日记常用来记述自己一天生活中发生的有意义或重要的事，用来抒发自己当天对某些事的感受以及自己未来的打算。平时坚持写，对提高自己运用语言的能力或运用英语进行思维是十分有益的，同时有利于促进学生复习巩固语法和词语，提高英语水平。
1．日记一般要求写清日期及天气。年、月、日和星期写在第一行的左上角，天气写在日记第一行的右上角。如要强调写日记的地点，则可将地点写在日期的后面。
2．命题日记将日记的标题写在第二行。
3．在第三行空两格开始写日记的正文，一般写日记直接切入主题。
4．考试时的提示日记则要抓住要点，意思清楚，表达流畅，人称多用第一人称i或we，时态则用过去时、现在完成时或用一般现在时。
5．表达天气的词常有：
晴clear/fine/shining
雨rainy
雪snowy
有风windy
多云cloudy
阴overcast
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thelastlesson这一课给你留下了深刻的印象，老师的爱国精神深深地感动了你，小弗朗兹的后悔使你想到平时自己也浪费了许多时间。学习了这一课你懂得了时间的重要，以后再不会浪费时间。(字数：100个左右)
april 10, 1999 cloudy
the last lesson left a deep impression on my mind. i was deeply moved by the teacher's love of his country. the regret of little franz makes me think of much of the time i've wasted in my daily life. the learning of this lesson helps me to understand the importance of time and therefore i won't waste time from now on.
练习
①为了加强英语书面表达能力的训练，老师要求
你根据下列内容用英语写日记一则。
1999年9月27日星期五晴
今天是周末，又是中国传统节日——中秋节，而下周一就是国庆节，这两个节日如此*近，使大家有一个4天的假期，人们都非常高兴。
下午，叔叔、姑姑都带着孩子来看奶奶，买了月饼(mooncake)、水果和其他礼物，爸爸、妈妈做了很多好吃的菜。
晚饭后，大家望着空中的一轮明月，谈论着几年来家乡发生的巨大变化和祖国美好的未来。
注意：
日记须包括上述全部内容，可适当增加细节，
使全文连贯。
b．词数100左右。
参考词语
传统traditional
中秋节themid-autumnfestival
②1999年11月23日星期六晴
你的一天活动安排如下，请你据此写一篇日记，作为英语习作练习。
注意：
a．日记须包括上述全部内容，可适当增加细节，使全文连贯。
b．字数80左右。
参考词语
交换exchange
校办工厂thefactoryrunbyourschool
热烈欢迎givesb.awarmwelcome
③以元月8日星期天你生日为内容写一篇日记。
内容如下：
a雨虽下得很大，但许多朋友来参加生日晚会；
b朋友们送礼；
c晚饭后大家吃生日蛋糕，唱歌跳舞拍照；
d晚会12点半结束；
e大家感受很好。
f字数80左右。
④假定今天是6月1日，星期二，天晴。你今天值日，开教室门的钥匙在你这儿。因怕上学迟到，你骑上自行车向学校奔去。由于车跑得过快，把正在步行的一位老人撞倒了。你也从车上摔下来。但你马上站起来，继续向学校赶去。当你到达学校时，发现教室门的钥匙不见了。你不得不……
请根据上面的提示，把你上学时发生的事情用英语写一篇日记(自己考虑事情的结果)。
注意：
a．注意日记格式。
b．词数100字左右。
参考词语
on duty
go to school by bike
stop my bike
hurry to school
⑤假定你正在跟父亲学骑自行车。两星期以来摔了许多跤，但从未停止练习。昨天你骑自行车跟着父亲第一次上了大街。你小心翼翼地骑着，终于平安到了家，受到了父亲的表扬。请你用日记的形式写出你学骑车的经历。(80～100字)
参考词语
摔跤havefalls
向……学习learn…from…
干得好dowell
⑥一个雪后的清晨，假定你在笔直的路上看到一位骑自行车的妇女摔倒在地，右腿骨折不能站立。你和一位警察把她送往医院。你给妇女的工作单位打了电话。当这位妇女得到护理时，你向她告别而去。请用日记的形式记叙所发生的事。(100～120字)
注意：写出事情发生经过及自己的感想。
参考词语
be covered with
coming and going
fall off
run up
come over
grow up
(二)日记
①
sep.27,1999 friday fine
today is a weekend and it is the traditional chinese festival----the mid-autumn festival. next monday will be our national day. these two festivals are so close that we will have a four-day holiday. all chinese people are very happy.
in the afternoon, my uncle and aunt, together with their children came to visit my grandma. they brought some moon-cakes, fruits, and some other presents with them. my father and mother cooked nice dishes for dinner.
after dinner, we admired the bright moon hanging in the sky, and talked about the great changes that have taken place in our home town in the past few years, and the bright future of our great motherland.
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nov. 23, saturday fine
about fifty american students came to visit our school today.
we gathered at the school gate at 8 o'clock to give them a warm welcome. then we had a get-together in the reading-room in our library. our headmaster told them something about our school. and then we talked with each other and exchanged gifts. from nine thirty we showed them around our school. they visited our classroom building, the lab building, the factory run by our school, and the swimming pool. a friendly basketball game started on the sports ground at ten thirty. at twelve o'clock all american students left our school.
in the afternoon my classmates and i went to book shops. we chose and bought some books and tapes.
i was busy but happy today.
③
jan.8th raining
today is my birthday. although it rained heavily, a lot of friends came to my home to attend my birthday party. they brought me many presents. after supper we ate the birthday cake happily. we also took many pictures. the party didn' t finish until it was 12:30 in the morning. what a good time i had! i' ll never forget this birthday.
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jun. lst, tuesday, sunny
i am on duty today. i must get to school earlier to open the door of the classroom. afraid of being late forschool, i decided to go to school by bike. as i was rid ing too fast, i couldn' t stop my bike and suddenly knocked down an old man who was walking across the street. i fell off my bike too. but i had to stand up quickly and hurried to school. however, when i got to school, i found that my key for the door of the classroom was lost. i couldn' t open the door and had to return home to fetch it. you can' t imagine how disappointed i was today!
⑤
april 23rd, 1999 sunday cloudy
i am learning how to ride a bicycle. two weeks ago i began to learn it from my father. it was not easy at first. i had a lot of falls, but i never stopped trying. yesterday my father asked me to go out with him by bike. the road was busy. it was full of cars and people. i felt afraid the whole time and was very careful. at last i got home. i felt very tired. my father seemed to be very pleased. he said, “you've done very well, boy!”
⑥
january 9th, 1999 monday snowy
it snowed last night. this morning the road was covered with snow. there were still a lot of bikes coming and going.
suddenly i saw a woman fall off her bike. the woman lay on the ground and couldn't get up. i ran up to her and tried to help her get up. she sat up but still couldn't stand up because her right leg was broken. at that moment, a policeman came over. when he saw this he called a taxi. the taxi driver sent the lady to the nearest hospital. i went with her to the hospital. there i telephoned the woman's office and told a man there the whole story.
seeing that the lady was well looked after i said goodbye to her. before i left, the lady thanked me again and again. i felt as if i had grown up.