waiting or eating in a restaurant. It is well-known that street food is very popular in cities and towns because they are tasty, quick and cheap, which attract a large number of customers every day. Most of them are so busy with their study and work that they can’t spare much time to enjoy their meals.

十四、如何更好地鼓励孩子学习

To get kids motivated to learn, I think we should not treat every child in the same way. To some kids, oral praise is essential. Don’t save the praise for only the top score. If possible, involve other adults in praising them. However, this method may not work well with other kids. Maybe what is more important to them is to watch a movie or go on a trip together with their parents. It just depends.

十五、如何适应大学生活

As far as I’m concerned, college life differs from middle school life a lot. So I think the ideal university life should help me get well prepared for society, including obtaining academic knowledge.

I think I will take an active part in all kinds of activities, as well as study hard to achieve my ideal university life.

导语：As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。下面是yuwenmi小编为还在备考的同学整理的优秀英语素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢!

1.Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。

2.God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。

3.Easier said than done. 说起来容易做起来难。

4.Where there is a will，there is a way. 有志者事竟成。

5.One false step will make a great difference. 失之毫厘，谬之千里。

6.Slow and steady wins the race. 稳扎稳打无往而不胜。

7.A fall into the pit，a gain in your wit. 吃一堑，长一智。

8.Experience is the mother of wisdom. 实践出真知。

9.All work and no play makes jack a dull boy. 只工作不玩耍，聪明孩子也变傻。

10.Beauty without virtue is a rose without fragrance.无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

11.More hasty，less speed. 欲速则不达。

12.Its never too old to learn. 活到老，学到老。

13.All that glitters is not gold. 闪光的未必都是金子。

14.A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.千里之行始于足下。

15.Look before you leap. 三思而后行。

16.Rome was not built in a day. 伟业非一日之功。

17.Great minds think alike. 英雄所见略同。

18.well begun，half done. 好的开始等于成功的一半。

19.It is hard to please all. 众口难调。

20.Out of sight，out of mind. 眼不见，心不念。

21.Facts speak plainer than words. 事实胜于雄辩。

22.Call back white and white back. 颠倒黑白。

23.First things first. 凡事有轻重缓急。

24.Ill news travels fast. 坏事传千里。

25.A friend in need is a friend indeed. 患难见真情。

26.live not to eat，but eat to live. 活着不是为了吃饭，吃饭为了活着。

27.Action speaks louder than words. 行动胜过语言。

28.East or west，home is the best. 金窝银窝不如自家草窝。

29.Its not the gay coat that makes the gentleman. 君子在德不在衣。

30.Beauty will buy no beef. 漂亮不能当饭吃。

31.Like and like make good friends. 趣味相投。

32.The older， the wiser. 姜是老的辣。

33.Do as Romans do in Rome. 入乡随俗。

34.An idle youth，a needy age. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

35.As the tree，so the fruit. 种瓜得瓜，种豆得豆。

36.To live is to learn，to learnistobetterlive.活着为了学习，学习为了更好的活着。

Fast food business has developed tremendously in the past 50 years.Nowadays people will see all kinds of fast food restaurants here and there.which clearly shows how closely it is related to our daily life.Most people believe that fast food business has become part of our life and its developement is good for both society and people.

Firstly,the best thing about fast food is being fast. Now everyone lives a busy life so time is the most valuable thing to us all.Fast food offers a most efficient way to eat.You will waste no time in waiting or choosing.Secondly,fast food restaurants provide us with a good environment for entertainment and study.Friends come here,chatting or playing cards;students come here,reading books or doing homework,and meanwhile you can enjoy a bag of chips and a bottle of cola which will bring more pleasure.Thirdly, youngsters can even find good opportunities of working practice in some fast food restaurants.Working experience help them understand the society better and improve their communicating skills.

In many ways,we benefit a lot from the fast food business.Therefore,I think it helpful and important to our life.

