Unit 1-Writing Practice

Unit1WritingPracticeContentsSentenceStructureTranslationPracticalWritingI.Improvethefollowingsentencesiftheyareincorrectorinappropriate.SentenceStructure1.Please,passthesugar!2.DidHenryhavefinishedhisbreakfast?3.Youhadnotbettergotothecinemanow.4.Donotyoucometoseeme!Passthesugar,please!HasHenryfinishedhisbreakfast?Youhadbetternotgotothecinemanow.Don’tyoucometoseeme!SentenceStructure5.Somebookswereshownhim.6.Benotsuretocomebeforenineo’clock!7.Letusgo.(=We’dbettergo)8.Leavenotmealone!9.Whoyourfriendis?10.Whosecarisyourdriving?Besurenottocomebeforenineo’clock!Let’sgo.(Letusgo.=Allowustogo.)Don’tleavemealone!Whoisyourfriend?Somebookswereshowntohim.Whosecarareyoudriving?1.Modelsentence:II.Foreachsentencegivenbelow,findasentenceinthereadingpassagesoftheunitwiththesamepatternandthenmakeoneofyourownwiththewordsandphrasesgiveninthebrackets.SentenceStructureNotonlyhashecome,but(also)hehasbroughtwhatwewanted.Textsentence:______________________________________________________________________________________________________Yoursentence:______________________________________________________________________________________________(thenurses,apayraise,fewerworkinghours)Notonlymustyoulearnthevocabulary,butyoumustlearnwhichwordstochooseinwhichsituations.Notonlyhavethenurseswantedapayraise,buttheyhavedemandedfewerworkinghours.SentenceStructure2.Modelsentence:Whatissaidbytheteacherisquitetrue.Textsentence:_________________________________________________————————————————————————————Yoursentence:_________________________________________________(bedonebythestudent,beyondunderstanding)Whatareconsideredpolitemannersinoneculturemightbeterriblyrudeinanother.Whatisdonebythestudentisbeyondunderstanding.SentenceStructure3.Modelsentence:TheJohnsonsdidn’tmakeanyfriendswhiletheyweretravelinginEurope.Textsentence:_______________________________________________________________________________Yoursentence:_________________________________________________________________________________(foreignexpert,contributions,stayinChina)NorthAmericansdon’tmakenoiseortalkwhiletheyhavefoodintheirmouths.Theforeignexpertdidn’tmakeanycontributionstooursocietywhilehewasstayinginChina.SentenceStructure4.Modelsentence:LearningtousechopsticksastheChineseisalmostlikelearninganewlanguage.Textsentence:________________________________________________________________________________________Yoursentence:_____________________________________________________________________________(finishthetask,twohours,learntobeadoctor,inoneday)Learningtobehaveasthepeopleofthetargetcultureisalmostlikelearninganewdancestep.Finishingthetaskwithintwohoursisalmostlikelearningtobeadoctorinoneday.SentenceStructure5.Modelsentence:OncewehaveagoodcommandofEnglish,wecanuseitfluently.Textsentence:______________________________________________________________________________________Yoursentence:______________________________________________________(knowJohn,makefriendswith)Butonceyoupickuptherules,youcanfollowthetunesandenjoytheeaseofcommunication.OnceyouknowJohnverywell,youcanmakefriendswithhim.TranslationTranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.1.他的工作与动物有关。(havesomethingtodowith)2.为了在天黑前到达，我们早早动了身。(inorderto)3.从她的口音判断，她一定是一个北方人。(judgeby)4.如果你们要她来，就是先通知她。(inadvance)Hisworkhassomethingtodowithanimals.Westartedearlyinordertoarrivebeforedark.Judgingbyheraccent,shemustbefromtheNorth.Ifyouneedhertocome,informherinadvance.Translation5.我不清楚他为什么改变了主意。(changeone’smind)6.多数人一旦学会游泳，就会喜欢上它的。(once)7.你现在准备得越充分，考试时就越有信心。(confidence)8.英语学好了，你就会经常用它。而经常使用反过来又会使你学得更好。(frequentuse)Idon’tknowwhyhechangedhismind.Mostpeopleliketoswimoncetheyhavelearnedhow(toswim).Themorepreparationsyoumakenow,themoreconfidenceyou’llhaveintheexam.IfyoulearnEnglishwell,youwilluseitoften.Thefrequentuse,inturn,willmakeyoulearnbetter.PracticalWritingDirections:Youarewritingalettertoyourteachertotellher/himabouthowyouplantolearnEnglishthissemester.Youwillwriteaccordingtotheoutlineyouhavejustmade.SampleWritingDearMs./Mr.Wang,Thenewsemesterhasbegun.Inthissemester,IplantoimprovemyEnglishgreatly.I’vemadeplansasfollows.Firstofall,previewfor30minutesto1hourbeforetheEnglishclass.Intheclass,I’lltakenoteswhennecessary,askatleastonequestioneveryclassandbeactiveinpracticingoralEnglish.Then,afterclass,completethewrittenexercisesaccordingtotherequirementoftheteacher.SpokenEnglishissoimportantthatIdecidetospend20minutesfrom7:25—7:45everydayexceptSundayinreadingaloudanddothirty-minute-oral-practicetwiceaweek.PracticalWritingNext,trymybesttoremembersixwordseverydayexceptSunday.AndthelastoneisthatIwillspendonehoureverySundayreviewingwhatIhavelearnedinthepreviousweek.I’mlookingforwardtohearingyouradvice.Sincerelyyours,MaLiPracticalWritingThankYou!TheEndUnit1