Unit 7 The Chinese Zodiac（写作突破专项训练）英语北京版六年级上册（新教材）

Unit 7 The Chinese Zodiac 写作方法指引- 原文指路 Zodiac stamps are an important part of the Spring Festival tradition. 开篇点题：明确生肖邮票在春节传统中的重要地位，引出介绍主题。 These special stamps are usually colourful. 细节描述：介绍生肖邮票的外观特征，让内容更具体生动。 On February 15th, 1980, the first zodiac stamp, the monkey stamp came out. 史实举例：通过具体日期和首款邮票实例，增强介绍的真实性与权威性。 They tell us a lot about Chinese culture. 价值升华：点明生肖邮票的文化内涵，深化文章主题。 Every year, many stamp lovers wait in line at the post office to buy their favourite zodiac stamps. 场景描写：用真实场景体现生肖邮票的受欢迎程度，丰富文章内容。 一、核心词汇 1. 十二生肖专属词汇 Rat（鼠）, Ox（牛）, Tiger（虎）, Rabbit（兔）, Dragon（龙）, Snake（蛇）, Horse（马）, Goat（羊）, Monkey（猴）, Rooster（鸡）, Dog（狗）, Pig（猪） zodiac animal（生肖动物）, birth animal（生肖/出生对应动物）, zodiac year（生肖年）, Chinese Zodiac（中国生肖） 2. 生肖文化相关词汇 paper-cutting（剪纸）, zodiac stamp（生肖邮票）, Spring Festival（春节）, good luck（好运）, post office（邮局）, museum（博物馆） 3. 动作与描述词汇 bring（带来）, put up（张贴）, wait in line（排队等候）, win（赢得）, carry（驮着）, finish（完成） 二、参考句型 1. 介绍个人生肖与本命年 I was born in the year of the Dragon. My zodiac animal is the Dragon. This year is my zodiac animal year. I wear red clothes to bring me good luck in my zodiac year. 2. 介绍生肖文化传统 Chinese people name each year after one of twelve different animals. Each zodiac animal comes around every twelve years. During the Spring Festival, people put up paper-cuttings on windows or doors to show their best wishes. Zodiac stamps are an important part of the Spring Festival tradition. People around the world love Chinese zodiac paper-cuttings and stamps. 3. 介绍生肖邮票 The first zodiac stamp, the monkey stamp, came out on February 15th, 1980. The goat stamp is the last piece in China's first set of zodiac stamps. Each zodiac stamp has beautiful pictures and great cultural meaning. 4. 介绍生肖排序故事 A long time ago, there was a swimming race for animals to decide the zodiac order. The first twelve animals to get across the river would have a year named after them. The rat asked the ox to carry him across the river and won first place at last. The dragon came late because he stopped to help people make rain. 易错点提示 1. 十二生肖英文拼写易错：注意“羊”是Goat（不是Sheep），“鸡”是Rooster（不是Chicken），避免混淆。 2. 词汇区分：zodiac animal year指“本命年”，不是“出生年份”；birth animal和zodiac animal都可指生肖，但前者更强调出生对应的生肖，后者泛指生肖动物。 3. 时态使用：介绍出生年份用一般过去时（如I was born...），介绍生肖传统用一般现在时（如People put up...），注意时态搭配正确。 4. 文化细节：生肖邮票是中国春节传统的一部分，不要遗漏zodiac直接说animal stamp，避免表达不准确。 写作一 请用英语介绍你的生肖动物，分享你本命年的相关习俗，以及你对中国生肖文化的简单感受。要求： 1.书写规范，正确使用标点符号。 2.语言表达流畅。 3.不少于 50 词。 参考单词： zodiac animal, zodiac year, good luck, Spring Festival, put up, paper-cutting, red clothes 写作二 请用英语讲述十二生肖排序的起源小故事，重点描述其中1-2个动物的表现。 要求： 1.书写规范，正确使用标点符号。 2.语言表达流畅。 3.不少于 50 词。。 参考单词： swimming race, zodiac order, rat, ox, carry, win, dragon, help people 参考范文 写作一 范文（基础版）： I was born in the year of the Rabbit. My zodiac animal is the Rabbit. This year is my zodiac year. （介绍生肖） I wear red clothes every day to bring me good luck. During the Spring Festival, my family put up rabbit paper-cuttings on the windows. （习俗活动） I love Chinese Zodiac because it is fun and full of good wishes. （个人感受） 范文（提高版）： I was born in the year of the Rabbit, so my zodiac animal is the cute Rabbit. This year is my zodiac animal year, and my mom bought me a red scarf and red socks to bring me good luck. （介绍生肖）During the Spring Festival, we put up lovely rabbit paper-cuttings on our doors. （习俗活动）I think Chinese Zodiac is a wonderful part of our culture, and many of my foreign friends are interested in it too. （个人感受） 写作二 范文（基础版）： A long time ago, there was a swimming race to decide the zodiac order. The first twelve animals could have a year named after them. （故事起因） The rat asked the ox to carry him across the river. At last, the rat won first place. The dragon came late because he stopped to help people make rain. （关键情节）That’s why the rat is first and the dragon is fifth. （总结缘由） 范文（提高版）： A long time ago, the Jade Emperor held a swimming race to decide the Chinese Zodiac order. The first twelve animals to finish the race would get their own zodiac years. （故事起因） The small rat asked the strong ox to carry him. When they got near the end, the rat jumped off the ox’s back and won first place. The dragon was good at swimming, but he stopped to help people make rain, so he came late. （关键情节）Now we have the twelve zodiac animals in this fun order. （收尾总结） 第 1 页 共 5 页 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $