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外研版选择性必修三 Unit 2 A Life's Work 单元写作作业
一、单元写作任务
假定你是李华,你校英文报正在开展以"A Life's Work"为主题的征稿活动,请介绍一位一生专注做一件事的人(如故宫文物修复师、乡村教师、老匠人),内容包括:
1. 简要介绍这位人物及其所从事的事业;
2. 描述他/她如何日复一日地坚持,遇到了哪些困难;
3. 说明他/她为什么打动你,以及你从中获得的启示。
注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
二、审题建模(动笔前先想清楚这五件事)
项目
写作要点
体裁
记人短文(英文报征稿):引出人物—写其所做之事—写其坚持与困难—写打动你之处与启示,标题已给。
人称
第三人称(he/she)写人物,第一人称(I)谈感受与启示。
时态
介绍人物经历与长期坚持用一般过去时或现在完成时;谈影响与启示用一般现在时。
结构
四段式。Para 1:引出人物(一句话点明"他一辈子只做一件事");Para 2:他做什么(细节:工具、动作、场景);Para 3:坚持与困难(日复一日、清贫、无人喝彩)Para 4:为什么打动你 + 一句启示收束。
要点
人物要"小而真":不写口号式赞美,用动作和数字说话(修了三十年钟表、教了四十年书);打动你的点要落在"平凡与伟大的反差"上。
语气
安静、克制、有敬意。多用白描少用形容词堆砌,结尾一句哲理句让文章有余味。
三、话题词块梳理
Ⅰ. 话题词汇(根据提示补全单词或词义)
话题词汇
1. devote vt. ____________
2. ____________ n. 奉献;献身;热爱
3. craftsman n. ____________
4. ____________ n. 手艺;工艺
5. restore vt. ____________
6. ____________ n. 修复;恢复
7. relic n. ____________
8. ____________ n. 遗产;传统
9. apprentice n. ____________
10. ____________ n. 耐心
11. passion n. ____________
12. ____________ adj. 充满激情的
13. perseverance n. ____________
14. ____________ n. 承诺;投入;献身
15. career n. ____________
16. ____________ adj. 终身的;毕生的
17. workshop n. ____________
18. ____________ n. 大师;能手 vt. 精通
19. retire vi. ____________
20. ____________ adj. 值得的;有回报的
21. ordinary adj. ____________
22. ____________ n. 决心;坚定
23. humble adj. ____________
24. ____________ n. 技能,技巧
Ⅱ. 话题词块(根据汉语补全短语,或根据短语写出汉语)
话题词块
1. devote oneself to ____________
2. ____________ 一生;一辈子
3. be devoted to ____________
4. ____________ 日复一日
5. year after year ____________
6. ____________ 专心于;全神贯注于
7. make contributions to ____________
8. ____________ 世代相传
9. take up ____________
10. ____________ 坚守;坚持
11. hold on ____________
12. ____________ 面对
13. give up ____________
14. ____________ 取得成功;得到回报
15. a sense of achievement ____________
16. ____________ 被公认为
17. win the respect of ____________
18. ____________ 恢复原貌
19. cultural heritage ____________
20. ____________ 数十年如一日
21. quiet persistence ____________
22. ____________ 甘于平凡
23. at the age of ____________
24. ____________ 需要……才能……
25. behind the scenes ____________
26. ____________ 无怨无悔
27. be recognised for ____________
28. ____________ 精通;掌握
29. inspire sb to do sth ____________
30. ____________ 平凡中的伟大
Ⅲ. 词块升级(把左边的“基础表达”换成右边更高级的说法)
基础表达
升级表达
1. He works very hard every day.
____________________
2. He is a great man.
____________________
3. He never changes his job.
____________________
4. He is patient.
____________________
5. He fixed the old clock.
____________________
6. He loves his work.
____________________
7. We should learn from him.
____________________
8. He became famous.
____________________
四、教材好句精选(根据汉语补全句子,注意课文句式与词块的用法)
1. 他把一生都献给了文物修复事业。
He has ________ his whole life ________ the restoration of cultural relics.
