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Section 8 Writing Workshop
1.Read the description. 阅读以下描述。
★description n.描述,描写
[用法感知]
①The book gives a short description of the city.
这本书对这座城市作了简短的描述。
②(“心情描写”写作佳句)Hearing the announcement that I got the first prize, I was pleased beyond description.
听到宣布我得了一等奖,我高兴得难以形容。
③In this competition, you can describe what you see and give it life with your imagination.
在这场比赛中,你可以描述你所看到的并运用你的想象力赋予它生命。
[归纳点拨]
(1)give a description of 形容;描述
beyond description 无法形容;难以描述
(2)describe v. 描写;描述
describe ...as ... 把……说成……
[应用融会] (单句语法填空/完成句子)
④The police have offered a detailed description (describe) of the missing woman.
⑤The grand sight of Mount Huangshan is beyond_description.
黄山的壮丽美景难以形容。
⑥All the medical workers are_described_as angels in the patients' heart.
在病人们的心中,所有的医疗工作者都被称为天使。
2.For weeks I had been working on this, listening to Grandpa's stories, selecting his favourite music and collecting photos from the family album.
这几周我一直在做这件事,听爷爷的故事,挑选他最爱听的歌曲,在家庭相册里收集照片。
★select vt.挑选,选拔
[用法感知]
①(“邀请信”类写作佳句) We can set out early so that we will have more time to read and select books.
我们可以早点出发,这样我们就有更多的时间阅读和选择书籍。
②We selected him as/to be our monitor because he was very responsible.
我们选他当我们的班长,因为他很负责。
[归纳点拨]
(1)select sb. to do sth. 选择某人做某事
select ...as/to be ... 挑选……作为……
(2)selection n. 选择
[应用融会] (单句语法填空/完成句子)
③Our teacher selected her favourite book from her collections and read it to us students.
④He was happy to be selected as the team leader.
⑤Success is achieved by the careful selection (select) of projects.
⑥There is no doubt that we will select_the_best_players_to_take_part_in the coming Olympic Games.
毫无疑问,我们会选出最优秀的运动员来参加即将到来的奥运会。
3.Grandpa couldn't believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to calm down.
爷爷简直不敢相信自己的眼睛,过了很长时间他们才平静下来。
★calm vi.& vt.(使)平静,(使)镇定adj.镇静的;沉着的
[用法感知]
①The deep, gentle voice helped calm the girl's nervousness.
低沉而温柔的声音帮助女孩平复了紧张的情绪。
②(“情景描写”写作佳句) After I cal