新编大学英语第四册作文

MYFavoritePastime

Sample1：

Myfavoritepastimeiswriting．Youmaynotthinkitisapastime．Buttomeit

is，becauseitisaformofrelaxationthattakesmymindawayfromotherthings

whenIfeeltired．

Ibegantolikewritingwhen1wasapupilinprimaryschoo1．Iwasimaginative

andcreatedmanyinterestingstoriesatthattime．WhenItoldmystoriestomy

friendsonourwayhomefromschool，theyenjoyedthem．Thentellingastory1wrote

onthewaybackhomesoonbecamemyregularpractice．Thatmademereallyhappy．I

hadneverthoughtofwritingasentertainmentbefore．Sometimes1wrotedownmy

storiesandpassedthemaroundamongmyclassmates．

When1wasinhighschool，Ibegantolikepoems．Thiswasbecauseoftheinfluence

ofmybestfriend．Shelikedpoemsverymuch，sograduallyIlearnedtoappreciate

poems．WhenIamwritingpoems，Icanconcentrateforalongtime，totallylosing

myself．NomatterwhetherIamhappyorsadIstartwritingpoemstoexpressmyself．

Letmetellyoualittlesecret．NowI’mwritingasciencefictionabouttime

travel．I’msureitisoriginalandinteresting．However，writingdefinitelytakes

time，andhowIwishIcouldhavemoretimetopursuethishobby．Imaynotbecome

aprofessionalwriter，butIwillalwaysenjoywriting．

Howpeoplespendtheirleisuretime

Sample1：

Manypeopleareoftenverybusywithvariousthingsatworkorathomesothey

havenotimeforentertainment．Butthisisreallybadforone’Shealth．Sowe

shouldmakeanefforttolookformrelaxation．Aproverbsays，“Allworkandno

playmakesJackadullboy．’’

Peopleindifferentregionsmayhavedifferentformsofactivities．InChinaone

ofthemostpopularactivitiesistraveling，especiallygoingtotheremoteareas

whicharenotseriouslypolluted.Theseisolatedlocationsappealtotravelerswho

wanttogetclosetOnaturebecausetheyaretiredofstressfulcitylife．

Otherpeoplewhocanaffordneitherthetimenorthemoneyfortravelwillstay

athome，watchingTV,goingtothemoviesorconcerts，orinvitingsomefriends

overforaparty·Childrenliketogotothepark，playcomputergames，and

participateinsports．Youngwomenliketogoshoppingwhileyoungmenpreferto

stayathome，watchingTVanddrinkingtea.

Thepopularityofpastimesvariesaccordingtoage，sex，personalityand

financialsituations.Whateverone’spastimeis。I’msurethatafteritheorshe

willfeelrelaxed，morerefreshedandreadytostartanewday’swork．Pastimes

offerawaytotakeone'smindawayfromthestressesofeverydaylife．

IswritingBetterthanCalling

Sample1：

Theconventionalwayofsendingmessagesiswritingaletter．Thoughittakes

alotoftime,itisoneofthemostcommonlyusedwaysofcommunication．Withthe

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developmentofscienceandtechnology,thetelephoneemergedanditbecomesSO

popularthatitisindispensableinourdailylife．．

Itisdifficulttosaywhichisbetter．Everymeansofcommunicationhasits

advantagesanddisadvantages．Writingaletterisnotonlyameansof

communication，butalsoakindofpleasure.Whatismore，meletterscanbekept

andreadagainandagain．Sometimestheyareinspiring，andsometimestheyare

encouraging．Youcanwritealotofthingsinaletteranditdoesnotcostyoumuch

tomailit．Butitisslow，andyouhavetowaitalongtimetogetaresponsefrom

yourfriends．Ontheotherhand，makingtelephonecallsismuchfaster，SOtheyare

moreappropriatewhenyouneedaquickreply．Theyalsoenableyoutohearyour

friends’voice，whichgivesyouawonderfulfeeling．Itissoeasyjusttopickup

thephoneandcallwhereaswritingtakesmoreenergy．Buttelephoningisexpensive，

andsometimesyoucannotrememberallthecommentsthataremadebecausecallsare

transient，andcannotbekeptforreadinglaterliketreasuredletters．

Soitisveryhardtosaywhichisbetter．Theonlythingwecandoistomake

awisechoicebetweenwritingandcallingaccordingtothesituation.

WordsIWillNeverForget

WheneverIlistentotheinspiringsong“CordialHero”，Iescapeintothepast．I

thinkaboutmanyextraordinarydays1wentthrough．Inthosedayswhen1was

pessimistic，overwhelmedwithdifficulties，thesongwouldsummonupmycourageand

upliftme．Then，Icouldfeelthatmystrengthwasreinforcedandthatmybodyhad

arenewedsourceofenergy．1wouldbemoreconfidentandreadytohandle

everything．

Thefollowingwordsgavemegreatencouragement：‘‘Howcanweseearainbow

withoutastorm?Noonecansucceedwithouteffort．”When1wasworriedabout

tests．when1wasmisunderstoodorcriticizedbyothers，orwhenthingswentagainst

myexpectations，thesongseemedtosaytome：Listen，lifeisn’tawidesmooth

road，therewillbesomemuddypathsahead．Noonecanavoidthis．Insteadweshould

begratefultodifficultiesbecausetheyenableUStomature．Witheachchallenge

beingovercomewelearntogetoverourproblemsmoreeasily．

Manyyearshaveflownby，andmanythingshavepassed．Butthisbeautifulsong

anditsexpressivewordsarealwaysaroundmeandencouragingmetobravethestorm．

HowtoEncourageCreativityinStusdents?

