41.文本：旅游方式
范文：
It’s so convenient and interesting to join a tourist group. When you travel with a tourist group, you don’t need to book plane and train tickets, and you don’t have to care about where to live and what to eat either, because the travel agency will arrange everything for you. All you need to do is to follow the tour guides. They will take you to all the places of interest. They will tell you stories about the interesting places and help you to learn local culture. This is called a package tour.
A cruise trip is so comfortable and relaxing. You travel on a large sea cruiser and enjoy the beautiful scenery. When you come up to a nice place, you can get off the cruiser and visit there. When you are on board, you can lie on the deck, watching the blue sky, the white cloud and the bright sun, and you will be free from stress. Besides, there are so many nice activities on the cruise. For example, you can watch movies; you can see concerts; you can go swimming in the swimming pool; you can play cards; you can play golf; you can watch wonderful performances; and you can also attend dancing parties. Nothing could be more wonderful and relaxing.
Nowadays, backpacking tour has become so popular. It’s not just a low-cost travel for budget travelers, but also a nice entertainment. When you have a backpacking tour, you can use public transportations like buses and subways and stay in hostels instead of big hotels, which can save you a lot of money. Today, this kind of travel is especially popular with young people, because they can discover the interesting places and know more about the local cultures by themselves. It’s so exciting.
If you want to have a better understanding of a place, you can have a slow travel. When you have a slow travel, you had better spend at least one week living in one place, stay with a local family and visit interesting sites near your living instead of rushing around for a long day to see the must-sees. In this way, you can make more local friends, taste local food, and know the local traditions and customs deeper. Only so can you become more knowledgeable and widen your experience.
It depends on your need to choose the way you want to travel.
重点词汇
train tickets 火车票
care about 在意
travel agency 旅行社
places of interest 关注的地方
package tour 包价旅游
come up to 将近; 临近
42.文本：醉酒驾驶Drunken Driving
范文：
It is commonly known that drunken driving is a taboo to drivers, for alcohol can penetrate into people’s blood, affect their brain and lead to traffic accidents.However,many drivers today drive even when they are intoxicated, either for their personal habits or for business reasons.
Drunken driving can be very disastrous.For one thing, it can bring about disasters to the victims, who are either killed or severely injured in the accidents. For another, it is harmful to the driver himself, and the driver should at least be partly responsible for it.Furthermore, drunken driving jeopardizes the security and stability of the society.
There are many ways to reduce drunken driving.Firstly, there should be a provision in the law to prevent people from driving when they are drunk.Secondly, the mass media should also play a role in publicizing the hazards of drunken driving as well as in educating people to obey the traffic rules.Last but not least, the drivers should establish a strong sense of responsibility for others as well as for themselves. After all, life is the most important.
重点词汇
lead to 通向
traffic accidents 交通事故
even when 即使当
one thing 一件事; 有件事
bring about 导致; 引起
at least 至少，不少于; 至少，最不济;
至少，起码; 起码，不管怎样
responsible for 为…负责; 是造成…的原因
There are 有; 可数名词的复数形式;
43.文本：生活需要什么What Life Needs ?
范文：
Today, a lot of people’s life pace is so fast that they feel tired about life. Some young people are lost when they talk about future, because they are stuck in their work. Most Chinese people lack of passion about their life, but life needs passion, or we are just walking dead. The way to find passion is to see the beauty of life, such as spending more time with families. Even some people live far away, they still need to contact with their friends and families. Talking with them can always bring happy memories and forget annoyance. The other effective way to gain passion is to travel. When people are in vacation, they often feel easy and regain the power. After appreciating beautiful scenery, they will broaden their vision and have the passion to fight again.
重点词汇
feel tired 感到疲倦
young people 年轻人
talk about 这才叫…;真是
some people 某些人
far away 在远处
contact with 与…有交往
44.文本：地球一小时 Earth Hour
在今年的“地球一小时（Earth Hour）”活动中，中国很多城市的人们都自熄灯一小时，体现了低碳生活的新理念。假定你是CCTV9的记者，请你根据以下采访信息用英语写一篇80个词左右的新闻稿。注意：部分内容已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Thank you for joining CCTV’s Around China show! Now it’s 8:45 p.m. during the famous Earth Hour. People in many cities have turned off their lights and are having a very special time.InShanghai,_______________________ Many people share with us their plans._____________________________________________
范文：
Thank you for joining CCTV’s Around China show! Now it’s 8:45 p.m. during the famous Earth Hour. People in many cities have turned off their lights and are having a very special time. In Shanghai,some people are taking a walk with their family. They feel very relaxed. In Beijing,some people are having a nice talk with their friends. And in Ninbo,some young people are holding a party in the park,singing and dancing. Without lights, people can also enjoy themselves.Many people share with us their plans. Some say they will spend more time with their family and friends. Others say they will try their best to protect the environment,like planting more trees,saving water and so on. What’s more,some people tell me that they will use paper both sides(drive less,ride bikes,use plastic bags less…)in their daily life.
重点词汇
Earth Hour 地球一小时
some people 某些人
young people 年轻人
in the park 在公园里
share with 合伙; 合住; 承担; 跟…看法一致
protect the environment 保护环境
45.文本:
The way to keep Fit 保持健康的方法
范文：
For the big festival like Chinese New Year, the families will get together and have a big meal. The food like chicken and pork is necessary. It is easy to get fat as eating them for many days. So when people get to work, the first thing they do is to lose weight and keep fit. They often eat more vegetables and less meat, so as to control the fat. Then doing regular exercise is very important. As the saying that the meaning of life lies in moving, exercise helps us to gain strength and keep us full of energy. Some people do the regular exercise and make themselves look young. Their insistence brings them good results.
