英语说明文写作

1、1,Expository Writing,Sun Jiyan,2,. How To improve our English reading skills?,Reading comprehension passages are usually of two types: exposition and narration. An exposition is writing which explains something; a narration is writing which tells a story. They are to be handled differently. When you

2、 take up a reading comprehension passage, the first thing is to tell whether the passage is an exposition or a narration.,3,For an exposition type passage, the method is to read the first sentence of each para-graph carefully and skip the rest of the paragraph. Youll then find some of the questions

3、following the passage which can already be answered. For questions you dont have enough information to find the right answer, youll use a second method. This is to find a key word in the question itself, and then scan the passage to locate the key word. Read the sentence where the key word is, and t

4、hen the answer is ready.,4,For a narration type passage, the method is to read the passage from the beginning and sentence by sentence. When you get an idea of what the story is about, its time to stop reading. Usually this happens when youve read one third of the passage. Try to answer the question

5、s, and youll find you can answer some of them. When you come across a question you dont have enough information to answer, go back to the passage and resume your reading from the point where you stopped. Go on with your reading until you have the answer to the question.,5,Following these methods, yo

6、ull be able to finish answering the questions in much less time than is allowed, and the chances of finding the right answer is greater than you go through the whole passage. The key to success in reading comprehension tests is thus DO NOT READ THE PASSAGE SENTENCE BY SENTENCE. Its possible to answe

7、r all the questions correctly without having to read more than one third of the passage.,6,.What is Expository (Exposition) Writing?,1. An exposition is writing which explains something. It is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform. The crea

8、tor of an expository text can not assume that the reader or listener has prior knowledge or prior understanding of the topic that is being discussed. One important point to keep in mind for the author is to try to use words that clearly show what they are talking about rather than blatantly露骨的 telli

9、ng the reader what is being discussed. Since,7,clarity requires strong organization, one of the most important mechanisms that can be used to improve our skills in exposition is to provide directions to improve the organization of the text. 2. Task Please write an expository with the topic “The Spri

10、ng Festival”. (about 500 words),8,.Samples,The Spring Festival The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is on January 1st according to the Chinese lunar calendar. Its Chinas New Years Day. So usually a month before the festival, people begin to buy food, clothes and decoration

11、s for houses. About a week before the festival, housewives are busy preparing the new year dinner. ( For example, ) And they will do a lot of washing and cleaning in the house.() People who are far away on,9,business are hurrying to return home for the new years family reunion. On New Years Eve, eac

12、h family will gather together eating, talking and watching TV for almost the whole night. (What will they eat, talk, and watch?) And there will be some interesting programmes on TV. The Spring Festival Get-together Evening Party is especially loved by most Chinese. (What will they see in the program

13、?) The children are the happiest of all because they can get presents from their parents or grandparents.(Why?),10,On Lunar New Years Day, after getting up, people will eat Chinese dumplings.(What do the dumpling look like?) When they meet their neighbors or friends, theyll say: “Happy New Year!” to

14、 wish good luck and harvest. The new year celebrating activities will last about half a month.,11,Comment The article explains the traditional festival of China-Spring Festival, and it introduces several kinds of celebrating activities during the festival. Being written in the order of time, the art

15、icle makes the whole contents logical and clear.,12,New Beijing New Olympics China has its own sport legends. Back to Song Dynasty，People started to play a game called Cuju，which is regarded as the origin of ancient football. So now，you will understand why our women football team is so good today. W

16、ith a concept inspired by the famed Silk Road，our Torch Relay will break new ground，traveling from Olympia through some of the oldest civilizations known to man Greek，Indian and Chinese.Carrying the message “Share the peace，Share the Olympics.”The flame will pass through Tibet，cross the Yangtze and

17、Yellow Rivers，travel the Great Wall and visit Taiwan and the 56 Ethnic communities who make up our society. On its journey，the flame will be seen by and inspire more human beings than any previous relay. ,13,A Dog,A dog is a kind of animal. It often lives with people at home. Its one of the pet anim

18、als. Many people like to keep a dog for pleasure because it is clever and it can understand them. People feed the dog and build a house for it. Dogs can do lots of things for people. In cities, people keep a dog not only for pleasure but also for safety. A dog can be a good guard. In the country, fa

19、rmers like to keep dogs for pleasure too. Besides, some of the dogs can help farmers to look after animals, such as sheep and pigs.,14,Dogs can be a great help to army soldiers and policemen. Dogs often do important work for them. So dogs are really our good friends, and we must take good care of th

20、em. Comment It is a good example of an exposition. Although short, it successfully explains the help of dogs from many points of view. In this way, the exposition proves the theme : “dogs are human beings friends.”,15,Write an expositon according to the following Chinese,假设你叫李明，你有一位英国网友名叫Tom，他听说过中国的故宫，但知之不多，于是给你发来了e-mail,请你向他介绍一下有关故宫的情况。请你根据下面提供的一些要点给他回一封100词左右的电子邮件： 1.故宫(the Palace Museum)又叫紫禁城(the Forbidden City)。它于1407年开始修建，20万人花了14年的时间，于1420年建成。 2.它所有的宫殿一共有9999个房间。在中国，9这个数字传统地被认为是吉祥的。 3.现在，每周星期二，故宫免费向中国学生开放。 4.故宫有着中国历史上5000多年的珍宝(precious treasure)。请他亲自来看一看。,16,Sample,Dear