高中英语写作的基础训练4篇 作文题目【优秀20篇】

1、审题：审题是做到切题的第一步。所谓审题就是要看清题意，确定文章的中心思想、主题，并围绕中心思想组织材料。

2、进行构思，列出简单的提纲，打造文章之骨架：审好题、立好意后，就要写提纲，打造文章的骨架。文章布局要做好几件事：安排好层次段落，铺设好过渡，处理好开头和结尾。

3、扩展成文：根据字数多少扩展成篇。扩展的内容一定要紧扣主题，千万不要写那些与主题不相关的内容。展开的方式包括：顺序法、举例法、比较法、对比法、说明法、因果法、推导法、归纳法和下定义等。可以根据需要任选一种或几种方式。

在这一步骤中还需注意三方面问题：

1、确保提纲中段落结构的思路与各段主题句的一致性。只有这样，才能保证所写段落不偏题、不跑题。

2、要综合考虑各个段落的内容安排，避免段落内容的交叉。

3、用好连接词，注意段落间、句子间的连贯性。要做到所写文章层次分明，思路清晰，文字连贯，就需要在句与句之间、段与段之间架起一座座桥梁，而连接词起的正是桥梁作用。

在扩展的过程中也有些窍门，以下几点可供参考：

1、在整篇文章中，避免只是用一两个句式或重复用同一词语。英语中存在着极为丰富的同义词，准确地使用同义词可以给读者清新的感觉。同时要灵活运用各种句式，如倒装句、强调句、省略句、主从复合句、对比句、分词短语、介词短语等，从而增加文章的可读性。

2、使用不同长度的句子。如果一个意思用一句话写不清楚的话，通过分句和合句或用两句、三句来表达，增强句子的连贯性和表现力。

3、改变句子的开头方式，不要总是以主、谓、宾、状的次序。可以把状语至于句首，或用分词等。

4、学会使用过渡词。递进furthermore，moreover，besides，in addition，then，etc ;转折however，but，nevertheless，afterwards，etc ;总结finally，at last，in brief，to conclude，etc ;强调really，indeed，certainly，surely，above a11，etc ;对比in the same way，just as，on the other hand，etc。

5、确定文章用第几人称写，基本时态是什么。使用人称时人物不能张冠李戴或指代不明。时态要尽量保持一致。

检查修改：要检查复核，不要写完了事。

要留时间通读全文，修改可能出现的错误。检查上下文是否连贯，句子衔接是否自然流畅。检验的标准主要是句子是否通畅，该用连词的地方用了没有，所用的连词是否合适，是否有语法错误，主谓是否一致，动词的时态、语态、语气的使用是否正确，词组的搭配是否合乎习惯，是否有大小写、拼写、标点错误等，还有就是注意卷面整洁。

可归纳为：中心突出，主题明确;层次清楚，条理清晰;表达

【摘要】考研英语作文的评分，首先关注的就是单词、句子、格式的正确性。因此，在作文的复习中，不能只关注高端句型，正确的格式也是不容忽视的。

写作格式错误主要包括题目的写法、文章的格式、大小写以及标点符号等四个方面。

题目的写法

题目是首先映入读者眼帘的，所以要注意题目的书写位置。一定要在试卷作文纸上的上方中间位置书写。同时还应在话题和正文之间留出一定的距离，即比正文行距稍宽一些。

其次，要注意题目的大小写，实词的首字母一定要大写。其它虚词如冠词、连词（但如连词的字母多于5个时则大写)和介词首字母不需要大写。比如：

跳动的心（例子）

误：Attitudes Toward Money

正：Attitudes toward Money

文章的格式

1、四边留空：卷面的四边一定要留出适当的空白。这样的文章才能整齐、美观，给人以清晰、明快的感觉。

2、空格：文章的每段的首行一定要有统一的空格（一般缩进4-6个字节）。

大小写方面的错误

在考研文章的评改过程中，有关大小写方面的错误层出不穷，这是考生的一个弱点。一般来说，大写规则有以下几条：

1、大写每句话的第一个字母和直接引语的第一字母

如：He said,He is going to Shanghai next week.

2、大写专有名词，或用作专有名词的部分普通名词，通常是缩略形式

如：DrG .G . East

3、大写缩写字母

如：MPA ,MBA ,BBC

4、文章标题要大写

5、头衔在专有名词前要大写，在专有名词后就小写

例如：Captain SmithSmith, the captain；Uncle GeorgeGeorge ,my uncle

标点符号

考生在写文章时，一定要注意正确使用标点符号，切忌从头到尾只用逗号的现象。一定要熟练掌握常用标点符号的基本用法，尤其要正确使用逗号和分号。

三段式作文注意事项

1、作文卷面要保持整洁，不要连笔，不要涂改，这是获取印象分的重点。很多考生由于在考场过于紧张导致作文的单词老是写错，这是致命伤啊，会直接让你越写越没感觉就越没信心了，所以平常要加强练笔！

2、全文的第一句和各段的第一句必须是文章的中心句，最好能用复杂句表达。这是因为阅卷老师一般没有那么多的时间去看作文，所以只能大概浏览下各段的首句，这是获得高分的关键。

3、全文结构布局：全文分为三段，第一段3句，第二段5句，第三段4句，可根据具体情况调整。段落中，第一句是topic ，第二三句是detail ，第三句是conclusion 。

另外为了方便大家学习，提高复习的效率。小编为广大学子整理了考研技巧和考试大纲，更有历年真题提供测试等等。针对每一个科目进行深度的探讨和技巧挖掘。欢迎各位考研的同学进行了解和资讯。考研的痛苦是难免的,不要丧失信心,坚信苦尽甘来。预祝各位学子取得成功！

[考研英语作文常见的四个写作格式错误

导语：如何写好高中作文，这是很复杂的问题。下面是小编为您收集整理的写作指导，希望对您有所帮助。

一、文章形式的革命——夹叙夹议

尽快脱离初中只重记叙，笼统归结的写法。高中的作文记叙只向最高水平开一条缝，你得复杂记叙，融情思与哲理于一炉，有最动人的细节和最精美的表达，巧妙蕴含深刻的思辨和无穷的回味，这不是一般人能做到的，更不是学不会议论抒情的同学的避难所。所以，比自己多练议论，远比固守初中记叙的窠臼要有前途。高中的记叙必须简约，只提炼能说明自己观点的内核，而尽量舍弃叙述的完整过程与细节。叙，惜墨如金;而起始学写议，应力求具体多点分析阐述。