2. 这些工匠日复一日地在故宫的深处工作。
These craftsmen work deep in the Palace Museum ________ ________ ________.
3. 他花了整整三个月,才让那座古钟重新走动。
It ________ him three whole months to bring the ancient clock ________ ________ ________.
4. 面对枯燥,他从未想过放弃。
________ ________ ________ of boredom, he has never thought of giving up.
5. 这门手艺已经被一代一代传了下来。
This craft has been ________ ________ from generation to generation.
6. 他全神贯注地伏在工作台前,连窗外的雪落了都不知道。
________ ________ in his work at the bench, he never noticed the snow falling outside.
7. 正是这种默默的坚持打动了我。
It is this ________ ________ that touches me most.
8. 修复的每一件文物,都恢复了它原本的模样。
Every relic he restores is brought ________ ________ ________ ________ ________.
9. 只有坐得住冷板凳的人,才能守得住这门手艺。
Only those ________ can sit through the loneliness can keep the craft ________.
10. 他修好的不只是钟表,更是流逝的时光。
What he restores is ________ ________ clocks and watches, but time itself.
11. 三十年来,他经手修复的文物多达数百件。
Over thirty years, the number of relics he has restored ________ ________ several hundred.
12. 他用行动告诉我们:平凡的事做到极致,就是不平凡。
His actions tell us that an ordinary thing done to perfection becomes ________.
五、句式升级与仿写(按要求改写下列句子,体会“高级感”从何而来)
1. He repairs ancient clocks in the Palace Museum.
要求:用现在完成时 + for 加时间状语改写,突出"一辈子"
→ ____________________________________________________________
2. He works carefully. It takes him a long time.
要求:用 so…that… 合并
→ ____________________________________________________________
3. The room is quiet. He sits at the bench.
要求:用 with 复合结构合并
→ ____________________________________________________________
4. He never complains about the low pay.
要求:用倒装强调 never
→ ____________________________________________________________
5. He fixed the clock. People could hear it tick again.
要求:用 so that 引导结果状语从句
→ ____________________________________________________________
6. I admire him because he does one thing all his life.
要求:用 It is…that… 强调 one thing
→ ____________________________________________________________
7. A craftsman needs patience. He needs skills too.
要求:用 not only…but also 的倒装句
→ ____________________________________________________________
8. Many young people give up easily.
要求:用 while 对比他这一代人
→ ____________________________________________________________
9. His work will be remembered.
要求:用 people 作主语的主动句改写,更生动
→ ____________________________________________________________
10. He is ordinary. His persistence makes him great.
要求:用 what 主语从句合并
→ ____________________________________________________________
六、课外材料精编(读一读,背一背,用一用)
A life's work is not chosen once, but renewed every single morning.
毕生的事业不是一次性选定的,而是每个清晨重新认定的。 (被动 + not…but 转折)
Never has a craftsman built a masterpiece in a hurry.
从来没有哪位工匠是匆匆忙忙做出杰作的。 (否定词置于句首的倒装)
What time takes away, patient hands can bring back.
时间带走的东西,耐心的双手可以捧回来。 (what 从句作主语)
The quieter the work, the louder it speaks to the future.
工作越安静,它对未来的言说就越响亮。 (the + 比较级, the + 比较级)
Ordinary as his days were, they added up to something extraordinary.
他的日子虽然平凡,加在一起却成了不平凡的事业。 (as 让步倒装 + add up to)
It is not the gold that glitters brightest, but the hands that polish it daily.
最闪亮的不是金子,而是天天打磨金子的那双手。 (强调句 + not…but…)
Behind every restored relic stands a man whom time itself respects.
每件修复的文物背后,都站着一位连时间都敬重的人。 (倒装 + 定语从句)
Only those who marry their work for life can understand its deepest sweetness.
