五、写作
（一）应用文写作
假如你是李华，你的英国同龄人笔友 Mary 正在通过节食来减肥，你认为这样不合理。请你给她写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 说明问题；2. 提出建议。
注意：1. 写作词数应为 80 左右；2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
Dear Mary,





Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

One possible version:
Dear Mary,
Learning that you are going on a diet to lose weight, I feel terribly sorry and I do regard it as inappropriate. I am writing to offer some constructive proposals.
Skipping meals or eating less does harm to you to a great extent, giving rise to the weakness both physically and mentally. Instead, working out regularly in the gym may be a much wiser alternative, which enables you to stay energetic and efficient. Additionally, I also highly recommend sleeping earlier and rising earlier, which is said to be of great use in controlling weight.
I do hope my suggestions above are of help and that you will get an ideal figure in a healthy way.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua

（二）读后续写
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The New York Marathon(马拉松) is my goal for this year. I know I am never going to win a race but now, when I get anything negative, I will think of the kind gentleman who really believed, “You very good ... you very fast.”
At the time, I was living in the Bay Area, and my mother had come to visit for a few days. On the last day of her stay, I was preparing to go out for a run. I picked up a T-shirt I just bought the other day from a Chinese clothing shop—it had some Chinese characters on the front, and a scene of Honolulu Chinatown on the back. I didn’t speak Chinese, but somehow this special T-shirt was quite soft and good for exercise. Working in a very negative environment, I found morning runs very beneficial—body tired but mind awake.
And I had always met an elderly Chinese gentleman walking on the opposite side of the trail(道路) when I was running on other mornings. I had always said, “Good morning,” and he had always smiled warmly and nodded his head slightly.
As I was going out the door, my mother suddenly said, “I don’t think running is so hot—that famous runner died.” I started to recount what I had read about Jim Fixx, and how running had probably been the contributing factor to his living far longer than most of the other members of his family, but I knew there was absolutely no point.
As I started running on my favorite trail, I found I couldn’t shake my mother's statement. I was so discouraged that I could hardly run. I began thinking, “Why do I run at all? Serious runners probably think I look silly! I might have a heart attack on the trail—my dad had a fatal(致命的) heart attack at 50 years old, and he was seemingly in better shape than I am.”
注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。
My mother’s statement remained in my mind like a giant blanket.



Upon hearing the man’s words, I felt more unexplained strength in my step.

One possible version:
My mother's statement remained in my mind like a giant blanket. Gradually, my jog slowed to a walk. My body drained of energy and my mind felt extremely defeated. Just as I was going to turn around and head for home—feeling more discouraged than I could recall in years—I saw that elderly Chinese gentleman again. Seeing my shirt in the distance had prompted him to march towards me. With limited English he pointed to the letters and enthusiastically said, “You very good ... you very fast.”
Upon hearing the man's words, I felt more unexplained strength in my step. He cast his usual warm smile at me and gave me a thumb-up as we passed each other. A surge of warmth across my whole body, I didn't turn from the trail where my previous dark mood had intended. Thanks to that little boost, I continued for six more miles that day instead. I was not that fast, but was very good in my spirit and my heart. Luckily, the elderly gentleman saved me from the shadow of negative feedback.