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中考英语作文写作技巧ppt【汇编20篇】

成语有很大一部分是从古代相承沿用下来的,它既代表了一个故事典故,又是一种现成的话,很多又有比喻引申意义而被广泛引用。下面是小编整理的成语典故作文,欢迎大家阅读!

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2024年关于环保的中考写作素材

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导语:环保,能让世界变的干净。春天来了,大地万物开始苏醒,一片片生机盎然的树木,让我们每个人在心中都产生一份爱,那就是绿色,就是对绿色的热爱。下面是小编为大家整理的关于绿色环保的句子摘抄,欢迎阅读,谢谢!

关于绿色环保的句子摘抄【1】

1.我不能阻止破坏环境的事情太多,但我能做到保护环境的事也不少。我可以从小事做起,从日常生活做起,从自己力所能及的事做起。我想,如果人人都这样做,那么我们的生活环境就会减少一些污染。

2.当一片片绿波汹涌的森林被无垠的荒漠黄尘所取代,当无忧地在蔚蓝的天空飘荡的白云被漫天滚滚黑烟所替代,当为地球遮风挡雨的臭氧层被无情的氟里昂所破坏,我分明听见了森林的哭泣,白云的悲伤,臭氧层的叹息。

3.环保,无处不在,这要我们用心做,每时每刻,我们都可以为环保尽上一份力。淘完米的水可以浇花,用过的电池要回收……,如果地球上的人们都这样关爱地球,地球就会更加健康,人们的生活也就会更加美好。

4.保护我们的环境,就是保护我们的地球。珍惜我们唯一的地球,就是珍惜我们的生命。当天空出现彩虹时,就说明垃圾回家了,小草笑了,大叔爷爷乐了,我们的地球妈妈没有在哭泣了。

5.我们想看到到青山绵亘林壑尤美;我们还想看到高山之上,皆生寒树,负势竟上,互相轩邈;我们还想听到泉水激石,泠泠作响,流水淙淙,清脆悦耳。

6.地球,我们这些祖国的花朵都爱护着您,唯一的希望就是让您斑驳的面庞重新光彩照人,不再有吞噬人类的海啸地震,空气能够清新起来,天空能够湛蓝起来,大地能够绿化起来,形成人与自然的和谐统一。

7.环保,能让世界变的干净。春天来了,大地万物开始苏醒,一片片生机盎然的树木,让我们每个人在心中都产生一份爱,那就是绿色,就是对绿色的热爱。

8.我们离不开赖以生存的地球,共同的命运把我们联系在一起,大自然多么盼望它能回到家园,地球母亲把重任托付在人类的身上,因为只有我们才能挽回地球和人类的幸福:让绿色不再叹息,大自然不再哭泣,让地球母亲的伤痕消失,让明天的地球更加美丽坚强可爱!

9.有人说过“所有统治者所做的决定都是为了巩固他的地位,权力”,而我也说“人类之所以要环保,是为了能生存下去”因为环境如果一直恶化下去,会侵害到人类未来的所有利益,因此要暂时牺牲现在的一些眼前的利益,以换取未来的整体利益。人类最初想到要环保应该是源于人类对于未来美好生活的渴求,只不过后来被人为的负载上了道义和人文关怀。有这么一句话,生物的一生无非两首主题曲“生存”和“繁衍”,人类也不能例外。

10.觉醒吧!我们的地球母亲被你们弄得面目全非了,不要再做那些伤害地球母亲的事了,我们都要争做环保小公民!我们居住在地球,就应该保护好我们的地球母亲!多少年来,地球母亲哺育了我们。现在的地球人是多么地不环保啊!我们身为地球人都不懂得保护自己的地球母亲,这又是何道理呢?就算你只做到了一点点的环保,也是很不错的,这总比你不环保要好得多。

11.我不能阻止人们滥砍伐树木,但我能做到节约每一张纸,不用一次性筷子;我不能阻止人们捕稀有动物,采稀有植物,但我能做到不捕稀有动物,不吃稀有植物;我不能阻止人们不用白色垃圾来污染环境,但我能做到不用塑料袋,用环保袋;我不能阻止人们乱扔电磁污染土地,污染水源,但我能做到把家中的电磁放到指定的垃圾桶里;我不能阻止人们浪费水源,但我能做到每次上完厕所都拧紧水龙头……

12.赶快醒来吧,为了我们共同的家园和他长久的美好未来,从现在做起,从我做起,勇敢地站起来对大自然做出承诺,承诺用我们的双手使地球母亲恢复青春容颜,承诺用我们的行动来感动大自然,改造大自然。立志把我们的社会,我们的家园和校园建设的更加美丽。

13.“叮呤呤……”,随着一阵清脆悦耳的铃声,睁开朦胧的睡眼,希望的晨曦射进窗户——新的一天又开始了!早上的洗漱穿戴一如既往,但洗脸刷牙的水用得少了,只为节约水资源;背上书包,和走下楼,钻进小汽车里送上学,们家的小汽车不再是加油的汽车,而是环保的加气汽车,可以减少碳排量。

14.我给你送来粒粒种子,你让它们花繁叶茂,我赠予你颗颗树苗,你让它们绿树成荫。只有热爱祖国和人类的真正懂得爱护绿色,只有从爱护眼前一草一木做起的人,才会热爱祖国的山河。我们青少年要爱每一片绿叶,爱每一棵小草,受每一朵鲜花。保护环境,绿化校园,让绿色生命激活我们热爱的生活,做祖国美好的建设者。

15.保护环境并没有想象中的那么难,只要我们从小事做起,就一定会让地球焕然一新的,比如:多使用环保袋,尽量避免用塑料袋;尽量坐公交车,尽可能的减少汽车排放的废气;平时多步行,骑自行车,锻炼身体又保护环境……除此之外,还有很多很多,只要我们从小事做起,积少成多,积沙成塔,就一定会让地球重还以前的面貌。

16.什么时候环保才能真正地融入到人们的生活中呢?世界在我们面前呈现出它的无限生机时,我们才会时时刻刻感受到生命的高贵与美丽,感悟到生命的可爱与神圣。我忽然想到了一句话:“怀有一颗怜悯的心,便会觉悟到它们的生命就是人类的生命。当他们被杀害天尽时,人类就像是最后一块多米诺骨牌,接着倒下的也便是人类自己了。”

17.即使我们拥有的水资源如此之少和珍贵,但我们还没有认真地对待它。全球性的水污染,水资源的过度消耗和管理不当已经造成可利用水资源水量和水质的大幅下降。现在,世界上每天有6000人因为得不到水或足够清洁的水而死亡。如果这种趋势不能得到有效控制,20年后,世界人口的2/3将面临无水可用的危境!

18.环境保护是一件功在当代利在千秋的大事,和我们每个人也是分不开的。当你在植树节种上一棵树苗,当你让多一袋我们的生活垃圾进入垃圾筒,当你少随便乱吐一口痰,当你少让我们的小宠物在公共场所少拉一堆粪便,当你为改善我们的生活环境都做出一份贡献,出一份力,尽管这些都是一些微不足道的小事,何愁我们的家园不会变的花红柳绿,天蓝绿水,鸟语花香呢?

19.环保,现在是目前世界上最热门的话题之一,或许这也是永远的话题吧。环保即环境保护,环境就是我们人类赖以生存的地方,而保护呢,在我看来,保护分两类,一类是保护重要的还没被破坏的东西,另一类是保护已破坏的但又十分重要的东西,环保显然属于后者。

20.环境,则是我们人类赖以生存的重要条件。环境优美,人们生活起来就会心旷神怡;环境和谐,人们生活起来就会精神舒畅;环境高雅,人们生活起来就会心胸开阔。因此,奥林匹克运动会环境,无疑是作文的热点;关注环境,关注奥林匹克运动会,对于提高我们写作素养,无疑是十分重要的。

21.全球变暖,臭养层被破坏,酸雨,淡水资源危机,能源短缺,森林锐减,土地沙漠化,物种加速灭绝垃圾成灾,有毒化学品污染……哪个不是我们人类自己造成的!就算自然界拥有自净能力,可是它也会不堪重负。我们的地球母亲已经把一切都给了我们,可我们还要夺去她的生命!

22.环保,是否困扰着你,我,他?不是的,因为环保是每个人的责任,应尽的责任,而不是捐给希望工程的爱心,施舍给路边乞丐的一顿饭。“环保”一种举手之劳,也是必须的人类生存举动,所以,请人类拉起手来吧!用环保去创造明天那美好的环境!

23.地球母亲期待着我们的努力,我们不能让她失望。相信在所有人的努力下,在不久的将来,母亲的血液恢复清澈,退去灰色的的皮肤,补上外衣的洞。只要我们从生活中的一点一滴做起,创建绿色家园不会只是梦想。少开一次车少开一次空调少用一双一次性筷子……这些都是我们力所能及的事,我们每个人都是环保先锋,绿色家园一定可以实现!

24.环保写起来是非常简单的,但做起来却非常困难。在我们的生活中,有多少人是真正做到环保的?现在许许多多的地方都发生了地震,水灾,干旱,沙尘暴,可以说是灾难连连。这些自然灾害其实都是我们人类一手造成的。比如:我们人类每天乱砍伐树木,但却不知道种树,森林一天天减少,所以沙尘暴也不知不觉地来了。

25.也许有人会说我只在这高谈阔论,也许有人会说环保离我们很远,那我们先来一个式子:“大自然——绿色——环保——人——你自己”看完后,你还会觉得它远吗?大自然就在我们周围,绿色就在我们身边,环保就在我们的心中,脑中,手中,行动中。我们不能说我们能为环保做什么,但最起码你开始在认识它,开始在感受我们的大自然,只为着我们共同的理念。

关于绿色环保的句子摘抄【2】

1、环境保护,人人有责。

2、保护环境是一项必须长期坚持的基本国策。

3、实施科教兴国与可持续发展战略。

4、1998年6月5日世界环境日主题是:"为了地球上的生命-拯救我们的海洋"。

5、保护蓝天碧水。

6、建设美丽的边疆,爱护我们的家园。

7、加强环境宣传教育,提高全民环境意识。

8、保护环境是每一位公民应尽的责任。

9、环境保护从我身边做起。

10、保护环境,造福人民。

11、保护环境就是保护我们自己。

12、破坏环境,就是破坏我们赖以生存的家园。

13、土壤不能再生,防止土壤污染和沙化,减少水土流失。

14、环境与人类共存,资源开发与环境保护协调。

15、保护水环境,节约水资源。

16、保护戈壁植被,防止沙尘污染,保护大气环境。

17、环保不分民族,生态没有国界 不要旁观,请加入行动者的行列 今天节约一滴水,留给后人一滴血。

18、没有地球的健康就没有人类的健康 与自然重建和谐,与地球重修旧好 垃圾混置是垃圾,垃圾分类是资源。

19、用行动护卫家园,用热血浇灌地球。

20、把消费限制在生态圈可以承受的范围内 破坏环境,祸及千古,保护环境,功盖千秋。

21、垃圾回收,保护地球,举手之劳,参与环保。

22、拣回垃圾分类老传统,倡导绿色文明新时尚。

23、人类若不能与其他物种共存,便不能与这个星球共存。

24、人类只有一个可生息的村庄——地球,保护环境是每个地球村民的责任。

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1、Practice makes perfect.

熟能生巧。

2、Take care of the pence/pennies,and the pounds will take care of themselves.

积少成多。/小事谨慎,大事自成。

3、Swift to hear,slow to speak.

多听少讲。

4、Procrastination is the thief of time.

拖延就是偷走时间。

5、Tomorrow is another day.

明天又是新的一天。/明天还有指望。

6、Exploit to the full one’S favorable conditions and avoid unfavorableones.

扬长避短。

7、Promise little,but do much.

少许愿,多做事。

8、cripples learns to limp.

近朱者赤,近墨者黑。

9、Bend the willow while it is still youn.

修树要趁早,育人要趁小。

10、Knowledge is power.

知识就是力量。

11、Passion,though a bad regulator,is a powerful sprin.

激情虽难驾驭,却是强大动力。

12、Learn from other’S strong points to offset one’S weaknesses.

取长补短。

13、He than run fast gets the rin.

捷足先登。

14、We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

井干方知水宝贵。

15、Our greatest glory consists not in never failin9,but in rising every time we fall.

人生最大的光荣,不在于永不失败,而在失败还能站起。

16、Ideals are like stars-we never reach them,but like marlners,we chart our courses by them.

人之需要理想,如水手之需星辰;星辰虽不可及,但可指引我们航程。

17、Youth’s stuff will not endure.

青春易逝。

18、A pet lamb makes a cross ralTl.

宠坏的羊羔会变成恶羊。

19、Prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

做最坏的准备,怀最好的希望。

20、Do not throw the baby with the bath water.

别把小孩和洗澡水一起泼掉。

21、Wisdom is only found in truth.

惟有在真理中才能找到智慧。

22、A stitch in time saves nine.

小洞不补,大洞吃苦。

23、An hour in the morning is worth two in the evenin9./The morning hour has gold in its mouth.

一天之计在于晨。

24、Where there is a will,there is a way.

有志者事竟成。

25、Broaden one’S scope ofknowledge and widen one’S horizon.

拓宽知识,开拓视野。

26、He that can have patience can have what he will.

惟坚韧者始能遂其志。

27、Thought is the seed of action.

思想是行动的种子。

28、As you give,as you receive./As you sow,you shall mow.

种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。

29、Every man is the master ofhis own fogune.

每人都是自己命运的主人。

30、Good health is the best treasure a person can procure.

健康是一个人最宝贵的财富。

31、Disappointment is the nurse of wisdom.

失败是成功之母。

32、The first step to knowledge is to know that we are ignorant.

走向知识的第一步是知道自己无知。

33、Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

孩子不见世面,知识少的可怜。

34、People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

自己有缺点,勿揭他人短。

35、Give me where to stand,and l will move the world.

给我一个支点,我可以跷起整个地球。

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导语:无论是什么时候环境保护问题都是中考热门话题,尤其在今年这种大范围的环境污染下,下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的优秀英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

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1. It s our duty to save wate

2. As we know , water is very important to man,

3. we can t live without water.

4. The amount of water which is suitable to drink is less and less.

5. But some people don t care about it .

6. Many rivers and lakes are seriously polluted.Something must be done to stop the pollution.

7. Its our duty to protect our environment。

8. It is very important to take care of our environment

9. We should not throw litter onto the ground

10. We should not spit in a public place/ cut down the trees

11. We should plant more flowers and trees。

12. We must pick up some rubbish and throw it into a dustbin

13. If everyone makes contribution to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

14.Trees are very helpful and important for us.

15.We should plant more and more trees in order to live better and more healthy in the future.It s everyone s duty to love and protect the environment. ​ ​

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1.它是我们的责任来节约水

2.正如我们所知,水是非常重要的人,

3.没有水我们不能生存。

4.适合饮用的水的量越来越少。

5.但有些人不在乎。

6.许多河流和湖泊受到严重污染,必须采取措施制止污染。

7.保护环境是我们的职责。

8.照顾我们的环境是非常重要的

9.我们不应该扔垃圾到地上

10.我们不应该在公共场所吐痰/砍伐树木

11.我们应该种更多的花草树木。

12.我们必须捡起一些垃圾扔进垃圾箱

13.如果每个人都为保护环境做出贡献,世界将变得更加美丽。

14.树对我们非常有益和重要。

15.我们应该种植越来越多的树为了将来生活得更好更健康每个人都有责任保护和保护环境。

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1、开门见山。开头直接写某个季节到来时你想写的景物。譬如你想写冬天,你可以这样开头:冬爷爷的脚步越来越近了,我仿佛看到了他带着白色的雪精灵来了。

2、反问句开头。提出问题开头,引发读者兴趣,吸引读者的注意力,这种作文,要体现出与读者对话的色彩。譬如写冬天,你可以这样开头:在一年四季里,你最喜欢哪个季节呢?春的明媚,夏的热情,秋的收获,冬的冰雪,各具特色,精彩纷呈。我最喜欢冬的白雪纷飞,银装素裹。

3、引用法。在描写冬的景色时可以用:忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开。等诗句来形容以让自己的文章更加的生动形象。应该注意的是,一是开头不宜过长,老师提倡的是50-80字,也就是说,最好控制你的作文稿纸的三行半,最好别超过5行。一旦超过,就显得“头重”了。二是语言要优美,要搜集些精美的词语,是开头显得文采飞扬。三是适当采用修辞方法,如拟人、比喻、排比等,使语言显得生动活泼,通顺流畅。

二、写景作文的层次和顺序

1、描写的景物固定,时间不固定——以时间来分类。

2、时间固定,描写的景物不固定——冬天的作文就可以写雪后的不同景象所展现出的状态,如落满了雪的地面,屋顶,或是还没落满雪,还能隐约可以看见水的小溪。

3、地点固定,时间也固定——以空间顺序分类。这种方法适用于冬天去游览某一景区,比如去某公园,就可以写先到了哪里看到了什么。

三、写景的几个要素

第一步是观察:观察是写好作文的基础,对于写景作文来说,离开了细致准确的观察,是绝对写不好的。观察必须确立好立足点。立足点可以是固定的 ( 空间方位 ) ,也可以是变换的 ( 移步换景 ) 。但无论怎样必须层次清楚。

第二步是抓住特征:写景物,要善于抓住在不同地区、不同季节、不同时间里的景物颜色、形态、声响、变化等方面的特征,不能生搬硬套,如冬天可以用白雪皑皑,银装素裹,瑞雪纷飞等形容词来形容,这样可以让你的作文更加的生动起来。

第三、要层次分明:层次就是文章的内容顺序,也即表达顺序。先写什么后写什么,心里要有数。比如可以先写近景再写远景,最后可以寓情于景,达到升华主题的目的。

第四、要动静结合:所谓动静结合,就是指描写景色时,不仅要写出景色的静态,而且要写出它的动态,使景色才能活起来,使读者的印象更深刻。例:夜里,下雪了,雪花簌簌的往下落。第二天,我推开门一看,对面的山白了,田野也白了。眼前的院子里也是一片白色,小狗在雪上踩着,踩出了一片小巧的梅花。

第五、要抒发感情,任何景物都是客观存在的,但这种客观存在的景物却能给人不同的感受。我们写景要写自己热爱的景色,表达一定的主题思想,要表达出对自然的热爱,这就是借景抒情。如:在写家乡的冬天时,可以表达我对家乡的喜爱或是思念,而这样的喜爱与思念就融入在我们所描绘的景中。

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冬季到了,气候慢慢冷了。树上的树叶像被剃头刀剃过的同样,光秃秃的。马路上的人们穿上了厚厚的棉袄,戴上了厚厚的帽子。小朋友的脖子也缩进了厚厚的衣领里。呼呼的冬风刮在脸上像刀子刺的同样。

一天凌晨,我推开门一看,院子里本来光秃的树上溘然“开”满了皎白的“梨花”。抬眼望去,远处更是银装素裹、花团簇拥,真是“忽如一夜春风来,千树万树梨花开”呀!再看看地上,宛若盖上了一层厚厚的棉被。啊,原来昨天夜里下了一场大雪。

我弯下腰,从地上捧起一把雪,细心地看了又看,发现雪花毛茸茸、亮晶晶的,宛若是一件件优美的艺术品。但是还没来得及细细把玩,它便消散得无影无踪。

我轻轻地走在雪地上,听着那“咯吱咯吱”的声响,我的心啊,都快沉醉了!

俗语说:“瑞雪兆丰年”。农人伯伯又要迎来一个充溢期望的春季了。

我爱冬季!

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篇4:高考语文作文万能开头、结尾写作技巧

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高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则一:首尾相应结构严谨

例:

1、(开头)在城市尽头,没有繁华的街市,闪亮的霓虹;在城市的尽头,只有破旧的棚户区,有饱经生活风霜的生命;在城市的尽头、有他们这样一群人。

(结尾)太阳从地平线上升起,照亮了城市的尽头,照亮了他们的生活。

2、(开头)站在塞纳河畔,可以触摸巴黎时尚而又典雅的脉搏;身处第五大道、可以感受纽约华丽而又绚烂的气息;漫步银座街头,可以领略东京古老而又现代的文化;停留黄浦江边,可以体味上海兼容而又独特的精神……

(结尾)我在无限的思考中面对都市,触摸它的外壳,也渴望触摸它的灵魂。但愿有朝一日它的内质可以像外壳一样美丽动人,但愿有朝一日那些虚假与轻浮都会变得真实与坚固,但愿是"云销雨霁,彩彻区明",但愿我们可以重新触摸到都市那由内而外的如花般缩放的美丽。

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则二:自然收束

例:

(开头)人生,其实就是一次过程,很多事,很多人,失败过,经历过才会懂,才会成熟。当失败来临的时候,不要伤悲,而应该看作是一次成长的机会,一次锻炼的机会。冲过去,会更美好、更灿烂的生活等着你,更会有一番成就感;如果退而不前,那只能迎来更多的失败,更多人生的遗憾。

(结尾)当我们快要走完人生路时,回首这一生,特别是那些困难和失败时,会觉得,或许正是由于这些,丰富了我们的人生,战胜、克服了它们,才让我们的人生更加完美无瑕。

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则三:画龙点睛

例:

(开头)怆然的灾难,古来有之。然而历史由古而今谁可曾见过这般振奋人心,撼天动地的团结?《史记》有云:民与民同心,则家安之,君与民同心,则国兴之。在今天,这是人民与人民,人民与国家,国家与世界的携手,何愁家不安,何愁国不兴?

(结尾)青山一道,我们同历风雨,团聚一处。而将五洲四海的人们集汇在-起的纽带,也许,是这样的期望:为天下立心,为生民立命,为往圣续绝学,为万世开太平!

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则四:使用诗歌

例:

流光容易把人抛,红了樱桃,绿了芭蕉。走在自己生命路上,有时很难看清自己是否走了弯路。不妨跳出来,调准焦距,才能照出最好生活。

高考语文作文万能开头、结尾原则五:妙用修辞

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篇5:英语写作能力方法知道

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一、句式多变,词汇丰富。

鉴于这部分的写作要求和难度,不论是写书信还是编故事,由于100词的字数要求,考生必须要学会用具体的,多样化的语句来描写某样东西或某件事情。有的学生从头至尾都用"Thereis"的句式,而且重复多遍,看来单调乏味,很难得高分。我们不妨用主动和被动句式、各种不同的从句、动词不定式、强调句、虚拟语气等等,当然我们要写的句式必须是自己熟悉的,有把握的。

词汇量的大小影响写作成绩。试想你形容餐馆good,食品good,氛围good,那也太无聊了,我们平时就积累一些词汇,比如餐馆cleanandtidy,食品niceandtasty,氛围friendlyandpleasant等等,而不至于到考试时言之无物。

二、问题都答,加上连词。

如果第二单元你要给笔友写一份回信,信中有这么一个问题Haveyougotafavoriterestaurant?Tellmeaboutthefoodandwhatyoulikeabouttherestaurant。这个问题看似非常简单,但如果你就回答一句Ihavegotmyfavoriterestaurant.可以,但如果你不学会怎么扩展这个话题,那一封信中根本就写不了上百个单词。因此,学会拓展话题这一点在这部分中尤为重要,如你可以写餐馆的名字、位置、特色等等。

如果你选择编故事也很好。我们PET考生大多是青少年,正是想象力非常丰富的时候,很适合去编故事。但在书写的过程中,一定要注意尽量用自己有把握的语言来表达和描述。此外,既然是故事,就应该把事情发生的时间、地点、人物、过程以及结果都完整地表述出来。因此,我们在平时就把日常生活中所发生的有意义的小事儿用英文记录下来,日积月累你会发现,你的书写素材会越来越多,这种考试对你来说,将会是"apieceofcake"。

另外注意适当使用一些关联词,如and,but,so,if,使行文更加流畅。

三、平时勤练,克服畏惧。

因为该部分要求比较高,建议考生平时可以多做这样的书写练习。在学而思PET,我们会练习四五篇大作文,希望同学们平时就认真对待,描写到位,在老师的指导下,逐步明白自己的弱项在哪里,进而逐渐消除无话可写的心理恐惧,并提高写作水平。

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篇6:中考写作素材:名人名言篇

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导语:名人名言可以利用碎片时间积累,运用到作文当中可以使文章提升档次。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的相关中考素材,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

要使山谷肥沃,就得时常栽树。我们应该注意培养人才。——约里奥·居里

那里有天才,我是把别人喝咖啡的工夫都用在工作上的。——鲁迅

人才虽高,不务学问,不能致圣。——刘向十日画一水,五日画一石。——杜甫

业精于勤荒于嬉,行成于思毁于随。——韩愈

形成天才的决定因素应该是勤奋。有几分勤学苦练是成正比例的。——郭沫若

我是个拙笨的学艺者,没有充分的天才,全凭苦学。——梅兰芳

应知学问难,在乎点滴勤。——陈毅

对搞科学的人来说,勤奋就是成功之母!——茅以升

人应尊敬他自己,并应自视能配得上最高尚的东西。——黑格尔

不知道他自己的人的尊严,他就完全不能尊重别人的尊严。——席勒

人能尽其才则百事兴。——孙中山

一年之计,莫如树谷:十年之计,莫如树木;终身之计,莫如树人。——管仲

长才靡入用,大厦失巨楹。——邵谒

古人相马不相皮,瘦吗虽瘦骨法奇;世无伯乐良可嗤,千金市马惟市肥。——欧阳修

国家用人,当以德为本,才艺为末。——康熙江山代有才人出,各领风骚数百年。——赵翼

致天下之治者在人才,成天下之才者在教化。——胡瑗

我劝天公重抖擞,不拘一格降人才。——龚自珍

人才那得如金铜,长在泥沙不速朽。愿公爱士如爱尊,毋使埋渣嗟不偶。——袁枚

人既尽其才,则百事俱举;百事举矣,则富强不足谋也。——孙中山

人才难得又难知,就要爱惜人才,就要用人不疑。——周扬

珍视劳动,珍视人才,人才难得呀!——邓小平

精神的浩瀚、想象的活跃、心灵的勤奋:就是天才。——狄德罗

人的天赋就象火花,它既可以熄灭,也可以燃烧起来。而逼使它燃烧成熊熊大火的方法只有一个,就是劳动,再劳动。——高尔基

我们说资本主义不好,但它在发现人才、使用人才方面是非常大胆的。它有个特点,不论资排辈,凡是合格的人就使用,并且认为这是理所当然的。从这方面来看,我们选拔干部的制度是落后的。论资排辈是一种习惯势力,是一种落后的习惯势利。——邓小平

