The Harmful Effect of Reference Books(參考書泛濫成災)
1.參考書泛濫已成為師生共同關註的問題;
2.參考書泛濫所產生的問題;
3.我的建議。後以《大學英語》竟有十多種參考書為例支持主題句，並以由此可產生的問題(使用不當和過度使用)引起下文;第二段列舉問題所在，如：可使學生上課註意力不集中、有些參考書誤導學生、學生過分依靠參考書等;第三段寫“我”建議學生要適度使用，出版社要謹慎出版，二兩者都要態度端正。
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Nowadays reference books have become a problem of great concern for both teachers and students. For example, there are more than ten kinds of reference books available to users of College English. A smarter use of these books is certainly beneficial, but the misuse and overuse of them may cause a tot of problems.
To begin with, they make the students tess attentive in class. Armed with reference books, many students may think that they know what the teacher is going to talk about. So they may not listen to the teacher in class at all. And they may not have the chance to listen or speak English. As a result, they will neither speak nor understand when they are spoken to. Secondly, some reference books are so filled with mistakes that students may be confused as to the correct term or answer. Third[y, by merely referring to the reference books, the students may be deprived of the ability to work out the solution to the problems themselves. Finally, faced with so many kinds of reference books, the students may feel at a loss which to buy.
I, therefore, suggest that students neither overuse nor misuse the reference books. I also suggest that publishing houses make concerted efforts to publish fewer but better reference books. If both the students and the publishing houses adopt the right attitude toward reference books, they will both benefit a lot from them.