托福 作文基础讲义
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独立写作讲义(1)对立观点题型。
Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.It has been said, "Not all learning takes place in the classroom." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from personal experience with knowledge gained from classroom instruction. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?引言段思路:阐述背景,明确表明自己支持的观点。
模板:Nowadays it is widely acknowledged that __ has played an essential role in peoples life, (可具体描述该主题的重要性)As a result the question is often raised as to whether___________________ or _______________. To this question, people’s opinions vary, with some claiming that it is much better to ______________and others holding that ________ is a better choice. (背景阐述)Taking into account the major factors involved, I cast my vote for the former/latter opinion, and this essay will explore the reasons for my stance(明确立场).可以用自己的语言来开头,尤其是背景阐述,可以针对论题进行简单描述。
写作高频场景词汇:School and Education1) 作为团队工作work as/ in a team2) 在...的帮助下with the help of3) 穿校服wear a school uniform4) 使用学校设备use the school facilities/ equipment5) 参加...的新生引导课程take an orientation course6) 与小组一起学习study with a group7) 出国留学study abroad8) 与某人分享观点share a idea/ ideas with someone9) 与某人同住一室share a room with sb10) 现实生活经验real life experience11) 优先考虑... put a priority on12) 追求个人兴趣pursue one’s individual interest13) 提倡创造性思维promote/ advocate creative thinking/ critical thinking14) 预防校园暴力prevent school violence15) 参与课堂讨论participate in a class discussion16) 理清思路organize one’s thoughts17) 选修科目optional subjects18) 提供教育机会offer/ provide an educational opportunity19) 在...方面改变make a change in...20) 主修major in21) 住宿舍live in a dormitory/ dorm22) 讲座lectures23) 通过...学习learn by/ via/ through + doing24) 自学learn by myself/ teach myself25) 增加教育预算increase the education budget26) 增加某人的潜力increase one’s potential/ 能力capability27) 有机会... have the opportunity to do sth28) 对...有很大的影响have a strong impact on sth29) 对...有强烈的好奇心have a strong curiosity about30) 进行关于...的讨论have a discussion about31) 有...文凭/学历have a diploma/ certification in32) 有...的选择have a choice of33) 从学校毕业graduate from34) 上私立学校go to a private/ public school35) 经历青春期go through puberty36) 因...给某人奖励give someone a prize37) 取得好成绩get a good grade38) 收到良好的教育get good education39) 获得最新的信息gain/ receive the latest information/ news40) 从...获得知识gain knowledge from41) 组成学习小组form a study group42) 感到来自同龄个人的压力feel peer/ contemporaries pressure43) 面对问题face a problem44) 课外活动extracurricular activities45) 拓展知识expand/ gain/ acquire/ obtain/ get/ accumulate one’s knowled ge46) 获得学分earn a credit47) 培养在...方面的专长develop expertise in...48) 必修科目compulsory subjects49) 职业准备career preparation50) 建学校build/ establish school51) 开始正规教育begin formal education52) 必须...,被要求.... be required/ suppose to do53) 参与户外活动participate/ take part in/ join in/ attend outdoor activities54) 在...方面有能力;能胜任... be competent/ capable in55) 上大学attend college/ university56) 上课attend classes57) 参加夏令营participate/ engage in/ , be/ get involved in a summer camp58) 给某人布置家庭走也assign homework to somebody59) 中学、大学 a primary/ middle/ high school. Secondary school.60) 研究领域 a field of study写作高频场景词汇:Family and Society1) 拜访邻居visit one’s neighborhood2) 使用公共交通工具use public transportation3) 没有做... without doing4) 把某人看作... treat someone as, treat them as competitor5) 青少年犯罪teenager delinquencies/ juvenile delinquency6) 养家support a family, feed one’s family7) 对...表示尊敬show respect to8) 展现领导才能show leadership skills9) 解决问题solve problems10) 使某人想起某事remind sb of something11) 信仰某种宗教believe in a particular religion12) 宣誓对...效忠pledge loyalty to13) 将某人的价值观传递给... pass on one’s values to...14) 参加社区活动participate in community activities15) 做出重要决定make an important decision16) 对...做出贡献make a contribution to17) 住在郊区live in suburban/ suburb areas18) 跟上keep up with19) 记住某事keep sth in mind20) 照看、留心keep an eye on21) 普遍认同it is generally agreed that...22) 改善公共交通improve public transportation23) 有高标准have high standards24) 有...的倾向have a tendency to do25) 有社区意识have a sense of community26) 有...感have a sense of achievement/ fulfillment/ accomplishment; humor; belonging; happiness27) 与...有密切的关系have a close relationship with28) 与...相处get along with29) 获得...的支持gain the support of sb/ some organization30) 建立组织set up/ form an organization31) 形成舆论form public opinion/ lead public opinion32) 效仿某人imitate sb; follow in one’s footsteps33) 感到安全feel security34) 感觉被...