只有有天才的人才能发现天才的幼芽,发展这些幼芽,并善意地给予他们以必要的援助。——圣西门

必须让有天才的人独立,而人类应当深刻地掌握一条真理,即人类要使有天才的人成为火炬,而不要让他们放弃真正的使命。——圣西门

天才是各个时代都有的;可是,除非待有非常的事变发生,激动群众,是有天才的人出现,否则赋有天才的人就会僵化。——狄德罗

他有着天才的火花!你知道这是什麽意思?那就是勇敢、开阔的思想,远大的眼光他种下一棵树,他就已经看见了千百年的结果,已经憧憬到人类的幸福。这种人是少有的,要爱就爱这种人。——契诃夫

有些人天资颇高而成就则平凡,他们好比有大本钱而没有做出大生意,也有些人天资并不特异而成就则斐然可观,他们好比拿小本钱而做大生意。这中间的差别就在努力与不努力了。——朱光潜

对作家来说,写得少是这样的有害,就跟医生缺乏诊病的机会一样。——苏格拉底

有人问:写一首好诗,是靠天才呢?还是靠艺术?我的看法是:苦学而没有丰富的天才,有天才而没有训练,都归无用;两者应该相互为用,相互结合。——亚里士多德

无论哪一行,都需要职业的技能。天才总应该伴随着那种导向一个目标的、有头脑的、不间断的练习,没有这一点,甚至连最幸运的才能,也会无影无踪地消失。——德拉克罗瓦

我的箴言始终是:无日不动笔;如果我有时让艺术之神瞌睡,也只为要使它醒后更兴奋。——贝多芬

科学的灵感,决不是坐等可以等来的。如果说,科学上的发现有什麽偶然的机遇的话,那麽这种偶然的机遇只能给那些学有素养的人,给那些善于独立思考的人,给那些具有锲而不舍的精神的人,而不会给懒汉。——华罗庚

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篇7:雅思的写作技巧及方法

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People attend college or university for many different reasons. Why do you think people attend college or university?

People attend colleges or universities for a lot of different reasons. I believe that the three most common reasons are to prepare for a career, to have new experiences, and to increase their knowledge of themselves and the world around them.

Career preparation is becoming more and more important to young people. For many, this is the primary reason to go to college. They know that the job market is competitive. At college, they can learn new skill for careers with a lot of opportunities. This means careers, such as information technology, are expected to need a large workforce in the coming years.

Also, students go to colleges and universities to have new experiences. This often means having the opportunity to meet people different from those in their hometowns. For most students, going to college is the first time they have been away form home by themselves. In addition, this is the first time they have had to make decisions on their own. Making these decisions increases their knowledge of themselves.

Besides looking for self-knowledge, people also attend a university or college to expand their knowledge in subjects they find interesting. For many, this will be their last chance for a long time to learn about something that does not relate to their career.

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篇8:2024年小升初作文写作技巧:古诗词常用典故

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在作文中应用一些古诗词,可以让我们的文章更加有层次,下面是小编整理的古诗词常用典故,欢迎阅读。

1、冰雪以冰雪的晶莹比喻心志的忠贞、品格的高尚。

如“洛阳亲友如相问,一片冰心在玉壶。”(王昌龄《芙蓉楼送辛渐》)冰心:高洁的心性,古人用“清如玉壶冰”比喻一个人光明磊落的心性。再如“应念岭海经年,孤光自照,肝肺皆冰雪。”岭南一年的仕途生涯中,自己的人格品行像冰雪一样晶莹、高洁。

2、月亮对月思亲——引发离愁别绪,思乡之愁。

如“举头望明月,低头思故乡。”(李白《静夜思》)如“小楼昨夜又东风,故国不堪回首月明中。”(李煜《虞美人》)望月思故国,表明亡国之君特有的伤痛。如“碛里征人三十万,一时回首月中看。”碛,沙漠,茫茫大漠中几十万战士一时间都抬头望着东升的月亮,抑制不住悲苦的思乡之情。

3、柳树以折柳表惜别。

汉代以来,常以折柳相赠来寄托依依惜别之情,由此引发对远方亲人的思念之情以及行旅之人的思乡之情。如1987年曾考过的《送别》诗:杨柳青青着地垂,杨花漫漫搅天飞。柳条折尽花飞尽,借问行人归不归?

由于“柳”、“留”谐音,古人在送别之时,往往折柳相送,以表达依依惜别的深情。这一习俗始于汉而盛于唐,汉代就有《折杨柳》的曲子,以吹奏的形式表达惜别之情。唐代西安的灞陵桥,是当时人们到全国各地去时离别长安的必经之地,而灞陵桥两边又是杨柳掩映,这儿就成了古人折柳送别的着名的地方,如“年年柳色,灞陵伤别”的诗。后世就把“灞桥折柳”作为送别典故的出处。故温庭筠有“绿杨陌上多别离”的诗句。柳永在《雨霖铃》中以“今宵酒醒何处,杨柳岸,晓风残月”来表达别离的伤感之情。

“笛中闻折柳,春色未曾看”,说的是笛声中《折杨柳》的曲子倒是传播得很远,而杨柳青青的春色却从来不曾看见,以此来表达伤春叹别的感情。

“此夜曲中闻折柳,何人不起故园情?”说的是今夜听到《折杨柳》的曲子,又有何人不引起思念故乡的感情呢?

4、蝉以蝉品行高洁。

古人以为蝉餐风饮露,是高洁的象征,所以古人常以蝉的高洁表现自己品行的高洁。《唐诗别裁》说:“咏蝉者每咏其声,此独尊其品格。”

由于蝉栖于高枝,餐风露宿,不食人间烟火,则其所喻之人品,自属于清高一型。骆宾王《在狱咏蝉》:“无人信高洁。”李商隐《蝉》:“本以高难饱”,“我亦举家清”。王沂孙《齐天乐》:“甚独抱清高,顿成凄楚。”虞世南《蝉》:“居高声自远,非是藉秋风。”他们都是用蝉喻指高洁的人品。

5、草木以草木繁盛反衬荒凉,以抒发盛衰兴亡的感慨。

如“过春风十里,尽荠麦青青。”(姜夔《扬州慢》)春风十里,十分繁华的扬州路,如今长满了青青荠麦,一片荒凉了。“旧苑荒台杨柳新,菱歌清唱不胜春。”吴国的旧苑荒台上的杨柳又长出新枝(荒凉一片),遥想当年这里笙歌曼舞,那盛景比春光还美(不胜春:春光也不胜它)。这里是以杨柳的繁茂衬托荒凉。

“阶前碧草自春色,隔叶黄鹂空好音。”(杜甫《蜀相》)一代贤相及其业绩都已消失,如今只有映绿石阶的青草,年年自生春色(春光枉自明媚),黄鹂白白发出这婉转美妙的叫声,诗人慨叹往事空茫,深表惋惜。

“朱雀桥边野草花,乌衣巷口夕阳斜。”(刘禹锡《乌衣巷》)朱雀桥边昔日的繁华已荡然无存,桥边已长满杂草野花,乌衣巷已失去昔日的富丽堂皇,夕阳映照着破败凄凉的巷口。

6、南浦在中国古代诗歌中,南浦是水边的送边之所。

屈原《九哥·河伯》:“与子交手兮东行,送美人兮南浦。”江淹《别赋》:“春草碧色,春水渌波,送君南浦,伤如之何!”范成大《横塘》:“南浦春来绿一川,石桥朱塔两依然。”古人水边送别并非只在南浦,但由于长期的民族文化浸染,南浦已成为水边送别之地的一个专名了。

7、长亭是陆上的送别之所。

李白《菩萨蛮》:“何处是归程?长亭更短亭。”柳永《雨霖铃》:“寒蝉凄切,对长亭晚。”李叔同《送别》:“长亭外,古道边,芳草碧连天。”很显然,在中国古典诗歌里长亭已成为陆上的送别之所。

8、琴瑟(1)比喻夫妇感情和谐,亦作“瑟琴”。

《诗·周南·关雎》:“窈窕淑女,琴瑟友之。”又《小雅·常棣》:“妻子好合,如鼓琴瑟。”

(2)比喻兄弟朋友的情谊。

陈子昂《春夜别友人诗》:“离堂思琴瑟,别路绕出川。”

9、螟蛉《诗·小雅·小宛》:“螟蛉有子,蜾赢负之。”蜾赢(一种蜂)捕螟蛉为食,并以产卵管刺入螟蛉体内,注射蜂毒使其麻痹,然后负之置于蜂巢内,作蜾赢幼虫的食料。古人错以为蜾赢养螟蛉为子,因把作为螟蛉养子的代称。

10、鸿雁

《汉书·苏轼传》载,匈奴单于欺骗汉使,称苏武已死,而汉使者故意说天子打猎时射下一只北方飞来的鸿燕,脚上拴着帛书,是苏武写的。单于只好放了苏武。后来就用“鸿燕”、“雁书”、“雁足”、“鱼雁”等指书信、单讯。如晏殊《清平乐》:“生笺小字,说尽平生意。鸿雁在云鱼在不,惆怅此情难寄。”李清照词云:“雁字回时,月满西楼。”李清照另一首词云:“好把音书凭过雁,东莱不似蓬莱远。”大雁在这里是传书的信使。

11、神器指帝位、政权。

《老子》:“将欲取天下而为之,吾见其不得己。天下神器,不可为也。”

