How I Overcome My Difficulties in Learning English
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition based on the following questions. You should write at least 120 words.
1．你在学英语中有哪些困难？
2．你是如何克服这些困难的？
【范文】
How I Overcome My Difficulties in Learning English
With the opening toward the outside world, English becomes more and more important today. A large number of① people are working hard in order to grasp this language. However, learning English well is not a very easy task . As for② me, I myself met a lot of difficulties in learning it. But I managed to overcome these difficulties and made great progress.
The first difficulty I met is the vocabulary. In order to enlarge③ my vocabulary, I found a lot of simplified④ novels to read. Wherever I met new words in the novel, I looked them up in the dictionary. Day after day, I finished reading about twenty novels and my vocabulary increased a lot.
The second difficulty I met is listening. Under the guidance⑤ of my English teacher, I recorded many English tapes. And I made full use of my spare time to listen to these tapes. I also listened to the English radios and watched the English programmes on TV. After almost one year’s practice， my listening ability got on a higher step.
From my own experience I can get such a conclusion, that is, where there is a will, there is a way.
【注释】
①a large number of：许多；很多
②as for：对于；关于
③enlarge：扩大
④simplified：简写的；简化的
⑤guidance：指导；指引
【点评】
本文是一篇根据汉语提纲展开的说明文。这种题型的作文在大学英语四级考试中出现的频率最高。
全文围绕“英语学习中的困难”这个中心展开。
在第一段，作者首先简要地说明了学习英语的重要性。接着，用However把笔锋一转，指出学习英语不是一件容易的事。再用As for me进行顺利过渡，指出自己在学习中也碰到了很多困难，但都克服了并且取得了进步。
在第二段和第三段，作者分别用The first difficulty和The second difficulty将自己在英语学习中碰到的两大困难道出，并进而详细地说明了自己是如何攻克词汇和听力这两大难关的。
最后一段是一个简明的总结，既总结了全文，又导出了中心论点。
参考文献：英语作文高分必背丛书：大学英语四级写作/李华田主编，武汉大学出版社，2005
