Unit 78 Keeping a Diary in English
以“Keeping a Diary in English”为题，写一篇120词左右的短文。
“范文”
Keeping a Diary in English
There are many ways to improve our English writing skills① and keeping a diary in English is one of them.
Keeping a diary in English is not so difficult as some students imagine②. Compared with③other forms of writing, it is shorter and takes less time. In doing it, we often find a lot of pleasure. Because our life is rich and colorful, it is easy for us to choose one or two events④ to write down.
Then how to keep a diary in English? first, we need a notebook and a Chinese-English dictionary. Then we should drop down⑤ briefly⑥ in English what we have done and what we have been thinking during the day. We can make it a rule to write the diary before going to bed⑦. It is really helpful to improve our English writing skills.
“注释：”
①skill：n.技能，技巧
②imagine：vi.想象
③compared with：与……相比较
④event：n.事件（情）
①drop down：记下
②briefly：adv.简单地
③go to bed：上床睡觉
“点评：”
这是一篇根据命题展开的说明性议论文。这种题型应作为备考题型加以训练。它既考查学生的思维能力，又考查学生组织语言进行表达的能力。
本篇作文提示材料只有一个题目，“Keeping a Diary in English”，这就给大家很大的发挥余地，整篇文章只要围绕“用英语写日记”这个中心展开，从哪些方面着手呢？本文的框架如下文所示：
第一段作者开门见山地表达了自己的观点：用英语写日记是提高英语水平写作能力的一种方式。
第二段作者剖析了用英语写日记并不象有些学生认为的那么难，与其它形式相比，日记短小，写作占用时间少，其中有许多乐趣。
最后，作者用“Then how to keep a diary in English?”承前启后，自然地过渡到第三段。在这一段，作者告诉大家具体怎么做，并用first, then等词过渡来表达自己的观点。最后一句“It is really helpful to improve our English writing kills”与文章开头遥相呼应。
资料来源：英语作文高分必背丛书：高考/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
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