12、月老

传说唐朝韦固月夜里经过宋城,遇见一个老人坐着翻检书本。韦固前往窥视,一个字也不认得,向老人询问后,才知道老人是专官人间婚姻的神仙,翻检的书是婚姻簿子(见《续幽怪录·定婚店》)。后来因此称煤人为月下老人,或月老。

13、陶朱春秋时越国大夫范蠡的别号。

相传他帮助勾践灭吴后,离开越国到陶,善于经营生计,积累了很多财富,后世因此以“陶朱”或“陶朱公”来称富商。

14、祝融

传说中楚国君主的祖先,为高辛氏帝喾的火正(掌火之官),以光明四海而称为祝融,后世祀为火神;由此,火灾称为祝融之灾。

15、秋水秋水,喻指眼睛,形容盼望的迫切。《西厢记》第三本第二折“望穿他盈盈秋水,蹙损他淡淡春山。”春山,指眉。

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篇9:就事论理法的论证方法的作文写作技巧

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要熟练说理的艺术,必须懂得基本的论证方法,就事论理法的论证的方法。写作议论文如果不善说理,也就是不善论证 。所谓论证,就是运用典型的论据来阐明论点和证明论点的方法,可以说,论证方法运用 恰当,论点、论据之间的逻辑关系紧密,论文也就深刻有力,下面介绍一些常见的论 证方法。

所谓就事论理法,就是人们常说的用事例进行论证,通过对具体事例的分析,揭示其蕴含的 普遍意义。这种方法可以运用正面事例进行论证,也可以运用反面事例进行论证,如:

《小议“知错就改”》

廉颇与蔺相如的故事大家都知道吧!渑池会上,蔺相如立了功,回国后,赵王 任命他做上卿,位在廉颇之上。廉颇不服气,瞧不起蔺相如,还说要羞辱他。而蔺相如不予 理会,以国家大事为重。廉颇听说以后,觉得蔺相如很宽厚,就赤膊背着荆条亲自到他家请 罪。他们从此成了同生共死的朋友。这就是传颂千古的“将相和”。

蔺相如的宽宏大量暂且不说,廉颇的知错就改就很令人佩服。

人无完人,这是大家都相信的,每一个人都或多或少有一些小毛病和错误,但很多人的小 毛病和错误都没能改掉,理由是:改不了。有的人明知自己错了,却不想去改,也许 碍于面子,出于自尊心,也就将错就错了。这些人都没能像廉将军那样知错就改。难道廉将 军就没有自尊心吗?只要想改正错误,其它的因素就不重要了。只是人们没有意识到知错就 改的必要性。

千里之堤,毁于蚁穴。这已经是听得耳根都生茧子的一句话。如果开始有了蚂蚁,那怕是多 一些,能够被除去,那么也不至于千里之堤都毁了吧!人有错误和缺点没关系,只要下决心 去改正,那就会日臻完善的。如果不去改正,天长日久就会因一错再错而铸成大错,到那 时就悔之晚矣。

鲁迅先生小时候,有一次为了给母亲抓药上学迟到了,受到老师批评(老师是不知情的)。自 那天起,鲁迅再也没有迟到过,仍然天天去抓药,却总是早早的到书塾去。他当时并没因为 有理由,而且是正当理由便不去改正它。这也是知错就改的一个好例子。

总之,知错就改有利于自己的提高,要做到这一点,既容易也不容易,关键是看你怎样面对 人生,面对自己的过失。终身求善知美者必以闻过修身为大德;否则,诿过贻患,不但注定 成不了大事,还可能引来蚁穴溃堤的难堪。(孙楠)

在这个习作中,作者运用了将相和的故事和鲁迅先生小时候的故事这样两个正面典型事例 来证明“知错就改”的重要性。像前面我们提到的习作《坚持就是胜利》一文中,还运用 了反面的事例进行论证。这都是就事论理法的运用。

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篇10:策划书的写作技巧方法

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一、策划书名称

尽可能具体的写出策划名称,如“×年×月××大学××活动策划书”,置于页面中央,当然可以写出正标题后将此作为副标题写在下面。

二、 活动背景 :

这部分内容应根据策划书的特点在以下项目中选取内容重点阐述;具体项目有:基本情况简介、主要执行对象、近期状况、组织部门、活动开展原因、社会影响、以及相关目的动机。其次应说明问题的环境特征,主要考虑环境的内在优势、弱点、机会及威胁等因素,对其作好全面的分析(swot分析),将内容重点放在环境分析的各项因素上,对过去现在的情况进行详细的描述,并通过对情况的预测制定计划。如环境不明,则应该通过调查研究等方式进行分析加以补充。

三、 活动目的、意义和目标:

活动的目的、意义应用简洁明了的语言将目的要点表述清楚;在陈述目的要点时,该活动的核心构成或策划的独到之处及由此产生的意义(经济效益、社会利益、媒体效应等)都应该明确写出。活动目标要具体化,并需要满足重要性、可行性、时效性

四、资源需要:

列出所需人力资源,物力资源,包括使用的地方,如教室或使用活动中心都详细列出。可以列为已有资源和需要资源两部分。

五、活动开展:

作为策划的正文部分,表现方式要简洁明了,使人容易理解,但表述方面要力求详尽,写出每一点能设想到的东西,没有遗漏。在此部分中,不仅仅局限于用文字表述,也可适当加入统计图表等;对策划的各工作项目,应按照时间的先后顺序排列,绘制实施时间表有助于方案核查。人员的组织配置、活动对象、相应权责及时间地点也应在这部分加以说明,执行的应变程序也应该在这部分加以考虑。

这里可以提供一些参考方面:会场布置、接待室、嘉宾座次、赞助方式、合同协议、媒体支持、校园宣传、广告制作、主持、领导讲话、司仪、会场服务、电子背景、灯光、音响、摄像、信息联络、技术支持、秩序维持、衣着、指挥中心、现场气氛调节、接送车辆、活动后清理人员、合影、餐饮招待、后续联络等。请根据实情自行调节。

六、经费预算:

活动的各项费用在根据实际情况进行具体、周密的计算后,用清晰明了的形式列出。

七、活动中应注意的问题及细节:

内外环境的变化,不可避免的会给方案的执行带来一些不确定

性因素,因此,当环境变化时是否有应变措施,损失的概率是多少,造成的损失多大,应急措施等也应在策划中加以说明。

八、活动负责人及主要参与者:

注明组织者、参与者姓名、嘉宾、单位(如果是小组策划应注明小组名称、负责人)。

注意:

1、 本策划书提供基本参考方面,小型策划书可以直接填充;大型策划书可以不拘泥于表格,自行设计,力求内容详尽、页面美观;

2、 可以专门给策划书制作封页,力求简单,凝重;策划书可以进行包装,如用设计的徽标做页眉,图文并茂等;

3、 如有附件可以附于策划书后面,也可单独装订;

4、 策划书需从纸张的长边装订;

5、 一个大策划书,可以有若干子策划书。

注:1、该策划书格式由我和我的学生助手张志永共同完成,感谢他的辛勤劳动;

2、本格式主要参阅书目类别为:营销策划、项目管理和创业计划指导书;

3、swot分析是现代管理一种分析技术,我们认为它的应用领域广泛,特将其引入大学活动策划 附:进行一次大学活动的基本步骤

一、活动若办,策划先行。策划是办活动的脉络,一份好的策划是成功的前提。

二、获得支持。获得领导的认可与支持,是一件非常有必要的事情;获得大型媒体的支持,你的活动就会变得特别好办,而且多半会成功。

三、组织任务小组,分配人员职责。权责相应,每个人都要非常明白自己的责任。注意,分配任务要以人为单位,而不能说某件事“你们几个做”,这样这件事情基本做不好。有几个方向:指挥中心,外联赞助组,现场工作组,宣传媒体组,现场秩序、礼仪接待组、应急人员。打印出权责清单,让每个人看得明明白白。并且,每天碰头一次,及时汇报进展,以便处理各种信息;

四、赞助或其他经费来源:寻找赞助商,与他们进行艰苦地谈判,最后取得双方能认可的协议,这是活动需要。有了经费,一切好办;注意:广告不能太过分,谈判一定掌握尺度,否则商业味道可能让晚会failing!

五、组合资源。有很多的道具、物品需要你尽快找到。就像个rpg游戏,你要懂得怎样获得资源,组合资源。

六、进行宣传。调足参与者的胃口,是广告、海报或其他媒体的职责。

七、现场必须有一个指挥中心,负责及时调度;

八、进行过程中,要有至少一种让所有工作人员沟通的方式。比如手机短信,纸条或手势。

九、特别提醒,那些领掌的,托儿,制造气氛的人员要特别安排好。想办好活动这是必须。

十、认真把参与活动的高层人物送走,不要失去任何礼节,记得向那些辛勤劳动却默默无闻的人员致敬!你的荣耀,他们才是真正的缔造者。当然,也欣赏自己的成功吧。

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篇11:2024中考英语作文:毕业感想

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导语:毕业,就像一个大大的句号,从此,我们告别了一段纯真的青春,一段年少轻狂的岁月,一个充满幻想的时代……下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的毕业感想英语作文,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

How time flies! I have studied in my school for three years. And I will graduate from middle school in a month. I am eager to share my happiness and sadness with you. I had so many memories in three years’ life. One of them impressed me very much. I still remember, when I began to learn English, I found it too difficult. No matter how hard I tried, I still couldn’t do well in it and almost gave it up. As soon as my English teacher found my problem, she had a talk with me about how to learn English well. Since then, she has kept helping me. Little by little, I’ve become interested in English and I’m good at it. I think I am so lucky to become one of her students. I’ve learned a lot from her. I will try to help others when they are in trouble. I think it is a happy thing to help others.