二、文章立意的升华——深入浅出

叙完笼统归结是初中模式作文的又一通病，常常文章的结尾具有宽泛的普适性，而缺乏对文章应有之义作具体针对性的挖掘阐发，常常文章的“穿鞋戴帽”大到可以套在无数篇文章上，却没什么真正的思考。高中作文倘使还用夹叙夹议，也要对叙的材料反复推敲，找出几例可以统一在一个观点里的材料，就材料的不同侧面来评析议论，最后上升归结出恰当切题、言之有物的中心。

三、文章表达的提高——点睛生花

好的文笔追求更高效率、更多意蕴。描述中就渗透情思与评析，这是较高水平的表达。一般的叙议分段，也应注意所叙材料紧贴自己的议论，议论应采取逐层推进，前后分界，避免相互缠绕。但又必须前后连贯，形成一个整体。在文章中一定写好精心组织的关键议论，努力使文章多处呈现运用一定修辞的文采。

话题作文训练举隅

话题作文的基本要求：话题作文还是要审题，所写内容必须在话题范围之内。“立意自定”，关键要读懂话题关键词的意旨，若给出导语提示，还应划出导语中包含归结的关键语词。一般初学者，首先要注意让这些关键词贯穿在自己作文的始终，统帅自己的文意。

规定“题目自拟”，一定不要用话题作标题。1、标题范围尽量要小，不要太大太泛;要合理出新，不落俗套。2、标题不能过长，可以采用副标题的方式对主标题加以限制。3、标题要含蓄，把思维蕴涵于形象的标题之中。

Hi, TigerMom ,

What puzzles you is actually a puzzle for many parents in China . My idea

is that it is quite right for you to do so .

Although high grades are an important factor in evaluating students and for

their future university admission , development in wisdom emotion ,health and

life attitude should never be ignored . There are many examples around us . Some

all—A students in school have turned out not to be as successful in society as

they were expected. The reason is often that the pressure from their parents

allows them almost no time for other activities . Furthermore , punishment is by

no means a wise choice to help them grow up mentally and physically .

So I suggest that you take your friends’ advice . More importantly, let her

live like a lovely girl ; let her have more friends and social activities ; and

let her make mistakes of her own as we teenagers often do .

However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it

hard names. It is not as bad as you are.

It looks poorest when you are richest. The fault-finder will find faults in

paradise. Love your life, poor as it is.

You may perhaps have some pleasant, thrilling, glorious hours, even in a

poor-house. The setting sun is reflected from the windows of the alms-house as

brightly as from the rich mans abode; the snow melts before its door as early

in the spring. I do not see but a quiet mind may live as contentedly there, and

have as cheering thoughts, as in a palace.

1)做模版：拿几片范文，找几句比较拽的结构型句子，拼凑出一个你自己顺手的框架即可。不用到处找，也不用找很多，一个框架即可，当然，准备一些可以替换的词：比如recommendation替换conclusion.漂亮句子很多，但若水三千，我只掬一瓢饮。

2)找出主要的错误类型，每种写出一道两句经典的表述即可。

3)考时30分钟分三个阶段：一)12-15分钟，写出完整的第一段，三个征文段的topic sentence，和完整的末段。写第一段的同时就构思topicsentence,末段无非是重复结论和三句topic。这样的好处是结构已经完整了，你不用慌了。。二)13-10分钟，完成三段正文。我以前觉得这个很困难，后来想通了。无非是把这层意思说清楚就行。3句话就够了。也够长了。三)5分钟check.还一个作用时，是在前面没有完成，还有一个buffer,也不至于弹尽粮绝。

4)非常措施：考试万一时间不够，首段就抄原句;如果时间还不够，末段就cut-paste首段和topic 的文本，稍加修改即可。但是，结构是完整的。

5)ok作文法的精髓和适用范围：精髓：看上去很美。适用范围：不想得6分的人(因为想的6分的人追求的是实际上也很美。如果运气好，可以的5分，运气不好，可以的4分。

Florence is my favorite city.Its name in Italian means "the city of flowers".And it is located in central Italy.In the north of it are Careggi mountain and Rifredi mountain.Besides,there are always many fine days in Florence.During the 15th century to the 16th century,Florence was the most famous art center in Europe.It is the birthplace of Renaissance,many great artists were born here,like Dante.For me ,Florence has its special meaning.My favorite man who has been living in my heart for two years called Xiang Yutian.Since we first met,his dream is to go to Florence.But his dream failed to be realized until he lost his memory.It is such a great pity.So,if you havent still made up your mind,listen to me,go to Florence and hug the person you love.

[高中英语作文200字

（一）作文基础知识

1、审清题意：“五审”

（1）审清体裁（记叙文、应用文、说明文）

（2）审清题材（人、物、事、景）

（3）审清范围（时间、地点、人称、事件、对象具体限制）

（4）审清主题（中心思想）

（5）审清其他要求（附加要求）

2、确定主题：“四要”

（1）主题要正确（反应生活实际）

（2）主题要集中（一个文章不能多个主题）

（3）主题要鲜明（明确表达自己对事物的态度和立场）

（4）主题要深刻（深挖内涵思想）

3、选择材料：“四要”

（1）围绕主题选择材料（多写与主题相关的内容）

（2）选择真实的材料（真实可信，具有代表性和典型性）

（3）选择新颖的材料（新人新事）

（4）选择独有的材料（具有创新性）

4、编写提纲“五点”：

（1）拟好题目

（2）确定主题

（3）段落安排

（4）每段的主要意思

（5）重点段落的层次安排和内容

5、修改文章“五看”：

（1）是否切题

（2)主题、思想是否明确、突出

（3）看材料是否符合主题、内容是否具体、完整

（4）看语言是否通顺、用词是否准确，有无错别字

（5）看标点是否正确。

（二）看图作文“一看二写，四要两注意”

“一看二写”：先看图，再写作文

“四要”：仔细观察图画；展开合理想象；突出主题、抓住重点；分清主次，具体描写。

“两注意”：看清全画面内容；分清图上内容主次和表达的中心。

（三）记叙文·记事

（1）写清楚事件发生的时间、地点以及事情的发生、发展和结果。

（2）事件经过写具体

（3）按事件的发展顺序来写

（4）注意表达真情实感

（四）记叙文·写人

（1）确定写作对象

（2）确定人物的思想品质

（3）选择典型的具体事例

（4）抓住最能表现人物思想品质的外貌、语言、动作、心理、环境进行描写。

（5）注意表达自己的真实感情

（五）记叙文·状物——“五要三注意”