只有与事业"白头偕老"的人,才尝得到它最深的甜。 (only + 主语,后接定语从句;主句不倒装)
So absorbed was he in restoration that he forgot the lunch bell had rung.
他如此专注于修复,竟忘了午饭铃已响过。 (so…that 倒装)
A craftsman measures success not in years, but in the life he gives back to old things.
工匠衡量成功,不靠年头,而靠他赋予旧物的第二次生命。 (not…but… 对称)
What looks like repetition to others is, to the craftsman, a fresh dialogue each day.
在别人眼里是重复,在匠人眼里,每一天都是新的对话。 (what 从句 + 插入语)
Slow hands build what fast hands forget.
慢工做出的是快手早已忘掉的东西。 (对比句 + what 从句)
With decades in one pair of hands, a craft becomes a character.
一门手艺在同一双手里待上几十年,就成了品格。 (with 复合结构)
The best reward of a life's work is not a medal, but a self you can respect.
毕生事业最好的奖赏不是勋章,而是一个你自己敬重的自己。 (not…but… 对称)
七、同话题高考真题【改编自高考应用文真题·人物介绍类投稿,情境已替换】
你校英文报正在开展"Role Model Around Me(我身边的榜样)"主题征稿,请你介绍一位令你敬佩的普通人,内容包括:
1. 简要介绍这位人物;
2. 叙述一件体现其品质的事;
3. 谈谈你对"榜样"的理解。
注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3. 本题根据高考英语应用文"介绍人物/榜样"类真题改编,情境已替换为本单元话题。
八、范文赏析
【参考范文】
A Life's Work
In a quiet corner of the Palace Museum, Master Wang has spent the last forty years doing one thing: bringing ancient clocks back to life.
Day after day, he bends over his workbench, holding tweezers thinner than a needle. Some clocks contain hundreds of parts, and a single restoration can take him the better part of a year. Young colleagues come and go; he stays, with his loupe, his tweezers and his silence.
What touches me is not a grand sacrifice, but his quiet persistence. When an ancient clock finally ticks again after months of work, he smiles like a man waking a sleeping friend.
A life's work, Master Wang teaches me, is not about doing something great once, but about doing one ordinary thing with extraordinary love, for forty years without looking up.
【学生习作】
A Life's Work
I want to introduce a village teacher to you. Her name is Miss Liu. She has taught in a village school for thirty years.
She is very hard-working. She gets up early every day. She teaches Chinese and maths. She is also very kind to students. Many students like her very much.
The school is far away and the conditions are bad, but she does not leave. She says the children need her.
I think Miss Liu is a great teacher. We should learn from her spirit of devotion. I will study hard like her.
【自我修改清单】(写完对照检查)
□ 人物是否"小而真":有名字、有职业、有年头,而不是泛泛的"a great man"?
□ 是否用动作和细节(工具、灯光、数字)代替形容词堆砌?
□ 是否写出了"坚持中的困难",让平凡显得不平凡?
□ "为什么打动你"是否落在具体的瞬间(钟表重新走动的一刻),而不是空话?
□ 是否用上了 devote oneself to、day after day、be absorbed in、pass down 等本单元词块?
□ 结尾是否有一句关于"一生一事"的感悟,而不是"我要向他学习"的口号?