This illustration depicts_________ (图画中的人物)with______________(补充说明)Recently

it has become commonfor people in many ways of life to_____________(进一步阐释) It

seems to me that thecartoonist is sending a message about _______(图画主题)，which

is______________(进一步的说明)He seems to be sayingthat_____________(给出细节)In my

opinion，___________(个人阐述)This simple picture is a wakeup call for

______(所涉群体，如thewhole of the human race)Therefore，it is imperative for us totake

drastic measures to put an end to ___________(问题所在)One the one hand，we

must_________________(建议一)It is clear that the drawerof the illustration is

urging us to _________(进一步说明)On the other hand，_______________(建议二)Onlyin this

way can we___________(展望前景)

2016年全国各地高考英语书面表达范文汇总9套 新课标I卷

假定你是李华，暑假想去一家外贸公司兼职，已写好申请书和个人简历（resume）。给外教MS Jenkins 写信，请她帮你修改所附材料的文字和格式（format）。

注意：

1. 词数100左右;

2. 可以适当增加细节，已使行文连贯。

示例1

Dear Ms Jenkins,

Im Li Hua from your English writing class last term. Im writing to ask for your help. Im applying for a part-time job at a foreign company in my city during the summer vacation, and I have just completed my application letter and resume. However, I am not quite sure of the language and the format Ive used. I know you have a very busy schedule, but Id be very grateful if you could take some time to go through them and make necessary changes. Please find my application letter and resume in the attachment.

Thank you for your kindness!

Yours,

Li Hua

示例2

Dear Ms Jenkins,

I am Li Hua, I am writing to tell you something about my plan for the coming summer vacation and I also want you to do me a favor.

In order to get some practical experience, I am planning to take a part-time job in a foreign capital company. I have already finished my job application and personal resume. But this is the first time that I have written an application and the personals resume, so I don’t even know if there are something to pay attention to. So, I’m writing you the letter , hoping you can give me some help. I will be very grateful if you can help me.

Looking forward to your reply. And I’d be really thankful.

Yours,

Li Hua

新课标Ⅱ卷

假定你是李华，你校摄影俱乐部（photography club）将举办国际中学摄影展。请给你的英国朋友Peter写封信。请他提供作品。信的内容包括：

1．主题：环境保护；

2．展览时间；

3．投稿cfemail="39dd9a8350574d554951564d564a51564e795e544a5a51565655175a565417">[email protected]

注意：

1．词数100左右；

2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

Our school photography club is going to hold an International High School Student Photography Show. The theme of the show is environmental protection. It will start from June 15th and last three weeks. Any students who is interested in welcome to participate.

I know you take good pictures and youve always wanted to do something for environmental protection. I remember you showed me some photos on that theme the last time you visited our school. This is surely a good chance for more people to see them. If you want to join, youcan send your photos to [email protected]

Hope to hear from you soon.

Yours

Lihua

新课标Ⅲ卷

假定你是李华，与留学生朋友Bob约好一起去书店，因故不能赴约。请给他写封邮件，内容包括：

1.表示歉意；

2.说明原因；

3.另约时间。

注意：

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Bob,

I’m sorry to say that I cannot go to the bookstore with you on Friday afternoon. I have just found that I have to attend an important class meeting that afternoon. I hope the change will not cause you too much trouble.

Shall we go on Saturday morningWe can set out early so that we’ll have more time to read and select books. If it’s convenient for you, let’s meet at 8:30 outside the school gate. If not, let me know what time suits you best. I should be available any time after school next week.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours,

Li Hua

北京卷

第一节（15分）

假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国历史很感兴趣，并请你介绍一位你喜欢的中国历史人物。请你给Jim回信，内容包括：

1. 该人物是谁；

2. 该人物的主要贡献；

3. 该人物对你的影响。

注意：

1. 词数不少于50；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

It’s great to hear from you. I feel proud to know your interest in Chinese history. As for my favorite figure in Chinese history, it must be Wei Yuan, a great thinker in the late Qing Dynasty. He, in his book, Haiguo Tuzhi(Maps and Records of the World), introduced modern technologies and ideas to China. That opened our eyes to the world. In fact, he inspires me to major in English in college and to be a bridge between China and the world.

Interested in knowing moreI can find you some books! Just let me know.

Cheers!

Yours,

Li Hua

第二节 （ 20 分）

假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华。你班同学参加了学校的“地球日”系列活动。请按照以下四幅图的先后顺序，以“Actions for a Greener Earth”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件，介绍活动的全过程。

注意：词数不少于60。

提示词：地球日

Earth Day

Actions for a Greener Earth

A week before Earth Day, posters were put up around our school, calling upon us to join in the actions for a greener earth.

