新東方指出：既然說是日記（diary），最好能夠每天寫。英文能否寫的通順還是次要的問題，能夠持續(xù)的每天用英文記日記（keep a diary in english）才是最重要的。

　　上海新東方教大家如何寫好英文日志 日記主要是給自己看的，因此體裁可以較為自由。例如（i got）up at six.（（我）早上六點鐘起床。）（i）went to the zoo this afternoon.（（我）今天下午去了動物園。）（i was）bitten by a dog around noon.（大約中午時候（我）被一條狗咬了。）這些句子中括號內(nèi)的單詞都是在記日記時可以省略的。若因時間關(guān)系或其他原因無法寫出句子或段落，即使只列出一些單詞也總比完全不寫的好。下面是一篇寫的比較完整的日記：

　　it was already eight o'clock,and i was still on the bus to school.i was sure to get into trouble with the teacher.i suddenly remembered she was going to test us.i didn't study at all since i slept too well last night.now what should i do?

　　when i walked into the classroom,i looked out of the window.the bees were busy making honey from flowers.the birds also were busy making nets.the sun was shining brightly.as i saw this,a thought struck me:i wished to leave the school at once,to throw my books aside,and to hide in the beautiful world of nature.but i realized i could not do so.if even the bees and birds were so busy at work,then i,a human being,should be ashamed of being idle.i therefore changed my mind and faced the music.