九、参考答案
三、话题词块梳理
Ⅰ. 话题词汇
1. devote vt. 奉献;把……专用于
2. devotion n. 奉献;献身;热爱
3. craftsman n. 工匠;手艺人
4. craft n. 手艺;工艺
5. restore vt. 修复;使恢复
6. restoration n. 修复;恢复
7. relic n. 遗物;遗迹;文物
8. heritage n. 遗产;传统
9. apprentice n. 学徒;徒弟
10. patience n. 耐心
11. passion n. 激情;热情
12. passionate adj. 充满激情的
13. perseverance n. 坚持不懈;毅力
14. commitment n. 承诺;投入;献身
15. career n. 生涯;职业
16. lifelong adj. 终身的;毕生的
17. workshop n. 车间;工作坊
18. master n. 大师;能手 vt. 精通
19. retire vi. 退休
20. rewarding adj. 值得的;有回报的
21. ordinary adj. 平凡的;普通的
22. determination n. 决心;坚定
23. humble adj. 谦逊的;简陋的
24. skill n. 技能,技巧
Ⅱ. 话题词块
1. devote oneself to 献身于;专心于
2. all one's life 一生;一辈子
3. be devoted to 专心于;致力于
4. day after day 日复一日
5. year after year 年复一年
6. be absorbed in 专心于;全神贯注于
7. make contributions to 为……做出贡献
8. pass down from generation to generation 世代相传
9. take up 开始从事;占据
10. stick to 坚守;坚持
11. hold on 坚持住;不放弃
12. in the face of 面对
13. give up 放弃
14. pay off 取得成功;得到回报
15. a sense of achievement 成就感
16. be recognised as 被公认为
17. win the respect of 赢得……的尊敬
18. restore...to its original state 恢复原貌
19. cultural heritage 文化遗产
20. decade after decade 数十年如一日
21. quiet persistence 默默的坚持
22. settle for an ordinary life 甘于平凡
23. at the age of 在……岁时
24. it takes...to do... 需要……才能……
25. behind the scenes 在幕后;不为人知地
26. without complaint or regret 无怨无悔
27. be recognised for 因……而获得认可
28. have a good command of 精通;掌握
29. inspire sb to do sth 激励某人做某事
30. greatness in the ordinary 平凡中的伟大
Ⅲ. 词块升级
1. He bends over his workbench day after day, decades on end.
2. He is an ordinary man who has done one thing extraordinarily well.
3. For forty years, he has never touched anything but his craft.
4. His patience is measured not in hours but in decades.
5. He brought the ancient clock back to life, tick by tick.
6. His work is not a job to him—it is a lifelong conversation with time.
7. What his quiet persistence teaches us is worth more than any prize.
8. Recognition came late, but he had never worked for it.
四、教材好句精选
1. He has devoted his whole life to the restoration of cultural relics.
2. These craftsmen work deep in the Palace Museum day after day.
3. It took him three whole months to bring the ancient clock back to life.
4. In the face of boredom, he has never thought of giving up.
5. This craft has been passed down from generation to generation.
6. Absorbed in his work at the bench, he never noticed the snow falling outside.
7. It is this quiet persistence that touches me most.
8. Every relic he restores is brought back to its original state.
9. Only those who can sit through the loneliness can keep the craft alive.
10. What he restores is not just clocks and watches, but time itself.
11. Over thirty years, the number of relics he has restored adds up to several hundred.
12. His actions tell us that an ordinary thing done to perfection becomes extraordinary.
五、句式升级与仿写
1. He has repaired ancient clocks in the Palace Museum for forty years.
2. He works so carefully that a single restoration can take him months.
3. He sits at the bench with the whole room silent around him.
4. Never once has he complained about the low pay.
5. He fixed the clock so that people could hear it tick again.
6. It is one thing that he has devoted his whole life to, and that is what I admire most.
7. Not only does a craftsman need patience, but he also needs superb skills.
8. Many young people give up at the first difficulty, while he has held on for four decades.
9. People will remember his work long after the clocks he mended stop ticking.
10. What makes this ordinary man great is his lifelong persistence.
七、同话题高考真题【改编自高考应用文真题·人物介绍类投稿,情境已替换】
审体裁:人物介绍类短文(英文报投稿),三段式,无称呼落款。
审人称:第三人称写人物,第一人称谈感受。
审时态:人物身份用一般现在时,事例用一般过去时,感悟用一般现在时。
审内容:Para 1 人物身份(小区修鞋匠张爷爷,干了四十年);Para 2 一件事(雨夜为赶考学生连夜补好开胶的鞋);Para 3 感悟(把小事做到底就是榜样)。
审语气:平实而有敬意;用动作细节(锥子、麻线、台灯)代替空洞的赞美词。
【参考范文】
Role Model Around Me
Every morning, Grandpa Zhang opens his shoe-repair stall at the corner of our community, just as he has for the past forty years.