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时间过得真快!我在我的学校学习了三年。我将在一个月内从中学毕业。我渴望与你分享我的快乐和悲伤。在三年的生命中我有太多的回忆。其中一个给我留下了深刻的印象。我还记得,当我开始学英语的时候,我发现它太难了。无论我如何努力,我仍然不能做得很好,几乎放弃了。当我的英语老师发现我的问题时,她就如何学好英语和我进行了一次交谈。从那时起,她一直在帮助我。渐渐地,我对英语产生了兴趣,我擅长英语。我觉得我很幸运能成为她的学生之一。我从她身上学到了很多。当别人遇到困难时,我会尽力帮助他们。我认为帮助别人是件快乐的事。

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篇12:写作基础:十个作文高分开篇技巧

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导语:一篇好文章要有个好的开头,别开生面、新颖别致的开头,才有震撼力、吸引力,让人产生一种欲读之而后快之感。所谓“凤头”,亦是这个道理。文章开篇的方法众多,如下十二种方法是常用的:

一、开门见山,落笔扣题

所谓“开门见山”,是一种比喻的说法,指的是直截了当地切入要旨。

如《白杨礼赞》一开头就触及题旨:“白杨树实在是不平凡的,我赞美白杨树!”这种写法干脆利落,入题快捷,不枝不蔓,所以受很多同学所青睐。

二、引用经典,彰显底蕴

开头引用警句、名言、诗句或俗语、谚语等,能增强开端的气势,使人感到峥嵘、高远,达到吸引读者、突出中心的效果。

如下例几种常用的:

1.诗词开头

以诗句开头,气势磅礴,震撼人心。如:“莫等闲,白了少年头。”我的爸爸四十多了,白了头,可是依然很平凡……

2.俗语开头

俗语是孩子们所熟悉的,以此开头,倍感亲切,激发兴趣。如:中国有句俗语说:“三棒槌打不出一个屁来。”我的爸爸就是一个不爱说话的人……

3.名人名言开头

这种开头法不仅使你所要表达的意思简明扼要,言简意丰,而且能集中地表达文章的主旨,起到画龙点睛的作用,使文章增色不少。如一学生写《自信》:著名科学家爱迪生说:“自信是成功的第一秘诀。”是的,拥有自信,不断努力,就能获得成功。

4.故事导入

引用一则典故或现实生活中的小故事来开头的方法,可以增加文章的趣味性,能引起读者的兴趣。如一学生写《宽容》时,这样开头:“一位理发师正在给周恩来总理刮脸,由于周总理咳嗽了一声,理发师不小心将他的脸刮破了,这时理发师紧张不已,以为周总理会大发雷霆。想不到,周总理却很抱歉地说:‘这不关你的事,要是在咳嗽之前给你打个招呼,你就不会刮破我的脸了。’这样一句暖人的安慰,我们可以从周总理身上看到可贵的品质——宽容。”

5.声音开头

对话、琴声、风声、雷声等等,都可以用来开头,信手拈来,渲染氛围。如:“请把我的歌,带回你的家,请把你的微笑留下……”每当耳边响起这熟悉的旋律,自己就像遇见了多年不见的老朋友一样,感觉格外亲切。

三、精辟修辞,韵味悠长

用修辞手法开头,易抒写作者心灵的感悟,引发读者赏读的情趣。

1.比喻

开头设喻,以引起读者对要说明的事物或道理的兴趣。如《中国石拱桥》开头:“石拱桥的桥洞成弧形,就像虹。”

2.对比

用对比来开头的方法,可以加强文采,有力地突出主题。如:古今中外,凡是在事业上有所造就、取得成功的人,其成功没有不是用辛勤的汗水换来的;反之,那些懒惰昏庸的人,则无法成就事业,由此可见,勤则成事,惰则败业。

3.排比

用排比句开头,句式整齐,语势铿锵,促人赏读。如:假如我是小鸟,我会记住那出生时的巢穴;假如我是树苗,我无法忘记那滋养我的土地;假如我是江河,那雪域高原成为我记忆中的烙印……

4.设问

设问开头,铺排文气,先声夺人。如:为什么服装设计师总要千方百计地设计一套又一套的时装?为什么我们的祖国在前进的号角中总夹杂着这样一句话——提倡科技创新?为什么一座座拔地而起的高楼不沿用20世纪五六十年代建筑的风格?一切的一切,只因为时代在变化,人的思想也在变化。时装要迎合时代潮流,发展要与时俱进,生活赋予了我们创新的动力。

四、借物联想,引发情趣

文章的开头或从远到近,或由此及彼,从别的事物写起,再联想到要写的事物上来,借以烘托要写的事物。

如一学生这样写《路》:日常行走的路有大路、小路之别,人生之路有正路、歧路之分。人,应该择路而行。

五、巧设悬念,曲径通幽

开头设置一个悬而未决的问题,引起读者的关注,激发读者的兴趣,同时增加文章的曲折,显现布局之美。如一学生写《感受生活之美》:“我快要死了——我躺在病床上,四周黑漆漆的一片,十分寂静,偌大的房间里,只能听得见我微弱的呼吸声。”

六、名人作答,启人深思

采用名人作答的方式展开文章,有利增强开端气势,给人高远之感。如一学生如此写《幸福》的开篇: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,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。”

七、场景描写,渲染气氛

描写法即借助某种修辞或某种描写技法,通过对景物的描写,渲染气氛,烘托氛围,为下文人物或事情的开端做好衬托铺垫。

请看《考试》一文的开端:教室外,呼啸着的北风挟着密集的雨点扑打在墙上,“嚓、嚓”地响,教室内,一场全能竞赛考试进行到了白热化的阶段。

八、交代要素,引人入胜

交代要素式也是写作文较为常见的一种开头形式,即交代记叙文的几要素:时间、地点、人物和事件。

如《捉鱼》一文的开头:“一个星期天的早晨,我和小辰拿着小盆,拎着小桶来到一条小溪边围坝捉鱼。”这样开头可以让读者清楚地了解到记叙文的几要素,为下文展开故事情节作准备。

九、介绍背景,蓄势待发

以介绍情况、交代背景的方式开篇,可以让读者充分了解事情原委,有利于对整篇文章的正确、顺利解读。这种方法主要用于写一些事件或重要人物的文章。

如《火烧赤壁》一文的开头:“东汉末年,曹操率领大军南下,想夺取江南东吴的地方。东吴的周瑜调兵遣将,驻在赤壁,同曹操的兵隔江相对。曹操的兵在北岸,周瑜的兵在南岸。”这个开头,使读者看了以后,对两军相对峙的形势、所处的地理位置和即将发生的事一目了然。

十、概括内容,凸显主旨

开头总领全文,下文则围绕着它进行“分述”,全文因此而比较有条理,而且可以让读者迅速了解文章梗概,一睹为快,为下文的阅读埋下情感基调。如作文《春花朵朵》一文的开头:

“五讲文明的春风,吹开了学校这万紫千红的百花园中的朵朵春花。让我们从这万紫千红的百花园中摘取几朵,领略一下那满园春色吧!”

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篇13:中考满分作文记叙文写作技巧

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《语文课程标准》指出初中生应“能写记叙文、简单的说明文、议论文和一般的应用文”,又要求写作能“合理安排内容的先后和详略,条理清楚地表达自己的意思”。中考作文评分标准对一类文在内容上的要求一般表述为“思路通畅,结构严谨,层次清楚”,“文章切题,中心明确,感情真实,内容充实”。可见,打好坚实的记叙文写作基础,是写好说明文、议论文的前提。作文,600字—800字的考场记叙文,要写得出彩,至少应符合以下五美:立意美、充实美、情感美、结构美、语言美。

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篇14:以变通为话题的中考写作素材

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导语:学会变通,是我们走向成功的必经路。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!

人想要生存,必须懂得变通。对那些华而不实、于身无益的东西就要果断舍弃。舍弃才能发展。

变通,变则通,通则达。一个裁缝在吸烟时不小心将一条高档的裙子烧了个洞,致使裙子成了废品。这位裁缝为了挽回损失,凭其高超的技艺,在裙子四周剪了许多窟窿,并精心修饰以金边,然为其取名为凤尾裙。不但买了个好价钱,还一传十,十传百,使不少女士上门求购,生意十分红火。他的灵通一变,不仅使他的生意红火,还令他的名声一震。所以,我们要学会改变自己的思维,学会变通,走向人生新方向!