“五要”：

（1）抓住物的特征

（2）按一定顺序写

（3）既写静态又写动态

（4）展开想象，运用拟人等手法把内容写具体

（5）托物言志，借物抒情

“三注意”：

（1）仔细观察、抓住特征

（2）明确中心，展开想象

（3）根据内容，安排顺序。

（六）记叙文·写景

注意六点：

（1）抓住景物特征

（2）注意时间、地点、气候等因素的影响

（3）景物特点安排恰当的顺序

（4）采用多种手法表现景物特点及变化

（5）写出自己的感受

（6）借景抒情

（七）应用文

1、应用文大多以记叙文为基础，但是还要特别注意的是各种应用文的格式

2、常见应用文类型：书信、读后感、通知、留言条、表扬信、建议书和日记。

3、具体格式：

（1）标题居中。（除了书信、留言条和日记没有标题，其他皆有）

（2）正文：另起一行空两格。

（3）署名和日期：先写署名，另起一行写清“*年*月*日”。

要想写好作文，在作文上拿高分必不可少的技巧，下面是小编收集了高中作文写作方法，欢迎阅读。

一、靓丽标题 引人眼球

小引

俗语说：“看书看皮，看报看题。”这句话强调了标题的重要性­——它是首先映入眼帘中的“信息波”，起着“先声夺人”的作用。郭沫若曾作过这样的考证：“题”的本义是指“额”;而“目”自然是指眼睛。文章的标题犹如一个人头部的“额”和“目”那样重要。因此，有效地提高学生的写作水平，不能忽视标题制作这一环节，应该做到“题不新颖誓不休”。

可是，不少同学不重视拟题，因而陷入了一些误区。

A、照搬话题。话题本身不是题目，只是一个写作范围。这个写作范围，空间大、角度多、立意广，给考生提供了充分发挥联想、想像的天地。考生应根据自身的认识实际，构思、立意，拟题，如果把话题当作文章标题，显然有违“自拟题目”的写作要求，属于审题不清。

B、因袭旧题。拟题思维狭窄，袭人陈题，落入窠臼，没有新意，没有创造。

C、空大玄题。拟题或空洞无物，下抽象定义;或大而无边，喊标语口号;或故弄玄虚，编鬼怪故事，均没有针对性。

D、文不对题。标题与内容没有联系，甚至风马牛不相及，题文不符，文不对题。

E、没有标题。有些考生平时写作文就就养成了不良习惯，往往是先写正文，后拟题目。在考试时也是这样，导致完卷时间不够来不及拟题，因而粗心忘记拟题，也就犯下了有文无题的毛病。

其实，写出一篇作文，好比是进行一次“革命战争”。就像中国的南昌起义、美国的莱克星顿枪声一样，对于一篇考场作文能否拟好题目，“打响胜利的第一枪”，获得“一枪中的”、“一鸣惊人”的“战果”，直接影响到“革命战争”的全局，即影响到整篇文章的艺术魅力。那么，作为考生我们如何打好这一枪，“击中”我们阅卷教师的目光，以期打赢这场没有硝烟的“革命战争”呢?

方法点拨

考场作文拟题应注意的方面很多，归纳起来，大致有以下十个方面：

一、引用诗歌词句

诗词名句，脍炙人口;流行歌曲，清新明快。引用诗歌拟题，警醒传神，使文题具有优雅的古典韵律之美或浓烈的时代气息。如《无边落木萧萧下》、《万紫千红总是春》、《横看成岭侧成峰》、《剪不断，理还乱》、《我的未来不是梦》、《问世界情为何物》、《爱拼才会赢》等。

二、化用名著标题

名著“德高望重”，知名度高，富有极强的号召力和感染力。化用名著标题，“文”假“名”威，“文”未出而“名”先扬，又好比“旧瓶装新酒”，沁人心脾而韵味无穷。如《“诚信”漂流记》、《装在“包装袋”里的人》、《“刘麻子”上城》、《阿“D”正传》、《三块钱“硬”币》、《一个都不能“多”》等。

三、运用常见修辞

运用修辞拟题，能增强文题的形象性和艺术魅力，使之更加准确贴切，生动鲜明，往往能激发读者的阅读兴趣和阅读欲望。如《给生命加点盐》(比喻)、《向孔子扔“手榴弹”》(比喻)、《没有被爱情遗忘的角落》(拟人)、《“红眼睛”来了》(借代)、《这不是“贪”又是什么》(反问)、《有“礼”走遍天下》(谐音)等。

四、套用符号公式

套用符号公式拟题，显得直观而醒目，且富有哲理，耐人寻味，往往能收到出奇制胜、一鸣惊人之功效。如《满堂灌VS满堂问》、《男孩幸运?女孩幸运?》《机会·实力·运气》、《外表美≠真美》、《友谊=善良+诚实+互助》、《7-1

五、借用熟语、流行语

熟语约定俗成，通俗而含蓄，用熟语拟题，“借它山之石”，“攻”而“玉”成，匠心独运;流行语，新潮前卫，“与时俱进”，借用流行语拟题，标新立异，时髦亮丽，让人耳目一新。如《黑马》、《近墨者必黑》、《生命短路了》、《“酷毙”的陶渊明》、《非典——一场没有硝烟的“战争”》、《伊妹儿情节》、《举起2008·奥运的火炬》、《茅草屋里的“黑客”》等。

六、选用文体特征语句

在题目中直接显现文体特征可使文题“朴”中见“新”，别具一格，又可以增强文章的文化底蕴。如《致法官大人的一封信》、《阿Q日记》、《“一切向前看”主题班会》、《患者吴诚信的就诊报告》、《记一次“非典”案例》、《选择伟大心灵的实验报告》等。

七、运用逆向思维

运用逆向思维，就是要打破思维定势，与传统的一般人的“大众思维”完全相反，提出别具一格的见解，反向拟题，这样，往往能收到出奇制胜、振聋发聩之功效。如《“弄斧”必到“班门”》、《向挫折致敬》、《开卷未必有益》、《敌人——我的朋友》等。要注意：“反弹”是对“正弹”的突破，是对“正弹”的补充而不是否定，不能走极端。反弹琵琶拟出的题目一定要符合情理，要有一个“度”，要具体问题具体分析，不能“乱弹”。

八、选出口语化语句

口语化语句，轻松活泼，简短明快，带有较强烈的感情色彩、生活色调。选出口语化语句拟题，使文题更富有情趣，浑然天成而又摇曳多姿，使文章大有一吐为快之势。如《掌声响起来》、《来吧，亲爱的“2008”》《亚克西，中国人》、《老师，您太委屈了》、《瞧，这一家子!》等。