The night before our final exam, I found my only pair of school shoes split open. It was already ten o'clock, yet he lit his old lamp, threaded the needle and sewed under the dim light until midnight, refusing a single coin from me.
Grandpa Zhang has never been famous, but in my eyes he is a true role model: he reminds me that greatness is simply small work done with a whole heart, year after year.
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外研版选择性必修三 Unit 2 A Life's Work 单元写作作业(教师版)
一、单元写作任务
假定你是李华,你校英文报正在开展以"A Life's Work"为主题的征稿活动,请介绍一位一生专注做一件事的人(如故宫文物修复师、乡村教师、老匠人),内容包括:
1. 简要介绍这位人物及其所从事的事业;
2. 描述他/她如何日复一日地坚持,遇到了哪些困难;
3. 说明他/她为什么打动你,以及你从中获得的启示。
注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
二、审题建模(动笔前先想清楚这五件事)
项目
写作要点
体裁
记人短文(英文报征稿):引出人物—写其所做之事—写其坚持与困难—写打动你之处与启示,标题已给。
人称
第三人称(he/she)写人物,第一人称(I)谈感受与启示。
时态
介绍人物经历与长期坚持用一般过去时或现在完成时;谈影响与启示用一般现在时。
结构
四段式。Para 1:引出人物(一句话点明"他一辈子只做一件事");Para 2:他做什么(细节:工具、动作、场景);Para 3:坚持与困难(日复一日、清贫、无人喝彩)Para 4:为什么打动你 + 一句启示收束。
要点
人物要"小而真":不写口号式赞美,用动作和数字说话(修了三十年钟表、教了四十年书);打动你的点要落在"平凡与伟大的反差"上。
语气
安静、克制、有敬意。多用白描少用形容词堆砌,结尾一句哲理句让文章有余味。
三、话题词块梳理
Ⅰ. 话题词汇(中英对照,答案已填入)
话题词汇
1. devote vt. 奉献;把……专用于
2. devotion n. 奉献;献身;热爱
3. craftsman n. 工匠;手艺人
4. craft n. 手艺;工艺
5. restore vt. 修复;使恢复
6. restoration n. 修复;恢复
7. relic n. 遗物;遗迹;文物
8. heritage n. 遗产;传统
9. apprentice n. 学徒;徒弟
10. patience n. 耐心
11. passion n. 激情;热情
12. passionate adj. 充满激情的
13. perseverance n. 坚持不懈;毅力
14. commitment n. 承诺;投入;献身
15. career n. 生涯;职业
16. lifelong adj. 终身的;毕生的
17. workshop n. 车间;工作坊
18. master n. 大师;能手 vt. 精通
19. retire vi. 退休
20. rewarding adj. 值得的;有回报的
21. ordinary adj. 平凡的;普通的
22. determination n. 决心;坚定
23. humble adj. 谦逊的;简陋的
24. skill n. 技能,技巧
Ⅱ. 话题词块(答案已填入)
话题词块
1. devote oneself to 献身于;专心于
2. all one's life 一生;一辈子
3. be devoted to 专心于;致力于
4. day after day 日复一日
5. year after year 年复一年
6. be absorbed in 专心于;全神贯注于
7. make contributions to 为……做出贡献
8. pass down from generation to generation 世代相传
9. take up 开始从事;占据
10. stick to 坚守;坚持
11. hold on 坚持住;不放弃
12. in the face of 面对
13. give up 放弃
14. pay off 取得成功;得到回报
15. a sense of achievement 成就感
16. be recognised as 被公认为
17. win the respect of 赢得……的尊敬
18. restore...to its original state 恢复原貌
19. cultural heritage 文化遗产
20. decade after decade 数十年如一日
21. quiet persistence 默默的坚持
22. settle for an ordinary life 甘于平凡
23. at the age of 在……岁时
24. it takes...to do... 需要……才能……
25. behind the scenes 在幕后;不为人知地
26. without complaint or regret 无怨无悔
27. be recognised for 因……而获得认可
28. have a good command of 精通;掌握
29. inspire sb to do sth 激励某人做某事
30. greatness in the ordinary 平凡中的伟大
Ⅲ. 词块升级(把左边的“基础表达”换成右边更高级的说法)