吸引be attracted to/ feel an attraction to35) 顺便去购物中心drop in at a shopping center36) 为生计做某事do something for a living37) 负担得起... afford to do38) 建立信任build up trust39) 培养社会技能cultivate/ develop social skills40) 从...中获益benefit from41) 建立人脉build social connections/ social circles42) 成为...的居民become a resident of43) 孤立于.... be isolated from44) 需要帮助be in need of help45) 对...友好be hospitable to46) 情感上依附于... be emotionally attached to47) 致力于... be committed to/ commit oneself to/ devote oneself to48) 因...而著名be celebrated for/ be famous for/ be famous as做为。
托福写作讲义_暑假班新托福写作讲义,4,作文的连贯与衔接“启”,首先,first, firstly, first of all, to begin with, in the first place, to start with, in the beginning,at first,一方面,on the one hand (…on the other hand) For one thing…, for another…一般说来,generally speaking, in general现在,目前,at present, now, currently最近,recently“承”第二/第三,second, secondly / third, thirdly此外,besides, in addition, furthermore, what’s more, moreover, in addition to, moreover 而且,also, too例如,for example, for instance, as an example, as another example 即,也就是说,namely, in other words, (In other words, she must give up singing.换言之, 她必须放弃唱歌。
) that is to say, it means that, that is,同样地,in the same way, similarly,用于句首,= likewise后来,from now on, later on, after a few days, after a while, then, 与此同时,meanwhile,此时,by this time1新托福写作讲义不久,soon因此,as a result, consequently, so同样重要,equally important“转”虽然,though, as, although,尽管,nevertheless,后面跟句子,, despite, in spite of ,后面加名词或代词,但是,but, yet,however即使,even though/even if ,后面加从句,相反,on the contrary, conversely ,相反地,颠倒地,, rather than, instead of…另一方面,on the other hand不幸地,unfortunately仍然,still与…不同,unlike“合”因此,hence,as a result, so, for this reason, as a result of总之,in conclusion, in short, in brief, in summary, briefly最终,eventually, at last,如我所说,as I have said, as has been said于是,accordinglye.g. He was told to speak briefly; accordingly he cut short his remarks.2新托福写作讲义人家叫他说话简短, 于是他就长话短说了。
一.开头段落——分析论题法& 引人入胜法二.主体段落1. 整体结构——三段式& 两段式Ⅰ主题句(topic sentence)根据下列主题写出主题句Topic:Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Business should do anything they can to make a profit. →I disagree!The most important thing that business need to realize is that they have to give priority to the rights of the customers.Equally important, the benefits of the employees must be respected.Business ought to pay careful attention to the quality of nature environment.Ⅱ支持性细节★常规事例法:Topic1:Some famous athletes and entertainers earn millions of dollars every year.Do you think they deserve that high salary?In the first place, famous entertainers or athletes are more talented than common people. Their high incomes are rewards for their talents. We may take Yao Ming, a Chinese NBA superstar, for example. It was reported that Yao made nearly 20 million dollars in 2006. Why could Yao get such a high salary?It is because Yao has huge talents. With a height of 2.26 meters, Yao is considered one of the most powerful centre forwards of the NBA. That is to say, he is the best player and he deserves the best salary.还想进一步拓展段落▲总结原因:Why + (问题) …The reason why…▲总结结果:Consequently, Therefore, As a result,Topic2:2008.2.24 同2006.10.29Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Renewable resources of energy (sun, wind, water) will soon replace resources of fossil fuels (gas, oil and coal).▲可再生能源能否在不久之后替代化石燃料?中心论点:同意:会替代!因为:替代,有利于人类生存和发展。
(一)综合写作All the more 尤其At best 充其量姑且Hold water (理论、计划等)证明正确合理,说得通,(容器)不漏水;言之有理综合写作(1+3)综合写作流1、Direction(1min)2、Reading(3min)——230-300 words academic articles3、Listening(2min)——the topic is same as reading4、Writing(20min)——200-220 words best综合写作要求:1、topic: academic2、不能写自己的观点3、写阅读和听力之间的联系(OPPOSE 三驳三)驳斥的种类:(1)优点被驳斥(2)缺点被驳斥(3)证据被驳斥应试攻略:(1)找例子:typically, suppose, for example, take..example, especially, actually, in fact (2)找原因:since, because, the reason why, due to, thank to, owing to(3)找结构性连词:a)“结果”: so, therefore, hence, thus, accordingly, consequently, as a resultb)“让步”和”转折”:in contrast, on the contrast, nevertheless, still, yet阅读要义读完一句,用简洁中英文或符号记下大意重点关注两类词:(1)文中反复出现的词(2)实义动词听力要义(1)阅读中出现过的词(2)听具有知己意义的词(实义动词、形容词)写作要义(1+3)1、开头段:写一段表明Reading 和Lecture 的联系(1)综合写作话题(2)阅读中心论点(3)听力中心论点2、主体部分:写三段(1)每段一对一的阐述(2)每段结构:过渡性连词(首先,其次,再次)句群1:阅读的分论点+阅读的细节句群2:听力的分论点+听力的细节开头段框架:The reading and listening materials have a conflict of opinions about……The writers believe that ………...which is contradicted by the following lecture.