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Period Four Writing
写观察日记
【写作指导】
观察日记是指把生活中看到的事物记录下来,不论是山川地貌、奇异景观,还是动植物、趣闻场面等。观察日记不同于我们平时书写的普通日记,要掌握相应的写作方法。
(1)观察要善于抓住特点,突出重点。观察事物必须看清楚,看仔细,把特殊地方写具体,才会使人印象深刻。重点是要在抓住特点的基础上有所侧重。有了特点和重点,写作对象就在脑海里了。例如本单元要求写一篇向日葵生长的观察日记,而向日葵的每个生长阶段都有自己的特点和周期,要把这些描述清楚。
(2)观察要有顺序,突出层次。观察顺序主要包括:从上到下、从左到右、从外到里,或先中间再两边等。还是以观察向日葵为例,本文应该按照时间发展顺序进行观察,注意向日葵在每个阶段的不同特点。
【经典例题】
开学之初,英语老师让你们在课堂上汇报假期里做的一件有意义的事情,请根据下面的提示,向同学们汇报你培育黄豆芽(soybean sprout)的过程:
1.用干净的水浸泡黄豆;
2.大约十小时后,黄豆开始变软变大,并且颜色变浅;
3.用湿布覆盖黄豆,并每天换水两到三次;
4.第二天黄豆开始发芽,第四天就差不多可以食用了。
参考词汇:腐烂 go rotten 芽 bud
第一步 思路点拨
第二步 遣词造句
【核心词汇】
1. v. 发生
2. 搜索
3. adj. 质量好的
4. n. 容器
5. v.扩大,膨胀
6. …with… 用……覆盖……
7. 令某人高兴的是
8. 发芽
9. v.观察
10. adv. 逐渐地
11. n. 过程
【高级句式】
1.形式主语
One day during the vacation,
I could learn to grow some myself.
假期里的一天,我突然想到,我可以学着自己种一些。
2.定语从句
After searching the Internet for the
, I began with great interest.
在因特网上搜索了我需要的信息后,我非常感兴趣地开始了。
3.完全倒装
.
以下是我所做和观察到的。
4.with复合结构
First, I kept some high-quality soybeans in a container .
首先,我把一些优质大豆放在一个装有清水的容器里。
5.现在分词作状语;独立主格结构
After about ten hours, the soybeans expanded, , .
大约十个小时后,大豆膨胀,变软变大,它们的颜色变浅。
6.结果状语从句
The water was changed twice or three times each day .
每天换两三次水,这样它们就不会腐烂。
7.宾语从句
Try growing some yourself and see .
试着自己种一些,看看会发生什么。
第三步 组句成篇
【活学活用】
假设今天你妈妈带你去花卉市场看花,让你印象最深刻的是含羞草。它的叶子像绿色的羽毛,花像粉色的小绒球,轻轻一碰,叶子就会闭合。你很喜欢,因此让妈妈买了一盆。请你用英语写一篇日记,记述整个过程。
注意:1.词数80个左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:含羞草 mimosa 绒球 pompom
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Period Four Writing
【单元主题表达】
第二步 遣词造句
【核心词汇】
1.occur 2.search for 3.high-quality 4.container
5.expand 6.cover 7.to one’s delight/joy 8.come up
9.observe 10.gradually 11.process
【高级句式】
1.it suddenly occurred to me that
2.information (which/that) I needed
3.Here is what I did and observed
4.with clean water in it
5.becoming soft and bigger; their colour lighter
6.so that they wouldn’t go rotten
7.what will happen
第三步 组句成篇
Hello, everyone!
Soybean sprouts are one of my favourite vegetables. One day during the vacation, it suddenly occurred to me that I could learn to grow some myself. After searching the Internet for the information I needed, I began with great interest. Here is what I did and observed.
First, I kept some high-quality soybeans in a container with clean water in it. After about ten hours, the soybeans expanded, becoming soft and bigger, their colour lighter. Then, I covered them with a wet cloth. The following day, to my delight, they began to come up. The buds were growing longer gradually. The water was changed twice or three times each day so that they wouldn’t go rotten. On the fourth day, the buds grew almost long enough to eat. Isn’t it amazing? Try growing some yourself and see what will happen. You will enjoy the process, I believe.
That’s all. Thank you.
【活学活用】
One possible version:
4th December Sunny
Today my mother took me to a flower market, where I enjoyed a variety of flowers (定语从句).
Among all the flowers, the one that impressed me most (定语从句) was the mimosa. It seems very small among the tall green plants. The leaves of the mimosa are like green feathers. With small pink flowers shaped like pompoms (with复合结构), the mimosa is like a gentle girl or rather, a little shy girl. Its leaves are sensitive to people’s touch and when the leaves are touched (时间状语从句), it will close up. That is why it is called “Hanxiucao” in Chinese (表语从句). What fun it is (感叹句)!
I loved it so much that I asked my mother to buy one (结果状语从句). I will take good care of it.
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