English Diary

==敬请也留意 See also==
*American Resources
*Gaokao composition topics
*IELTS Writing exam questions
*Academie francaise
*Meiju chuanshao
*Best news sources
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==什么算是英语日记？ What constitutes English diary?==
1) 可以抄网上图片说明 或 百科文：
* 从“国家地理杂志”，“维基百科插图部分”，“Smithsonian 杂志插图部分”抄来的插图讲解（30-50个英文词，不要超过这个长度），算是英语日记。
* “英语某个单词的词源”，从dictionary.com，wiktionary等有词源的网上字典抄下来的，算是英语日记。
* urbandictionary.com 等俚语网站抄的某俚语词使用例子，算是英语日记。
* 抄英语歌词，英语诗词，名人名言（30-50个英文词，不要超过长度），算是英语日记。
* 从英语维基百科 en.wikipedia.org 一个有关课本里某概念的词条的总结（我只要总结型的简答，只要50个英语词以下，不要超长），算是英语日记。
Students should expose themselves to short English articles on magazines (National Geographic) or encyclopedias (Wikipedia) by writing these short paragraphs down onto the "diary notebook". When shared, counted as "participation points".
学生应当通过搜集 杂志上（国家地理）或百科上（维基）短小的，最好是带图的 英语文段 来增加自己的语感和理解能力。 每段文段写在“日记本”里，与老师分享就被算作“参与分”。
2) 可以自己写观后感：
* 看了老师推荐的好莱坞大片，美剧之后写的观后感，算是英语日记。
* 看了“美式脱口秀”网址上其中一个秀的观后感，算是英语日记。
* 关于美国历史，文化，文学某链接文章，论文，故事的读后感，算是英语日记。
* 课本某些页上的题目，算是英语日记
* 还有，老师自己每周给你出的，类似课本页上话题，也算英语日记
3) 可以完全用自己的话，写自己的思想：
Diary topics should ideally be thoughts that you suddenly have inspiration for, or daily events and conversations you would like to express in English. Suggestions for diary topics are collected into a file called "Diary".
日记内容理想来说应该是你日常突然得到灵感的有思想性的东西，或你希望能够用英语表达或描述的日常事件或会话意思。提议写什么日记内容的各个点子，都被收集入一个叫做“英语日记”的文件里。
4) 可以靠名人哲理名言 来作为 ______ 语日记的 范文 及 日记题目
5) 可以选“创意日记题”、“元芳日记题”、“高考作文日记题”、“雅思写作考试日记题”、“新增日记题”（详见目录）
注意：
开始写英语日记，不要不用工具，白手就写。必须先依靠 bing翻译，google翻译，dictionary.com, thesaurus.com, wiktionary.com 这几个网站的帮忙，才能顺利写得出能表达自己复杂意思的词语。 先用工具帮，以后才逐步慢慢离开工具。
When -writing diary, -reading encyclopedia or magazine, -translating between English and mother tongue, please try to use tools such as - bilingual translators, - dictionary.com and thesaurus.com, - wikipedia, - seach engines like google, baidu, bing
当你-写日记，-阅读百科或杂志，-在英语与母语间互译 等的时候，学会大量使用以下工具： -双语互译工具（bing translator）, -dictionary.com 和 thesaurus.com 网上英语解释的字典 及 近义词反义词辞典， -维基百科， -搜索引擎如谷歌
固有“日记可选素材”全部能够在“老师维基：American Resources 专页”中“Diary 标题”一栏下找到。而每周新加的“新日记可选题、特殊日记题”则会不断在“集中发指示”中，不定时地在Q群、微信群中发出。任何固有日记题或新增日记可选题，只要是你未写过的，就应该可以永久可用。
“国家地理杂志”，“维基百科”，“Smithsonian杂志”三网站的简短图片说明（30-50 英文词），抄在英语日记中：
- 每次浏览网络，在日记上抄下一条英语国家地理杂志里30-40字“图片说明”；（不仅“国家地理杂志图片”网上链接里找到的“图片说明”算数；而且“英语 维基百科 图片部分”的“图片说明”算数；而且“Smithsonian杂志网上图片部分”的“图片说明”算数。暂时只接受来自这三个网站的图片说明。） 
以下： “国家地理杂志”，“英语维基百科”，“Smithsonian杂志”三网站的“图片”部分的链接：
维基百科：
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive
Archive on Wikipedia dot Org
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/archive/
Archive on National Geographic
国家地理杂志：
First:
*http://cn.bing.com/search?q=national+geographic&FORM=HDRSC1 national geographic
Second:
* http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Third: You find categories
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photogalleries/
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/history/
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/people-culture/
Four: You find albums
*http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photos/space-between-gallery/
*http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/serengeti-lions/nichols-photography
Five: Finally, you find an example of a PHOTO CAPTION that is 20-40 words.
