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Daily report is a common way that is used by English teachers to involve students in class and also provides students a good chance to practice English. A good daily report can leave a good impression on your classmates and your teacher. Therefore， we are supposed to know how to prepare a daily report.

What do you think makes a daily report a good one？ Usually a daily report is limited to 5 to 10 minutes. So try to make it brief， clear and explicit. A long and complicated report can consume your listeners interest.

An interesting topic is quite necessary. So the first thing you need to do is to choose a topic of your daily report. You have a variety of topics to choose from. It can be about a piece of news， like “Trumps winning the election”， “Another day of Mayhem”； famous persons， like David Beckham， TF Boys； travelling and cultures， like “my first tour to Australia”， “different ways to celebrate the new year worldwide”； or health and sports， like “how to keep fit”. Remember that your topic should be new to at least two thirds of your classmates so that they will be attracted and stay focused while listening. For example， are your classmates familiar with Alaskan King Crab？ No？ Good， then this can be your topic. For information collection， you can refer to books or websites. Since your daily report is going to be present in English， youd better refer to some English websites， such as www.wikihow.com， www.en.wikipedia.org. If you must use Baidu translator， make sure there is no grammar mistake.

What comes next is to organize your daily report well. When the topic is chosen， you will have to decide which part is going to be mentioned in your daily report. Since you only have 5 to 10 minutes， its impossible to cover everything about the topic. As for the Alaskan King Crab， you can find a lot of information online， you can choose what you think is the most interesting and attractive， for example， the Alaskan crab fishermen， which you can focus more on. Then your daily report is of brief introduction of Alaskan king crab and fishermen.

A well-designed PPT will do a lot of help. Pay attention to the word size and font， and pictures， which can help make your daily report easily understood， are also necessary and helpful. You can set your word size from 28， which will be easily made out for your classmates from a distance. Use colors that can show distinct contrast， such as white and black， dark blue and white. Moreover， you can also use different colors to highlight the important parts. Besides， do not put every word you want to say on the PPT， in which case your classmates will be reading PPTs by themselves instead of listening to your presentation. It is recommended that you write down some key words or sentences on PPT along with proper pictures to help make yourself understood. Short videos should be used more to get your ideas across than to distract the audience attention. So if you must show videos to your classmates， make sure those videos are relevant to your topic and not too long.

Its known to all that practice makes perfect. Before your presentation， lots of practice and rehearsals are needed. Make sure there is no grammar mistake and your pronunciation is right. You can practice with a mirror so that we you are standing in front of your classmates， you wont be that nervous. Then Im sure your daily report will be a good one.endprint