某一学生对竹子不甚了解，于是去问生物老师。他就竹子的种属、种类、特征(指生长情况以及高度)和 用途等提了几个问题。老师一一给予回答并请他写一段师生之间关于竹子的对话。如有一学生编写出这样一段 文字通顺的对话：(S-A Student T-The Teacher)

s:What kind of plant is bamboo?

T:Bamboo is a kind of grass though it looks niore like a tree.

S:How many kinds of bamboo are there in the world?

T:Altogether there are more than 500 different kinds of bamboo.

s:Where does bamboo grow best ?Do all of them grow tall?

T:They grow best where it is warm and where it rains often.Not allkinds of bamboo grow tall. Some grow no higher than your ankles.

S:Is bamboo very useful?

T:Yes，it is widely used .We can make a lot of things out of bamboo，such as flower vases，b askets，water-pipes.It is also a good buildingmaterial.It can be made into fine paper.It can als o be used as food whenyoung.

又如在复习高中第二册第14课和第15课时，提示是将《礼物》这篇短篇小说缩写成一篇简短的故事。

3.一题一练 一题一练即命题作文，安排在高考前两个月。题目应接近中学生的生活实际，使学生看到 题目就有话可写。这样才能激发学生的兴趣，使他们对写好作文充满信心。这样的题目有：

记叙文：(1)My First English Teacher (2)My Study of English

(3)My Childhood (4)An Unforgettable Day

描写： (1)Four Seasons (2)My Good Friend

(3)The Teacher I Respect Most

说明文：(1)My Family (2)Our School

(3)How I Improved My English

议论文：(1)On the Importance of Learning A Foreign Language

(2)Early Rising (3)Let’s Go in for Sports(例文略)

英语作文训练三步法，由仿写到改写，再到自由表达，由易到难，循序渐进，确定了作文要求和具体形式 ，是一种有效方法。

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