基础表达
升级表达
1. He works very hard every day.
He bends over his workbench day after day, decades on end.
2. He is a great man.
He is an ordinary man who has done one thing extraordinarily well.
3. He never changes his job.
For forty years, he has never touched anything but his craft.
4. He is patient.
His patience is measured not in hours but in decades.
5. He fixed the old clock.
He brought the ancient clock back to life, tick by tick.
6. He loves his work.
His work is not a job to him—it is a lifelong conversation with time.
7. We should learn from him.
What his quiet persistence teaches us is worth more than any prize.
8. He became famous.
Recognition came late, but he had never worked for it.
四、教材好句精选(根据汉语补全句子,注意课文句式与词块的用法)
1. 他把一生都献给了文物修复事业。
He has devoted his whole life to the restoration of cultural relics.
2. 这些工匠日复一日地在故宫的深处工作。
These craftsmen work deep in the Palace Museum day after day.
3. 他花了整整三个月,才让那座古钟重新走动。
It took him three whole months to bring the ancient clock back to life.
4. 面对枯燥,他从未想过放弃。
In the face of boredom, he has never thought of giving up.
5. 这门手艺已经被一代一代传了下来。
This craft has been passed down from generation to generation.
6. 他全神贯注地伏在工作台前,连窗外的雪落了都不知道。
Absorbed in his work at the bench, he never noticed the snow falling outside.
7. 正是这种默默的坚持打动了我。
It is this quiet persistence that touches me most.
8. 修复的每一件文物,都恢复了它原本的模样。
Every relic he restores is brought back to its original state.
9. 只有坐得住冷板凳的人,才能守得住这门手艺。
Only those who can sit through the loneliness can keep the craft alive.
10. 他修好的不只是钟表,更是流逝的时光。
What he restores is not just clocks and watches, but time itself.
11. 三十年来,他经手修复的文物多达数百件。
Over thirty years, the number of relics he has restored adds up to several hundred.
12. 他用行动告诉我们:平凡的事做到极致,就是不平凡。
His actions tell us that an ordinary thing done to perfection becomes extraordinary.
五、句式升级与仿写(按要求改写下列句子,体会“高级感”从何而来)
1. He repairs ancient clocks in the Palace Museum.
要求:用现在完成时 + for 加时间状语改写,突出"一辈子"
→ He has repaired ancient clocks in the Palace Museum for forty years.
2. He works carefully. It takes him a long time.
要求:用 so…that… 合并
→ He works so carefully that a single restoration can take him months.
3. The room is quiet. He sits at the bench.
要求:用 with 复合结构合并
→ He sits at the bench with the whole room silent around him.
4. He never complains about the low pay.
要求:用倒装强调 never
→ Never once has he complained about the low pay.
5. He fixed the clock. People could hear it tick again.
要求:用 so that 引导结果状语从句
→ He fixed the clock so that people could hear it tick again.
6. I admire him because he does one thing all his life.
要求:用 It is…that… 强调 one thing
→ It is one thing that he has devoted his whole life to, and that is what I admire most.
7. A craftsman needs patience. He needs skills too.
要求:用 not only…but also 的倒装句
→ Not only does a craftsman need patience, but he also needs superb skills.
8. Many young people give up easily.
要求:用 while 对比他这一代人
→ Many young people give up at the first difficulty, while he has held on for four decades.