(1)Conflict——>debate/argument/discussion/dispute/controversy(2)About——>concerning/regarding/as to/with regards to/pertaining to(3)Believe——>consider/deem/advocate/insist(4)Contradicted——>disagree/oppose/refute/retort每段框架表达句(1)The reading states that…….On the contrary, the lecture points out that….(2)Although it is said in the passage that…..The lecture holds the view point that…..(3)The passage maintains that…..However, professor offers a different idea about….(4)The writer contends that……..while the speaker views this issue from an oppo site angle.According to her/him…..(5)The author asserts that….Nevertheless, the speaker oppose this claim by saying that……(6)The passage argues that…..By contrast, in accordance with the speaker, the writer’s view does not hold water.综合写作框架:The reading and listening materials have a debate of opinions concerning that……The writers support that ………...which is opposed by the following lecture.First of all, the reading maintains that………However, the lecture points out that……Secondly, although it is said in the passage that ………., the speaker holds the view that……. Finally, the author asserts that ………..By contrast, in accordance with the speaker, the writer’s view does not hold water.综合写作注意点:1、阅读材料的论点和细节的关键信息都要写!2、重点写听力的内容(越多越好)3、要更加注意整体篇章的把握,不要过于注重细小的错误。
TOEFL写作讲义(主讲:戴云)第一章总体介绍一、我的赏与罚封赏与晋升:普通教徒---罗汉---金刚---护法---菩萨---佛---高级佛---教主助理---副教主---常务副教主课堂可以获得最高功名为护法考试95及以上为菩萨,100分以上佛,105分以上高级佛,110分以上教主助理,115 分以上副教主,118分以上常务副教主,121分以上教主。
批评与惩戒:Curse---赠送白绫---开除出教二、托福写作圣经要多记笔记:1、可以保证focus on my lecture,不会absent-minded2、保证将来会有复习的clues写作的第一要务是把观点表达清楚。
1、写作必须有观点2、要给出一个清楚的观点写作考试不基于考生的真实身份。
托福作文中所有的例子和细节可以是真的,也可以是假的。
写作考试只考察语言水平,不考察思想水平。
举例:建工厂不同意的理由有三:1、造成污染;2、交通堵塞;3、物价上涨写作考试不测试考生的真实想法。
作文不是写想写的,而是写好写的、能写的。
举例:父母是最好的老师,你同意吗?同意的理由:1、how to behave myself;2、value system;3、experience上述理由都不能证明该题目“后天的知识是老师教的,而不是父母教的”存在逻辑错误,将老师与父母并列起来,应该在老师前面加上修饰语“学校的”。
写作是基于表达,而不是基于翻译。
举例:婀娜多姿:beautiful;妩媚动人:lovelyY ou are extremely smart. extremely means very托福考试30分钟最低要写300字,一般要求写400到500字写作内容和语言同等重要。
把内容表达清楚可以拿到高分clarity高于variety,variety高于complexityclarity is the priority观点的层次比观点的数目更重要。
逻辑错误比语法错误更严重。
TOEFL Writing IntroductionIntegrated writing 20 minutes (majorly based on listening) TOEFL Writing Ideal No. : 150 words/20 minutesIdeal point: 3~4Independent writing 30 minutesIdeal No. : 300 words/30 minutesIdeal point: 4~5Section One: Integrated WritingPart One: General introduction to integrated writing1. The exam process (book 3 page 17)2. The exam requirements (book 3 page 17-18)3. The rating system (book 3 page page 18-20)4. Model essay analysis (book 3 page 20-25)Part Two: The writing process1. General processread and take notes (3’)listen and take notes (2-3’)compare the key points in the reading and the lecture (1’)write (17’)edit and finalize (3’)2.Process in detailRead and take notesDecide on the structure and the main idea of the reading passageDecide on the key points and the conclusion of the reading passageListen and take notesCompare the key points in the reading and the lectureEdit and finalize3.How to take notes?1)Prior to the testFold the scratch paper with the reading on the left and the listening on the right. Draw the structure of the notes2)Note-taking in readingRead the passage carefully, decide on the structure and find out the purpose of the writer because these information can distinguish the fairly important ones from the less important ones.Reread the passage and divide the reading passage into several parts (usually the paragraphs are the major standard) to line the key points and the words.Write one conclusion sentence for each divide part using all the lined parts, namely complete the “evidence” and “supporting example”.Write one-sentence summary for the whole passage in the “conclusion” section, which indicated the main idea or the topic of the passage and if it is clearly organized is based on the former steps.Combine all the points listed and delete the ones that are repeated.Edit the summary.Insert some transition words or phrases if necessary.3)Note-taking in listeningBe an active listener.Listen 80% and take 20% notes.Don’t