Write it down!
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/08/serengeti-lions/nichols-photography#/02-vumbi-cubs-wildebeest-feast-670.jpg
Smithsonian 杂志：
*http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/
*http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/archive/2014/
*http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/photo-of-the-day/
*http://www.asia.si.edu/research/archives.asp
*http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/default.asp
*http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/online.asp
My recommendation: Read 1-7 Wikipedia articles or National Geographic photo captions per week, even though you only need to write one English Diary entry per week. 我的建议：每周读1-7篇 维基百科里的词条文或国家地理图片短说明，虽然你们每周只需写一篇日记（抄国家地理，维基学后感也属于“日记”之列）。 Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/Archive National Geographic * http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/
一个“图片说明”的例子 An example of a "photo caption". You only need to copy 30-50 words. 只需要抄就行了，不需要做其他额外的东西。
Large cubs of the Vumbi pride and a grown female (fifth from left) feast on a wildebeest. The darkest, moonless hours are prime hunting time because the cats can see better than their prey. These black-and-white photographs were made with infrared light to minimize disruption to the lions.
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图片说明寻找 made easy 
* Wikipedia
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Picture_of_the_day/September_2016
* Wikipedia:Picture of the day/September 2016 最直接找到一大堆有 30-50 词
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Picture_of_the_day_2016
* 按月
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_Picture_of_the_day
* 按年
* National Geographic
* http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2016/9/coronado-beach-selfie/
* 一直向右点击箭头，直到见到自己心仪的照片为止
* http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/
* 国家地理杂志 photo 博客里，虽然 captions 很短，但是在 photo 下面的文章文字抄 50 词，也算 caption
* http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/
* 杂志主页，每篇文章的简介如果够 30-50 词，基本算 caption。要不就抄文章中 photo 下面文字但不要超过 50 词。
* http://www.historynet.com/american-history
* 美国历史杂志，请专找 galleries
* http://www.smithsonianmag.com/photocontest/photo-of-the-day/
* Smithsonian 杂志 photo caption 不够长，三个 captions 才算一分
Word Origin:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/innovate?s=t
C16: from Latin innovāre to renew, from in-² + novāre to make new, from novus new
1540-50; < Latin innovātus past participle of innovāre to renew, alter, equivalent to in- in-2 + novātus (novā(re) to renew, verbal derivative of novus new + -tus past participle suffix)
1540s, "introduce as new," from Latin innovatus, past participle of innovare "to renew, restore; to change," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + novus "new" (see new). Meaning "make changes in something established" is from 1590s. Related: Innovated; innovating.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/in-
element meaning "into, in, on, upon" (also im-, il-, ir- by assimilation of -n- with following consonant), from Latin in- "in" (see in). In Old French this often became en-, which usually was respelled in English to conform with Latin, but not always, which accounts for pairs like enquire/inquire. There was a native form, which in West Saxon usually appeared as on- (cf. Old English onliehtan "to enlighten"), and some verbs survived into Middle English (cf. inwrite "to inscribe"), but all now seem to be extinct. Not related to in- (1) "not," which also was a common prefix in Latin: to the Romans impressus could mean "pressed" or "unpressed."
英语日记可能选题：
Popular American Names
Popular American given names doesn't just came from the English language itself. Some common given name origins are: Hebrew, French, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek, Irish Gaelic and Old English. However, names from "uncommon" origin such as Arabic, may be popular.
Use one "behindthename" site, and two other sites from below, pick TWO popular English/American names of "common" origins, and TWO popular English/American names of "uncommon" origins. Write down their "descriptions of origin".
常见/普通的美国人名不止是源自古英语，而且有其他“常见的来源”： 希伯来语，西班牙语，意大利语，法语，拉丁语，希腊语，爱尔兰盖尔语。 但是有些出自“不常见来源”的名字，比如说，来自阿拉伯语的，也变成了“常见/普通的名字”。
在下面选一个 behindthename 网页，加上两个其他网页，选出（两个）源自“常见来源”的普通英语名字，并选出（两个）源自“非常见来源”的普通英语名字，并抄下它们各自的“来源解释”。
例如：
: http://www.behindthename.com/name/jocelyn
: Given Name JOCELYN
: Meaning & History
From a Germanic masculine name, variously written as Gaudelenus, Gautselin, Gauzlin, along with many other spellings. It was derived from the Germanic element Gaut, which was from the name of the Germanic tribe the Gauts, combined with a Latin diminutive suffix. The Normans brought this name to England in the form Goscelin orJoscelin, and it was common until the 14th century. It was revived in the 20th century primarily as a feminine name, perhaps an adaptation of the surname Jocelyn (a medieval derivative of the given name). In France this is a masculine name only.
