B1U8education新视野大学英语第一册第8单元作文练习.doc

Writing Practice for Book 1 Unit 8Task and models1、各大学开设了各种各样的选修课2、学生因为各种原因选择了不同的选修课3、以你自己为例范文一Nowadays, there usually exists a wide selection of electives for college students to choose from. However, students have quite different plans for their future so they always end up learning courses based on their own ideas.Some students may choose to learn a certain course in order to obtain an extra certificate for their job hunting after graduation. Because they assume that some more knowledge could ensure more chances of winning in finding a good job. Others may have their choice made just for fun. They tend to hold the idea that college life could be more colorful if they could widen their knowledge through elective courses.As far as Im concerned, Im inclined to choose electives based on both the value of the courses and the interest of my own.范文二Nowadays many college students prefer to have electives in their spare time because the courses can offer a variety of skills and abundant knowledge apart from what they learn in the daily courses. There are many factors that may account for it, and the following are the most conspicuous aspects.To start with, many students want to get another degree besides their own, so that they can have more competence when they seek a job. Furthermore, as for me, I dont care about degree or job. I just want to obtain some necessary skills to make my college life worthwhile. What Im concerned most is how to own more skills that may be necessary for my future. Finally, some students want to learn anything that is different from what they are learning now. The science students, for example, want to know about Shakespeare while the art students want to tell how a vehicle works and how to deal with it when it breaks down. So, they can all get what they think is useful to their college life.On the whole, the phenomenon is one of the results of multi-demand of the employment market. There is still a long way for us to improve the elective itself, but as a student myself, I find it rewarding and interesting.作文评析： 今年四级的作文，从题目看是明显的议论文。按照我们曾经介绍过的议论文模式，可以用模版来写一些，开头可以用议论文典型的开头，比方说，Many students nowadays prefer to have electives because ., 或者，With the development of the employment market, many students would like to have another course这样在文章的开篇就提出了明确的主题现象。第二段可以按照题目要求，根据自己的经历和现在学校的状况，举例说明这种选修课给自己所带来的利弊，如果自己倾向于上选修课，那么可以多举些优势的例子，例如：As a _ majored student myself, I prefer to choose _ as my elective, and I find that _. 比如可以丰富自己的学科范围，扩大知识面，增强竞争力等。第三段可以说这种现象的劣势，比如：Good as_ is, it has, unfortunately, its disadvantages also. The apparent example is _. 就你自己的经历来看，可能有比方说，耽误了正课的时间，学习太多无法消化，精力分散等。最后可以总结，On the whole, above all, 等等，陈述你的观点。Reading ReferenceSchooling and EducationIt is commonly believed in the United States that school is where people go to get an education. Nevertheless, it has been said that today children interrupt their education to go to school. The distinction between schooling andeducation implied by this remark is important. Education is much more open-ended and all-inclusive than schooling. Education knows no bounds. It can take place anywhere, whether in the shower or in the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the formal learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of informal learning. The agents of education can range from a revered grandparent to the people debating politics on the radio, from a child to a distinguished scientist. Whereas schooling has a certain predictability, education quite often produces surprises. A chance conversationwith a stranger may lead a person to discover how little is known of other religions. People are engaged in education from infancy on. Education, then, is a very broad, inclusive term. It is a lifelong process, a process that starts long before the start of school, and one that should be an integral part of ones entire life.Schooling, on the other hand, is a specific, formalized process, whose general pattern varies little from onesetting to the next. Throughout a country, children arrive at school at approximately the same time, take assigned seats, are taught by an adult, use similar textbooks, do homework, take exams, and so on. The slices of reality that are to be learned, whether they are the alphabet or an understanding of the workings of government, have usually been limited by the boundaries of the subject being taught. For example, high school students know that they are not likely to find out in their classes the truth about political problems in their communities or what the newest filmmakers are experimenting with. There are definite conditions surrounding the formalized process of schooling.上学与受教育在美国，人们通常认为上学是为了受教育。 而现在却有人认为孩子们上学打断了他们 受教育的过程。 这种观念中的上学与受教育之间的区别非常重要。 与上学相比，教育更具 开放性，内容更广泛。教育不受任何限制。它可以在任何场合下进行，在淋浴时，在工作 时，在厨房里或拖拉机上。 它既包括在学校所受的正规教育，也包括一切非正规教育。 传授知识的人可以是德高望重的老者，可以是收音机里进行政治辩论的人们，可以是小孩子，也可以是知名的科学家。 上学读书多少有点可预见性，而教育往往能带来意外的发现。 与 陌生人的一次随意谈话可能会使人认识到自己对其它宗教其实所知甚少。 人们从幼时起就 开始受教育。 因此，教育是一个内涵很丰富的词，它自始至终伴随人