3. There is a chair in this room, isn’t there?

1. We often study Chinese history on Friday afternoon.　 / 　2. The boy who offered me his seat is called Tom.

Most Saturday evenings there is a party, even at harvest time. These parties often make us very happy. We cook meat on an open fire outside. It's great! Americans eat a lot of meat - too much in my opinion. Some of my friends drink beer. I don't, because I have to drive home after the party. In your letter you asked about the time in different areas of the States. There are five different time areas in the States. In my state we are fourteen hours behind Beijing time. How many different time areas do you have in China? Well, I must stop and get some sleep. Please give my best regards to your parents.

1. The students got on the school bus.　　　　　　　　 2. He handed me the newspaper.

3. I shall answer your question after class.　　　　　　 4. What a beautiful Chinese painting!

5. They went hunting together early in the morning.　　 6. His job is training swimmers.

7. He took many photos of the palaces in Beijing.　　　 8. There is going to be an American film tonight.

9. He is to leave for Shanghai tomorrow.　　　　　　 10. His wish is to become a scientist.

11. He managed to finish the work in time.　　　　　 12. Tom came to ask me for advice.

13. He found it important to master English.　　　　　 14. Do you have anything else to say?

15. To be honest; your pronunciation is not so good.　　 16. Would you please tell me your address?

17. He sat there, reading a newspaper.　　　　　　　 18. It is our duty to keep our classroom clean and tidy.

19. He noticed a man enter the room.　　　　　　　　 20. The apples tasted sweet.

11．表示措施 1)We should take some effective measures．　 2). It is essential that effective measures (should) be taken to …

3). As a result , we should take some effective steps to … 4). We must take action / measures to...　 我们必须采取行动／措施以……。 5) We must take action to keep up with new developments. 我们必须采取行动跟上新的发展形势。 6) We must take measures to better the traffic.　 我们必须采取措施改善交通状况。 7). We should make every effort to...　 我们应该竭尽全力……。 We should make every effort to protect our valuable drinking water. 我们应该竭尽全力保护我们宝贵的淡水。

10. 表示结论 1). In a word... 总之,…　 　 In a word, money is something but not everything. 总之，金钱很重要，但它不是万能的。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2). In brief/short, ...，简言之，……。 　In brief, we cannot please everyone all the time. 简而言之，我们无法总是让每个人都满意。

3). In conclusion, ...最后，……。聪之，……。

In conclusion, I find mutual understanding plays a key role in building a friendly relationship.

总之，我发现相互理解对建立友好关系至关重要。 4). To sum up... 总之，……。总而言之，……。 　 To sum up, life in the future will certainly be very dif¬ferent from that of today. 　 总之，未来的生活肯定会和当前的很不一样。 5). From what has been mentioned above，we can come to the conclusion that ．．．

例如： From what has been mentioned above，we can come to the conclusion that examination is necessary，however， its method should be improved．

9．表示数量 1)It has risen/increased(decreased/dropped)from．．．to．．． 2)The population in this city has now increased (decreased)to 800，000． 3)The output of July in this factory increased (was reduced) by 15% compared with that of January． 例如： With the improvement of the living standard，the proportion of people’s income spent on food has decreased while that spent on education has increased．

8．表示比较 　1)Compared with A，B．．． 　2)I prefer to read rather than watch TV． 　3). On the contrary, ... 正好相反，… 　 Their criticism did not discourage me. On the contrary, I worked even harder. 　 他们的批评并没有使我感到气馁，相反，我比以前更加努力了。

7．表示变化 　　　　Some changes have taken place in the past five years．

6. 一二三原则 　领导讲话总是第一部分、第一点、第二点、第三点、第二部分、第一点… 如此罗嗦。可毕竟还是条理清楚。考官们看文章也必然要通过这些关键性的“标签”来判定你的文章是否结构清楚，条理自然。破解方法很简单，只要把下面任何一组的词汇加入到你的几个要点前就清楚了。 　1)first, second, third, last(不推荐，原因：俗) 　2)firstly, secondly, thirdly, finally(不推荐，原因：俗) 　3)the first, the second, the third, the last(不推荐，原因：俗) 　4)in the first place, in the second place, in the third place, lastly(不推荐，原因：俗) 　5)to begin with, then, furthermore, finally(强烈推荐) 　6)to start with, next, in addition, finally(强烈推荐) 　7)first and foremost, besides, last but not least(强烈推荐) 　8)most important of all, moreover, finally 　9)on the one hand, on the other hand(适用于两点的情况) 　10)for one thing, for another thing(适用于两点的情况)