Our class came up with the idea to make better use of used materials. We brought to our classroom worn-out clothes, pieces of cardboard and empty plastic bottles, and turned those into dolls, handbags, issue boxes and small vases. That weekend, we went to a nearby neighborhood and gave them away to the people there. Everyone was very happy with those unexpected gifts, especially little kids and elderly people. We did so well that we were invited to share our idea and experience with all the students of our school.

We are very proud of ourselves and believe we can do more for a better world.

上海卷

Directions: Write an English composition in 120–150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假设你是中华中学学生姚平，最近参加了一项研究性学习调研，课题为“父母是否以子女为荣”。通过调研你校学生及其父母，结果发现双方对此问题的看法有差异（数据如图所示）。根据图表写一份报告，在报告中，你必须：

描述调研数据；

分析可能导致这一结果的原因。

One Possible Version 1（上海新东方）

A recent survey has been conducted on whether parents feel honored about their children in Zhonghua School. What is symbolically depicted in the bar chart above is that 80% parents regard their children as pride, while, to our surprise, only 60 in every hundred students hold the same viewpoint.

Such a striking contrast is there between the two perspectives that it reveals a common phenomenon. Parents and children hold different attitudes towards the issue. From where I am standing, two reasons are responsible for the finding.

First and foremost, with the increasingly fierce competition, teenagers are prone to suffering from the sense of inferiority. What additionally frustrates the children is peer pressure from parents. Chances are that the adults are inclined to gossip and compare with other friends about the academic performance of their children.

Apart from it, a lack of communication between parents and children is also a key factor contributing to the difference. Proud as parents feel of their children, they

导语：一个人永远不要做情绪的奴隶。无论境况多么糟糕，你应该努力去支配你的环境，把自己从黑暗中拯救出来。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的作文素材，欢迎阅读与借鉴，谢谢! ​

不知什么时候开始，在人们的观念里，“不吵架”就等于高情商了。好像高情商人士都是一些打不还手，骂不还口的圣人。

朋友圈爆文刷屏的一个观念就是“远离垃圾人”，所谓垃圾人，就是那种以负能量为生，不断挑衅别人，你要和他争吵，最终会被杀害、被斩首，这样不值得，所以你得远离他。

这样的文章下面，点赞最多的评论往往都是：道理我都懂，但是我做不到。一旦情绪上来，谁都难克制。

克制情绪，关键并不是不吵架，而是要学会在吵架中学习和改变。

在吵架的过程中，你能学会一种识别他人情绪变化的能力，以便自己在发现对方情绪失控时及时评估危险，随时脱身。

比如，在武汉面馆砍头事件中，我提出了“心眼”的概念。所谓心眼，就是和猫一样，拥有较强的情绪观察能力。

即所有的对话，都建立在对对方的观察上，而不是推翻对方的论点。这和剑客决斗是一个道理，要学会观察对手，发现破绽一招制敌。招式用力过猛，过于大开大合会被对手秒杀。

然而当文章发表在知乎后，有位网友显然不同意我的观点，他单独私信我，语气十分恶劣。

大概意思是：对于精神病人，不该放出来危害社会，要把他们杀光杀绝。

尤其我们这种学心理的，都是些无用的蠢货，有本事去感化精神病人啊，我们第一个被精神病人砍头。

我被这种污名化精神病人，诋毁心理学整个学科的言论激怒了。我一看他居然标签是985大学学生，我一气之下，把他的私信挂到了文章底下。告诉他，这种三观极为扭曲的言论，会给他的母校丢脸。

第二天，助理告诉我，有人在微博上找我。

原来此人在知乎被我拉黑后，在微博上发表了一条说说，傻傻地挂上了他私信的截图，自称私信内容被我曝光后，受到了无数来自我粉丝的网络暴力，还人肉了我的全部信息，@了我工作的单位。

