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【题目】近几年，很多学校开设了特色课程（special classes），如摄影、手工制作、网球等等。我校开设此类课程已有一段时间，现向同学们征集对此类课程的看法。以下是你们班同学的观点，请根据表格中内容并结合你自己的想法谈一谈对特色课程的看法。

Some students think…	Other students think…	Your opinion
help to develop students’ interests; get more knowledge; …	a waste of time; not helpful for lessons; …	…

注意：（1）词数80左右，开头可借鉴已给内容也可自己写；

（2）文章应包括题中所提的所有要点，可适当发挥，以使行文连贯；

（3）文中请勿提及你的真实姓名和学校。

（供参考首句：Recently, many schools have offered some specials classes to students, such as photography classes, handicraft classes and tennis classes.）

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Answer 1

【答案】Recently, many schools have offered some specials classes to students, such as photography classes, handicraft classes and tennis classes. But everyone has his or her ideas of these classes.

Some students think they usually don’t have enough free time to do something they really enjoy because of the busy schoolwork. So these special classes help to develop their interests and hobbies. What’s more, they believe they can get more knowledge from these classes. And it can make their lives more colorful. Also, classes like cooking really help to improve their life skills. That’s important.

However, others disagree. They point out these classes are not helpful for their lessons and they are just a waste of time. Some students pay too much attention to these classes. It influences their schoolwork.

In my opinion, it’s a good choice for schools to offer the special classes to us. We can not only learn something different there, but also relax ourselves. But we students should be always serious about these classes and have a good balance between the common lessons and special classes.

【解析】 这是一篇图表，要求结合你自己的想法谈一谈对特色课程的看法。动笔前先要认真阅读要点，围绕要点组织材料，然后用正确的英语句子把这些内容表达出来，在此基础上亦可适当发挥，注意不要遗漏材料中给出的要点。根据材料可知本文主要是应用一般现在时态，注意标点符号及大小写等问题，不要犯语法错误。注意上下文之间的逻辑关系，语意连贯。