First of all, do things step by step. It is no good to listen to anything beyond your level . Don't choose too difficult materials .

　　Secondly, stick to one course of study . Work hard at it until you master it well .

　　Thirdly, listen to the English news program over the radio every day. If you have more time, listen to some interesting stories, too.

　　There are many ways to improve your listening ability . It is up to you to find out best ones for you.

　　88、

　　A Poster for an English-Speaking Contest

　　In order to improve the students' ability to speak English, a school-wide English-speaking contest will be held in No. 1 meeting room at 2 p.m. on May 4, 1990. Anyone who is willing to take part please go to your monitor and enter you name for it. Five teachers have been invited to work as judges. The first ten winners will be given awards as an encouragement. All are welcome to be present at the contest .

　　The Students' Union,

　　No, 5 Middle School

　　April 24, 1990

　　89、

　　A Notice of Reading Room Rules

　　Read this notice before you start reading here.

　　Do

　　(1) keep the room quiet and clean.

　　(2) Show your student card when borrowing books.

　　(3) Borrow only one book at a time.

　　Don't

　　(1) Don't talk or laugh loudly.

　　(2) Don't move the desks or chairs.

　　(3) Don't tear off the books.

　　(4) Don't take out the books.

　　90、

　　A Notice of Swimmers' Rules

　　Swimmers are required to observe the following rules. Anyone breaking the rules will be punished by a fine of 5-200 yuan.

　　(1) Nobody is allowed to swim out of the red line.

　　(2) Swimming suits, life buoys, sunshades, chairs borrowed from here are not to be spoiled or taken away.

　　(3) No littering.

　　(4) Swimmers must get out of water before 6 p.m. .

　　(5) Fishing is not allowed here.

　　The Seaside Police Station

　　91、

　　A Meeting Notice

　　All the monitors are asked to meet in the school meeting-room at 4： 00 p.m. on Friday（Mar.18）to discuss questions concerning the English evening to be held on April 30. Do be present at the meeting on time.

　　The Student Union

　　Mar. 16, 1990

　　92、

　　A Note Asking for Business Leave

　　Jan. 10, 1990

　　Mr. Smith

　　Headmaster

　　Dear Sir,

　　I'm applying for one week's leave of absence from the 11th to the 17th, in order to return home to see my father, who is now dangerously ill.

　　I should be very much obliged if you grant me my application.

　　Yours respectfully,

　　Foster

　　93、

　　Dear friends,

　　How time flies! Two years have passed since Mrs Brown came to our school to teach us English. Now she has completed her work successfully and will leave for home tomorrow.

　　Mrs Brown is very strict with us. She is very kind and never tired of helping us in our studies. Her teaching is lively and interesting. We all like to attend her lectures.

　　Now I will, on behalf of all the students, express our gratitude to Mrs Brown for her remarkable work. We wish her a pleasant journey and good health.

　　94、

　　A Letter Expressing Gratitude

　　July 6, 1990

　　Dear Mary,

　　I am returning you the guide-book which you lent me six months ago. I am very thankful to you, for it was a great help to me. It was with the help of this book that I was able to visit many places.

　　I am sure that I would have been lost many times if it had not been for this book. Besides, I learned a lot about the history of those places. Thank you again.

　　With best wishes.

　　Yours,

　　Sally

　　95、

　　Resume

　　Name： Wang Ping

　　Address： 167 Renmin Road, Changzhou

　　Nationality： Chinese

　　Date of birth： July 18, 1971

　　Place of birth： Shanghai, China

　　Health： excellent

　　Education：

　　1978-1984： Renmin Road Primary School, Changzhou

　　1984-1987： No. 5 Middle School, Changzhou

　　1987-1990： No. 1 Middle School, Changzhou

　　96、

　　A Letter of Recommendation

　　The Second Department of English

　　Beijing Foreign Language Institute

　　Beijing, China

　　July 17, 1989

　　Lemon Language Institute

　　Sidney, Australia

　　Dear President,

　　It is a great honour for me to introduce to you one of my very best student, Miss Shen Ming, a 21-year-old graduate of our institute this year. Miss Shen entered our institute in 1985 and she has ever since been hard-working at her lessons and made rapid progress. During the four years of study, she has always ranked high in her class. In 1987, she came out first at the National College Students English Speech Contest. Coming from a family of English teachers, Miss Shen has a particular interest in the teaching of English. It is her wish to further her studies on linguistics, methodology as well as on the English language. It will certainly be of great help to her if she could have such a chance in your Institute .英语作文