九、使用双标题

双标题中正题是副题的形式和物质，是“外簧”;副题是正题的内容和精神，是“内簧”。正副标题结合使用，“双簧”并演，内外结合，相得益彰，而且更能体现文章精神实质，显示作者的写作功力。如《高扬的船帆——纪念郑和下西洋》、《微笑竞争·携手同行——双赢的智慧》、《学会创造完善——从拾贝壳的女孩谈起》、《机关算尽太聪明，反误了卿卿生命——评〈红楼梦〉中的人物王熙凤》等。

十、试用“悬念”法

这种文题看似违背正常的逻辑思维，悖于常理，甚至有些“出乎意料”，实则活用了词语，活用了逻辑，等到把文章读完之后方知个中之妙，意味深长。用此法拟题往往有“画龙点晴”、“先声夺人”之功效，能吸引读者满怀疑惑地把文章通读下去，以揭开悬念谜底。如《一个美丽的错误》、《保鲜诚信》、《把自己打倒》、《拷问灵魂》、《我与秦始皇的一次邂逅》、《良心批发店》等。

总而言之，“花香蝶自来，题好一半文”。题目是文章的眼睛，作为学生，如何点好这个“睛”，这是一个在写作文的第一时间内必须解决的问题。以上所举的十个方面宜统筹兼顾﹑慎而思之，力争打好这关键的“一枪”，取得“开门红”，以期写出“上乘”文章。

二、拟好“题记”先声夺人

小引

题记是指写在文章题目下面、正文之前的文字。

有人说“题记乃是一句话的作文”, 此言极有见地。别看它篇幅短小, 然因其处于正文之首, 故意义实在小觑不得。而且正因为其篇幅短小, 故更须百炼千锤﹑字斟句酌。

陆机《文赋》云：“石韫玉而山晖,水怀珠而川媚。”题记，倘能显现出几缕哲思﹑几点诗意﹑几许情感﹑几分文采,从而凸现文章的主旨及情韵，激发读者阅读兴趣，就能收到先声夺人的艺术效果。似乎可以这样说,那题记犹如青山蕴藏的宝玉﹑绿水怀抱的珍珠,能使文章闪耀出璀璨的光芒。

写作文巧妙地拟写题记，字如珠玑﹑句如美玉,树起一道亮丽的风景线，使作品锦上添花。不少作者常苦心孤诣，拟写出的题记既具有生动的形象性, 又具有深刻的哲理性, 从而使文章达到如《文心雕龙·神思》所说的“吐纳珠玉之声, 卷舒风云之色”的艺术境界。

方法点拨

一、映衬式

利用名言或语句作题记，映衬人物形象的精神内核与人格品质，亦映衬出潜隐文间的浓郁情感与审美取向。

例：一学生写母亲对儿子的挚爱与眷恋，拟题为《煤油灯下》，题记用的则是孟郊的《游子吟》。

以此作题记，映衬出沉甸甸的母爱，亦折射出对母亲的挚爱感激之情，让读者未阅读全文便先感受到了情感的张力。

一学生写其父的坚强不屈，题拟为《父亲的脊梁》，题记引的是郑板桥的《题竹石》。以此作题记，映衬出父亲刚毅坚定的人格，亦表现出对父亲的景仰赞美之情。

二、注释式

籍用题记，对题目内涵作具体的解释，让人对其内涵有更为清晰的把握。

例：上海一考生写《“回声”的启示》其题记为：爱人者，人恒爱之;敬人者，人恒敬之。——孟子

此题记将“启示”内涵具体化、明确化，给予人生启迪，亦令人感受作者底蕴的厚实与思想的深邃。

陕西一考生2000年写的《五彩的幸福》，其题记为：生活如花，姹紫嫣红;生活如歌，美妙动听;生活如酒，芳香清醇;生活如诗，意境深远;生活如梦，绚丽多姿。

此题记富蕴诗意，诠释出幸福的多彩性，显现出习作者丰富的情感特质与良好的语言素养。

一考生写《感悟中学》的文章，其题记为：那时心灵深处一股清泉，流不尽，吐不完，一直奔流到永远永远，去浇灌我人生旅途中的一草一木。

小作者对中学生的感情作了诗意的阐发，表现出对美好生活的挚爱与赞美之情。文章情感因之升华，立意随之深化，具有厚重的质感。

四川一考生以“珍惜”为话题写作文时,摘抄了弘一法师李叔同的《送别》为题记：长城外, 古道边, 芳草碧连天。晚风拂柳笛声残, 夕阳山外山。 天之涯, 地之角, 知交半零落。一斛浊酒尽余欢, 今宵别梦寒。考生在考场上用此传唱了百年的名曲作题记,文未成而情先抒, 实在是妙不可言!此等题记除显示出作者深厚的文学积淀之外, 无疑会使文章增添浓厚的人文色彩, 因此怎能不吸引阅卷者的眼球呢?

三 、悬念式

以题记创设一个富蕴悬念的氛围，吸引读者。2001年，江苏一考生写的《一生的思索》其题记为：可笑的我啊，竟要用一生来思索这样一个问题。——席幕蓉《疑问》

此题记故置悬念：“可笑”为何?“一个问题”又是为何?“一生思索”又为何?令人一见题记，必欲读之而后快。

2002年一考生写的《那山、那月、那人》，其题记为：一面是贫困的小山村，一面是繁华的现代的大城市，这位刚毕业的师专学生将作出什么样的选择呢?

推出悬念，刺激读者阅读情绪，调动读者阅读兴趣。

四、点题式

以题记来点文旨，让人对文章承载的思想与情感有个明确的领会。

例：“路漫漫其修远兮，吾将上下而求索”，一同学写的《化蝶》作文就以此为题记，说自己只是一只毛毛虫，盼望着有蝴蝶那样优美的舞姿。以屈原的诗作题记，直接点明了文章所寓的人生理念，表达出习作者执著与不懈的人生追求。

另一同学以《追逐》为题记写作时，其题记为：我不一定在快乐地活着，但我一定是在追逐生活的快乐。

题记显示着作者积极的人生理念，令人感受其情感的炽热，生命血液的沸涌。

还一学生写某生从异地转入“我”班，因其貌不扬，故歧视之。后来觉得他心地善良，热心班级，作者审视生活、内省人生，感悟生活的真谛，心灵美乃为人生最伟大最崇高的美，故写下这样的题记：人生的真谛，别人无法教你，只能在生存的过程中自己体会。——[日本]井上靖

习作者在将此生活的感悟置入题记中凸现，令人感受其品味生活的深邃。

五、交代式

以题记的形式，对文题理由作简单说明，或对写作背景作以交代。

一学生写《这样，也是明智》，其题记为：冬天，从这里夺去的，春天会一丝不少地变换着形式交还给你。

此题记对文题的理由作了一个简单的交代，富蕴诗意，令人玩味。

一学生写的《永恒的经典》，其题记为：我曾在新浪检索与《大话西游》有关的网络，收获了38个，又在搜狐上搜索，收获了55个。

此作者以明确的数字，表示出《大话西游》的深入人心，对为什么说“永恒的经典”作了一个浅层说明，表示此对此作品的关注和热爱。

北京一考生写《起锚与弃锚》，其题记为：锚链一点点被拉起，前方是理想的彼岸， 不论此次航行是否平坦，不达彼岸, 我们决不弃锚!