9. His work will be remembered.
要求:用 people 作主语的主动句改写,更生动
→ People will remember his work long after the clocks he mended stop ticking.
10. He is ordinary. His persistence makes him great.
要求:用 what 主语从句合并
→ What makes this ordinary man great is his lifelong persistence.
六、课外材料精编(读一读,背一背,用一用)
A life's work is not chosen once, but renewed every single morning.
毕生的事业不是一次性选定的,而是每个清晨重新认定的。 (被动 + not…but 转折)
Never has a craftsman built a masterpiece in a hurry.
从来没有哪位工匠是匆匆忙忙做出杰作的。 (否定词置于句首的倒装)
What time takes away, patient hands can bring back.
时间带走的东西,耐心的双手可以捧回来。 (what 从句作主语)
The quieter the work, the louder it speaks to the future.
工作越安静,它对未来的言说就越响亮。 (the + 比较级, the + 比较级)
Ordinary as his days were, they added up to something extraordinary.
他的日子虽然平凡,加在一起却成了不平凡的事业。 (as 让步倒装 + add up to)
It is not the gold that glitters brightest, but the hands that polish it daily.
最闪亮的不是金子,而是天天打磨金子的那双手。 (强调句 + not…but…)
Behind every restored relic stands a man whom time itself respects.
每件修复的文物背后,都站着一位连时间都敬重的人。 (倒装 + 定语从句)
Only those who marry their work for life can understand its deepest sweetness.
只有与事业"白头偕老"的人,才尝得到它最深的甜。 (only + 主语,后接定语从句;主句不倒装)
So absorbed was he in restoration that he forgot the lunch bell had rung.
他如此专注于修复,竟忘了午饭铃已响过。 (so…that 倒装)
A craftsman measures success not in years, but in the life he gives back to old things.
工匠衡量成功,不靠年头,而靠他赋予旧物的第二次生命。 (not…but… 对称)
What looks like repetition to others is, to the craftsman, a fresh dialogue each day.
在别人眼里是重复,在匠人眼里,每一天都是新的对话。 (what 从句 + 插入语)
Slow hands build what fast hands forget.
慢工做出的是快手早已忘掉的东西。 (对比句 + what 从句)
With decades in one pair of hands, a craft becomes a character.
一门手艺在同一双手里待上几十年,就成了品格。 (with 复合结构)
The best reward of a life's work is not a medal, but a self you can respect.
毕生事业最好的奖赏不是勋章,而是一个你自己敬重的自己。 (not…but… 对称)
七、同话题高考真题【改编自高考应用文真题·人物介绍类投稿,情境已替换】
你校英文报正在开展"Role Model Around Me(我身边的榜样)"主题征稿,请你介绍一位令你敬佩的普通人,内容包括:
1. 简要介绍这位人物;
2. 叙述一件体现其品质的事;
3. 谈谈你对"榜样"的理解。
注意:1. 词数100左右;2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3. 本题根据高考英语应用文"介绍人物/榜样"类真题改编,情境已替换为本单元话题。
【审题建模】
审体裁:人物介绍类短文(英文报投稿),三段式,无称呼落款。
审人称:第三人称写人物,第一人称谈感受。
审时态:人物身份用一般现在时,事例用一般过去时,感悟用一般现在时。
审内容:Para 1 人物身份(小区修鞋匠张爷爷,干了四十年);Para 2 一件事(雨夜为赶考学生连夜补好开胶的鞋);Para 3 感悟(把小事做到底就是榜样)。
审语气:平实而有敬意;用动作细节(锥子、麻线、台灯)代替空洞的赞美词。
【参考范文】
Role Model Around Me
Every morning, Grandpa Zhang opens his shoe-repair stall at the corner of our community, just as he has for the past forty years.
The night before our final exam, I found my only pair of school shoes split open. It was already ten o'clock, yet he lit his old lamp, threaded the needle and sewed under the dim light until midnight, refusing a single coin from me.
