基础写作-如何描写一个地方

1. 介绍或描述地点的基础写作, 通常以表格形 式来呈现写作点。该类表格通常有两列,其 中一列概括事物特征、属性, 另一列对此特 征、属性展开描述。学生必须重新组织表格 内容, 不能死板地依据表格从左到右翻译, 如不能写成“The location of Guangzhou is in the south of China”这样不地道的句子,相应 的表达应该是: Guangzhou lies in the south of China.
① …has / covers an area of ... 占地…面积 ② …takes up + ... 占地…面积 ③ …is … long and … wide… 多长多宽 小镇占地5平方英里。 The small town covers an area of 5 square miles. 新疆占我国国土的六分之一。 Xingjiang takes up about one-sixth of our territory. 这花园长三十米, 宽二十米。 The garden is 30 metres long and 20 metres wide.
5. 它自然资源得天独厚, 有丰富的煤和金矿, 而 且气候温和。 It is rich in natural sources such as coal and gold, and has mild climate.
6. 我们学校再也不是过去的样子了 Our school is no longer what it used to be.
[例题导写] 1. 按顺序写作。学生应该按照表格内容(即 “历史、 特点、现状”)的先后顺序进行写作，这样既可避免 重整顺序而浪费时间, 也避免错改顺序而给老师带 来阅卷困难。 2. 草拟提纲、简单翻译是写作重要步骤之一。请翻译要 点： It has a history of ... (1) 有(多久)的历史 _________________ the longest wall in the world (2) 世界最长的城墙 ________________ (3) 6000多千米长 __________________ 6000 kilometers long (4) 由石头, 砖头做成 ______________ be made of stones and bricks (5) 由人工修建 __________________ be built /constructed by hand
6) 防御外来入侵者 prevent the country from being invaded; _______________________________________________ defend the country against foreign invaders ___________________ every few hundred meters (7) 每隔几百米 _____________________
① …has a large/small population… 人口众多/稀少 ②… has a population of … …有…人口 ③ The population of … is … …有……人口 ④…percent of the population are ... 百分之…的人口是… 这个城市人口超过一百万。 This city has a population of more than 1,000,000. 这个县的农村人口为40万。 The rural population of the county is 400,000. 百分之八十的人口是农民。 Eighty percent of the population here are farmers.
sucha famous historical (5) The Great Wall is ____ attraction ____ that it attracts hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors each year.(使用 “如此……以致”的句型表达) (6) So ________________________that it attractive is the Great Wall attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors home and abroad every year.(“长城如此吸 引”, 使用倒装句)
相关句式
1. 我向你介绍一下我的家乡。 I would like to introduce my ho 位于广东省。 My hometown, neighboring Hong Kong, is located in Guangdong Province.
2. 确定时态。介绍地点等描述基本特征的文章 通常使用一般现在时。
3. 避免开头指代不明。若文章没有给出写作对 象或设定情景，避免用it作主语引导第一句, 而应该具体写出描述的对象，如the Great Wall, Hong Kong等。 但如果整篇文章 多处用“it” 等作主语,文章会 稍显逊色, 所以在写作过程中, 可根据文意适 当变换主语, 如改写为the place, the city等。
(3)______________________________________ As the Great Wall was built to defend people against the invaders ___________________, there were watchtowers every few hundred meters along the wall.(“长城 主要用于防御外来入侵者”, 使用原因状语从句) (4) The Great Wall is one of the well-known to a large places of interest on earth, appealing _________________ number of foreigners every year 每年吸引许 ____________________________.(“ 多外国游客到长城观光旅游”, 使用非谓语结构)
你将带领一个外国旅游团参观长城，请根据以下的信息要点， 用5个规范的英语句子写一篇长城的简单介绍。你的介绍应包括 全部信息要点，介绍的开头已经给出，不计入5个句子中。 【信息要点】
历史 有两千多年的历史。 特点 世界上最长的城墙, 长6000多千米; 建筑材料主要为石头, 砖头, 修建工作都是人工进行; 主要用于防御外来入侵者(foreign invaders), 沿墙每隔 几百米就有烽火台(watchtower)。 现状 世界著名旅游景点之一，每年吸引许多外国游客到长 城观光旅游。 [写作要求]只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。 [评分标准] 句子结构准确, 信息内容完整,篇章结构连贯。
①…is in / on / to…of… ②…be located / situated in ③…lie in… ④…neighbor / border… 5 on its east lies 东边有…… 中国在俄国的南边 China is located on/to the south of Russia. 梅州坐落在广东的东北部 Meizhou lies in the northeast of Guangdong.
①…has a history of… ②…has a long history. ③ with a history of… 中国上下五千年 China has a history of more than 5,000 years. 中国历史悠久，占地960万平方公里 With a long history, China covers an area of 9.6 million kilometres.
3. 规范表达名词。如果名词修饰语过长, 应转 用 “a / an / the +名词+of”的表达, 例如, “两千多年的历史”应该写成“a history of two thousand years”, 而不能写成 “two thousand years’ history”。
4. 变换表达, 丰富句式。 请按要求完成句子： (1) It is more than 6000 kilometers in length, which makes it the longest wall in the world 是世界上 ______________________________________(“ 最长的城墙”, 使用非限制性定语从句) that helped people fight (2) It was the Great Wall ____________________ against the foreign invaders ancient times. (“帮助人 _________________________in 们防御外来入侵者”, 使用强调句)
3. 广州, 拥有一千三百人口的一座城市, 有 三百多年的历史了。 Guangzhou, a city with a population of about thirteen million, has a history of more than 2,200 years. 4. 这座城市占地面积达7, 434平方公里, 人口 大约是10, 000, 000。 Covering a total area of 7, 434 square kilometers this city has a population of about ten million.
The main agricultural products in this county are wheat and corn
① a place of interest ② a historical attraction ③ a scenic spot ; a fantastic place 一个极好的地方 ④表达“吸引、著名” sth. attract / appeal to sb.; sth. be attractive / appealing / wonderful be famous for 因……而著名; be famous as 作为……而著名