1. 1.trembling 2.sweat 3.bathe 4.diverse 5.anxiety 6.appreciation 7.guarantee 8.panic 9.anxious 10.reserve 1.is guaranteed/ under guarantee 2.are anxious to 3.in the way 4.erupted with anger 5.panicked at 6.appoint as 7.making their way 8.vary from person to person 9.has a gift for painting 10.gave birth to 1.candidates 2.diverse 3.equipment 4.guarantee 5.absolutely 6.evaluate 7.eruptions 8.appointed 9.precious 10.potential

2. 期中考试作文复习 Sharpen your mind!

3. 解题步骤 1. 审题 2. 分段 ( 要点涵盖 ) para.1 总体背景 ( 简要介绍话题 ) para.2 分析话题 ( 造成问题的原因 ) para.3 文章主体 ( 如何解决问题 ) para.4 结尾段 3. 逻辑 ( 原因和策略 & 观点和论据的对应 ) 4. Broaden your view! 5. Useful phrases

4. Useful Expressions 1.do nothing but waste your time(Xue) 2.make reasonable arrangements(Gao) 3.pick up a beneficial benefit(Gao) grow a good habit (Wei) 4.a firm attitude (Wei) 5.set an appropriate learning pattern(Zhu Yihan) 6.break away from/get rid of bad habits 7.think for oneself 8.make full/good use of the computer 9.for one thing… for another thing…

5. Introducing the topic 1.The phenomenon is common among the students, helping students take a load off their minds quickly.(Tan) 2.The maths always gives me a headache. (Jin Yi) 3.Not until my mother told me the bad effect of computer games did I realize I was wrong.(Zhong) 4.You are lacking in confidence now.(Dong)

6. The reason for the problem 1.I was always at sea when I did my homework on math. (Zhu Hanru) 2.You are too stressed to work out the problems as usual. (Li Andong) 3.Push yourself as hard as you can.(Li Andong) 4.There is no doubt that computer games do a lot of harm to us physically as well as mentally. 5.Just worrying about the problems makes no sense.(Zhu Jing) 6.You can’t tell computer games from the real life. (Yu) 7.It is evident that if you start playing games out of curiosity, you will be addicted to them easily. We teenagers are lacking in self- control. There is an increasing number of people who get lost in computer games.(Wu)

7. Main body (how to solve the problem) 1.There is a great chance for you to quit computer games as long as you are determined. (Tan) 2.You must impress on yourself the importance of the attitude toward math. (Liu Jinjin) 3.Never put off till tomorrow what can be done today. (Ge) 4.Put the advice into practice.(Li Jing) 5.If your first attempt at math should be a failure, you should not give up. (Zhu Yihan) 6.Appropriate exercise can contribute to your flexible thoughts.(Shi) 7.Interesting as computer games are, you should spend more time on study. (Liu Jiaping)

8. Main body (how to solve the problem) 8.Despite the fact that you failed twice, please don’t lose heart. (Xu Ying) 9.If you lose heart, you can’t concentrate on your study, let alone/not to mention get good grades in exams. (Xu)

9. Ending para. 1.Never make your determination just like a flash in the pan! (Liu) 2.It’s never too late to change.(Ge) 3.Who laughs last laughs best. (Ge) 4.Learning maths needs progressing step by step.(Xue) 5.Under no circumstance can you lose faith in yourself. 6.You can make a difference with a firm belief.(Qu) 7.Hold on to your plan.(Lu) 8.Success won’t await the person who gives in to difficulties easily.(Xu Ying)

10. I’m so sorry to hear that your exam results are not good and you are anxious. As your friend, I will be wild with joy to see that you will devote yourself to making every effort to build a bright future, rather than being buried in these meaningless computer games. Undeniably, enlarging our knowledge, widening our horizon and enriching our life are the advantages of Internet. However, from where you stand, it is obvious that its disadvantages far outweigh the advantages. … It’s high time for you to make up your mind to quit computer games. Hope my words can be helpful. --- Li Jiawei

11. 漫画作文解析

12. 解题要点 简要描述漫画，引出要讨论的话题，分析 这种现象存在的原因，并提出解决办法。 在描述漫画的时候，不要描述过细，只要 能揭示本质就行。不要偏题！

13. organization Step1. Description Step2. Analysis Step3. Solutions 呈现问题 解决问题 分析问题

14. Step 1 Description （人称 / 时态） To what degree should we describe the cartoon? a country boy crying long for education a city boy enjoy all the benefits of education

15. As is vividly shown in the picture, As can be seen in the picture, In the picture, there are… The picture shows a common phenomenon. …… Sentence structures :

16. Step2 Analysis( 联系实际分析 ) ( facts / reasons/results…) 1.It seems very ridiculous that…However, this kind of story is performed everywhere. 2.The picture shows that…It is the exact reflection of… 3.The picture indicates that we…/Nowadays, it is a common phenomenon that… 4.This is an ironic ( 讽刺的 ) cartoon which describes vividly a kind of common phenomenon among……

17. Clues ：描述一下他们 的不同境遇，并就如 何解决此问题发表你 的看法。

18. Indicate: education inequality Facts: drop out of school suffer from low standards of… comparatively better opportunities Results: lower enrollment rates worsen the problem Example

19. The comparison indicates the phenomenon of education inequality in modern China. (facts) School-age country children are often dropping out of school due to poverty. Even those who manage to stay in school are still suffering from the low standards of educational facilities and academic quantities. Comparatively, city children have much better opportunities to receive good education. (results) Thus, school in the countryside generally have much lower enrollment rates than those in the city, which in turn worsens the problem of educational inequality.

20. As far as I’m concerned/In my opinion, From my point of view,… It is high time we took some measures to put an end to this phenomenon. Immediate measures should be taken to… The government should make laws to… The media should appeal for … We should raise people’s awareness of… Everyone should make great efforts to… Only in this way can…./Only if…, can we… Step 3 Solutions (opinions /suggestions) 从大到小 从意识到行动

21. The government The media All the people be aware of Only if… social justice harmonious society Example

22. To solve this problem, the government should spend more money on the improvement of education in rural areas. Meanwhile, the media can appeal for the public donations for rural education. Moreover, all people in the community should be aware of the seriousness of the problem and do whatever to help. Only if we do these can we have more social justice and thus make our society more harmonious.

23. Exercise