1、Section Writing如何写有关动物保护的海报英文海报是英语应用文中的重要体裁,应用场合非常广泛,其性质类似于广告。海报一般由标题和正文组成。1标题海报的标题要简洁明了,新颖醒目,能够引起读者的兴趣,吸引其注意力。标题一般有两种形式:一种直接使用“Poster”一词;另一种则是根据海报内容编写标题,如Football Match, Good News, English Evening等。2正文海报的正文没有硬性规定的格式,可以根据海报内容灵活安排。一般来说,可以在海报的最前面写一些鼓励性较强的词句来吸引读者,这些词句通常会使用排比、反问、设问等修辞手法,接着列出活动的主要内容,其中也可
2、以增设小标题。要写好海报,还需要注意以下三点:1明确海报的类型明确你要写的海报是有关活动宣传、招聘还是有关人物介绍的等,类型确定后再确定写作内容。2掌握海报的语言特点海报不同于其他类型的书面表达形式,它要求用最简短的文字包含最多的信息,以达到醒目的效果。因此海报多用省略句、缩略语及类似的语言结构。学生应注意海报言简意赅的语言特点。3突出重要信息为进一步增强海报的醒目性,还常需分行突出一些重要信息,并且在其前用粗点、星号等特殊符号标注出来,以表示强调。本单元要求我们以保护野生动物为主题制作海报,在文章结构和语言特点等方面除了要符合一般的海报写作要求,还需要注意以下五点:(1)设定一个既简单有趣又
3、新颖的标题吸引读者的兴趣,而且这个标题要反映海报的主题。(2)点明需要保护的野生动物的名称,描述它所面临的危险现状并分析造成这一现状的原因。(3)描述已经采取的保护措施和取得的效果。(4)点明为了保护该野生动物,我们还应该做些什么。(5)可以用配图的方法突出海报主题以激起读者的情感共鸣。常用表达1They are being., resulting in.2The reason why the number of.is decreasing is that.3More measures should be taken to protect.from being hurt.4Only in th
4、is way can we.5So, its time for us to do./So its high time that we.调查显示,白鳍豚因受人类活动影响而濒临灭绝,目前总数不足2 000只。假设你是李华,请写一篇英文海报,并投稿给China Daily,希望引起全社会的关注。内容应包括:1简述白鳍豚现状;2分析造成这种现状的原因;3可采取的保护措施;4你有关保护白鳍豚的建议。注意:词数80左右。_教你审题本题要求我们写一篇海报,审题时要注意以下几点:1首先拟一个有吸引力的标题;2行文时,以一般现在时为主,主体人称为第一人称和第三人称;3内容要点:(1)第一段描述白鳍豚的栖息地、习
5、性以及它的价值;(2)第二段描述它濒临灭绝的现状与原因;(3)第三段介绍已采取的措施和自己的建议。范文展示Where Are “the Giant Panda Under Water”?The Yangtze River dolphin is a species of small whale, which lives in the Yangtze River 【1】, well-known as “the giant panda under water”Much to our sadness, on account of pollution and habitat loss, the popu
6、lation of the Yangtze River dolphin is on the sharp decrease, with only 2,000 left up to now 【2】. The species is in danger of dying out, which has become our great concern.Though some measures have been taken 【3】, thats far from enough. We should make even greater efforts to protect them. That is to
7、 say, we should establish more safe and clean habitats for them and protect the river from being polluted. Lets take action now! Please remember: protecting animals means protecting ourselves!名师指津本文是一篇结构清晰、语言生动、情感真挚的动物保护海报。第一段简单介绍了这种动物;第二段描述了该物种所处的危险境地,激起读者的关爱之情;第三段呼吁大家行动起来,保护它们,并用一句俗语使主题得到了升华。【1】此处
8、是which引导的非限制性定语从句,which在从句中作主语。【2】此处是“with宾语宾补”结构。【3】此处是Though引导的让步状语从句。写作训练最近,不少动物园都发生了动物袭击游客的事件。假设你是李华,请你就这一问题给某英文报社写一封建议信。要点如下:1没有受到威胁,大多数动物不会主动攻击人;2不要喂食或激怒动物;3注意:1词数80左右;2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;3开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数。参考词汇:激怒irritateDear Sir or Madam,Im writing to appeal to the visitors in the zoo to behave
9、themselves there._Yours sincerely,Li HuaSection WritingOne possible version:Dear Sir or Madam,Im writing to appeal to the visitors in the zoo to behave themselves there.Recently, there are often reports in the newspaper that visitors got hurt by the animals in the zoo. As we all know, most animals w
10、ont attack people unless they feel threatened. In most cases, visitors are hurt by animals when visitors are having some improper behaviour. Its obviously wrong that visitors irritate these animals, get too close to them or feed them without permission. Therefore, visitors sometimes should be responsible for these incidents because they dont know how to get on with animals.I do hope visitors can keep in mind that they should obey the rules while in the zoo.Yours sincerely,Li Hua