【内容提示】
给学生“减负”成了当前的热门话题。那么，你认为学生的负担重不重？重在哪里？过重的学业负担会造成什么样的后果？请你就这些问题，结合你自己的实际情况谈谈看法，并将你的看法写成一篇因果说明文。
【作文示范】
Workload Too Demanding
We are at enior high chool. Every day, we have many exercie that we can＇t complete and many book that we can＇t finih reading. The teacher continually repeat the word that we are already able to recite.
Teacher and tudent all work hard in order to improve the percentage① of thoe entering college. But the burden of work in cla i o heavy that we have little time to do port, which ha left many of u in poor health. What＇ wore, many tudent have lot interet in their tudie altogether.
It i known to all that good health i a important a knowledge. Virtue② uch a bravery, dicipline and love of our motherland can＇t be learned only in clae, but hould alo be learned through ocial practice. We hould be given the time and opportunity to be expoed to ociety o we can learn what can＇t be taught from book.
We are young and we have young heart. We love tudy a well a amuement. We hope that the number of exercie cla will be reduced o we can take part in more after-cla activitie. In thi way we will be able to learn much more and be more effective in our tudie.WWw.hAOZUowEn.com
（选自1997年1月8日《英文21世纪报》）
【词语解释】
①percentage[p+＇entidN] n．百分数；百分率
②virtue[＇v+:tju:]n．美德；道德
【写法指要】
本文第一段和第二段前半部分是摆学校课业负担重的事实，谈的是原因。从第二段后半部分开始分析负担过重带来的结果。作者分析了四种结果，即负担过重会影响身体健康（poor health），会使学生失去学习兴趣（lot interet），会使学生学不到社会公德（ocial virtue），还会使学生失去娱乐活动（amuement）的机会。所以，本文是一因多果说明文。