【芝麻开门】
正如我们在第7天和第8天所介绍的，谋篇布局的方法有很多种，今天我们就这方面所学的知识加以操练。
One for all, all for one.
我为人人，人人为我。
【活动教室】
Passage 1.
请用一支彩笔把下面文章中首段和末段中的背景内容划出来，找出这两段的中心思想。
Zoo Animals
Human beings have always wanted to hunt wild animals, not only for food or sport, but also to keep in captivity. Many cities have zoos with a large collection of animals on show. Some zoos such as the Singapore Zoo and Taronga Park in Sydney are famous tourist attractions. Zoos have both positive and negative aspects. Sometimes keeping animals in captivity benefits the humans and sometimes the animals benefit; but, at times, the animals suffer as a result of their confinement.
Zoos give most people in the world their only opportunity to study wild animals at close quarters. Even people who are lucky enough to go on a wildlife safari in Africa are not able to see animals at such close range. In some zoos in Australia it is possible for visitors to wander among animals such as kangaroos and deer and feed them by hand. For urban children it is a delight to actually see the animals which they have seen on television. Zoos also provide scientists with the opportunity to study animals over a period to time.
Scientific research conducted on zoo animals adds to human knowledge, and it benefits animals too. Treatments for diseases which have been developed for animals in captivity can be made available for all animals. Another advantage of having zoos is the possibility they provide for captive breeding programs. Animals species which are endangered or on the edge of extinction can be encouraged to breed within a controlled, protective environment. This is crucial for such animals as white rhino, pandas and tigers.
However, some animals in zoos are not treated well. Sometimes their living quarters are cramped and unnatural. It is common to see tigers and panthers pacing the floors of their cages for hours bang their heads against the walls of their enclosure. Their plight can be much worse in countries where economic hardship causes their food to be rationed and their health neglected. In some parts of the former Soviet Union keepers struggle to look after the animals with little funding even for their own wages.
This is no doubt that people will continue to want to be able to see wild animals in captivity. However, people should make sure that the animals that live in a zoo and give us so much pleasure have a good life themselves.
答案与解析：
Background information in the introduction paragraph:
答案：Human beings have always wanted to hunt wild animals, not only for food or sport, but also to keep in captivity. Many cities have zoos with a large collection of animals on show. Some zoos such as the Singapore Zoo and Taronga Park in Sydney are famous tourist attractions.
解析：通常介绍性材料的内容多出现在文章的第一段，这篇文章也不例外。本文主要讨论的是人与动物园中动物的关系，文章的导入部分为第一段的前三句。介绍了人类对于动物的一贯做法，即除食用、运动等目的之外，人类喜欢狩猎，并把动物囚禁起来。这样一来很多城市中的动物园的存在就变得合理化了，有些甚至成了当地著名的旅游名胜地。以上内容就可看作本文的背景内容，主题句出现在这部分之后。Background information in the conclusion paragraph:
答案：This is no doubt that people will continue to want to be able to see wild animals in captivity.
解析：这句话是出现在最后一段，往往也是结论段的对客观事实的陈述，属于基本情况范畴，故为本题的答案。它揭示了人们对于动物园中动物的依赖之情，在文章的正文部分作者已将动物园存在的利弊一一列举出来，那么要想延续人们囚禁野生动物的愿望关键在何处呢，这就要看本段的主题句了。The main idea in the introduction paragraph:
答案：Zoos have both positive and negative aspects.
解析：这句带有评论性的语言很显然就是这部分的主要内容，甚至可以看作是本文的中心内容。在此之后的内容是对这句话的解释说明。The main idea in the conclusion paragraph:
答案：However, people should make sure that the animals that live in a zoo and give us so much pleasure have a good life themselves. Truth needs no color.真理不需要打扮。
解析：最后一段的最后部分作者带有很大的主观性，这也是多数文章在之前提出问题、分析问题，之后解决问题并用以结束文章的方法。在此作者给出了建设性建议，在继续让动物们生活在动物园的同时，人类应保证享受动物乐趣的同时使动物们有良好的生存条件。
这是一篇思路清晰、叙述简洁的文章。在文中作者分别阐述了动物园对人类及动物的利弊，我们应通过阅读这篇文章学会对一事物进行正、反两方面对比的写法。
Passage 2.
请阅读以下笔记，然后写一篇有关澳大利亚和新西兰这两个国家的比较和对比的文章。
Aspects Australia New Zealand Land form two islands, two islands Location South Pacific South PacificLinks with Britain Colony & British Commonwealth. Colony & British Commonwealth Language-English , EnglishWar experience, fight as ANZACS in WWI and WWII, fight as ANZACS in WWI and WWIISheep industry, large sheep population and wool industry large sheep population and wool industryPopulation about 20,000,000 about 4,500,000area large, not as large as Australiasdesert large no
答案与解析：
Every why has a wherefore.
凡事必有因。 Australia and New Zealand are alike in many ways. They both consist of two islands, and are similarly located in the South Pacific. Britain made colonies of both countries, and they have membership of the British Commonwealth in common. English is the official language of the two countries. Australian and New Zealand soldiers fought together as the ANZACS (Australia and New Zealand Army Corps) in World War I and II. Both countries have large sheep populations, and the wool industry is very important to the economies of each.
However, there are also some differences between the two countries. Australias population of about twenty million is considerably larger than that of New Zealand which is approximately four and a half million. Australias land area is also much greater than New Zealands. A large part of Australias interior is desert but that is not the case in New Zealand.
分析：文章分为两部分，其中第一部分在给出材料的基础上把两个地区相同的地方集中起来进行描述。用“A and B are alike in many ways.” 总领全段，在行文之中使用similarly, both之类的词语将两个地区自然地联系起来进行比较，这样一来即表达了准确的意思，又做到句式简洁、多变化。在第二部分中，即文章的第二段，集中描述了两地的不同之处。用However作为承上启下的连接，首句中的also更显得文章不失连贯性。不同点方面的比较也可通过不同句式表达，例如文中出现的比较句，和最后一句——前面肯定而后面使用否定语气的句式等。
Keeping is harder than winning.
创业难，守业更难。
美文赏析
Book Knowledge vs. Personal Experience?
On the cartoon, we can see a man with glasses sitting beside a well. He is fishing while reading a book in which it is said that fish can not live without water. Therefore he thinks he might get fish from the well where there is water. But can he get fish? The answer goes without saying.
Like the man on the picture, some people argue that book knowledge is more important than practical experiences. According to them, books are sources of knowledge because books record the experience of many other people, and human beings can not have made so much progress without the help of books.
Unlike these people, some others regard personal experiences as more valuable. They think that without practical experience one can never change book knowledge into his own, and that is why todays schools are paying much attention to social practice.
In my opinion, both book knowledge and personal experiences are of importance. On the one hand, we can learn from other peoples experience so that we will not waste our time. On the other hand, we need to put book knowledge into use to make it part of our own knowledge. It is a good idea to relate the former to the latter.
本文以一幅漫画引出，第一段先描述漫画；第二段提出一些人的观点：认为书本知识比个人经验更重要；接着第三段指出了另外一些人的观点：认为个人经验比书本知识更有价值；在最后一段中表明了作者自己的观点，即两者都重要。文章思路清晰，选词用句准确而富有变化，使人读起来不会感觉乏味。
