WritingCulturalCornerTask.pptVIP

4. It was along the Mississippi River______ Mark Twain spent much of his childhood. (08天津卷) A. how B. which C. that D. where C For more exercises, please click here. 3. By the 1950s, most American high schools had cheerleading squads. by 到……时为止可与过去完成时或将来 完成时连用。 到明年十月份我就已经完成工作了。 I’ll have finished this task by October next year. 截止到2009年十月份，他们总共生产了 20,000辆车。 By October 2009, they had produced 20,000 cars. 4. However, many Americans are amused by Cheerleading and see it as rather a stupid activity. rather 与 quite的用法 rather 可以和比较级/too连用。 rather +冠词+名词相当于冠词+quite+名词 如：屋里暖和多了。 It’s rather warmer inside. 你看起来好像太自信了。 You seem rather too sure. 这是一部相当好的电影。 This is rather a good film/a quite good film. Task Task -- Write an article for a school newspaper about the highlights of your school year. Make notes of the things that you remember most about your last complete school year. They can be about you or about other students or teachers. They can also be about important school events. Look through this module and note down words and phrases that you might want to use. You can refer to those phrases appearing on Page 28. Exchange ideas with one or two other students. Plan the article. Write an article. Put all your articles on a board for everyone to read. The Last School Year—A Memorable One Last year at school, as far as I’m concerned, was my best year at school so far. I hope next year will be even better! For a start, my school gym can hold a great number of students, and we can always have fun together. And the teachers we had last year were both competent in their subjects, and mostly very nice people, too. Sample Writing There’s so much to remember that I hardly know where to begin. Perhaps the highlight of the year was our class trip to Hong Kong. We had a great week, I can tell you! We slept in two-bed rooms. I say “slept” ... but of course, we were up most of each night talking, listening to music and having fun. The