以此作题记，将“起锚”与“弃锚”的关系作了一个简单明确的交代，确定了文章立意，表现了不畏困难、矢志追求人生的理念。

《撕开历史的伤口》一文的题记是：听唐家璇外长的一席话，我若有所思，义愤填膺，挑灯读书，以释胸怀，得此文。

交代写作理由，令人未见其人先感受其强烈的爱国热情。

九十年代初，徐思明老师参加《中国石油报》举办的“学铁人”征文活动时，撰写了一篇题为《永恒的路标》的文章，回忆60年代在大学读书时听铁人王进喜作报告的动人情景, 就曾拟写了这样的题记：滴水汪洋，芥子须弥，瞬间有时也是永恒……勘探局双文明建设新人新事总结活动中，徐老师又写了一篇题为《26个字母王国中的探索者》的文章，表扬了我校英语教研组的时宏老师，其题记是这样的：

智慧女神的右手握有一切真理，左手握着寻找真理的冲动。他却虔诚地作了这样的选择：“尊敬的女神，请给我左手吧!”

三、细描凤首话开头

小引

好的作品常常以第一段(第一句)取胜。不少作家为寻觅合适的开头而煞费苦心。精彩的开头从某种意义上说是一锤定音的，它常常对作品的基调，氛围，情境起定调作用。许多名著，无不以凤头取胜。

《三国演义》开篇就是“话说天下大势，分久必合，合久必分”。这个开头不仅为全书内容进行指向，同时也作为一句真理性的概括为后人所引证。

《安娜·卡列尼娜》的第一句是“幸福的家庭总是相似的，不幸的家庭却各有各的不幸”，以这哲理性的开头统率全篇，真令人佩服。

《六国论》的“六国破灭，非是不利战不善，弊在赂秦”，《任弼时同志二三事》的“弼时同志一生有‵三怕′：一怕工作少，二怕麻烦人，三怕用钱多”， 这些开头都引人入胜，启人心智。

作文开头方法很多，或紧扣题意，开宗明义;或欲扬先抑，引起波澜;或娓娓道来，解人疑窦;或设置悬念，引人入胜;或抒情达意，放纵奔流;或描景状物，渲染气氛;或提供背景，纵横辐射……

方法点拨

“先规矩而后巧”，这里对议论文开头的写作“规矩”做一点探索，供同学们参考。 一

一、正向切题法

1 说明

所谓正向切题，就是作文的开头语同作文的中心论点保持同一方向，直截了当提出论点。做法是，论点是什么就说什么，不枝不蔓。

这是最基本，也是最常用的开头方法。优点是：开门见山，一语破的;切题快捷，观点明确。

2 举例

例一

智慧大于力气

力气是有限的，而智慧是无穷的。做一件事，往往用力不能取得成功，用智慧却达到预想的目的。

例二

有感于中学生生活

现在的中学生生活实在太单调了 ，缺乏一种活力。我觉得，这种现状应该改变，中学生活需要一种开创性的活力，不能像公式一样。

这种方法也适用于材料型作文。下面是则材料，例三是阅读这则材料后，以正向切题法做的作文开头。

一个学生的学时计划表

5：00——6：15 起床，洗漱，学外语

6：15——7：00 吃早饭，上学

7：00——11：30 早自习，四节课

11：30——13：00 午休

13：00——14：40 两节课

15：00——17：00 自习，完成作业

17：00——18：30 晚饭

18：30——22：00 晚自习，复习功课

例三

投石荡开水中天

看了此表，我觉得它比较真实地反映出现在中学生那种只问学习，不问其余的生活。这种生活像一潭死水，很不适应邓小平同志提出的“三个面向”的需要，是应该投石一荡，对其加以改革的时候了。

3 分析

例一和例二都是直截了当提出论点;例三先说“读”，紧接着就提出论点，对材料内容不做任何复述。

4 练习

请用正向切题法，做出下列文题的开头

(一) 祸患常积于忽微

(二) 谈“竞争”

(三) 读《卖油翁》有感

二、反向切题法

1 说明

作文时，常常有这种情况：自己要论证的观点与传统的、一般人的观点相对或相反，而那些观点从某个角度说又没有错。为了不引起误解，作文开头先“反向”肯定那些观点，然后再回头提出自己的观点，这就是反向切题。

这是一种“反弹琵琶”的开头方法，常用来写感受独特，具有“反弹琵琶”新意的作文开头。优点是：开场圆满，滴水不漏。

2 举例

例一

失败与成功

人们常说：“失败乃成功之母。”这话有道理，但反过来说：成功乃失败之母，在某种情况下，却同样也不错。

例二

过犹不及

有人以为当前的改革大敌之一乃是祖传的“中庸之道”，即“不为福先，不为祸始”，不前不后，不死不活。这意见是不错的。然而还有一种祖传的毛病也不容忽视，那就是走极端。

这种方法也适用于材料型作文。下面是一则材料，例三是阅读这则材料后，以反向切题法做的作文开头。

人有卖骏马者，比三旦立于市，人莫之知。往见伯乐曰：“臣有骏马，欲卖之，比三旦立于市，人莫与之言。愿子还而视之，去而顾之。臣请献一朝之贾。”伯乐乃还而视之，去而顾之，一旦马价则十倍。

例三

不待扬鞭自奋蹄

一个单位的领导，不能发现自己手下的人才，这种情况着实可悲。但是再一想，一个有才能的人，不能在自己的工作中发挥特长，将其才干自我表现出来，使别人因了解自己而任用自己，只是“三旦立于市”地等待别人的发现，这种情况不也是同样可悲吗?