看家伙太惨，我在文章中删掉了他的私信，但显然这个家伙并不解恨，电话打到了云南省主管心理学的上级部门，要求严查我。

结果接电话的人，看到了他出示的证据(他的私信截图)，气得怒骂了他，并威胁他再散布这种三观不正的言论，就要通报他的学校，结果他吓的删除了所有微博。

当天下午有朋友电话我，说我做的太棒了，网络上维护了心理学的尊严。

我简直哭笑不得。

仔细思考了这件事后，此后私信谩骂我的人，我的情绪系统自动帮我无视他们了。

类似这样的事情多了以后，有一些人你确实没必要和他撕，因为不会有结果，他们具有以下特点：

(1)价值观极端，喜欢使用“我最恨你们这种XX”句式，喜欢认定某一人群“恶劣、下等”，该“死光死绝”。

(2)假定自己是受害者，但又无法明确，到底是谁迫害了他，也无法理会自己是否做了过分的事。当然，一旦和你吵起来，他就认定是你，就算是他先发出的攻击行为。

这样的人言语中，会出现这样的句式，“就是XX这种人，污染糟蹋了社会”。

(3)不懂退让，当你发出了退让行为，试图缓解矛盾时，对方甚至咄咄逼人，这时你便无需和他争论，因为这场争论不会有赢家。

其实，我应该感谢这位网友，他可以说是我生命里的一个贵人，他用一种极端的形式帮我认清了现实，建立起了情绪回路。最重要的时候，这个过程我没有付出代价。

如今随着读者数量的增长，私信谩骂的人也日渐多了起来，但我却不再愤怒了。经历了这件事后，我的情绪系统会优先调用其他情绪。

首先是恐惧，这样执意把事闹大，也不管自己有理无理的人，让我感到害怕。

毕竟这个社会不是个完全公正的地方，万一他站在我面前，他很可能砍我。就算他只是告状，万一告到了一些某些希望我完蛋的人那，他会被人当枪使。

其次是怜悯，什么样的遭遇把人逼成了这样?正是因为这样的人存在，你会明白，这个社会充满扭曲，而你无论如何，不能成为扭曲的一员。

最后是对自己的嘲讽，虽然自己写文章时振振有辞，但实际上，在这个庞大的社会中泛不起一点涟漪，也许你谁都帮不了。

就算拥有百万粉丝，你也是个弱者。所以，情绪不是用来克制的，情绪是用来释怀的。

当你用全面的眼光去看待你的困境时，你会发现骂人解决不了问题。你会问自己一个问题，你是该证明你的观点，还是该去影响别人?

所谓克制愤怒，最好的方法就是，你必须意识到。你不是英雄，别人也不是反派。

我很想定义那个网友是疯子，而我是维护了心理学尊严的英雄。我为什么想这样呢?因为这样做最容易。

但是人性选择中，最容易的那个，永远是最错的那个。

实际上，只要你把一个团体或者个人“恶魔化”，那么你本身就在推动一种对抗，对抗的结果自然是要有一方人头落地。

在这种“打赢进牢房，打输进医院”的文化背景下，恐吓、羞辱于事无补。

强调“垃圾人定律”的文章，会不会有一个误区，既然垃圾人是一个不愿倾听、不愿改变、只懂发泄的群体。

那我们定义他们是“垃圾人”，然后我们远离他们，会不会自身更像垃圾人。

艾利斯的合理情绪疗法中，把这样的思维错误叫做“绝对化”。

人习惯把别人的“不良”行为和人品挂钩，这里面隐含了一个事实，那就是我是“好人”，我只会做正确的事，而我做的事情，一定能得到观众的理解。而他是“坏人”，他所做的事，一定会得到惩罚。

事实上，真实世界没有那么单调的剧情，以偏概全的全盘否定和“绝不应该”思维，只会让我们的情绪更加不可控，也无法更加理智地看待事情本身。

遇到冲突时，我的内心里有两个小人会对话。

A：“他侮辱你，你为什么不冲上去弄他?”

B：“因为我影响不了他。”

A：“那他可是个坏人唉!”

B：“坏人，我也是啊!”

A：“你这么忍，不憋屈吗?”

B：“我这么忍，正是为了当我重大利益受侵犯时，我才有全力一搏的勇气啊!”

A：“你怎么那么不听话?”

B：“老师，当一个学生长大后，就不只是听话，而该是青出于蓝而胜于蓝，不是吗?”

我相信你明白，这里的A是先天原始情绪系统，这里的B是后天认知情绪系统，B成长的越快，你的人生也就越稳。

克制情绪从来都不靠忍，而是靠学习。

还是那句老话：一个人永远不要做情绪的奴隶。无论境况多么糟糕，你应该努力去支配你的环境，把自己从黑暗中拯救出来。