New Practical English 1 Trying Your Hand Applied Writing Sentence Writing

New Practical English 1

Trying Your Hand

Applied Writing

Sentence Writing


Applied writing

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1. Read the following three samples of weather report and learn to write your own.

A weather report:

It’s hot and sunny in Miami today, with the

temperature of about 90 °F. It’s going to be

cloudy and cool tomorrow, about 70 °F.

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样例 1/ 天气预报：今天，迈阿密天气晴朗炎热，气温大约为 90 华氏度。明天多云，天气凉爽，温度约为 70 华氏度。

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Here is the weather forecast:

Tomorrow it’s going to be fair in New York;

the temperature will be about 15 . ℃ In

Madrid it is going to rain and it will be 20 . ℃The weather in Moscow is going to be

cloudy; the temperature will be about 3 . ℃London will be 10 ℃ and wet. Zurich will be

sunny and cold; the temperature is going to

be 0 .℃

Sample 2



现在播送天气预报：纽约明天天气晴朗，气温约为摄氏 15 度；马德里，雨， 20 摄氏度；莫斯科，多云，气温约为 3

摄氏度；伦敦，潮湿，气温 10 摄氏度；苏黎世，日光充足但很冷，气温为 0 摄氏度。

Sample 2



Now the weather report for today and tomorrow:

It’s foggy in the morning and it’ll be clear and

fine this afternoon. Tomorrow will be overcast

with drizzle. Today, the high will be 12 . ℃Tomorrow the low will be 6 . ℃

Sample 3



样例 3/ 现在是今明两天的天气预报：

今天上午有雾，下午天气晴好；明天阴有小雨。

今天最高气温为摄氏 12 度。明天最低气温为摄

氏 6 度。

Sample 3



Now you try. I’m sure

you can make it.

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Write a weather report in English according to the information given in Chinese.


市区天气：

今天多云转少云，北风 5~6 级减弱到 4~5 级，

最高气温 1℃, 最低气温 -4℃ 。预计大连地区明

后两天少云，风力不大，气温变化不大。



Weather outlook for the urban area:

It’ll be cloudy today, and later turn to partly

cloudy, with the north wind .The high will be one

degrees Celsius and the low four degrees below

zero. It is expected to be partly cloudy in the

next two days. The winds will be calm with little

change of the temperature.

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Translate the following English weather forecast into Chinese.

Now the weather report. It’ll be mainly clear today. In the day the high will be 15 degrees. Tomorrow we can expect cloudy, windy, cold weather. The temperature will drop to 5 degrees in the morning. It’ll get warmer in the afternoon with a high temperature of 10 degrees. In the evening there’s a good chance that we’ll get some rain or snow. The temperature in the evening will drop to 0 degrees.



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现在是天气预报时间。今天天气以晴为主，白天最高温度 15 度。预计明天多云、有风，气温较低。明天上午气温将降至 5 度，下午气温回升，最高气温 10 度；傍晚时分有雨或雪，气温降至 0度。



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Read the following sentences and circle P for the past tense and PP for the present perfect tense.


1. I suppose I’ve only been here for ten minutes or so. P PP

2. He has always worked in an accounting department. P PP

3. He has worked for this large company for many years. P PP

4. He graduated from Florida State University in 1990. P PP

5. We had the same weather in Detroit last year. P PP

1. I suppose I’ve only been here for ten minutes or so. P PP

2. He has always worked in an accounting department. P PP

3. He has worked for this large company for many years. P PP

4. He graduated from Florida State University in 1990. P PP

5. We had the same weather in Detroit last year. P PP


6. He has never made a serious mistake at work. P PP

7. They may go on to talk about what the weather has been like

recently. P PP

8. Robert went to school part-time while he worked full time. P PP

9. Robert has received two promotions so far. P PP

10. Robert has decided to look for a job in a larger company. P PP


6. He has never made a serious mistake at work. P PP

7. They may go on to talk about what the weather has been like

recently. P PP

8. Robert went to school part-time while he worked full time. P PP

9. Robert has received two promotions so far. P PP

10. Robert has decided to look for a job in a larger company. P PP


1. They didn't see each other since September.

2. Gina is in college for one year.

Correct the errors in the following sentences.


haven’t seen

has been


3. She has worked at the cafeteria since nine months.

4. He always arrived on time before.


for

has always arrived


5. He never has had a problem with his boss.

has never had

6. Did you ever take the telephone orders before?

Have you ever taken




8. Robert has started to use a computer when he was an office worker.

7. In the last three months, Robert trained more than twenty new employees.

has trained

started


10. So far they already got six traveler’s checks.

9. Robert attended several important business meetings in the last three years.

Translate the following sentences into English.

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has attended

have already got


1. 昨天天气不好。实际上这几天天气一直不好。


The weather was terrible yesterday. In fact, it has been awful for several days.

2. 她在这个办事处工作已有 5 年了。

She has worked in this office for 5 years.


I paid a visit to the Great Wall last year and had a very good time there.

3. 去年我游览了长城，而且玩得特别开心。

We have never spoken to each other since we quarreled last time.

4. 自从上次吵架后，我们就再也没有跟对方讲过话。

5 把电视声音拧小点儿。天气预报还没开始呢。

Turn down the TV a bit. The weather forecast hasn’t begun yet.



Write a short passage of about 100 words to tell a story or about an event related to the picture given. Some useful words and phrases have been provided here to help you.

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Janet; go to a picnic;her former high school classmates;at the weekend; not meet each other;half a year;feel excited; worry a lot about;in July; her relatives;come to visit; have a barbecue;to their disappointment;the party; spoil;heavy rain; feel bored and irritated;dial 121; weather information;feel happy; with the reunion;



Janet is planning to go to a picnic with her former high school classmates at the weekend. Since they haven’t met each other for half a year, Janet feels excited about this big event. However, she worries a lot about the weather. In July her relatives visited her family and they went out to have a barbecue. They were going to enjoy themselves, but to their disappointment, the party was spoiled by heavy rain. They all felt bored and irritated. Now she is dialing 121 in order to get the recent weather information. This time she is going to feel happy with the reunion.

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