3 分析

例一的题目限定了议论的范围，一般人很容易想到“失败乃成功之母”这句话。此文却“反弹琵琶”确定了“成功乃失败之母”这个与前句相反的论点，要论证“成功后骄傲，也会导致失败”这样一个观点。但这并不是说“失败乃成功之母”这个观点错误，为消除误解，不遗漏洞，先“反向”肯定“失败乃成功之母”，然后回头提出自己的观点。例二论点是反对走极端，为了消除“反对走极端，那就走中庸之道”的误解，先“反向”肯定改革中庸的做法正确，再回头提出自己要论证的论点。例三根据材料，以反向切题法提出论点，不复述材料。

4 练习

请用反向切题法做出下列文题的开头。

(一) 重理莫轻文

(二) 文凭与学识

(三) 回忆《滥竽充数》的故事，以“谁是滥竽”为题，写出作文开头。

三、 设喻切题法

1 说明

设喻切题就是作文开头先叙述一个故事、寓言或者是笑话，做为譬喻，然后从譬喻中引出或总结出要论证的中心论点。

用这种方法开头，优点是：观点的提出顺理成章，论点未经正式论证已有立足的根基。但叙述要简要概括，能说明问题即可，不能有言必叙，甚或写成一篇小记叙文，以至影响论证。

2 举例

例一

不逐春风上下狂

明人刘基所写的《郁离子》上记载了这样一个故事：有人学做雨具，三年后手艺成而天大旱，雨具没人要;于是改做桔槔(一种汲水工具)。三年后手艺成而天大雨，桔槔又没人要了，于是他又回头来再做雨具。不久，农民蜂起造反，大家改穿戎服，很少用雨具的，他想再改行造武器，可是已经老了。

这个故事说明：做事最忌三心二意，随波逐流。

例二

欲速则不达

有个《揠苗助长》的故事，说的是：有一个人嫌田里禾苗长得慢，就一棵一棵的拔高一点，结果禾苗不但没长高，反而枯死了。它告诉人们一个道理：做事失其规律，欲速反而不达。

有些材料型作文，也可以用设喻切题法开头。下面是一则材料，例三是根据这则材料，以设喻切题法做的开头。

单调的电视节目

春节以来，某电视台连续一个月播放省级电视台春节联欢节目，开始观众反映较好;看多了便不以为然;到后来，看得腻了，甚至产生了反感。

例三

看电视与“喝鲜汤”

看了最近一段时间的电视节目，我想起了俄国寓言家克雷洛夫所写的一则寓言：一个叫桀米扬的人，做汤鲜美无比，受到客人好评。一次他又用拿手好汤招待客人，在他的力劝下，客人把汤直灌到嗓子眼，可这位桀米扬先生还是无休止地劝客人再喝一盆，客人吓得只好逃走。现在的电视节目与这则寓言有些相似。我觉得，做事情，即使是好事情，也要做的适当，见好即收。否则，过犹不及。

用设喻切题法开头，需要注意的是：设喻要恰当，从譬喻中要能够引出或总结出自己的观点，不能牵强附会，为设喻而设喻。请看下面的作文开头：

例四

积累以成学

东汉有这样一个故事：一个名叫陈蕃的少年，独居一室而庭院龌龊不堪。他父亲的朋友薛勤见状批评说：“孺子何不洒扫以待宾客?”他答道：“大丈夫处世当扫除天下，安事一屋乎?” 薛勤当即针锋相对地质问道：“一屋不扫，何以扫天下?”这句话问的好!没有一屋哪有天下，不积累点滴知识，也就不能成就学问。

3 分析

例一与例二都是先叙述一则寓言故事，即设喻，然后从中总结出要论证的中心论点;例三属一事一议，但开头并未对事情加以明确叙述，点一句后即设喻，然后写出自己的看法。例四的设喻内容与论点，看似一致，其实不然。“扫一屋”与“扫天下”实是“小事与大事”的关系，而不是说积累了“扫一屋”就能逐渐达到“扫天下”，所以，从此来喻积累，实属牵强。

4 练习

请用设喻切题法写出下列文题的开头：

(一)响鼓也要重锤敲

5 参考例文：

宋人王安石写过一篇《伤仲永》的短文，说一个叫方仲永的人，儿童时代写诗名扬县城，于是，他的父亲每天拉他周游混饭而不使之学，少年时代开始显得平凡，到了青年时代就“泯然众人矣”。这篇文章向人们揭示一个哲理：天资聪慧的人，也要勤奋努力，响鼓也要重锤敲。

As we all know, pollution is harmful to living beings. There are many different types of pollutions in this world. For instance, water pollution, air pollution, noise pollution and so on. Water pollution cause many kinds of disease that have negative effects on human beings, sometimes the diseases will take people’s life away. Dirty air will increase the rate of getting lung cancer. While the noise pollution will cause insomnia. People’s health condition will be damaged.

In my humble opinion, people should take measures to control the pollution. Recently, not only the government, but also individual has taken part in the action of protecting the environment. This is a good sign. Rivers are being cleaned, air is purified, and the people come to realize that the importance of protecting the environment.

However, this is not enough, the problems are still exist. Not all of them have been solved. Some factories are still pouring dirty water into the rivers or give off the toxic gas into the sky. We should know that protecting the environment needs everybody’s effort.

I have a cat named mimi. Its hair is as white as snow. I often play games with it. It amuses me a lot and I treat it as a little friend. Every morning, I would say goodbye to it before I go to school and mimi would wave its front-legs to me. It brings me a lot of pleasure. But it takes time and costs money to keep the cat. My parents and I spend much time taking care of it, feeding it and cleaning it. We have to clean the house from time to time, or the cat will make them dirty and smelly.

我有一只猫，名叫咪。它的毛像雪一样白，我经常和它一起玩。它使我很开心，我也把它当小朋友一样对待。每天早上，我去上学之前都会跟它说再见，它也人向我晃晃前爪。它给我带来了很多快乐。但是，养猫是要花费时间和金钱的。我父母和我花费很多时间照看它，喂它饭，给它洗澡。我们得经常打扫房间，否则，猫就会把屋子弄得又脏又难闻。

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

Today was Sunday, I was so happy because our family had a big meeting, we went to the park to have the barbecue. We called our relatives to join us, it was such a great party. As the family members haven’t got together for a long time, so my father decided to get everybody united. In the park, I played with my cousins, we were taking a visit of the park while the parents were doing the barbecue.

When my counsins and I played so tiredly, we went to join the grow-ups’ activities.

