女主角窝在床上开始抱着日记本娓娓道来:
Dear diary, today will be different. It has to be. I will smile, and it will be believable. My smile was to say “I am fine, thank you.” “Yes, I feel much better.” I will start fresh, be someone new. It’s the only way I’ll make it through.
如果联系到托福等较为学术的考试,英文日记也不是没有作用的,虽然看似简单,记录下自己每天遇到的事情和感受,实际上日记中记载的一些小例子完全可以使用在托福写作中,因为毕竟托福写作的话题非常生活化,比如:Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the busy and crowded world today, we should not expect people to be polite to each other.(你是否同意,在这个忙碌的社会,我们不应该期待人们彼此礼貌对待对方。)礼貌这种事情日常生活中非常多,所以日记记下的东西,和自己的思考对托福写作还是很有帮助的。
二、做一个像奥巴马那样有效率的人——英文日程本
初*生们毕竟年纪尚小,自制能力差,平时也较为懒散,也是因为*的教育一直都是告诉你怎么做,而不是教会你怎么做,也就是授之以鱼,而不是授之以渔,所以*自己规划事物的能力比较差。但是到了国外,就应该独立了,所以自己规划日程的能力相当重要。托福写作中就有这样一道题目:Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? In the modern and complex world, young people should have the ability to plan and organize.(你是否同意,在这样一个复杂的社会,年轻人应该有计划和整理的能力。)
给大家举一个奥巴马一天的日程表的例子:
Today’s Obama Schedule(今天奥巴马的日程)
Friday, September 18, 2015(2015年,9月18日,星期五)
5:25 am || Delivers remarks on criminal justice reform; South Court Auditorium(上午5点25分,评论关于刑事司法改革事宜;地点:南法院礼堂)
10:00 am || Receives the Presidential Daily Briefing(上午10点,收到总统每日工作汇报)
12:45 pm || Live Stream of White House briefing(下午12点45分,白宫简报现场直播)
2:05 pm || Meets with members of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; Roosevelt Room(下午2点05分,会见总统委员会科学和技术部门成员,地点:罗斯福室)
笔者在此推荐几个比较好的英文评论网站:
l 美国IMDB影评网
l 亚马逊网上购物(amzon.com), 上面买各种东西都可以获得评论权利,并且可以参考别人(一般都是老外)的评论
l Airbnb旅游租住房网站,每次出去自由行,都可以在上面订家庭旅馆,评论很方便,也很锻炼人
l 美国的饮食购物点评网站:yelp
美国IMDB影评网是*常见的很多*留学生都在浏览的网站,每次有新的电影上映,大家都会去看看评论再去看电影,或者看完之后回来分享一下观后感,这个网站上也有每个电影的评分和排名,供大家参考。在这里给大家举一部IMDB一直遥遥*的电影(肖申克的救赎)的评论:
I have never seen such an amazing film since I saw The Shawshank Redemption. Shawshank encompasses friendships, hardships, hopes, and dreams. And what is so great about the movie is that it moves you, it gives you hope. Even though the circumstances between the characters and the viewers are quite different, you don't feel that far removed from what the characters are going through.
It is a simple film, yet it has an everlasting message. Frank Darabont didn't need to put any kind of outlandish special effects to get us to love this film, the narration and the acting does that for him. Why this movie didn't win all seven Oscars is beyond me, but don't let that sway you to not see this film, let its ranking on the IMDB's top 250 list sway you, let your friend’s recommendation about the movie sway you.
Set aside a little over two hours tonight and rent this movie. You will finally understand what everyone is talking about and you will understand why this is my all-time favorite movie.