try to get everything.Listen carefully especially the beginning and the ending parts.Listen to main ideas, key details and transition phrases.4.Paraphrasing (book 2 page 236-244)What is paraphrasing?Why is paraphrasing so crucial?How to paraphrase?1)simple2)flexible3)don’t omit shared language4)keep the main evidence5)keep the main structure★Exercise on paraphrasing1)Students frequently overuse direct quotation in taking notes, and as a result theyoveruse quotations in the final research paper. Probably only about 10% of your final manuscripts should appear as directly quoted matter. Therefore, you should strive to limit the amount of exact transcribing of source materials while taking notes.Example: In research papers students often quote excessively, failing to keep quoted material down to a desirable level. Since the problem usually originates during note taking, it is essential to minimize the material recorded verbatim.2)Punishment could be brutal and severe, and sometimes religious passions wereexpressed violently with a view toward saving the child’s soul.3)At a typical soccer match, we are likely to see players committing deliberate fouls,often behind the referee’s back. They might try to take a throw-in or a free kick from an incorrect but more advantageous position in defiance of the clearly stated rules of the game. They sometimes challenge the rulings of the referee or linesmen in an offensive way that often deserve exemplary punishment or even sending off.No wonder spectators fight amongst themselves, damage stadium, or take the law into their own hands by invading the field in the hope of affecting the outcome of the match.4)Matisse is the best painter ever at putting the viewer at the scene. He’s the mostrealistic of all modern artists, if you admit the feel of the breeze as necessary to a landscape and the smell of oranges as essential to a still life. “The Casbah Gate”depicts the well-known gateway Bab el Aassa, which pierces the southern wall of the city near the sultan’s palace. With scrubby coats of ivory, aqua, blue, and rose delicately fenced by the liveliest gray outline in art history, Matisse gets the essence of a Tangier afternoon, including the subtle presence of the bowaab, the sentry who sits and surveys those who pass through the gate.5)During the last decade, there has been a shift from “instructivist”approachtowards “constructivist”approaches in the field of instructional design.Instructivist approaches reflect the belief that the role of knowledge is basically to represent the real world. Meaning is eventually determined by this real world and is thus external to the understander.6)“The Antarctic is the vast source of cold on our planet, just as the sun is thesource of our heat, and it exerts tremendous control on our climate,” Cousteau told the camera. “The cold ocean water around Antarctica flows north to mix with water from the tropics, and its upwellings help to cool both the surface water and our atmosphere. Yet the fragility of this regulating system is now threatened by human activity.7)The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law was abad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short skirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America’s break with the past.8)Of the more than 1000 bicycling deaths each year, three-fourths are caused byhead injuries. Half of those killed are school-age children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident, a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head.9)While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraperengineering so far, it’s unlikely that architects and engineers have abandoned the quest for the world’s tallest building. The question is: Just how high can a building go? Structural engineer William LeMessrurier has designed a skyscraper nearly one-half mile high, twice as tall as the Sears Tower. And architect Robert Sobel claims that existing technology could procude a 500-storey building.10)The climate in most groups and organization does not encourage open expressionof feelings. The necessity of hiding feelings, Organizational Development practitioners believe, has a negative effect not only on group member’s willingness and ability to solve problems constructively, but also on job satisfaction and performance.11) The education system has performed, on an even wide scale, a major task of social control, training the growing workforce in the discipline and work style necessary in a capitalist economy, and systematically conveying “acceptable”is “safe”social attitudes to the rising generations.。