学会变通,是我们走向成功的必经路。在十九世纪中叶,美国加利福尼亚洲涌来了大量的淘金者,淘金的人越来越多,金子就越来越难淘。当地的气候十分炎热干燥,水源极缺,不少人因为缺水而被渴死。一位十七岁的男孩亚默尔灵机一动,断然放弃淘金的念头,改为买水。他的这一行动引起了不少人的不解与讪笑。然而,当许多的淘金者空手而归时,亚默尔已成为一个小富翁了。亚默尔正是学会了变通,不执着于很多人已尝试过的失败的事物上,而是在同一种情况下转换思维寻求商机。他以改变自己为途径通向成功,这一点,往往是会被许多人忽视的。所以,学会变通,会使我们走向成功。

在充满不定性的环境中,有时我们需要的不是朝着既定的方向执着努力,而是在随机应变中学求生的出路;不是对规则的遵循,而是对规则的突破。我们不能否认执着对人生的推动作用,但也应该看到,在一个经常变化的世界里,灵活机动的行动比有序的衰亡要好得多。只知道执着的淘金者走向失败,而知道变通的亚默尔却成了富翁。

学会变通,我们就要合理的分析自己所处的环境。每个人的经历都是独一无二的,世上没有两个人的经历是一样的,世上没有两个人在相同的境遇中,所以我们就要针对自己所处的环境,结合自己的实际情况,进行有利于自己发展的变通。就像是鲁迅,处在中国危机之际,他清楚的认出到自己所从事的职业医生并不能医治好当时的中国,而通过文学作品可以影响人们的内心世界,改变中国的命运。所以他选择了变通,弃医从文,从而在一定程度上影响了中国,也改变了自己的命运,让自己活的更有价值。所以学会变通,我们要具体情况具体分析,通过变通找到更好的适合自己的发展途径。

学会变通,走向新的道路。改则通,通则顺,顺则生。于国如此,于身亦如此。让我们学会变通,创造新的生活。

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篇15:中考英语作文的亮点句型

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想让你的作文更上一个台阶吗?想让阅卷老师们耳目一新、眼前一亮吗?快来学习今天这几个亮点句型吧,让你的作文脱颖而出,让你的中考取得一个更好的分数!

一、~~~the + ~ est + 名词 +(that)+ 主词 + have ever + seen (known/heard/had/read, etc) ~~~ the most+ 形容词 + 名词 +(that)+ 主词 + have ever + seen(known/heard/had/read, etc)

Helen is the most beautiful girl that I have ever seen.

海伦是我所看过最美丽的女孩。

Mr. Chang is the kindest teacher that I have ever had.

张老师是我曾经遇到最仁慈的教师。

Yao Ming is the tallest basketball player that I have ever seen.

姚明是我所见过的最高的篮球运动员

Liu Xiang is the most hardworking sportsman that I have ever seen.

刘翔是我所见过的最勤奋的运动员。

二、Nothing is + ~~~ er than to + V Nothing is + more + 形容词 + than to + V

Nothing is more important than to receive education.

没有比接受教育更重要的事。

Nothing is more important than to potect our environment.

没有什么比环保更重要的事。

Nothing is more important than to gain knowledge.

没有什么比学习知识更重要的事。

三、~~~ cannot emphasize the importance of ~~~ too much.(再怎么强调...的重要性也不为过。)

We cannot emphasize the importance of protecting our eyes too much.

我们再怎么强调保护眼睛的重要性也不为过。

We cannot emphasize the importance of education.

我们再怎么强调教育的重要性也不为过。

四、There is no denying that + S + V ...(不可否认的……)

There is no denying that the qualities of our living have gone from bad to worse.

不可否认的,我们的生活品质已经每况愈下。

There is no denying that Lin Zhiling is the most charming actress I have ever seen.

不可否认,林志玲是我所见过的最有魅力的女演员。

五、It is universally acknowledged that + 句子~~ (全世界都知道……)

It is universally acknowledged that trees are indispensable to us.

全世界都知道树木对我们是不可或缺的。

六、There is no doubt that + 句子~~ (毫无疑问的……)

There is no doubt that our educational system leaves something to be desired.

毫无疑问的我们的教育制度令人不满意。

七、An advantage of ~~~ is that + 句子(……的优点是……)

An advantage of using the solar energy is that it wont create(produce) any pollution.

使用太阳能的优点是它不会制造任何污染。

An advantage of taking exercises is that it can make us keep healthy.

锻炼身体的优点是它可以让我们保持健康。

八、The reason why + 句子 ~~~ is that + 句子(……的原因是……)

The reason why we have to grow trees is that they can provide us with fresh air.

我们必须种树的原因是它们能供应我们新鲜的空气。

九、So + 形容词 + be + 主词 + that + 句子(如此……以致于……)

So precious is time that we cant afford to waste it.

时间是如此珍贵,它经不起我们浪费。

So beautiful is Xi Shi that we all like her.

西施是如此美丽,以致于我们都喜欢她。

十、Adj + as + Subject(主词)+ be, S + V~~~ (虽然……)

Rich as our country is, the qualities of our living are by no means satisfactory.

{by no means = in no way = on no account 一点也不}

虽然我们的国家富有,我们的生活品质绝对令人不满意。

十一、The + ~er + S + V, ~~~ the + ~er + S + V ~~~

The + more + Adj + S + V, ~~~ the + more + Adj + S + V~~~(愈……愈……)

The harder you work, the more progress you make.

你愈努力,你愈进步。

The more books we read, the more learned we become.

我们书读愈多,我们愈有学问。

十二、By +Ving, ~~ can ~~ (借着……,……能够……)

By taking exercise, we can always stay healthy.

借着做运动,我们能够始终保持健康。

By reading, we can broaden our horizon.

通过阅读,我们可以扩大视野。

十三、~~~ enable + Object(受词)+ to + V (……使……能够……)

Listening to music enable us to feel relaxed.

听音乐使我们能够感觉轻松。

Travelling enable our life to be enriched,

旅行能丰富人们的生活。

Watching movies enable our horizon to be broadened.

看电影能开阔视野。

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篇16:中考英语写作必备句子

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中考即"初中毕业和高中阶段招生考试",是选拔考试,但又是建立在义务教育基础上的选拔;中考要考虑初中学生升入高中后继续学习的潜在能力,但高中教育还是基础教育的范畴。yuwenmi小编提供一些中考英语写作必备句子给大家,欢迎借鉴!

1.People equate success in life with the ability of operating computer .

人们把会使用计算机与人生成功相提并论。

2. In the last decades, advances in medical technology have made it possible for people to live longer than in the past.

在过去的几十年,先进的医疗技术已经使得人们比过去活的时间更长成为可能。

3. In fact, we have to admit the fact that the quality of life is as important as life itself.

事实上,我们必须承认生命的质量和生命本身一样重要。

4. We should spare no effort to beautify our environment.

我们应该不遗余力地美化我们的环境。

5. People believe that computer skills will enhance their job opportunities or promotion opportunities.

人们相信拥有计算机技术可以获得更多工作或提升的机会。

6. The information Ive collected over last few years leads me to believe that this knowledge may be less useful than most people think.

从这几年我搜集的信息来看,这些知识并没有人们想象的那么有用。

7. Now, it is generally accepted that no college or university can educate its students by the time they graduation.

现在,人们普遍认为没有一所大学能够在毕业时候教给学生所有的知识。

8. This is a matter of life and death--a matter no country can afford to ignore.

这是一个关系到生死的问题,任何国家都不能忽视。

9. For my part, I agree with the latter opinion for the following reasons:

我同意后者,有如下理由:

10. Before giving my opinion, I think it is important to look at the arguments on both sides.

在给出我的观点之前,我想看看双方的观点是重要的。

11.There is no denying the fact that air pollution is an extremely serious problem :the city authorities should take strong measures to deal with it.

无可否认,空气污染是一个极其严重的问题:城市当局应该采取有力措施来解决它。

12.An investigation shows that female workers tend to have a favorable attitude toward retirement.

一项调查显示妇女欢迎退休。

13.A proper part-time job does not occupy students too much time .In fact ,it is unhealthy for them to spend all of time on their study .As an old saying goes :All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

一份适当的业余工作并不会占用学生太多的时间,事实上,把全部的时间都用到学习上并不健康,正如那句老话:只工作,不玩耍,聪明的孩子会变傻。

14.Any government which is blind to this point may pay a heavy price.

任何政府忽视这一点都将付出巨大的代价。

15.An increasing number of people are beginning to realize that education is not complete with graduation.

越来越多的人开始意识到教育不能随着毕业而结束。

16.When it comes to education ,the majority of people believe that education is a lifetime study.

说到教育,大部分人认为其是一个终生的学习。

17.The majority of students believe that part-time job will provide them with more opportunities to develop their interpersonal skills ,which may put them in a favorable position in the future job markets.

大部分学生相信业余工作会使他们有更多机会发展人际交往能力,而这对他们未来找工作是非常有好处的。

18.It is indisputable that there are millions of people who still have a miserable life and have to fact the dangers of starvation and exposure.

无可争辩,现在有成千上万的人仍过着挨饿受冬的痛苦生活。

19.Although this view is widely held ,this is little evidence that education can be obtained at any age and at any place.