The fathers were talking about the business stuff, while the mothers were talking about the children and their daily life. Our family was so harmonious, we shared the things together and helped each other. I like this activity so much, I wish my families can have more time to be together.

今天是星期天，我很开心，因为我们的家庭有一个大聚会，我们去公园烧烤。我们叫上了亲戚来加入，这是多么盛大的派对啊。由于家庭成员间很久没有在一起了，因此父亲决定把大家团聚在一起。在公园里，我和表亲们在玩，我们在参观公园，而家长们则在烧烤。在表亲们和我玩累了，我们就加入大人们的活动。父亲们在谈论生意上的事情，然而母亲们在谈论孩子和日常生活。我们的家庭是那么的和谐，一起分享东西和彼此帮助。我很喜欢这样的活动，我希望我的家人们能有的时间相聚。

[高中英语作文：家庭烧烤

英语写作是语言综合运用能力的具体体现，也是很多高中学生学习中的弱项。如何提高自己的英语写作能力呢?

一、提高英语写作能力的原则

(一)渐进性原则。要坚持“句—段—篇”的训练程序，由易到难，循序渐进。在英语写作的初始阶段，要始终注意培养学生良好的写作习惯，狠抓基本功训练。在学生掌握了基本句型并能写出简单句子后，再要求学生根据一些体例写出小段的文章。在段落写作中要引导学生分析段落的结构、段落的中心句、句与句之间的逻辑关系、写作手法等，这样有利于下一步一篇文章的写作。在文章写作中要教会学生如何构思文章、如何运用正确的写作技巧等。

(二)多样性原则。要坚持训练形式的多样化及写作文体的多样性。从形式上而言，可以用回答提问的口头作文，也可以用续写故事;可以改写课文，也可以仿写课文;可以写提纲训练谋篇布局，也可以写拓展段训练发散思维……。从文体上而言，可以写说明文、议论文、记叙文，也可以写书信、便条、通知等实用文体。

(三)结合性原则。要坚持听说读训练和写训练相结合。根据语言习得理论，学习者在学习时常先通过听和读吸取语言知识，从而了解别人的思想，再通过说和写来表达自己的思想，让别人了解自己。大量的听说训练能促进读写能力的提高。因此，写与听说读紧密结合，进行多元化的能力训练，可使学生的各项能力互相影响、互相渗透、互相促进。

(四)控制性原则。要坚持写作前的指导，控制学生的汉语语言思维，发展英语语言思维。语言学习在很大程度上主要是模仿，而非随心所欲地自由表达。教师要加强写作前的指导，可给出范文让学生模仿，以熟悉其语篇结构。同时要控制其汉语语言思维，尽可能让学生习惯英语语言思维，以便于学生学习和掌握地道、正确的英语。

(五)持久性原则。要坚持长期、正确的写作训练。英语写作能力的提高并非一朝一夕之事，而是一个长期的、艰巨的、渐进的过程。这就要求教师、学生都要有充分的思想准备，要有坚韧不拔的意志和必胜的信心。

二、提高英语写作能力的方法。

(一)通过积累词汇量，提高英语写作能力。犹如土木砖石是建筑的材料一样，词汇是说话写作的必需材料，也是制约写作能力提高的瓶颈。可以想象，如果要写一个句子，10个单词有8个单词拼写错误或拼写不出，有2 个单词用法不当，又怎么能清楚地表达自己的思想呢?因此，在平时的教学中要强调学生记忆单词，记住单词的拼读、用法、意思等。记忆单词的方法有很多，各人有各人的记忆方法和习惯，可因人而异。教师可通过要求学生朗读单词、听写单词、默写单词、遣词造句、词汇竞赛等多种方法促进学生记单词。记忆单词是一个长期的反复的过程，要长期地坚持下去，才能不断积累大量的词汇，为英语写作打下坚实的基础。

(二)通过扩大阅读量，提高英语写作能力。古人云“熟读唐诗三百首，不会作诗也会吟”，这是汉语的一种学习方法，同样可借鉴于英语写作。多阅读是学生增加接触英语语言材料、接受信息、活跃思维、增长智力的一种途径，同时也是培养学生英语思维能力、提高理解力、增强语感、巩固和扩大词汇量的一种好方法，有利于促进英语写作能力的提高。在阅读训练中，教师要注意以下问题：一是指导阅读方法，分析文章结构、中心思想、段落中心句、写作方法等，帮助学生掌握各类文章的结构及写作方法。二要精读与泛读相结合，通过推敲优秀的文章来学会写作方法和选词用词;通过大量的泛读来吸取信息量，扩大词汇量。三要扩大阅读量。提供阅读的材料涉及面要广，才能不断扩大学生的知识面，使学生适应各种题材的写作。

(三)通过提高听说能力，提高英语写作能力。英语听说读写四种能力是相互影响、相互促进的，提高听说能力必定会促进写作能力的提高。要提高听说能力关键在于创设一个良好的英语环境。教师要尽可能地用英语授课，多开展专门的听说训练，同时开展丰富多彩的课外英语活动，让学生沉浸在英语海洋中去领略、去体会、去使用英语，久而久之，学生自然能使用正确的、地道的英语进行交谈与写作。

(四)通过重视写作过程，提高英语写作能力。长期以来，英语写作成果教学法(THE PRODUCT APPROACH)在我国居于主导地位，教师根据写作的终成品来判断写作的成败，重视写作的技术性细节(如格式、拼写、语法等)，忽视写作过程的指导。

Life is each person s wealth, because the world with life and colorful, full of vigour, let us love and cherish own life, seize every minute of life. Life is short, be gone for ever, human life is fleeting, time can not be reversed, we can only in a limited life infinite brilliance.

That day, my good friend clay came to my house to play, my mother know, immediately do a lot of delicious to clay. When we have fun when, suddenly, clay fainted. Mom saw mud, immediately sent to hospital. After the doctor s detailed inspection, the final judgment is had leukemia. Doctor for my mother said: oh! The child to live no longer than four months, if you come a little earlier treatment, it is no big deal. But now... Alas! Mother pale, said to the doctor: doctor, do not save? The doctor reluctantly shook his head. At that moment, I have tears in eyes is the best, but couldn t flow down. I think: why the event would fall in my good friend why, why! My mother said to me: my daughter, you don t cry. We don t know if that mud, mud know she will be very sad, you promised mom don t tell clay, okay? I cried and said: Mom and I promise you, I will not tell her.

We came to the clay ward, pretending to be happy. For I in the four months to make clay can happy every day, make clay in full every day, I spend a lot of time. But time always flies so fast, I am very sad, because I know the clay have not much time.

