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背景导入：高中生活对每个高一新生来说都是既陌生又充满期待的。了解、熟悉周围崭新的一切对每一位同学自信心的建立和对未来学习生活的规划都大有裨益。愉快地学习，健康地生活，跟老师和同学们成为朋友，这将是一段永远值得珍惜的记忆。
Generally speaking, life in high school is busy and fulfilling①， due to the ultimate② goal—College Entrance Examination. Many people say that there is no fun left but boring study and endless exercises. However, as a high school student, I can't agree with them.
Personally, everyone should live a fruitful and happy life in high school. It can't be denied that study is our priority③ so we must spend most of our time and energy on it. However, study may sometimes make us frustrated④ or even drive us crazy, but we can still adjust⑤ our mood to enjoy life. Besides, we can also get a sense of achievement when we do well in our study or make progress.
The most important is that friends can bring much happiness to us and our parents' care inspires us to go on. I think friends in high school are our best friends forever, because they know us a lot and witness all of our emotions. They are the persons who grow with us. In addition, teachers in high school care much about us students both in study and life, and classmates are always friendly to each other. We build deep friendship together. All of these make up our fruitful life in high school, which is worth cherishing forever.
All in all, the days in high school must be nice. We will like our teachers, classmates, and classes. Most importantly, we are well on our way towards a successful college career.
[注释] ①fulfilling adj. 令人满足的
②ultimate adj. 最终的；最后的
③priority n. 优先权；优先考虑的事
④frustrated adj. 懊恼的；沮丧的
⑤adjust vt. 调整
【译文】
一般来说，高中生活是忙碌而又充实的，因为我们最终的目标都是高考。很多人说，除了无聊的学习和无止境的练习，高中生活根本就没有乐趣可言。然而，作为一名高中生，我不同意他们的说法。
在我看来，每个人在高中都应该过富有成果且快乐的生活。不能否认，学习是我们的首要任务，所以我们必须把大部分的时间和精力花在学习上。然而有时候，学习可能会使我们感到沮丧，甚至快要发疯；但是我们仍然可以调节我们的心情去享受生活。除此之外，当我们在学习上做得很好或者是取得进步的时候，我们也会有一种成就感。
最重要的是，朋友会给我们带来很多快乐，父母的关心也会激励我们继续前进。我认为高中时期的朋友永远是最好的朋友，因为他们很了解我们，见证了我们所有的情感。他们是和我们一起成长的人。另外，高中的老师在学习和生活上很关心我们，同学们彼此之间也总是很友好。我们一起建立了深厚的友谊。所有的这些构成了我们硕果累累的高中生活，它值得我们永远珍惜。
总之，高中的生活一定是非常美好的，我们会喜欢老师、同学们和我们的班级。最重要的是，我们正走在通往成功的大学生涯的路上。
