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EnglishNotes–Paper1RAYͲNotes2008(HardCopy)

CompositionReflectionsOne

UsefulCompositionPhrases

2007/1–Ifyouweredrawingasetofschoolrulesforanewschoolwhat

wouldtheybe?Explainwhichoftheseyouthinkarethemostimportant.

1. Aschoolisoneofthefundamentalbuildingblockswhich“mancaneffectivelypassonhisknowledge.”

2. “Astimeprogressed,schoolshavebecomefarmorerigid”

3. “StudieshavefoundthatalargenumberofteenagersinAmericaarenoteven

4. Itwould

able…”

instinctivelycreateathoughtinthemthat…

Apersonisalwayshappywhenheorsheisdoingwhatheorshelikes”

sametimepromoting…

5. “

6. Forinstanceifastudent…(Forexample)

7. Thiswouldmakea….healthywhilstatthe

8. ..thatbookscannotdo.

9. “thestudentsaremadetofeelatthebottomoftheladder”

10. “studentswouldoccupyalmostequalstatusastheireducators”

. hiswouldcreateanenvironmentwherethereis

e….

Howevershouldthisenvironmentbedepredated,thentheculpritwillfacemost

las,theseare

. otivatemystudentsto“thinkbeyondthesuperficialboundarieswhichbindthem

11 T

mutualtrust,acceptance&respectbetweenth

12. “

severepunishmentindeed”

13. A

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andshackletheircreativity.”





2007/2ͲNowadayspeoplelivelongerthanbefore.Whatproblemsdoesthis

ernutrition&better

healthcare.

eople…

orwillthey…

presentandhowcantheseproblemsbedealtwith?

1. Today,peoplelivelongerthanbeforeasaresultofbett

2. Inmanydevelopedcountries,includingSpore,itisbecomingthenormthatp

3. Thisincreaseinlongevityisapositivedevelopment,butatthesametime,itbrings

challenges&problemsthathavetobefaced.

4. Oneofthemajorproblemsisthehealthof…

5. Oneofthekeyissuesiswhethertheywill…

6. Whentheelderlydevelopmajorhealth…,

7. Itwillbeastrain,bothemotionally&financially,onotherfamilymemberswhoare…

hereneedstobemore…specialisedingeriatricmedicine,abranchofmedicine…

Theyalsofeelthatretirementleavesanemptyvoidintheirlives”,

12. hefamilyplaysabigrole

8. T

9. “

10. Andtheydonotknowhowtofilluptheirdaysproductively.

11. Depressionisquiteacommonproblemamongstseniors.

T inprovidingcompanionship&love…

do,theyfeelless

elplessandcansharesolutions.”

14. tisafactthatseniorsdofacediscrimination

13. “Whenpeoplefindoutthatothershavethesameproblemasthey

h

I intheirjobsearchduetotheirage.

oachievethis,…

15. Anotherproblemishowtoensure…

16. T





2006/3ͲWhatdoyouthinksecondaryschoolscandotoensurethehealth,

lytobegoodstudents,butalsotobe

betterindividuals.

wellͲbeingandsafetyoftheirstudents?

1. Schoolsareplaceswherewelearnnoton

2. Wespentagreatamountoftimeinschooleachweek.

3. Assuch,itisveryimportanttoestablishanenvironment

F

conducivetothe…

irstly,itisimportantforthe…toestablisha…

aclean,neatenvironment,….Arebetterabletoabsorb…

quietamidstallthebustleofschools.”

4.

5. Acleanschoolnotonlycontributestostudent’sphysicalhealth,butalsotostudent’s

mentalhealth.

6. Whenwearein

7. “Astudent’sdayishecticwithitsscheduleofclasses.”

8. Butthereare…

9. Schoolsshouldprovideplaces…

1 S0. tudentscanfind“somepeace&

11. Someexamplesofthisare…,…perhapswith…

12. WellͲbeingcanbedescribedasstateofbeinghe

13. A

althy&happy .

partfromacleanenvironment,apleasingenvironmentalsoplaysa…inensuring…

soothing.

ortsin…

hiswillreducestressandunhappinessandaidinimprovingoverallwellͲbeing..

relationshipswiththestaffwillbeabletoputtheirbestin..

saplacewherefoodisservedandeaten,ahighstandardofhygieneneedtobe…

hus,theschoolstaff…

tcanbedone

14. Plantsandflowersbrightenupanenvironment.

15. Atthesametimelookingatthegreeneryisvery

16. Manyschoolshaverecognizedthisfact,andmakegreateff

17. “Alsoimportantisthe…”

18. T

19. Studentswhoareingood

20. Theconditionoftheschoolcanteenalsoplaysanimportantroleinensuring…

21. A

22. “Courtesyalwaysaddsapositivenotetointeractionamongpeople.”

23. T

24. Manyofuswouldhaveheardof…

25. Asshownabove,thereismuchtha toensurethehealth,wellͲbeing

ndsafetyofstudentsinsecondaryschools.

26. Buttheresponsibilityissharedjointlybythestaffandaswellasthestudents.

a





2005/4ͲChoosingacareerisoneofthemostimportantdecisionstobemad

inlife.Whatfactorswillaffectyourchoice?

e

stofuslifeisnotassimplisticas…

eof…”

careerwouldbe…

donotwishtoliveinexcess…

1. Afterbeingputthruschoolandtheratraceforpaperqualifications,

2. Thereinevitablycomesatimewhenwehavetomakeadecisionwhich

wouldaffect...