托福写作讲义复习建议敲字和单词量,电脑上听写、写字板里练习写作反复阅读官方指南第五章249-293和321-343分类读185题库,列提纲,落实具体细节,查字典分类写文章,修改到完美,准备机经练习3分钟看一篇短文,做笔记然后重述的能力练习听学术段子,重述能力,建议93篇学术段子练习可以从不计时到计时,量变到质量三角和巴朗的练习一、独立写作评分标准An essay at this level largely accomplishes all of the following:●Ef fective addresses the topic and task●Is well organized and well developed,using clearly appropriate explanations,exemplification,and/or details●Displays unity, progression, and coherence●Displays consistent facility in the use of language, demonstrating syntactic variety, appropriate word choice, and idiomaticity, though it may have minor lexical or grammatical errors.OG 325-343effectively:in a way that produces the intended result or a successful resultorganized:arranged or planned in a particular order or structuredeveloped:to make an idea clearer by explaining it furtherexplanation:a statement,fact or situation that tells you why a reason given for sthunity:the state of looking or being complete in a natural and pleasing wayprogression:the process of developing gradually from one stage to anothercoherence:of different ideas,arguments,sentences to have a clear logical connection so that together they make a wholeconsistent:always behaving in the same way ,or having the same opinions standard评分规则关键的部分1、细节、例子和原因有效上支持了观点、切题2、不要说没有意义的套话和没有观点和主旨的话3、逻辑和结构上的联系并不等于第一第二第三4、宏观和微观上内容统一、逻辑结构渐进连贯5、避免重复的观点6、句子结构的变化、合适的单词选择、允许少量的语法或者拼写错误,前提是这些错误不影响意思的理解7、句子结构的复杂程度、以及词汇的复杂程度一个能力五个误区能力:清楚恰当举例的能力,切题就能写出文章,体现语言运用能力误区:1、没有一定要书面化和地道,托福是为英语是非母语的人设计的,不可能做到,见官方指南5分作文评论289页2、没有说要有观点新颖独特,是语言考试,并不是作文竞赛,在语言上下功夫,而不是在观点上下功夫。
introduction: background/key words/ opinion,引入+转述+表态+观点总结开头的写法背景开头: key wordsWatching movies has become a popular activity. … has gained popularity…Increasing popularitySome people think that …A common view suggests that …Hold the view/ claim/ believe …From my perspective/ from where I stand… is a better/wiser/more reasonable choice承接反面的观点…such an opinion can hardly be justified…This is a common mistake/misconception/misbelief 反面观点开头直接表态开头作业:完成开头+提纲It is better to relax by watching a movie or reading a book than by doing physical exercise.Movie or booksRead till you fall asleep (repeated words, boring)Flexible, comfortable (couch, bed, toilet…);Limitations for taking physical exercise: devices, equipment…Physical exerciseRun till you feel tired→fall asleep; get rid of trivial thoughts→refreshedReading/ watching movie→keep the same gesture→tiring (dry eyes, sore neck, aching shoulders)Reading/ watching movies→think too much→hard to fall asleep (horror, thrillers; mystery, detective story…)Trying to relax after a whole day of painstaking work? An interesting novel or a movie about a love story seems to behelpful. However, in reality, the outcome often appears otherwise. In order to get relaxed, physical activities turn out to be the better choice.People struggle and strive under great pressure in current society. In order to get relaxed, we should better choose to take physical activities rather than enjoying a movie or book.写提纲(主题句)First of all/ to begin with, people make little effort when watching movies or reading. (people take great efforts when doing exercise)Besides, books or movies help people get rid of trivial thoughts. / Movies or books help people escape from the harsh reality.Finally, physical activities sometimes cause negative influence that prevents us from relaxing.First of all, watching movies or reading books causes headache.Besides, spending long time with a book or movie is usually exhausting.Finally, physical exercises help people get refreshed more effectively than reading or movie-watching does.结论:In conclusion/ in sum/ to sum up/ all in all/ in a nutshell…提纲:Reading a book/watching a movie is tiring.1. Fatigue. (details)2. Think too much, hard to sleep. Mystery (detective story)→who is the murderer? The true identity of the main character, horror(SAW…)blood and gore…3. Doing sports is relaxing.