尽管这一观点被广泛接受,很少有证据表明教育能够在任何地点任何年龄进行。

20.No one can deny the fact that a person’s education is the most important aspect of his life.

没有人能否人这一事实:教育是人生最重要的一方面。

21.According to a recent survey ,four-million people die each year from diseases linked to smoking.

依照最近的一项调查,每年有4,000,000人死于与吸烟相关的疾病。

22.The latest surveys show that Quite a few children have unpleasant associations with homework.

最近的调查显示相当多的孩子对家庭作业没什么好感。

23.No invention has received more praise and abuse than Internet.

没有一项发明象互联网同时受到如此多的赞扬和批评。

24.People seem to fail to take into account the fact that education does not end with graduation.

人们似乎忽视了教育不应该随着毕业而结束这一事实。

25.Many experts point out that physical exercise contributes directly to a person’s physical fitness.

许多专家指出体育锻炼直接有助于身体健康。

26.Nowadays ,many students always go into raptures at the mere mention of the coming life of high school or college they will begin. Unfortunately ,for most young people ,it is not pleasant experience on their first day on campus.

当前,一提到即将开始的学校生活,许多学生都会兴高采烈。然而,对多数年轻人来说,校园刚开始的日子并不是什么愉快的经历。

27.In view of the seriousness of this problem ,effective measures should be taken before things get worse.

考虑到问题的严重性,在事态进一步恶化之前,必须采取有效的措施。

28.Proper measures must be taken to limit the number of foreign tourists and the great efforts should be made to protect local environment and history from the harmful effects of international tourism.

应该采取适当的措施限制外国旅游者的数量,努力保护当地环境和历史不受国际旅游业的不利影响。

29.An increasing number of experts believe that migrants will exert positive effects on construction of city .However ,this opinion is now being questioned by more and more city residents ,who complain that the migrants have brought many serious problems like crime and prostitution.

越来越多的专家相信移民对城市的建设起到积极作用。然而,越来越多的城市居民却怀疑这种说法,他们抱怨民工给城市带来了许多严重的问题,象犯罪和卖淫。

30.Many city residents complain that it is so few buses in their city that they have to spend much more time waiting for a bus ,which is usually crowded with a large number of passengers.

许多市民抱怨城市的公交车太少,以至于他们要花很长时间等一辆公交车,而车上可能已满载乘客。

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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”.

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篇18:中考的英语作文提分技巧介绍

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中考英语作文是一大难点,怎么样让自己的作文更加的高分呢?下面请看语文迷网为大家整理的技巧

1、为了保证文章层次分明、条理清楚,要把时间固定下来,如:记叙一件事要用过去时;写经常发生的事或对人物的描写,要用一般现在时。整个文章中的人称要一致,首尾呼应,不要随意改动,以免造成误解。

2、不要为了追求“一鸣惊人”而去找一些生冷的词汇,对这些一知半解的词你不会用,不知道如何搭配,结果可能适得其反,使文章显的生硬、不协调,甚至错误百出,所以要使用有把握的词,避免不必要的失分。比如说发生了一起意外事件,我们通常用“have an accident ”来表示,不要错误的使用“have an incident”。

3、注意不同语言的表达习惯,也是写好英语作文的重要环节,如“我的理想是做一名歌手”,很多同学写成“My ambition is to do/make a singer,” “to do”表示“做”或者“干”,“to make”表示“制作”,而“做一名歌手”则表示“成为一名歌手”应该用“be/become a singer”;又如“看书、看报”应用“read a book/newspaper”,而不是“see a book/newspaper”。因此,平时应该注意不同语言的表达习惯,切忌望文生义或一味生搬硬套。

4、有些同学因怕出错而只写短句或简单句,写出的文章过于幼稚、空洞乏味。要使文章有血有肉就要把平时学的知识用进去,如:定语从句、宾语从句、非谓语动词和比较等句型,关键时用上一、二个,就能使文章不同凡响,更有文采,特别是对关联词的使用,如“so that”、“not…but ”“not only...but also”等,会使你的文章逻辑结构紧密、层次鲜明、条理清楚,更能显示出你的英文功底,但要做到这些并非一日之功,要靠平时的不断训练和积累。

5、最简单的增分点就是认真的书写。工整漂亮的书写会给评卷老师留下美好的第一印象,在扣分时自然会“手下留情”,而且很多地区都在写作上有1分的书写分。只要平时多下点功夫,得到这一分并不难。

注意事项:

最后将中考写作的基本步骤和技巧归纳为以下几个环节:

1、细心审题细读题目中每一项提示或观察所给的每一幅画,明确文章的中心思想,弄清题意,确定写作体裁,掌握所要表达的要点做到心中有数,避免随心所欲,文不对题。

2、理顺要点在所给提示或图上标出要点,然后按事件先后的顺序或各要点之间的内在联系排序,分出层次。如果是看图作文,则要按图构思,这样做既可避免要点遗漏,又可使表达内容条理清楚。

3、构成框架将理顺的要点或每幅图画的含义加以连贯,构成写作的整体框架,进一步定人称、定时态语态、定顺序、定段落、定开头结尾。基本框架构成后,写作就有了把握。

4、组织句子用自己最熟悉的短语或句型将理顺的要点逐句表达出来,多用简单句,用有把握的复合句。要扬长避短,避难就易。若遇到表达障碍,可换一种说法,将一句变成两、三句,只求达意。

5、串句成篇将写好的句子连贯地组织起来,注意上下句的逻辑关系,适当采用递进、让步、转折、因果等关联词语,使短文浑然一体,层次分明,过渡自然。6、检查修改文章草成后,默读1~2遍,检查修改,尤其要注意人称、大小写、拼写、习惯用语、格式有无错误,要点有无遗漏,文句有无语病,词数是否恰当,行文是否连贯。

英语写作水平的提高是一个渐进的过程,只要同学们在平时多加训练,多读文章,做一个有心人,就能在中考作文中取得理想的成绩。

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篇19:2024初三中考英语作文技巧:常用多变句式

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如果一百份试卷里都是清一色的“I think”简单句,那阅卷人读起来将会多么的乏味,乏味至极的阅卷人又如何能给得出高分?所以,我们在写句子的时候,要尽可能的变换句式和结构,让文章富于变化,错落有致。具体地说:中考作文中,我们可以尝试使用更多的复合句,主要是宾语从句、状语从句以及尝试变化语态。例如,2008年中考北京卷作文题,以汶川地震为背景描写一个叫做林浩的小英雄的故事以及自身感受。其中有一句细节描写叫做“他救出了自己的同学并步行七小时到达安全地点。”例文给出的句子是“he saved two of his classmates. Then he walked for seven hoursto safety。” 这句话我们可以改写成为一个从句:saving two of his classmates, Lin Haowalked for seven hours to safety。

如果再加上语态的变换,还可以改写成:Being saved from the earthquake, two of LinHao’s classmates walked for seven hours to safety with Lin Hao。这样的变化在作文中能够主动使用的话,一定会增加阅卷人的青睐,从而给你的文章增加获胜的筹码。

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篇20:2024中考写作素材:再坚持一下

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导语:人生固有它的磨难和困境,当我们独行于茫茫黑夜,会不同程度地产生绝望情绪,可是大多数时候光明距我们仅差一步,只需——再坚持一下。下面是yuwenmi小编为大家整理的中考作文素材,欢迎阅读与借鉴,谢谢!

有一个故事,大意是说由于缺水而被困在沙漠里的两个旅人,一个旅人要抓住最后一线希望去找水,便将自己的水袋交给同伴说,你一定要耐心等待。临行前他拔出一支手枪:“里面有5颗子弹,你每隔一小时就向天空的一枪,这样我就不会迷失方向,找到水便能循着枪声返回你身边了。”?

同伴等呵等,等枪里还剩下最后一颗子弹时,他还没有回来,是被风沙吞没了还是找到水自己离开了?一种深深的恐惧和绝望吞噬着他的精神和灵魂,他将最后一颗子弹打进了自己的胸膛。?其时,他的同伴刚刚向一位赶骆驼的老人讨到了水,当他寻着枪响的方向找到原处时,看到了同伴的尸体。就差一步,他没有等到。

前不久看到一篇报道,说一对下岗夫妻几经商海的沉浮与磨难后还是陷入了“绝境”,最后一个已成交的客户也迟迟不能兑付他们货款,在各种沉重的压力聚拢之时,他们绝望了,打开煤气抱着三岁的女儿自杀了。几日后,一个人登门感觉情况不对,才报了警,发现了这个悲剧。这个人就是他们的最后一个客户。原来他刚刚把拖欠的一笔不小的款汇入他们的账号,想要通知一声时,电话无论如何也联系不上,才亲自登门。这笔款足能够让那对夫妻东山再起……就差一步,他们没有等到。

人生固有它的磨难和困境,当我们独行于茫茫黑夜,手足无措的时候,都会不同程度地产生绝望情绪,只有凭着坚强意志抓住希望后,回首才发现,一切其实都没什么大不了的。何况,大多数时候光明距我们仅差一步,只需——再坚持一下。

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