[热爱生命高中生英语作文

如何写通顺的英语

英语写作是语言应用的一个重要方面，也是语言能力测定的重要手段，衡量写作水平的标准便是看其是否能用学过的语言材料，语法知识等用文字的形式来表达描述。

书面语言表达一般分为三个过程：思维、组织、表达。先是思维，把要写的东西在脑中思考，这往往是个别的，孤立的一些素材，很凌乱琐碎；因此要对此进行组织，把这些思维作出整理，使其条理、系统化，但这还是较粗糙的，可能还有一些用词不当或语言错误；最后才是表达，把组织过的材料仔细推敲，确无问题了再落笔成文。

在撰写时要注意主谓语一致，时态呼应，用词贴切等，这就是写作。上述的三个过程，最难的就是第三个过程，这需要我们有较好的语法知识，掌握一定数量的句型，习惯用语，熟练的写作技巧，这样才能写出通顺生动的文章来。

总之，要提高英语写作水平，需要两方面的训练：一是语言基础方面的训练，要有扎实的造句、翻译等基本功，即用词法、句法等知识造出正确无误的句子；二是写作知识和能力方面的训练以掌握写作方面的基本方法和技巧。

那么，究竟怎样才能写好作文呢？

阅读优秀范文

首先要搞好阅读。阅读是写作的基础，在阅读方面下的功夫越深，驾驭语言的能力也就越强。所以要写好英语先要读好英语，在语言学习方面狠下苦功，教科书要读透，因为教科书中的文章都是一些很好的范文，文笔流畅，语言规范，精彩的一些课文段落要背诵。再就是要进行大量课外阅读，并记住一些好文章的篇章结构。

加强练词造句训练

其次，要加强练词造句的训练。词句对作文相当于造房的材料，无好材料就造不出好房子。平时在学习阅读时要注意收集积累，把好的词语、短语、句型做好笔记。平时在练习中的错误也要做好记录，再对照正确句子，使地道的英语句子如同条件反射，落笔就对。

了解英语写作格式

还有，要了解英语写作的不同体裁与格式。可以先看一本介绍英语写作入门的书，对英语写作有一个初步的概念，如怎么写议论文，如何提出论据，如何展开，如何确定中心句；又如，英语信的格式，如何根据不同身份写不同结束语等，然后根据不同的体裁进行写作练习。

用英语写日记

要养成记英语日记勤练笔的好习惯。经常用英语记日记，等于天天在练笔，这无疑是提高英语协作的行之有效的好办法。在记日记时，不要总是用简单句，要有意识地用一些好的词组、句型、关联词和复合句等，使文句更优美生动。还有要按照题目或所给情景写文章练笔。写好后对照范文，找出差距，然后再练习，这对提高英语作文也很有帮助，在游泳中学会游泳，只有多练习才能练好。

总之，平时学习语言素材积累多了，体裁格式记住了又经常练习不断提高，到作文下笔时就会得心应手，水到渠成。

Dear Maria,

Im very happy that you are interested in Chinese culture,especially the festivals.Now let me tell you something about the Dragon Boat Festival.The Dragon Boat Festival,also called the Duanwu Festival ,is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar.People always eat rice dumplings and watch dragon boat races to celebrate it.

The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races,especially in the southern places where there are many rivers and lakes. It’s very popular.

The rice dumpling is made of glutinous rice,meat and so on. You can eat different kinds of rice dumplings.They are very delicious.

And Dragon Boat Festival is for Qu Yuan. He is an honest minister who is said to have committed suicide by drowning himself in a river.

Overall, the Dragon Boat Festival is very interesting!

Your friend

Li Hua

Good morning. It is my honour to come here for this interview.

First let me introduce myself to you. My name is Wendy. I am 17 years old, and was born in Jinan, Shandong Province. I was graduated from ** Middle School.

I am always studying hard, and I have achieved lots of fruitful results, including many certifications.

I am optimistic and open-minded. I have made a lots of good friends in my school.

In my spare time, I like reading and listening to the music. Sometimes, I also like to play basketball.

I hope I have the chance to enter the school. And I also believe that where there is a will, there is a way.

That is all. Thanks for your attention.

In the east of China,there is a small city---Haimen.I was born

there.Today,I am telling you about my hometown.

Haimen is not far from Shanghai.Its at the mouth of the Changjiang

River.Haimen is a modern city.There are lots of high buildings in it.Most of us

live in flats.We like to live in flats because we can be close to our friends.In

the center of Haimen,there are many shops.You can buy some nice things

here.Things in most shops arent expensive.You can pay a little money and they

are yours.

My hometown is a beautiful city.On each of the roads,there are some big

trees and nice flowers.The roads are also very clean.They make people happy and

comfortable.The seasons here are very nice.I like autumn best.Its neither hot

nor cold.A poem says “Flyer of summer come to my window to sing,then fly

away.And yellow leaves of autumn,which have no songs,just fall there with a

sign.” Its very cool.

I love Haimen.Its a nice place to live.Welcome to my hometown.

1

主语＋谓语(不及物动词)：S+V

It will rain tomorrow.

He often runs in the morning.

They cried.

Tom exercises every day.

2

主语＋谓语(及物动词)＋宾语：S+V+O

I miss my mother very much.

She wants to go home now.

The English club is going to hold an English party.

They all love her.

3

主语＋系动词＋表语：S+V+P

The music sounds wonderful.

The leaves have turned red.

She is a student.

We keep silent about that.

4

主语＋谓语(及物动词)＋间接宾语（人）＋直接宾语（物）：S+V+IO+DO

The teacher gave a book to him.=The teacher gave him a book.

They told me an interesting story.

The waitress offered me a bottle of wine.

My father will buy me a bike.=My father will buy a bike for me.

Miss Smith teaches us English.

5

主语＋谓语(及物动词)＋宾语＋宾语补足语：                                      S+V+O+C

They call me Xiao Wang.

I saw him swimming in the river.

We elected him monitor of the class.

Nowadays, there are more and more students becoming short-sighted. Some students get short-sightedness when they are little. There are fifteen students wearing glasses in my class. Being short-sighted is common among students, even in primary school. That is too serious. Therefore, we should protect our eyes carefully. When we are reading and writing, we should keep a standard posture. Besides, we should not watch TV or play computer for too long. They are bad for our eyes. And, we should do eyes exercises regularly. A good rest is also important to our eyes. In all, eyes are the windows of our mind. We should keep it healthy.