Question

讀寫任務（共1小題，滿分25分）
閱讀下面的書信，然后按照要求寫一篇150詞左右的英語短文。
Dear David,
I am writing you this email because you’re so busy every day with your studies and after-school activities that we seldom have chances to talk face-to-face. There is something that I am very worried about.
You have always been an active boy, willing to help others and always looking for an opportunity to try something new or learn something different. I think these are wonderful qualities but I am concerned that they may be affecting your studies. In the past three months alone you have joined at least four different student clubs. I see these activities taking up more and more of your time. You’re always discussing something with your classmates or surfing online. You’re also devoting less time to homework and even your teachers say you are looking very sleepy in class.
I know that these kinds of activities are fun and can help your development, but I think they have started to damage your performance at school. Please remember the most important thing at this stage of your life is your studies. Right now you should do your best in your examinations as it will give you more choices is your future. I beg you to focus on your main goal and not to throw away all your years of hard work
Your loving mother
【寫作內(nèi)容】
假設你是信中的David，請用英語給你媽媽寫回信。以下是回信的內(nèi)容（信的開頭和結尾已經(jīng)為你寫好）：
1. 以約30詞概括書信的主要內(nèi)容。
2. 以約120詞談談你對參加學校社團或俱樂部活動的看法，內(nèi)容包括：
（1）你讀信后的感受；
（2）你是否贊成你媽媽的觀點，并陳述理由；
（3）你對你媽媽的承諾。
【寫作要求】
1. 作文中可以使用親身經(jīng)歷或虛構的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接
引用原文中的句子。
2. 作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學校名稱。
【評分標準】
概括準確，語言規(guī)范，內(nèi)容合適，語篇連貫。

Answer 1

Dear mum,
I’ve just received your email expressing your concern that I am being distracted from my studies because of my many after-school activities and the consequences of this for my future.
(or: I’ve just received your email expressing your concern about my participation in so many after-school activities, the effect of this on my study performance and its consequences for my future.)
I appreciate what you say and am sorry to have caused you so much worry. I’m also touched that you understand my reasons for being attracted to such activities.
It is true that I have been spending a lot of time with these groups but please don’t worry. I find that these groups help me to relax, develop my thinking, and actually improve my school performance, although my teacher is right that I do sometimes feel tired in class.
For this reason, and to also relieve you of your worry, I have decided to limit my participation to only two groups this term. This way I can still enjoy the outside activities without it affecting either you or my study performance.
Love,
David

這篇作文是要求根據(jù)媽媽的來信，用英語給你媽媽寫回信。首先以約30詞概括書信的主要內(nèi)容。作文的第一段里用了concernactivitiesconsequences這樣的詞匯加以表達，另外這句話里expressing your concern that I am being distracted from my studies because of my many after-school activities and the of this for my future.that引導的是個同位語從句。
第二段的內(nèi)容包括：（1）你讀信后的感受；I appreciate what you say and am sorry to have caused you so much worry. I’m also touched that you understand my reasons for being attracted to such activities. 用了劃線的兩個詞表示作者的感受。其中的be attracted to是“迷戀上”。（2）你是否贊成你媽媽的觀點，并陳述理由；It is true that I have been spending a lot of time with these groups but please don’t worry.讓媽媽放心，理由是：I find that these groups help me to relax, develop my thinking, and actually improve my school performance,
第三段是對你媽媽的承諾。For this reason, and to also relieve you of your worry, I have decided to limit my participation to only two groups this term. This way I can still enjoy the outside activities without it affecting either you or my study performance.其中兩個劃線的詞組用的很恰當。