综合英语作文经典

L1 P14 Why does the author tell s not to be afraid to ask stupid questions The author thinks that many apparently naive inquiries like why grass is green or why the sn is round or why we need 55 000 unclear weapons in the world are really deep questions He says when you try to get the answers you will gain deep understanding of the things Its also important to know as well as you can what it is that you dont know and asking questions is the way He also tell us to ask stupid questions requires courage on the part of the asker and knowledge and patience on the part of the answers And dont confine your learning to schoolwork Discuss ideas in depth with friends Its much brave to ask questions even when theres a prospect of ridicule than to suppress your questions and become deadened to the world around you L2 Icons P30 What are the factors to shift the hero worship to the celebrity worship The new forms of media photography moving pictures radio and television are the main factors The reproduction of photos in newspapers turned famous people into celebrities whose dress appearance and personal habits were widely commented upon Slowly the focus of public attention began to shift away from knowing what such people did to knowing what looked like The shift was accelerated by the arrival of moving pictures Between 1901 and 1914 74 percent of the magazine articles about famous people were about political leaders inventors inventors professionals and businessmen After 1922 however most articles were about movie stars With the arrival of television the faces of the stars became as familiar as those we saw across the breakfast table We came to know more about the lives of the celebrities than we did about most of the people we know personally Less than seventy years after the appearance of the first movimg pictures the shift from hero worship to celebrity worship was complete L3 GO GO AMERICAN P46 What is the Americans attitude towards time Give necessary examples In the United States many people keenly feel the shortness of each lifetime They are aware that once a day in their life is gone it will never come back And Americans believe no one stands still If you are not moving ahead you are falling behind So they value time and want every minte to count This attitde towards time is shown in the fast pace of life in the country Whatever they do they always seem to be in a rush You find people hurrying to get where they are going They hurry to eating places for a mea and finish it as quickly as possible Also Americans do what they can to save time They produce a lot of labour saving devices such as clothes and dish washers they rapidly communicate through phone calls telex and e mail and cut down on personal contacts L4 Take Over Bosn P62 Can you imagine what did Barret think of when he heard Snyders whisper Take over bosn Becase of thirst Barret was almost out of mind He rose several times and was a constant threat But when he heard Snyder said Take over bosn he had a strange feeling suddenly He came to realize he would and must take over the task and be responsible for the rest As long as he stopped others from the little water they would always have hopes and wouldnt die soon So he picked Snyders gun up and decided to hold off the other from the water until night when a ship saved them L5 Are You Giving Your Kids Too Much P78 Why parents overindulge their children There are several reasons to explain why parents overindulge their children One fairly common reason is that parents overindulge their chidren out of a sense of guilt Parents who both hold down full time jops may feel guilty about the amount of time they spend away from their children and may attempt to compensate by showering them with material possessions Other parents overindulge because they want their children to have everything they had while growing up along with those things the parents yearned for but didnt get Still others are afraid to say no to their childrens denless requests for toys for fear that their children will feel unloved or will be ridiculed if thy dont have the same playthings their friends have L6 Culture Shock P94 What are four stages that people go through when they experience situations that are very different from those to which they are accustomed Stage one is a honeymoon phase during which the new experience is perceived to be interesting picturesque entertaining and charming You may notice several superficial differences such as music food and clothing and the fresh apeal of the new experience keeps you feeling interested and positive When you stay in a new envirnment for a while you move to stage two the crisis stage in which the shine wears off and day to day realities sink in In relationship you notie annoying habits in a new country you find barriers to establishing connections or to learning the language beyond a few polite phrases If you stick with the experience and try to deal with it realistically you will probably move to the third phase recovery In recovery you learn the systems procedures language or nonverbal behaviors of the new environment so that you can cope with it on the basis of some mastery competence and comfort Finally when you feel that you function well and almost automatically in the new culture you will move to the fourth phase adjustment L7 The Model Millionaire I P108 Suppose you are the millionaire Explain how you get to know Hughie Erskine and what you do in return for the pound he gave you when you first met I am Baron Hausberg I have enough money to buy the whole of London One day on a whim I asked my artist friend Alan Trevor to pain me as a beggar Alan had almost finished the picture when a very charming young man walked into his studio I suppose he must have been very sympathetic with me for when Alan was away a minute the young man quickly put a pound into my hat I was startled for a moment but I was pleased when I realized that he took me for a real begger Later I learned from Alan all about this young man he was poor and could not marry the girl he loved because her father wouldnt let them unless he had 10 000 pounds Touched by the young mans spirit of kindness I decided to help him The next day I had a cheque for 10 000 pounds delivered to him as a wedding gift L8 The Model Millionaire II P123 Retell the story The Model Millionaire in about 150 words concluding your retelling with a one sentence comment Hughie Erskine was a