Development by: Cause.
Written by: Yuan Jiang Chun, 0503.
Topic: Why students are hungry.
Title: “Why students are hungry.”
Brainstorming: No money – Xing Fu Road closed – no food deliveries – dinning halls closed – classes start at 9:00 a.m.
Plan outline:
[E] All students hungry.
[C1] No money.
[C2] Dining halls closed.
[C3] Xing Fu Road closed.
[C4] No food deliveries.
[C5] Classes start – 9:00 a.m.
[CS] Therefore – hungry.
Paragraph Text:
[E] All the students in Zhi Da are very hungry, so they are suffering.
[C1] Most students have no money, because they are not allowed to have a job, and earn their own wages.
[C2] Since there is not enough food, the dining hall is closed.
[C3] Xing Fu Road has been closed for one month, due to a broken gas main, and the city government does not know when this problem will be solved.
[C4] As a result, there are no more food deliveries by truck; a private company has been trying to bring food in by “donkey cart”, but it is not enough to supply the needs of the school.
[C5] For some strange reason, the classes have been started at 9:00 a.m.; by 1:45 p.m. each day the students are faint with hunger, and they want to kill their teachers.
[CS] Therefore, the school leaders are trying to solve the problem; it is too late though, as the students have decided to leave Zhi Da and return home to their own family’s cooking!
Development by: Cause.
Written by: Wang Ai Ying, 0507.
Topic: Why hard to find job.
Title: “Why many people in China find it difficult to get a good job.”
Brainstorming: So many graduates – high ambition, but low ability – few jobs – bad economy – no work experience.
Plan outline:
[E] Today – hard – get job.
[C1] So many graduates.
[C2] No work experience.
[C3] High ambition, but low ability.
[C4] Few jobs.
[C5] Bad economy.
[CS] Try by ourselves – not give up!
Paragraph Text:
[E] Today, it hard for many graduates to find a good job.
[C1] There are many college students in China now, and they come from all parts of society; they came to college because their family had some money, and they had dreams.
[C2] Today’s graduates have no job experience, as they are still young, and because they took no part-time jobs in college.
[C3] Their ambitions are high; their actual abilities are low.
[C4] There are so few jobs today–in their hometown, in their counties, in their provinces, in the entire country.
[C5] Today’s Chinese economy is not as strong as it used to be.
[CS] We should therefore try hard to get our first job, we should depend on ourselves, and we should never give up!
Development by: Cause.
Written by: Wang Ai Ying, 0507.
Topic: Why Stephen cannot hear 0507.
Title: “Why Stephen cannot hear 0507.”
Brainstorming: SVW losing hearing – many students talking – students doing something else – students have no time to think – some students shy.
Plan outline:
[E] SVW – cannot – hear – 0507.
[C1] Students doing something else.
[C2] Many students talking.
[C3] Students have no time to think.
[C4] Some students shy.
[C5] SVW losing his hearing.
[CS] Improve situation – do better.
Paragraph Text:
[E] These days, Stephen cannot hear what the students of 0507 are saying to him in class.
[C1] Some students are usually doing something else, such as talking on their shou ji, and day dreaming.
[C2] Some students talk to each other, as they are trying to help their classmates who don’t understand, or because they are bored.
[C3] The students do not have much time to think, or to discuss the class material; Stephen does not give 0507 enough time to “process information”, and the class is always bust copying text off the blackboard.
[C4] Some students are too shy to open their mouths and speak.
[C5] Maybe there is another reason; perhaps Stephen is losing his hearing.
[CS] Both Stephen and 0507 should improve this situation, and then everyone will do better in the future!
Development by: Cause.
Written by: Shui Wen Ling, 0503.
Topic: Why I failed in the exam.
Title: “Why I failed in the exam.”
Brainstorming: Didn’t learn it by heart – many other things – mood – physical – rest.
Plan outline:
[E] Failed exam.
[C1] Didn’t learn it by heart.
[C2] Many other things.
[C3] Mood.
[C4] Physical.
[C5] Rest.
[CS] These reasons – failed.
Paragraph Text:
[E] I really failed in the last exam.
[C1] I didn’t learn the “key words” by heart; I didn’t pay much attention to the teacher.
[C2] I usually considered some other things; they didn’t relate to the class book.
[C3] In my opinion, I am an emotional girl; my mood often changes as the weather, and this also influences me.
[C4] I don’t like exercising, so I have bad health; I often catch a cold, and at that time I don’t want to study.
[C5] I often can’t stay awake, as I have not had a good rest, so I don’t get enough power to study well in the daytime.
[CS] According to these reasons, I failed in the exam.
Development by: Cause.
Written by: Yang Qing Ling, 0505.
Topic: Why we are so busy.
Title: “Why we are so busy.”
Brainstorming: Too much homework – social obligations – part-time job – Zhi Da labor – exam preparation – reading own books – Internet bar – “love life”.
Plan outline:
[E] We are busy.
[C1] Exam preparation.
[C2] Too much T.V.
[C3] Social obligations.
[C4] Zhi Da labor.
[C5] Reading own books – part-time job – Internet bar.
[CS] Should manage life.
Paragraph Text:
[E] Most of the students in 0505 / 0509 are very busy.
[C1] Some students are preparing for language exams (CET, TEM), and certificate exams (tour guide, customs officer).
[C2] Everyone has too much homework, especially in the Writing class.
[C3] Social obligations, such as family / classmates / boyfriends / parties, take up most of our time.
[C4] Our university “Zhi Da”, which is always looking for ways to get money and save time, often forces us to do many different labor tasks around the campus.
[C5] In most of our leisure time–if we have it–we like to read our own books, do a part-time job, and visit the Internet bar.
[CS] Therefore, we should learn to manage our life better!
Development by: Cause.
Written by: Feng Ya Xin, 0501.
Topic: Winters becoming warmer.
Title: “Why winters, all over the world, are becoming warmer.”
Brainstorming: More pollution – more cars – volcanic eruptions – more factories – fewer trees – more forest fires – burning more coal.
Plan outline:
[E] Winters – warmer.
[C1] More factories.
[C2] More cars.
[C3] Burning more coal.
[C4] Volcanoes / forest fires.
[C5] Fewer trees.
[CS] We must act now!
Paragraph Text:
[E] For some reasons, winters all over the world are becoming warmer and warmer.
[C1] There are more and more factories in the world, both in the “developing” countries, as well as in the “developed” countries.
[C2] More and more cars are driven today.
[C3] Coal is still widely used, either in steel factories or power stations, or by the people in their homes.
[C4] Sometimes volcanoes erupt naturally, and they send many gasses up into the sky; people often start forest fires, which spread smoke everywhere.
[C5] Meanwhile, there are fewer and fewer trees in the world, because people everywhere are cutting down trees, and not planting new ones.
[CS] We must act now, because if we do not, life on earth will vanish!