新世纪大学英语写作练习题参考答案单元

Unit I

Write a passage in about 120 words, taking either of the following titles:

1)why I like to learn English

2)why I hate to learn English

Sample Essay

1) Why I Like to Learn English

I have learned English for about seven years. I should say that I am highly motivated to (非常有动力去)master English. First of all, learning English us useful, as it is becoming a world language and people from different countries often communicate with one another in English. If I am good at English, it will be much easier for me to communicate with them. Secondly, I like traveling a lot, a good mastery of English will make things much easier for me when traveling around the world. Finally, I like literature a lot. If I am very good at English, I can read great works by Shakespeare and Dickens and many other English writers instead of reading the translated versions（翻译版）. So I think I will work ever harder to learn English well.

2)Why I hate to learn English

I have learned English for about seven years. I should say the more I learn English, the more I

hate it. First of all, learning English is boring. I have to memorize （记住）many new words or rely on a dictionary to frequently check unknown words. Doing so wastes a lot of my precious time. Secondly, I don’t understand why we have to learn a foreign language. I don’t want to go abroad and I can always find a job that doesn’t need English in China. Finally, I can always read translated versions of the books I want to read. So if I d on’t have to learn English. I would rather use the time I spend on English to do things I like.

Unit 2

In about 100-120 words, write about a conflict you once had with your parents. You can start with either of the following opening.

1)I was very unhappy with my mother/father the other day…..

2)I was grateful (感激的) that my mother/father criticize me the other day……

Sample writing:

1）I was very unhappy with my father the other day. He must have called out to me for help with some housework, but I was so absorbed in reading（沉迷于,专注于、、、）

that I didn’t hear him. He stepped into my room, apparently in anger, grabbed(抓起) my

book and threw it on the floor. I got upset and insisted that he should pick it up and

apologize to me. When he remained silent, I ran our and went off to play games with

my friends in the neighborhood（家庭所在的街区）. When it was turning dark, I saw

my father looking around for me, he patted me on the head and walked back home with

e, his arm wrapped around my shoulder. When I got home, I saw my book had

“returned” to my reading table.

2）I was grateful that my mother criticized me that other day. I had been asking her for money to buy all kinds of things that my friends have-a new pair of shoes or some new

clothes. Every time I was refused, I played the same trick(玩同样的把

戏)—threatening to（威胁）pour the dish she cooked for the family into the river. My

mother gave in each time I threatened to do that, but one day, she criticized me really

hard. She scolded me for being selfish (批评我自私自利)and inconsiderate （不会体

谅他人）and asked me to sit in a corner and reflect on （反思）my own behavior. I