提纲2:Reading/watching movies is more relaxing than doing sports.1. People can clear their minds by reading. ( quiet atmosphere, no distraction)2. Fierce physical activities may cause fatigue or other negative results. ( football→ physical contact→injuries)Enjoying a movie with friends in a movie theatre seems to be fun: we can chat and laugh while chewing popcorns and drinking cokes. However, movie-watching in a cinema turns out to be a huge disaster when considering the factors below, which make me a proponent of family movie viewing.First of all, going to the cinema in a big city can really be a challenge.When new movies are in town, people rush to downtown areas excitedly, making the streets really crowdedaround the cinemas. In this case, finding an open spot in the parking lot may be difficult.Furthermore, when we finally arrived in one piece, the long queue waiting in front of the ticket center can drive us crazy.Even when the long wait is finally over, we may be disappointed about the fact that there are few good seats left. On the contrary, we only need to download the movie or buy it from the store for watching it at home.Furthermore, cinemas are sometimes uncomfortable.The whole movie-watching hours on a broken seat can really be a torture. Besides, people who prefer fresh air may be annoyed by funny smells in a theatre. Other tiny details are also disappointing/ frustrating: I personally hate chewing gums on the aisle, or sticky floors as a result of spoiled soda. And the worst nightmare for anyone in a long-lasting movie might be an out-of-function bathroom. In sharp contrast, watching movie at home can avoid these troubles. …Finally, people can also be a factor. Noise: chat, phone calls; walking around, blocks the view. On the other hand, watching movie at home enables us to get rid of all the distractions….The top irritating noise on my list is phone calls during a movie, yet some people just cannot mute their cellphones; no one, I suppose, would like to hear a sudden “Rolling in the Deep” while emerging in the exotic view of Pandora in James Cameron’s Avatar.作业范文:Trying to relax by a movie or a book? Fancy about lying on the couch while rewinding the scenes that take your breath away, or leaning on the chair while holding a book in your hands? The choice may not be so wise.First of all, movies and books, not as many people assume, are more likely to offer us fatigue rather than relaxation. Reading and movie-watching is not as relaxing as them seem to be: one has to sit still and would hardly move his/her body for quite a long time, and this practice may cause dry eyes, sore necks and aching shoulders. Especially for people who work with computers and papers all day long, reading a book, to them, continues their unhealthy daily routine. Therefore, to avoid boring ordinary office practice and possible diseases, people should put their books aside and turn off their DVD players.Besides, movies and books sometimes take our sleeping hours away from us. If we try to watch a movie or read a book before we hit the bed, we may probably have made a bad choice. As terrible ‘bedtime stories’, mysteries or detective stories may be so difficult to grasp that we can hardly keep them out of our heads. How did Sherlock Holmes discover the disguise of the murderer? Is Leonardo’s character a real psycho or a special agent in the movie Shutter Island?Such questions really help toss and turn at night. Another case would be the horror movies or thrillers such as SAW, which can really make our hair stand on end. How can a normal human being enjoy a sound sleep after seeing horrible creatures or intensive blood and gore on the screen?Finally, physical exercises, if done properly, are truly relaxing. Some people consider that doing sports, such as weightlifting, consumes so much strength and energy that we would feel even more tired afterwards. However, if we try to relax through cardio sports such as yoga or jogging, we can get rid of all the trivial thoughts about work or school and step into the state of serenity. By doing so, we can sleep tight at night and wake up the next morning with our bodies and minds refreshed.In a nutshell, for the computer addicts, book worms and office people, reading books or watching movies can hardly offer better relaxation thanphysical exercise does.。