中学英语教学大纲和高考说明都要求学生能根据所给提示条件写出一定量的英语短文。内容连贯,文理通顺,无严重语法或结构错误。这看上去似乎不是很高的要求,但学生却普遍反映英文书面表达难,到底难在哪里?为此笔者采用往届高考书面表达原题对我所代的两个高中班学生进行测试调查,评分标 High school English syllabus and college entrance examination require students to be prompted according to the conditions to write a certain amount of English essay. Coherent content, liberal arts, no serious grammar or structural errors. This seems not very high requirements, but students generally reflect the English written expression is difficult, in the end where is difficult? I use the previous written expression of the previous college entrance examination to my generation of two high school students to test the survey, score Standard