1. 開頭常用句型
great changes have taken place in … in the last … years.
/quite a few changes have taken place in …since ….
/over the past … years or so, great changes have taken place in our life.
2. 對比常用句型:
…used to…, but now…
/ …in the past, but now…
/ once…, but now…
/things are different now.
/ but now, everything has changed.
1.假設你是李華，你的澳大利亞朋友dick聽說中國的中國小正在減輕學生的學習負擔，來信詢問有關情況。請你根據下表提供的信息，寫一封回信，談一談減負給你的學習和生活帶來的變化。
周末活動(減負前)
周末活動(減負後)
白天：上課、做作業
白天：參觀博物館、學習電腦、繪畫等
晚上：做作業
晚上：看新聞、讀書、看報
就寢時間：11：30
就寢時間：10：00
註意：1. 詞數100左右;
2. 開頭已為你寫好。
生詞：減輕學習負擔—reduce learning load
參考答案：
dear dick,
how nice to hear from you again. you want to know what is going on in schools in china? in short, things have begun to improve since schools were called on to reduce learning load. i don"t know about others, but i used to have to work even at weekends doing endless homework and attending classes as well. now i have more free time. i can follow my own interests such as reading books, visiting museums, and taking computer lessons. in the evenings i can watch news on tv or read newspapers.
what"s more，i can go to bed earlier. as far as i know, everyone is happy about this new arrangement of things.
best wishes，
li hua
2.我國某山區張各庄為對外開方單位。請用英語為來訪賓客寫一篇簡單介紹。內容要點如下：
1背景
張各庄(zhang ge zhuang)遠離其他村庄。過去，兒童上學困難。1988年成立本村國小(primary school)。
2現狀
教師：三人，均為本村人，中學畢業後回村執教。
學生：48人
班級：5個
科目：語文，數學，自然(science)，音樂，美術，體育
3 學費
免費
註意： 1 要有標題
2 介紹必須包括所給要點，單不要逐條譯成英語。
3 字數：80-120個單詞。
zhang ge zhuang primary school
until 1988 zhang ge zhuang had no school of its own. it was pretty hard for the children of the village who had to go to school in other villages which were all far away.
now zhang ge zhuang primary school has three teachers, teaching 48pupils. the teachers had finished middle school education before they returned to teach here.
the pupils are divided into five different classes, in which six subjects are taught. there are chinese, maths, science, music, drawing and physical education.
education is free for all children in the village.