【英語四級考試寫作試題】
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a letter to one of your lecturers. Say what you enjoy about his lectures and suggest how they could be improved. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.
【參考答案】
Dear Professor Martin,
I would like to take the opportunity to express my appreciation for your humorous and attractive way of teaching. All the information contained in your lectures is comprehensive and practical. To learn more actively, please allow me to outline some of my opinions on your lectures.
Firstly, I do hope you can insert a short "intermission" through the lecture and let us have a short discussion. It is helpful for us to avoid decline of attention and catch up with your lecture. At the same time, it takes the pressure off you as the instructor.
Secondly, it is advisable that you increase student activities or learning tasks during your lecture so as to promote student engagement.
Thirdly, I hope you will be able to just base your lectures on the most important materials and ask the students to search for the less important information for themselves outside of class.
At last, I’d like to express my heartfelt thanks and highest respect to you for your hardwork and wish to have an opportunity to communicate with you face to face.
Yours sincerely, Li Hu
點(diǎn)評:
這是一封寫給授課老師的建議信。信件開頭首先表明對老師授課方式的欣賞及對授課內(nèi)容的贊揚(yáng),之后提及自己對課堂的三點(diǎn)建議:一是希望老師授課中途做短暫休息;二是希望老師在授課的過程中穿插學(xué)生活動(dòng)或?qū)W習(xí)任務(wù)以加強(qiáng)學(xué)生的參與度;三是希望老師挑重點(diǎn)內(nèi)容講,鼓勵(lì)學(xué)生課后自己搜查課上省略掉的次要內(nèi)容。最后表達(dá)自己對老師辛勤工作的感謝,希望有機(jī)會(huì)能面對面地交流。
humorous and attractive way of teaching意為“幽默詼諧、招人喜愛的授課方式”;comprehensive and practical意為“涵蓋全面且實(shí)用的”;insert意為“插入﹑ 放入﹑ 置入或嵌于某物或某兩物間”;intermission意為“暫停; 中間休息; 幕間休息”;decline of attention 意為“注意力降低”;promote student engagement 意為“提高學(xué)生參與度”;base...on意為“以……為基礎(chǔ)”;heartfelt thanks意為“衷心的感謝”。