Task writing

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Task writing

Content

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Summary (about 30 words) Your opinion, argument and conclusion (about 120 words)

Styles of passage

argumentation 议论文

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Narration 记叙文

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Exposition 说明文3

How to write a good summary of an article

1.An argumentation : The topic sentences the supporting

sentences the writer’s conclusion summarize them.

The elements of an argumentation1.a strong statement of opinion.

(the topic sentences)

2.support for the opinion. (supporting sentences)

3. conclusion/suggestions. (the purpose of the passage)

Argumentation

Methods:

1. Find out the topic sentences/ key phrases

2. Find out the supporting evidences or facts.

3. Find out the words or phrases that appear most

frequently.

How to summarize an argumentation well?

Getting up early has been regard as a good habit since ancient times. Many years ago, people thought that if we went to bed early and get up early, we would be energetic the whole day. So, getting up early is of great importance to us all.

In fact, morning is the best time of a day. In the morning, the air is the freshest and people are usually in the best conditions. Many of us may have the experiences that we memorize some things more quickly and accurately in the morning than any other time of the day.

If we do some morning exercise or only take a short walk in the morning, we can build our bodies and become much healthier. Also we will have enough time to make a plan and get ready for our work or study of the day if we get up early. However, if we get up late, we will probably have to do everything in a great hurry.

Let us remember getting up early is a good habit and try our best to keep it. If we stick to getting up early every day, we will certainly benefit a lot from it.

1. A strong statement of opinion. (the key idea):

Getting up early /a good habit /of great importance

2. Support for the opinion (supporting sentences)

a better memory a healthier body a better preparation for the day

3. Conclusion/suggestions.

a good habit / benefit a lot

The passage says getting up early in the morning is a good habit

that will benefit us a lot. It enables us to have a better memory, healthier body and better preparation for the day.

Some set sentence patterns.

The passage says/This passage states that…

In the writer’s opinion,……

The writer thinks that……

实例分析阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150 词左右的英语短文。 The generation gap between students and their teachers is becoming more significant with only 3. 3 per cent out of a survey group of 1, 000 students from 30 key middle schools in the city saying they would be willing to tell their teachers of their inner thoughts.

In today’s educational environment, teachers are positioned to be the authority figure for learning instead of also becoming a good friend in the lives of students. As only students with good marks in exams are considered the “apples in the eyes” of the teachers, most students think their teachers to be partial( 偏心 ).

“I feel sad to hear such remarks,” said Yu Yi, a well-known special-class teacher. She recalled that in the past, teachers and students would play basketball together or comment on novels while sitting on the grass during a break. But today, study and good marks are the only topics of conversation between students and teachers.

“Schools are not only the place where knowledge is imparted ( 传授 ) but also where students are taught how to be an upright person,” Yu said. “The success of a person is not merely determined by intelligence but also by emotional state.” Yang Xiong, director of the Juvenile Research Institute, said the educational system which focuses on examinations should be held to be substantially responsible.

[ 写作内容 ] ： 1. 以约 30 个词概括学生不愿告诉老师内心想法的原因；套用写作模板进行写作：1. 拟出标题：

2. 进行概括：

1. 拟出标题： Love and Concern Make Ideal Relationship

2. 进 行 概 括 ： Students are becoming

unwilling to confess( 供认 ; 坦白 ; 承认 ; 悔过 ) to their teachers because they are not equal in position and teachers lay too much emphasis on the academic performances of the students.

Practice: 1. 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇 150 词左右的英语短文。 The Use of Examinations A good education should make people think for themselves. But the exam can never do anything like that. First, examinations are second to none because it brings anxiety to students. As soon as a child begins school, he enters a world of terrible competition. Second, exams do not interest students to read or to learn widely. They do not help

students to look for more and more

knowledge, but try to put as much as possible into the students’ head. Third, they lower the standards of teaching, for they do not give any freedom to teachers to decide what to teach. Teachers themselves have no choice but to train their students in exam techniques. The most successful students are not always the best educated but the best trained in the

technique of exams.

Fourth, they can tell you nothing about a person’s true ability. The exams are often nothing more than a subjective assessment( 主观评价 ) by some examiners. However, if there are no exams, few students or even no one will do any revision or study! 【写作内容】： 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约 30 ；

参考范文Exams make students feel nervous and can neither show students’ true abilities nor help them to learn more knowledge. To deal with exams, teachers have to train students in exam techniques.

2. 阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150 词左右的英语短文。 China now boasts the world's largest publishing industry by volume, with 8.1 billion books printed in 2012, up from 7.7 billion the year before. Never before have Chinese readers had such easy access to a wide selection ranging from classical Chinese poetry to the top titles on Amazon's

best-sellers list.

However, while the supply of books has exploded in China in recent decades, people's interest in them has not kept up. According to a survey result published by the Chinese Academy of Press and Publication in April, Chinese people read 4.39 books per capita in the past year, a figure that trails far behind major developed countries; for example, the average American read 7, the average French and Japanese person 8.4, and the

average South Korean 11. And, on average,

Chinese people allocated just over 15 minutes a day to reading, compared to almost 100 to watching television and over 45 for using the Internet. An amazing number of the Chinese are turning away from reading books. Zhang Lijia, a freelance writer based in Beijing, thinks the days when friends got together to discuss the

books they were reading are gone. "People are too restless, too utilitarian( 功利 )," she

reflects. "You need some peace in mind in order to be able to sit down with a book."

Zhang's opinion is echoed by a number of longtime professionals in the book industry. “Best sellers in China today consist mainly of child-rearing manuals （育儿手册） , cookbooks, health and fitness guides, test-preparation books, thrillers, and romance novels."said He Xiongfei, a well-known publisher of popular books. "Some of them buy books, but this is just for the purpose of killing time or for test preparation. They are looking for things they think are useful to them. They are not reading," He added.

【写作内容】以约 30 个词概括上文的主要内容 .

读写任务参考范文： Despite the promising publishing industry in China today, many Chinese people spend little time reading. Some of them read just to kill time or prepare for the tests rather than enjoy the reading itself.

3. 阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇 150词左右的英语短文。As we all know, life is full of dreams and having a good dream is of great importance in our daily life. Without a good dream, people can’t make progress; without a good dream, countries can’t develop; without a good dream, the world can’t become so beautiful! And I hold the strong belief that everyone , whether he is old or young, poor or rich, junior or senior, does have a good dream! After all, dreaming is certainly a positive part of our life, and wishing for good

things, however , costs nothing. What’s more, it is important to fly our dreams, especially for those who are Senior 3 students. It is high time for them to fly their dreams. If they can’t let dreams fly ,the dream would just be a dream , not a reality! Therefore, it is no wonder that so many people have a dream since their childhood. With a nice dream, China succeeded to host the 29th Olympic Games

in 2008; with a nice dream , HongKong returned to the motherland peacefully in

1997; with a nice dream , Yuan Longping rids the world of hunger; I can stand on this stage to compete in the final English speech contest. And with an aim of achieving success, I must do the best! So my good friends, if you want to realize your dream , please do not be afraid in face of difficulties or give up in face of failure or lose your dream in face of pains. You must keep going forward bravely ! Just

fly your dream high above the sky.

【写作内容】：以约 30 个词概括上文的主要内容。读写任务范文 Dreams play an important role in our daily life and a good dream is the motivation to success. To realize a dream, one should learn to defeat difficulties through constant struggles as well as persistence.