Successhasoftenbeenlinkedtocreativity．However，moreandmoreevidence

provesthatschooleducationseemstodiscouragecreativityinstudents．First，

studentsshouldbeallowedtofreetheirimagination．Studentsalsohaverightsto

producestrangedrawingsandaskfoolishquestions，fortheycansometimesleadto

creativity．

Don’tlookdownonchildren’Stricksandgames．Playisanimportantstepon

theroadtothesuccessofthegreatestscientistsandartists．Accordingtoresearch

onthehumanbrain，thetwohalvesofthehumanbraindodifferentkindsofwork

ineverydaylife．Thelefthalfmanagestasksrelatedtologicalreasoningand

languageskills．Therighthalfcontrolsthingssuchasdrawing，music，

imagination，andevendreams．

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Ofcourse，praisinggoodideasandencouragingunusualpointsofvieware

importantwaystoencouragecreativethinking．However，therealanswerliesin

encouragingstudentstothinkinpicturesandtoexpressthemselvesinsimple

drawings．Itmightbeagoodwaytolettherighthalfoftheirbrainsdo

exercises．Besides，lettingstudentsdoimaginativeassignmentslikemakingup

storiesandencouragingthemtodaydreamwhentheyarefreearealsoeffectiveways

towakeuptheircreativity．

TheathleteIadmiremost

Sample2：

Althoughwewereaskedtowriteabouttheathleteweadmiremost，1wouldlike

towriteabouttwoathletes：ShenXue(申雪)andZhaoHongbo(赵宏博

)．Theyare

Chinesepairskatersandhavewonmanychampionships．Theirperformanceshave

thrilledaudiencesallovertheworld．Theyarenowamongthetopathletesinfigure

skatingandwillprobablywinamedalatthenextOlympicGames．

Iadmirethemformanyreasons．First，thebeautyandintensityoftheirskating

hascontributedtothepopularityoffigureskatinginChina．Manyyoungskaters

willfollowtheirlead．Second，Iadmiretheirindomitablespirit．Iftheyfall，

theygetupandcontinueskating．Theyarehardworkingandcourageous．Ialsoadmire

theirteamwork．Pairskatershavetobestrongindividualskatersandatthesame

timetheymustbeinharmonywitheachotherandwiththemusic．ShenXueandZhao

Hongboaremyrolemodels．

Athletesshouleberolemodels

Whethertheylikeitornotathletesarerolemodels．Iftheyparticipatein

nationalorIntemationalsportsandwin，weadmirethem．Wedon’tnecessarily

worshipthem，butwethinkabouttheircourageanddeterminationwhenweare

discouraged·Mostathletesa1．eexamplesofgoodqualities．Theyaimforperfection

andtheyhavealotofself-discipline．Thesearepositivecharacteristicsthat1

wouldliketohave．Sinceweliveinacompetitiveworldtoday，weneedthequalities

thatathleteshaveinordertosucceed·

Someathletes，however，donotmeasureuptoourexpectations．Theybecome

greedyandselfish．Perhapstheythinkthatbecausetheyarefamoustheycando

anythingtheywant·Someathletesbecomeveryrichandpowerful．ButtheChinese

athletesIadmirearenotinthatcategory·Theyarepositiverolemodels．

Therolemodelswechoosecallcomefromanywalkoflife．Inasense，athletes

arethecenterofattention。wecanwatchtheirperformanceontelevisionorwecan

readabouttheminthenewspaper．WeCalltalkaboutthemwithourfriends．Athletes

arelikepublicheroesthatcallinspireus.

Areenvironmentalrisksworthstaking

Itseemsthatenvironmentalrisksareworthtaking．Chinaisagreatnationand

shemustdevelophereconomytoimprovethelivingconditionsofthepeople．Inorder

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todothis，shehastotakerisksofallkinds．Pollutionisoneofthemajor

consequencesoftechnologicalandeconomicgrowth．

Ifstrictercontrolsareplacedoncompaniesandiflawsaremadetohelplimit

pollution，wecallminimizetherisksontheenvironment．Unfortunately，

installinganti—pollutiondevicesonchim—neysandcleaninguptheriversand

lakesareverycostly．Andveryoftenpeoplearcnear—sightedwhentheymaketheir

choices．

Itistoolatetoturnback．Themarketeconomyhasbroughtmanygoodchangesthat

haveimprovedpeople’Slives．Progressofanykindhasalwaysinvolvedrisks．We

mustbepreparedtotakerisksinordertomoveahead．However，wemustnotmove

blindly．Wemustremainvigilantwithregardtotheenvironmentalconsequencesof

oureconomicdevelopment．WemustnotproceedSOquicklythatweputthehealthof

thepopulationatrisk．

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2)SaMple：

VghentheNationalEntranceExamwasapproaching，simulatedtestsbecamemore

frequent．Onemorning，wehadamathtestfirst．Itwasverydifficultandwewere

allverydepressed．Thephysicstestwouldsoonfollow．Weallbeggedtheteacher

nottogiveit，buthewouldn’tlisten．Wecoulddonothingbuttakeit．Itwas

evenmoredifficult．YoucanimaginehowfrustratedandexhaustedwewereWhenwe

lefttheclassroomarOUndnoon．

Thatafternoon，wehadtwohoursofEnglish．Toourdespair，theEnglishteacher

hadapileofpaperstoo!Perhapsshesawwewerealltired，shedidn’tdistribute

thepapersatonce．Instead，sheaskedUS，”Wouldn’tyouliketOhaveanEnglish

testtoday?'’WewerealmostparalyzedbytOOmanytestsand