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请在下列网站选几个普通英美名字：
:http://www.behindthename.com/names/list.php
:English names and their origins
:http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/american
:American Names
:http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/american/8
:American Names 8
:http://www.behindthename.com/
:Behind The Name
:http://www.behindthename.com/names/usage/english/7
:English names are used in English-speaking countries. See also about English names.
:http://www.behindthename.com/glossary/view/english_names
:English Names
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:http://cn.bing.com/search?q=popular+american+given+names+origin&FORM=HDRSC1
:popular american given names origin
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African-American_names
:African-American names
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:North_American_given_names
:Category:North American given names
:American Names
:http://www.babycenter.com/0_popular-african-american-names_10329236.bc
:Popular African American names
:http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/0/us
:Top 1000 Baby Names for Girls in U.S. (2014)
:http://www.thinkbabynames.com/popular/1/us
:Top 1000 Baby Names for Boys in U.S. (2014)
:http://www.ourbabynamer.com/2012-popular-names.html
:Most popular names in the US
:http://cn.bing.com/search?q=popular+names+america&FORM=HDRSC1
:popular names america
:http://babynamescountry.com/origins/popular_american_baby_names1.html
:Popular American Baby Names
:http://www.babycenter.com/top-baby-names-2013
:100 most popular baby names of 2013
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_given_names
:List of most popular given names
:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_popular_given_names_by_state_in_the_United_States
:List of most popular given names by state in the United States
:http://planning.thebump.com/baby-names/origins
:Baby Name Finder
普通人名哪里去找？ 除了在上述网页上找，也可以在普通美国国内新闻中找。
杂志图片说明 magazine photo captions 你们应该在维基百科，国家地理杂志，以及american resources上各英文新闻网页上，抄写这么短的图片说明，因为再抄长一点还是一样分。最好不要长。长了记不住精辟的新闻英语写作用法。 http://news.yahoo.com/photos/homelessness-in-hawaii-1447089792-slideshow/homelessness-in-hawaii-photo-1447089074339.html In this Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 photo, Deja-Lynn Rombawa-Quarles, a 24-year-old homeless woman who works part time at an elementary school as a group leader, pushes her cart to do laundry at a homeless encampment in the Kakaako district of Honolulu. Rombawa-Quarles is one of a growing number of working poor in Honolulu who, through a combination of high housing costs, a dearth of affordable housing and bad circumstances, wound up living on the street. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong 大概就是四十个词到五十个词之间，不需要多)
English Diary:
Noun: prank. Synonym: practical joke
Video: a practical joke on a British street
Diary: 1. What is happening? What are the people saying? Please write subtitles 请写完整的对话字幕 2. Give me a rant 段子 about it. 3. Give me other examples of pranks
http://v.qq.com/cover/w/w2q4woqived9wu8.html?vid=f0172hitcd1
http://v.qq.com/page/d/0/9/d017235d8j9.html
==日记式学习法以及如何学习一门外语 Diary as a means of language learning==
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===Seven most effective ways of learning a new language===
===The "Ore-mining Approach" 不完全造句模式===
===Simple task in language learning===
===Focus, Practice and Activation===
===Fast Reading, Conversation and Parallel Text===
===诗句分段法===
===重复对方说过的话法===
===The "Inner Flower Approach" to language production with the help of liberal translation, tools and teacher's guidance===
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==创意日记和元芳日记 Creative journal topics and Yuanfang Diary==
How to get Participation Dollars? The easiest way is: Creative Journal Writing 
* "Dear Diary..." (Please keep this handout until end of semester, or forever) 
* "What did you write in your English Diary last week?" 
* Write your English Diary every week. If you don't want to write it every week, try writing it EVERY DAY. Spend 15 minutes on it.  
* Write it in a note book. 
* You share your diary in every class. And you get 1-2 Participation Dollars for each share. The more Participation Dollars you get, the higher your Final Scores by the end of the term. 
Creative Writing Journal topics 
Below are a dozen topics to jump-start a creative writing journal entry. 
1 Describe in detail the season. What do you observe? What makes it different from any other time of year? 
2 Write down an emotion--then write about the last time you felt that emotion. 
3 Choose a general trait such as honesty, loyalty, and write about a person who possess that trait and the choices they would make in a fictional situation such as a hurricane or other natural disaster. 
4 Turn on the television and describe in detail the first three characters you see, whether they are in a sit-com or newscasters. 
5 Imagine and describe your dream home. What is the style? The setting? 
6 Find a picture of an interesting person in a magazine and, based on their expression, write a paragraph imagining what that person is thinking or feeling. 
7 Choose a color. What emotion does it make you feel? Write a paragraph about that emotion. 
8 If you had a million dollars, what would you do with it? Would it make you happier? 
9 Describe the perfect pet--a cat, dog, or other animal. Describe its antics in detail. 
10  Imagine winning a trip to a tropical paradise.  
11 Describe it. If given the option would you stay there forever or come home? Explain your choice. 
Write about a hero or person you admire. What qualities do they have? 
