Task1

Give advice to children starting to  go to school.

Task2

Electrical books and paper books,  which one do you prefer?

Task3

建议：ride-sharing

Agree:

1.     reduce gas and save a  sum of money

2.     eco-friendly, produce  less carbon dioxide(二氧化碳).

3.     reduce traffic jam

Task 4

Reading：behavior contract

Listening：There used to be a little girl in the professor’s  class who always yapped in class without raising her hand. The professor  talked with her and told her that if she obeyed the regulations, she can play  games after class.

Task 5 还原：N/A

和表妹吃饭还是滑雪

解决方法：

1 跟表妹说自己要去爬山让她周五来。

2 去另外活动

Task 6 还原：N/A

动物在高山上生活的两个有利的身体特征

例子：mountain goat肌肉发达，有利于保持平衡，爬上爬下找食物。

sheep:特殊的toe可以再有雪的石头上站住，不会滑下来

Task 1

Give advice to child starting to go  to school.

解析：可以参考一些学校的regulation

Sample：

There are a couple of advices that  I want to give to child starting to go to school.

The  initially advice is that “Do not be late for the first class.” Us your reliable  transportation to come to class on time. Students who walk in late are not  only disrupting the teacher, they may be missing valuable information or the  best seat in the classroom. Arriving a few minutes early is a lot different than  arriving a few minutes late.

Besides, try  to sit in the front row. Not only will you be able to see and hear the teacher  better, you will also be far away from mooching students who tend to sit in  the back.

Moreover,  try to have a good attitude. Some children may feel depressed to leave the  parents and go to school alone. It is better to leave your personal problems  at home, show up with a smile, and try to stay in a positive emotion. And  thus will help you better adjust the environment.

Task 2

Electrical books and paper books,  which one do you prefer?

Electrical books

1.     Information can be  stored in digital form, which is eco-friendly.

2.     Unlike paper and ink,  digital data can be reserved forever.

3.     Many electrical devices are portable, making it easier for people to read as their wish.

Paper books

1.     Some ancient books are irreplaceable.

2.     Staring at screen harms the eyes.

3.     People are used to  reading paper books, and the habit is hard to change.

Task 1

Describe a job you have  done or you will do and explain why. Give specific reasons and details to  support your ideas.

Task 2

Do you prefer teaching primary students handwriting or  typing on computer?

Task 3

Proposal:

The students should be  in charge of the society funding issues, such as how much the funding is  given and where the funding is given to. The students can establish a  committee of their own because they know better of the societies.

Agree

1.       The students know better of the societies.

2.       Students can cultivate their leadership.

Disagree

1.       It may be unfair since the students may give the money to their  friends’ societies or their own societies.

2.       Since students are always very busy, they may not be  interested in joining the committee.

Task 4

Term: scope creep

Example:

One of his friends ran a  construction company for building houses or yards. A woman asked his friend  to make wooden fences all round her yard at the very beginning. When his  friend almost finished the work, the woman asked his friend to paint her  fence white. His friend explained he was only responsible for building not  for painting. But the woman thought it involved painting. They argued.  Finally his friend painted the fence but felt unhappy.

Task 5

Problem: The new roommate  is a nice girl and she goes to bed early every day. The speaker prefers to do  things at night.

Solution 1

Follow the roommate’s  schedule but she’s not the kind of morning person.

Solution 2

Go to the library at the  night but the dormitory is more comfortable and convenient.

Task 6

The forest fire actually  benefits some certain animals.

1.       It makes it easier for predators to find food. For example,  when all the animals are escaping from the fire, wild turkeys would stay near  the fire and spray the insects.

2.       It provides the young animals with accommodation. For  example, the chemical given off by some trees are harmful to the beetles.  However, after the fire the trees are dead so that the beetles can lay eggs  in the tree. The larvae can find food in the dead tress as well.

Task 1

Describe a job you have  done or you will do and explain why. Give specific reasons and details to  support your ideas.

分析：若干次出现的题，我们可以参考 If you get a chance to choose a job, what will you do? (06. 7.29; 06. 11.18; 08.3.2考题)

Topic  Statement: Teaching

Reason  1: Teaching is a constructive and beneficial job. (help ordinary people to  gain knowledge)

Reason  2: I’m suited to be a teacher. (Characteristics: easy-going, understanding,  optimistic…)

Reason  3: Teacher is a respected job. (Chinese people respect their teachers very  much. In ancient times Chinese people treated teacher the way they treated  their parents.)

注：在网上有一篇针对“choose a job”这道题的sample, 写的语言不规范，请同学们不要去背那个sample.

Task 2

Do you prefer teaching  primary students handwriting or typing on computer?

解析：

Handwriting

Computer

1: It's much more personal and it feels a lot  nicer receiving a handwritten letter than it does getting an email.

2: The  art of handwriting is an essential part of Chinese culture which should not  be abandoned.  

1: It's  fun, faster than handwriting and you don't have to worry bout spelling as  much.

2: In  modern times more information is presented and kept in the digital forms so handwriting  is not necessary.

Task 4

Reading:

Example:

One of his friends ran a  construction company for building houses or yards. A woman asked his friend  to make wooden fences all round her yard at the very beginning. When his  friend almost finished the work, the woman asked his friend to paint her  fence white. His friend explained he was only responsible for building not  for painting. But the woman thought it involved painting. They argued.  Finally his friend painted the fence but felt unhappy.

解析：

Scope creep: 范围蔓延是一个术语，用以定义在未经范围变更管理过程而进行的针对项目的一系列小型的范围变更

(also  called requirement creep and feature creep) in project managementrefers  to uncontrolled changes or continuous growth in a project’sscope.  This can occur when the scope of a project is not properly defined, documented,  or controlled. It is generally considered harmful.

Typically, the scope  increase consists of either new products or  new features of already approved product designs, without corresponding  increases in resources, schedule, or budget. As a result, the project team  risks drifting away from its original purpose and scope into unplanned additions.  As the scope of a project grows, more tasks must be completed within the  budget and schedule originally designed for a smaller set of tasks.  Accordingly, scope creep can result in a project team overrunning its  original budgetand  schedule.

资料来源：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scope_creep

Task 6

The forest fire actually  benefits some certain animals.

1.       It makes it easier for predators to find food. For example,  when all the animals are escaping from the fire, wild turkeys would stay near  the fire and spray the insects.

2.       It provides the young animals with accommodation. For  example, the chemical given off by some trees are harmful to the beetles.  However, after the fire the trees are dead so that the beetles can lay eggs  in the tree. The larvae can find food in the dead tress as well.

解析：

Predator [n.] an animal that lives by predation 掠夺者

Turkey [n.] 火鸡