母题，就是几个相关作文题目所共同关注的最主要问题。它是一个设问，需要大家首先做的，是根据母题在自己的思想及知识积累中搜索背景、论据和例证。第二，需要大家根据所回顾的信息，依据具体题目进行个性化修改、写作。第三，需要大家根据母题及提点，搜罗最近的相关新闻与评论，积累例证，升华观点。
（注：母题是按照重要性排列的；标红题目为高危题目，手懒的同学可以只写这几个~~）
最重点母题—The intertwined relation between the past, the present and the future
一句提点：Under this theme, we are to discuss the path to a better development, the influence of the past and whether today’s achievements are positive.
1. People will spend less time in cooking or preparing food in twenty years than nowadays.
2. To solve the problems of the present and the future, people should review the past.
3. People in the past are more interested in improving their neighborhood (the area where they live) than now.
4. The rapid growth of cities in today's world is a mostly positive development for the society.
5. Nowadays, neighbors depend on each other less than the people in the past.
6. Nowadays it's easier to maintain health than the past.
7. Past people are friendlier than they are today.
8. The most important problem that affects the society today will be solved during my life time.
最重点母题—What is good for business?
一句提点：To thrive in your walk of life! To thrive your lfie!
1. Employees who always follow their supervisor’s instructions are more valuable to their companies than employees who try to find new or better ways.
2. It is important for people to present their talents and abilities to influential people or potential employers.
最重点母题—Have the young changed？
一句提点：Society has formed changes on youth. Should we be concerned, or should we encourage them to embrace such changes?
1. Modern society has become more complex, so it is essential for the young people to have the ability to plan and organize.
2. Young people today are more likely to give time and effort to improve the world than young people were in the past.
3. Young people today are more likely to help others than young people in the past.
4. Younger people spend more time on improving the world than in the past.
最重点母题—The possibilities of friends.
一句提点：In the story of the Middle Earth, friendship between all lives has been made possible. However, we are to question whether the same truth abides in reality?
1. One can learn a lot about a person from the types of friends the person has.
2. Competition with friends usually have negative effect on friendship?
3. It is better to choose a friend with whom you can have fun than to choose a friend that will help you when you are in need.
4. People who have interest in different things cannot be friends.
5. People were friendlier in the past than they are today.
6. It is impossible to be completely honest with your friend.
7. The friends that you can have fun with are more important than the friends that you can get help from.
8. Can people with different personalities become friends?
最重点母题—The things we do with technology.
一句提点：Technology is double-bladed. There, however, is no doubt that it is a sharp one!
1.Although new technology and science will continue to advance and improve people’s life, the most significant improvement has been made.
2.Technology makes people's lives simpler rather than more complicated.
最重点母题—How do we devote ourselves to the cause of environmental protection?
一句提点：It is the best of summer in Beijing, when the sun should reveal itself with utter clearance. However, what we see here is a sky of grey, in which everything is shadowed by the “light” of modern industry.
1. Environmental issues are too complicated to be handled by individuals.
2. Though modern agricultural practices damage the environment, feeding the world's growing population is more important than protecting against environmental damage.
3. It is more important to use the lands for farming, housing and industry than save the land for endangered animal.
4. Even though many people from different countries care about environment problems (pollution and global warming), the environmental situation cannot be improved in the future.
最重点母题—Media & Information
一句提点：Information is power. Media are the abuser of such power!
1.To be well-informed, one should get information from different news sources.
2.Visiting museums is the best way to learn about a country.
3.It is important to know about what is happening around the world, even if it does not affect your personal lives.
最重点母题—How to be a better person?
一句提点：As long as time goes by, we, as human beings, will continue seeking for self-improvement. We have, as we will, found the ways to better our life. So, let us discuss the various approaches to fill our days with pride and joy!
1.In such a busy or crowded world, people should not expect others to be polite to them.
2.The most important thing people learnt is from families.
3. Most people prefer others making decision for them than making a decision by themselves.
4.People should not be allowed to use mobile phones when using public transportation.
5.People now are in greater need of the ability of cooperating with others than before.
6.People benefit more from traveling in their own country than traveling in a foreign country.
7.People should state their honest opinions even though they know others will disagree with their views.
重点母题—The approaches to better study?
1.The best way to increase students' interest in a subject is to teach them the significance of the subject outside of school.
2.student activities do as much benefit as academic study.
3.It is better for students to study alone than to study with a group of students.
4.It is more important for students to understand ideas and concept or learn facts.
重点母题—Are the new ways of life good?
一句提点：Technology has empowered us to live with elegance. Oh, it is elegance that we seek, but not what we may encounter.
1. Some people like to record their life by sharing pictures and other information on social-networking sites. Others keep this information to themselves and never share it online.
2. It is better to wait in patience than take action.
3. Newspapers and magazines are the best ways to learn about a foreign country.
4. Being creative is more important in finding the best solution to a problem than planning carefully.
5. Is there a good reason to be impolite (rude) to another person?
6. If you need to discuss upset or controversial problems with others, it is better to use e-mail or text messaging than to use telephone or voice messaging.
7. Some people prefer to buy new technological devices immediately when they become available. Others prefer to wait until many people have adopted them. Which way do you prefer
8. Regardless of the price, people should buy the products that are made in their own country.
9. For celebrations, it is better to organize parties to which only the inner circle of friends and families are invited.
10. Out of the following three things, which one would you prefer to regulate in order to improve your health?
The kind of food you eat
The amount of exercise
The amount of stress in your life
11. Which of the following do you think contributes the most to an enjoyable vacation?
Good Food
Good Location
Good Friends to travel with
重点母题—Why are teachers important? & who can be called a good teacher?
一句提点：We always find it hard to deny the importance of teachers. After all, we all need to be educated.
1. It is more important for a teacher to help students gain self-confidence than to teach specific knowledge.
2. When teachers assign projects on which students must work together, students will learn much more effectively than ask them to do alone.
3. Nowadays students do not respect teachers as much as in the past.
4. Students are more influenced by teachers than by their friends.
5. A teacher’s ability to relate well with the students is more important than have sufficient knowledge being taught.
6. A serious and strict teacher is more effective than a teacher who is humorous and easy going.
7. Teachers had a greater influence on young people in the past than they do today.
8. Teachers should assign homework for students every day.
9. Teachers should be paid according to their students’ performance.
10. Teachers are appreciated and valued nowadays not as much as they were before.
