第三十三要诀：把当天发生的事情，用英语写成日记

既然说是日记(diary)，最好能够每天写。英文能否写的通顺还是次要的问题，能够持续的每天用英文记日记(keep a diary in English)才是最重要的。

日记主要是给自己看的，因此体裁可以较为自由。例如(I got)up at six.((我)早上六点钟起床。)(I)went to the zoo this afternoon.((我)今天下午去了动物园。)(I was)bitten by a dog around noon.(大约中午时候(我)被一条狗咬了。)这些句子中括号内的单词都是在记日记时可以省略的。若因时间关系或其他原因无法写出句子或段落，即使只列出一些单词也总比完全不写的好。下面是一篇写的比较完整的日记：

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.

(已经八点钟了，但我还坐在开往学校的汽车上。我知道一定会挨老师批评。突然我想了起来，她今天要测验我们。昨天晚上我睡的很香，根本就没有复习。那现在该怎么办呢?

我走进教室后，向窗外望去。蜜蜂正在花丛间忙着采蜜，小鸟们也在忙着筑巢，阳光一片明媚。看到这一切，我突然有个念头。我但愿能马上逃离教室，把书本扔到一边，躲藏到美丽的大自然中。但我意识到，我不能这样做。甚至连小鸟和蜜蜂都在忙着工作，我，作为一个人，应该为无所事事而感到羞耻。因此，我改变了注意，准备接受批评。)