3. Someofusmayalreadyhaveacareerinmindsinceweweresmall.

4. Howeverformo

5. “Maslow’shierarchyofneedspostulatesthatoneneedstotakecar

6. Similarly,myprimaryconsiderationwhenchoosinga

7. I

8. IamfinewithbeinginthemiddleͲclassstrataofsociety

9. Subsequently,Iwouldconsiderhowsafethe…is.

. sIfeelnoamountofmoneycancompensatealifelost.

cernformyselfas…<familytime>

,ratherhiswhole

mily.

makeusany

appier,Iimagine.”

motional,spiritualaspectsintandem.

houghtheaboveshallbemyguidingprinciples

10. Iwouldnotchoosea….…

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12. Travellingtimeisalsoacon

13.Afterall,onetakesupacareer tosupportnotonlyhimself

fa

14. “Toworkattheexpenseoflessinteractionwithfamilywouldnot

h

15.Ultimately,nosinglefactorwouldinfluencemycareerprospectsmost;16.forme,Ilookatthee

17. T inchoosinga..,

18. Itisstillimportantformetobeflexible&opentoother…





2005/5ͲMarriage

1. Marriagecanbedefinedasalegallyandspirituallyacceptedrelationshipbetween…

2. Itisalsothesocialinstitutionthatiscentraltotheraisingandnurtureofchildren.

rriagenevergone“outofstyle”despitethemanychangesinlifestyles?

4. Oneofthereasonsisthatmarriagefulfills…

aperson…,

eorsheshouldbepreparedfortherealityandchallengestheywillencounter.

personputsintoamarriage,whatarethe

ewards?Theanswerismany.

neofthereasonsforthisisthatspouses…

arriedcouples…

hisisbecause…

wledged,thedecisiontomarryorto

esingleisachoicethatanindividualhastomakeforhimself.

. Thecouplewhoembarkonthejourneyofmarriagewillfindittobea

3. …Whyhasma

5. Inourchildhood,webelongtoaunitconsistingof…

6. Aswebecomeadults,wedesireto...

7. Today,mostpeoplewanttomarrythepersonthey…

8. Therefore,marriageisalsoseenasthe...

9. Thus,today,itisrecognizedthatbefore

10. H

11. Onemayask: forallthehardworkthata

r

12. Studieshaveshownthat…

13. O

14. Studieshavealsoshownthatm

15. T

16. Whilethemanybenefitsofmarriageareackno

b

17. Ifheorshe…,then…

18 “ fulfillingand

excitingjourneywithmanychallengesandjoysalongtheway.”





2004/1ͲItissaidthatschooluniformsgivestudentsasenseofidentityand

ncouragesgooddiscipline,Doyouagree?

1. Schooluniforms–loveitorhateit,theyaresomethingallstudentsin

Singaporehavetolivewith.

2. Ontheotherhand,countrieslike…

4. Already,wearebeginningtoseesignalsthat

e

3. Ostensibly,thereisastrongbelieveinthatnotionhereinSpore.

…mayjustnotbesuccessfulin

avoidhavingaparochialview ,letuslook

achievingthatpurposeatall.

5. “ Openingthescopefurther soasto

atexampleof<Japan>first.”<<

6. “FocusingbacktoSingapore”,though,thesituationhasnotbecomethat

extremeyet..

7. Fundamentally,…

8. Itiseasiertoacceptthanrefute…

9.

evisitingthenotionR andhowcloselyitreflectsSingaporeagain,

lusion,partofthenotionistrue–thatschooluniformsgive

tudentsasenseofidentity.

provedjustbytheclothesonewear…

. sforme,IstillremainambivalentregardinguniformsbutI...

10.Hence,inconc

s

11.Incontrast,disciplinecannotbeim

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004/3ͲShouldbothparentsgoouttoworkwhenboththeirchildrenare

young?

1. “Eversincethebeginningofthehumanrace,menwentouttobringbackfood

2. fortheirwives&childrenwhilewomenstayedathometotakecareoftheirchildren.”

3. Nowadays,ithasbecomingincreasing

2

very

common…

takeshis1st

steps,shouldbehisparents.

he

hereisnowayofensuring

4. Personally,Ifeelthattheoneswhoshouldraiseachildfrombirthandbethere

whenhe

5. “Thewayachildisbroughtupiswhatmouldsthechildintothetypeofperson

becomeslateroninlife.”

6. Ifbothparentsgoouttowork...,

7. T thatthechildrenlearnpropervaluesorbehavior.

8. Childcarecentresmayboastabouttheirmany…

9. Buttheymaynotbeabletoprovidethingsthatcanonlybeobtainedfromhome

ithsomanykidstoattendto,

ampleattentiontoeverysinglechild.

sibilityofabuse..

10. Suchas“tenderlovingcare”

11. W

12. …Definitelynotbeabletoprovide

13. Anotherfactortobeconsideredonwhether…pos

14. “Therehavebeennumerouscasesof” childabuseby…

15. Just recently ,amaidsufferingfro

16. Bothdied.<<

mstress…

beprevented

17. ThisisthekindofincidentthatIfeelwould ifa

bewokenupin

child’slovingparentslookafterthechild.

18. Itcanbeverystressfultolookafteryoungchildrendayafterdayand

themiddleofthenighttothesoundofachildcrying.

19. Thus,somepa

rentswouldpreferto…

20. Inconclusion,Ifeelthatitisworththestr

gst

esstobeabletobeincontrolofwhatis

oingoninyourchild’s1 fewyears.

thatnoharmcometohim.

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