12 Think about a person you don’t admire very much.  Contrast their qualities to the person you admire.  
#11 and 12 are good exercises for developing hero and villain 
13 Topics of my classes every week. Nightly English Corner topics. 
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THE FOLLOWING ENGLISH DIARY TOPICS ARE CALLED THE "YUANFANG DIARY". You are welcome to write diary entries about Yuanfang Diary. These topics are even more interesting than the “13 Topics”: 
14* People compare teachers to candles or gardeners. Yuanfang: What do you think? Are teachers candles, or gardeners? 
15* Many people know how to attain success but few know how to make the best of it when it comes. So, how do you define success and how would you make the best of it? 
16* Some people say the real enemy of life is ourselves. Yuanfang, what do you think? 
17* Do you think it's proper to give up if it just seems too hard?  
18* Now in the age of the internet, reading books doesn't seem as important as it once was. Do you think people can learn as much on the internet as they can by reading books? Which method do you prefer? 
19* Everybody wants dreams come true. Can you tell us how you understand the meaning of the phrase "dream come true"? 
20* What is more important in your career: to make money or to be satisfied with your work? 
21* Who should be mostly blamed for difficulties in job hunting for college students? 
22* What do you think is more important for a child? Happy childhood or top marks at school? 
23* What do you do or how do you cope or deal with the pressures of your campus life? Examples?  
24* Which is more important? Knowledge from books or personal experience? 
25* What would your major consideration be in choosing a job and why? 
26* Should it be left to university students to balance their private lives and their studies? 
27* What should you do if your parents or friends misunderstand you?  
28* Who should take responsibility for the poor diet of children, fast-food restaurants or parents? 
29* What is your motto and why? 
30* Why do more and more people move to big cities? 
31* Environmental protection is not just a governmental issue. What can you do as an individual? 
32* Can you tell us, in your opinion, what makes life worthwhile? Disagree with each other! 
33* If you could be an animal, what would you choose and why? 
34* If you could live in a different time and place, what time and place would you choose? 
35* If your idol was here today, what would you say to him or her? 
36* Which foreign film do you like best? Please give me your reason. 
37* One day, you receive a call from someone that calls from five years later---act out that conversation! 
38* Who do you most admire? What is the one thing he or she said that has the most influence on you? 
39* Imagine a fictional tribal ethnic group: How would you write about its customs, culture, myths and oral traditions?  
40* Tell a story titled "How my Cosmo (Little Universe) exploded", or "I am the Angry Bird".  
41* Sometimes, you need to “lose” a “game” and “surrender” to the “winner”, in order to truly win something. For example, you need to “lose and surrender” to your teacher, in order to truly gain from your teacher’s teachings. And if you “win” in this game, you may end up being the biggest loser in the end. What do you think? Is it true? 
42* Special Diary Topic: Word Origins : Please find on the website http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday/archive  , 5 examples of a word's "Origins". One example should have a word of Greek origin. One example should have a word of Latin origin. One example should have a word of Anglo-Saxon origin. And the two other examples should have words of origins that are not Greek, Latin or Anglo-Saxon. 
HERE is an example (you must write down the "Origin" part on your notebook): 
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/effectual  
Origin:  
1350–1400; Middle English effectuel  (< AF), late Middle English effectual  < Medieval Latin effectuālis, equivalent to Latin effectu-,  stem of effectus effect + -ālis -al1 
43* Yuanfang: use English, and write a diary every time you click on this website! http://old.pianke.me/wordcard/  词卡  片刻网 - 用文字交换世界 请说出对上面三个词的理解，或者用它讲个故事...   http://old.pianke.me/wordcard/  
44* You are a sales clerk at the school's "Business Street". Your product is a "multipurpose outdoors backpack" (or another product that has as many unique features and advantages as a backpack, such as, an electronic product). You need to create a 3 minute sales pitch that seeks to convince a foreigner of the advantages of this product, without boring him with useless information. Here are some examples of effective sales pitches: http://cn.bing.com/search?q=how+to+sales+pitch+bags&go=&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=how+to+sales+pitch+bags&sc=1-23&sp=-1&sk=&cvid=0599e4b946354594be977ce1adbe87b1  
45* Any past Gaokao essay composition topic from any province. For details please find in: http://laoshi.wikia.com/wiki/Gaokao_composition_topics  
46* 更多creative writing topics 在： 在以下链接 http://cn.bing.com/search?q=creative+writing+topics&FORM=HDRSC1 找一个最好的网页，在网页上每天找一个好的创意写作题目。 记得不要写得字数太多哦。 要告诉我你是从“更多创意写作题 more creative writing topics”链接中找到这个题目的。
==高考作文题 Gaokao composition topics==
Gaokao composition topics
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IELTS Writing exam questions
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