charming young man who was in love with a nice girl called Laura Merton Lauras father made it clear to Hughie that he would not marry his daughter to him until Hughie had ten thousand pounds One day Hughie went to see his artist friend Alan Trevor in his studio There he found his friend painting a beggar who was an old man in rags Hughie felt so sorry for the poor model that he gave him the only pound he had The old model was actually a millionaire When he heard all about Hughie and Laura and their problem he had a cheque for ten thousand pounds delivered to him the very next day The couple were happily married and the beggar attended their wedding The story shows that a genuine millionaire is not one who has but who give L9 Only Three More Days P139 The author got a solution finally What was the solution Was it risky He laid out the diaries in two big steel suitcases Over them he palced a number of his broadcast scripts each page of which had been stamped by the military and civilian censors as passed for broadcast On top he put a few General Staff maps he had picked up from friends Then he phoned the Gestapo Headquarters to say he had a couple of suicases full of his dispatches broadcasts and notes that he wanted to take out of the country As he was flying off early the next day there would be no time for Gestapo official at the airfield to go over the contents Could they take a look now if he brought them over and if they approved put a Gestapo seal on the suitcases so he wouldnt be held up at the airport Yes it was risky He thought life in the Third Reich had always been risky It was worth a try L10 The Washwoman P155 Describe the situation that I saw the old washwoman for last time One evening while Mother was sitting near the oil lamp mending a shirt the door opened and a small puff of steam followed by a gigantic bag entered the room I ran toward the old woman and helped her unload her bag She was even thinner now more bent Her head shook from side to side as though she were saying no She could not utter a clear word but mumbled something with her sunken mouth and pale lips After the old woman had recovered somewhat she told us that she had been ill badly But as soon as she was able to stand on her feet once more she began her washing She said I could not rest easy in my bed because of the wash The wash would not let me die I dont want to be a burden on anyone L11 How I Served My Apprenticeship 170 Why was Andrew Carnegie so pround of the one dollor and twenty cents the first pay he brought home Carnegie was very pround of the one dollar and twenty cents he earned for the first time in his life when he was only twelve The money though small in amount meant a great deal First when he got his first pay he felt that he had grown up He was no longer a boy who had to depend on his parents he had become a man who was able to help support the family a contributing member This was important because at that time life was hard for the family and it was difficult for his parents to manage alone Also he though the money was the direct reward of honest manual labor It represented a week of very hard work This money gave him the greatest satisfaction of being rewarded for what he had done L12 A Friend of the Environment P185 Why did Rachel Carson write the Silent Spring Whats the content of it Because she felt that the wonders of Nature are precious and permanent and much of Nature was forever beyond the destruction of man But then she discovered she was wrong She learned with sadness that little in Nature is truly beyond the tampering reach of man Then She wrote the book Silent Spring to sound a startling warming to mankind and the book showed quite clearly that man was endangering himself and everything else on this planet by his indiscriminate use of chemical pesticides As her title suggests Miss Carson was saying that there might come a springtime that would indeed be silent because the birds as well as other creatures and plants would have been destroyed by the man made poisons used to kill crop threateding insects L13 Who Shall Dwell P201 In the story Who shall Dwell how did the fatners attitude towards the neighbours change What brought about the change When the bomb alert came the father was clear that he had built the shelter for his own family and that he would not let anybody else in So when his neighbours came and asked to share the shelter he rejected them flatly When a monther begged him to take her little girl in he did not know what to do At that monent his wife dashed outside and pushed the girl in her act set him thinking hard Just a moment before the first bomb struck he made a big decision After giving his elder son a few instructions he stepped out and shoved two children into the shelter He stood beside his wife ready to spend the last minute with her His change seemed sudden but was actually quite natural He loved his children so he was greatly affected by the monthers plea and gave the chance of surival to the two children Also his love for his wife led him to follow her example L14 Cipher in the Snow P218 Describe Cliff Evans life before his sudden death Cliff Evans lived with his mother stepfather and five younger half brothers and sisters His stepfather had never legally adopted him nor did he show any affection for him At home Cliff didnt talk much and had never told his family about his problems When he began school he was timid but eager to learn And his IQ was pretty good Then in the third grade a teacher wrote in the school record that he was uncooperative and slow Since then he had never got any encouragement from his teachers Gradually the child had no more confidence left He never smiled nor talked much He had no friends he had never belonged to a club never played on a team and never held an office He came to school by himself and left by himself In class he would sit back in the last seat Finally he became silent and lonely He became nothing L15 Bribery An Inevitable Evil P232 What are the major forms of bribery Bribery can be classified into three broad categories The first category consisits of large amounts of money paid for political purposes or to secre major contracts For example a certain American company offered big sums of money to support a U S presidential candidate when it was nder investigation Also in order to get big contracts such payments are often made to ruling families or their close advisers The second category c