Question

【题目】国内某家英文报纸设有一个求助信箱（letters to Dr. Helper）。请根据一份学生现状中列出的部分信息，以高三学生王勇的名义，用英语给Dr. Helper写一封短信（写信时间为2003年2月16日）。

学生现状：1、每日在校时间9小时；

2、每日作业时间3—4小时；

3、每日课外活动时间几乎没有；

4、每日睡眠时间不足。

负担过重原因：考试压力大；作业多，家长期望高

生词：负担过重overload 压力pressure 期望expectation

注意：1、书信格式要正确；

2、表达要点要全，不能逐句翻译；

3、词数120左右。

Dear Dr. Helper,

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Answer 1

【答案】

Dear Dr. Helper,

I am a Senior 3 student. I am now in great need of your help because I can hardly stand the great pressure. Every day I have to stay at school for 9 hours to have lessons and spend at least 3 to 4 hours doing my homework. We teenagers are eager to play and enjoy ourselves, but we hardly have any time to do what we want. Besides, we even don’t have enough sleep.

There seem to be 3 causes about the overload: the pressure of examinations; too much homework and the high expectations from the parents. We are often warned that if we don’t do our best, we won’t have the chance to go to university.

I write this letter only to wish that I could have someone to talk to. I am looking forward to your advice.

Your sincerely

Wang Yong

【解析】

试题分析：这是一篇应用文写作（求助信），写作内容与学生日常生活和学习有关。写作要点为：现状和三大负担过重原因（现象），如何减负？成文时要注意：1.文章主要用第一人称；2.时态：现在时；3.题目提示的内容要点要齐全；4.注意使用高级词汇和高级句型，以提高文章的档次；5.注意使用一些连接词，使得文章表达自然、流畅。6.注意文章的字数控制，120单词左右。

【亮点说明】文章格式正确，内容齐全，结构合理，使用高级句子。I am now in great need of your help because I can hardly stand the great pressure. Because引导原因状语从句；We teenagers are eager to play and enjoy ourselves, but we hardly have any time to do what we want.并列句，but表示转折；We are often warned that if we don’t do our best, we won’t have the chance to go to university.宾语从句和条件状语从句完美结合；I write this letter only to wish that I could have someone to talk to.动词不定式作目的状语；另外，Besides的运用为文章增色添彩。