重点词汇
Chinese New Year 春节
get together
在一起; 是一对; 开会; 聚会; 组织; 安排; 凑足
easy to 【法】易于
get to work 开始工作
first thing 第一件事;一大早
lose weight 体重减轻
keep fit 健身
so as to(= in order to) 以便; 为使
46.文本：
爱好与兴趣 Hobbies and Interests
范文：
From Monday until Friday most people are busyworking or studying, but in the evenings and off weekends they are free to relax and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies;others participate in sports.It depends on individual interests. There are many different ways to spend our spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes.Some hobbies are worth a lot of money; others are valuable only to their owners.
I know a man Who has a coin collection worth several thousand yuan. A short time ago he bought a rare ten-yuan piece worth 250 yuan. He was very happy about the purchase and thought the price was reasonable, on the other hand, my son collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt if they are wortfi any money. However, to my son they are extremely valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match-box for his collection.
That’s what a hobby means, i guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for the fun of . The value in money is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.
重点词汇
watch television 看电视
go to the movies 去看电影
participate in 分担；参加
spare time 业余时间
collecting stamps 集邮; 收集邮票; 我爱集邮
on the other hand 另一方面
47.文本:The Value of Books 书籍的价值
范文：
Everybody needs to go to school when they are six years old. They start to study many subjects. Half students fall in love with study, while another half take it as a job, they just want to pass the exams and then get graduated. The reason that we need to study is to equip with skills, so as to find our own place in the world. Books are the best way to improve ourselves. They not only broaden our vision, but also teach us to be a better man. When we face problems, we can solve them with positive attitude. The value of books are infinite. If we read more, we will get more.
重点词汇
go to school 到校上课; 上学去; 开始求学
years old 岁; 年龄; 当我八岁时
start to 开始
fall in love with 喜欢上; 喜爱上; 堕入爱河; 相爱
and then 然后
so as to (= in order to) 以便; 为使
but also 而且
48.文本：珍惜时间To Cherish Time
范文：
Everybody knows that our life is very short, so the great educators always advocate us to do what we like and pursue for our goals bravely. Most people have many ideas in their minds and they dare not to take action, because thinking of the effort they make but what if they accomplish nothing, so they decide to give up and just live the boring life. It reminds me of the famous words, some people just die at age of 20 but only to be buried at the age of 70. As we are young and full of energy, it is a good time for us to fight for our future, never be afraid of failure, because it is the mother of success. We can achieve our goals if we have patience, just to cherish time and keep fighting.
重点词汇
take action 采取措施
accomplish nothing 一无所成
some people 某些人
at the age of 在…岁时
be afraid of 怕
49.文本：健康的生活习惯
健康的生活习惯对于成长中的我们是非常重要的。你认为健康的生活习惯应当是怎样的呢?请根据下面的信息提示,写一篇短文,首句已给出。信息提示：健康饮食;早睡早起,不熬夜;参加运动,强身健体。要求:根据信息提示,把握要点,适当发挥,不逐字翻译。
范文：
I think healthy habits are very important for us.All of us want to be healthy. First, we should get enough sleep during the night. We can go to bed early and get up early. Staying up late is bad for our health. Second, we must have the right kinds of food. We should eat more fruit and vegetables and less meat. We should drink a lot of water. We should have healthy eating habits. Third, we should do more exercise to build up our bodies. Finally, we should wash hands before meals and brush our teeth twice a day. If we don’t feel well, we should go to see the doctor at once.
重点词汇
go to bed 就寝
get up early 很早起床，有进取心，<口>警觉
kinds of 各种各样的; 不同种类; 是很多种
a lot of 许多
build up 逐步的增长; 宣传，造舆论
feel well 得劲
50.文本：
失败不一定是坏事
Failure is not Necessarily Bad
范文：As we all realized that every one of us will fail during our life. Take me for an example, I fail in my exam. In fact, failure always does appear, which also means that failure is a daily occurrence, however, when facing the failure, different people have different attitudes.Some people hold the view that failure is the meaning whenever they could not be successful. Thus, if meeting with failure, they will feel so nervous that they have no idea what they are supposed to do. As time goes by, they become more and more dispirited while eventually, they could do nothing well.On the contrary, there are some people tending to believe another idea. From their point of view, failure is outstanding due to the fact that it can give them plenty of encouragement. Therefore, if facing failure, they will be quite courageous and then try their best to beat it, finally, they make their dream come true.From my perspective, failure is neither an excellent thing nor an appreciating thing. Sometimes, it is capable to offer us with encouragement, however, it can also make us unconfident now and then. Thus, if encountering the failure, never could we be scared. What we should do is to face it bravely and never give up.In summary, I wish when failure appears, each one of us could confront with it bravely and beat it, if possible.
重点词汇
be successful 奏效
they have 他们有
supposed to 应该
As time goes by 时光流逝
more and more 越来越
do nothing 无所作为
On the contrary 恰恰相反;正相反; 相反地
there are 有
point of view
观点; 态度; 意见; 看法; 考虑角度; 判断方法