Grandpa Zhang has never been famous, but in my eyes he is a true role model: he reminds me that greatness is simply small work done with a whole heart, year after year.
【亮点句式】
① …just as he has for the past forty years.(as 引导方式状语从句 + 现在完成时,一句话写出"一辈子")
② …lit his old lamp, threaded the needle and sewed…(三个连续动词,画面感扑面而来)
③ …refusing a single coin from me.(现在分词作状语,细节见人品)
④ …greatness is simply small work done with a whole heart.(过去分词作后置定语,收束有哲思)
八、范文赏析
【参考范文】
A Life's Work
In a quiet corner of the Palace Museum, Master Wang has spent the last forty years doing one thing: bringing ancient clocks back to life.
Day after day, he bends over his workbench, holding tweezers thinner than a needle. Some clocks contain hundreds of parts, and a single restoration can take him the better part of a year. Young colleagues come and go; he stays, with his loupe, his tweezers and his silence.
What touches me is not a grand sacrifice, but his quiet persistence. When an ancient clock finally ticks again after months of work, he smiles like a man waking a sleeping friend.
A life's work, Master Wang teaches me, is not about doing something great once, but about doing one ordinary thing with extraordinary love, for forty years without looking up.
【学生习作】
A Life's Work
I want to introduce a village teacher to you. Her name is Miss Liu. She has taught in a village school for thirty years.
She is very hard-working. She gets up early every day. She teaches Chinese and maths. She is also very kind to students. Many students like her very much.
The school is far away and the conditions are bad, but she does not leave. She says the children need her.
I think Miss Liu is a great teacher. We should learn from her spirit of devotion. I will study hard like her.
【习作点评】
优点:选材符合题意,信息完整,三段结构清楚,能点出"三十年坚守"和"孩子需要她",语言基本无误。
问题一:全是"陈述句报流水账",没有画面。"She gets up early every day"不如写"天还没亮,她已点亮教室里唯一一盏灯,批完最后一本作业"——细节才能打动编辑。
问题二:缺少困难的具体化。"The conditions are bad"太空泛,应写"教室冬天漏风、她一个人生病还得坚持上课"之类的实感。
问题三:句式单一,没有从句、倒装或强调句;三十年的"分量"没写出来,可用"Only those who can sit through the loneliness…"这类句子提升厚度。
问题四:本单元词块几乎没用(devote oneself to、day after day、be absorbed in、pass down 等),结尾"study hard like her"太口号化,应换成一句能被记住的感悟。
【评分标准】(满分15分,按高考应用文评分细则)
档次
分数
评分描述
第五档
13—15分
覆盖全部要点,应用了较多语法结构和词汇,句式有变化,衔接自然,语法和拼写错误极少,完全达到交际目的。
第四档
10—12分
覆盖全部要点,语法结构和词汇能满足任务要求,衔接基本连贯,有少量错误但不影响理解。
第三档
7—9分
基本覆盖要点,语法结构单调,词汇有限,有一些错误,部分内容表达不清。
第二档
4—6分
遗漏较多要点,语法结构单调、词汇项目有限,错误较多,影响理解。
第一档
1—3分
只能写出个别单词,内容太少,无法传达信息。
【写作指导:本单元写作的三个得分点】
得分点一:用细节代替赞美。写故宫修复师,不要写"他很伟大",要写"镊子比针还细,一座钟修了大半年"——动作与数字自带说服力,这是记人文章的第一得分点。
得分点二:写出"时间的重量"。day after day、decade after decade、for forty years 这类时间词块反复出现,人物的"一生一事"才立得住;再用 Never has he complained 这样的倒装句加固。
得分点三:打动点要"小而深"。选一个具体瞬间(古钟重新走动、老师笑起来眼角的皱纹)作为情感支点,结尾用 A life's work is… 句式提炼一句哲思,比"我们要学习他"高一个档次。
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