1、写作任务: 假设你叫李华,你的外国网友Mar-shall对中国传统的运动非常感兴趣,他从网上了解到关于赛龙舟的信息,发来e-mail,希望你能向他详细介绍赛龙舟运动。请给Marshall回复一封e-mail,向他介绍中国的赛龙舟运动。要点包括:1.龙舟以其形状为龙而得名；2.赛龙舟起源于2,000多年前,为了纪念伟大的诗人屈原；3. 于每年端午节举行；4. 起初为民间活动,后被列为中国国家体育比赛项目。词数:120左右。分析:1. 本写作任务要求我们根据要点来介绍一个事物,属于提纲式的说明文写作。写这一类文章的时候,切忌逐条翻译。要注意,所给的要点就是文章的核心内容所在,也就是你所要介绍的事物
2、的主要的特点,但并不是文章的全部内容。如何安排要点的顺序,也是有讲究的。不必拘泥于写作任务所给的要点的排列顺序,应该根据你的写作需要,把要点自然地融入到你的介绍当中。具体来看这个写作任务,通过分析,我们可以把要点归纳为以下几个方面:赛龙舟的起源(第1、2点)；赛龙舟的风俗(第3点)；赛龙舟在现代的发展(第4点)。2. 由于这个写作任务要求我们写成e-mail,因此书信的写作格式也应该注意。根据以上分析,我们可以分成三部分来完成这篇文章,第一部分:寒暄。包括对对方的问候以及引入正题的句子。第二部分:主体部分。从三个方面介绍赛龙舟运动。第三部分:总结和祝语。将赛龙舟运动与对方联系起来。3. 在写介
3、绍性的文章的时候,常用到的方法有:下定义、归类、做比较等,常用的句型有:sth is (are) . / sth mean(s) . / sth refer(s) to . (下定义)sth belong(s) to . / sth include(s) . / .,including (归类)sth is(are) similar to . / sth is(are) dif-ferent from . / Like sth, sth is(are) . / Unlike sth, sth is (are) . (做比较)初稿:Dear Marshall, I was so glad to
4、hear from you. You asked me to tell you something about dragon boat race in your last e-mail. Well, dragon boat race is a special sport in China. It is named this due to the shape of the boats that are used in the sport. It dates back 2,000 years. It is played to memorialize Qu Yuan, a great poet of
5、 that time. Dragon boat race is held during the Dragon Boat Festival every year on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year. At first, it was just a folk activity, but now has become a national sport in China. I hope you like my introduction to dragon boat race. If you have any other quest
6、ion, please send me an e-mail. Best wishes!Yours, Li Hua教师点评:1. 这篇习作信息比较齐全,结构也比较完整。有寒暄部分、介绍部分和结尾部分,特别是引入部分,显得比较自然。在介绍部分中,文章基本覆盖了写作任务所给的要点,表达也比较清晰。2. 初稿存在的问题:介绍部分语言比较生硬,基本上照搬要点的内容和顺序,没有把要点归纳成条理清晰的几个方面然后再进行介绍。而且句型比较单调,基本上都是简单句。最后的结束部分也有明显的不足,像If you have any other question, please send me an e-mail.这样
7、的句子,显然不符合写作任务所设置的跟网友发e-mail的语境,文章的写作目的是文化交流,而不是谁向谁学习的关系。成稿:Dear Marshall, Thank you for your last e-mail. Im glad to hear that youre interested in dragon boat race. Ill try my best to tell you about it. Dragon boat race is a traditional Chinese sport. It can be traced back to ancient China. The spor
8、t is held in memory of Qu Yuan, who was a great poet in China 2,000 years ago. Unlike other boat races, the boats look like dragons, and that is why the sport got its name. The sport is held on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar year, which is believed to be the day when Qu Yuan died. On
9、that day, people around the country, amateur and professional, race in dragon boats. Now the sport is listed as one of Chinas national sports. I hope this information is useful to you, and I expect we can watch a dragon boat race game together if you come to China. Best wishes!Yours, Li HuaPowerful
10、sentences:1. Dragon boat race is a sport held in memory of Qu Yuan, the great Chinese poet from 2,000 years ago.2. Compared with other sports, the dragon boat race is special because the boats used in the sport are in the shape of a dragon.3. Dragon boat race belongs to competitive games.4. Do you h
11、ave a sport similar to dragon boat race in your country? Write back and share it with me.巩固练习: 假设你是学校英语学习黑板报的编辑,本期黑板报的话题是Sports,请搜集相关材料,写一篇一个著名运动员的简介。词数120左右。 本期巩固练习参考范文:Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso is considered to be the best Formula One driver since Michael Schumacher. He was born on July 29,
12、1981 in Oviedo, Spain. Young as he is, he has won two world champions. Alonso was the third youngest driver ever to start F1 racing when he first took part in the race in 2001. He became the test driver for Renault in 2002 and has played for the team since then. In 2005 he won the World Drivers Championship title at the age of 24, thus breaking the record of the youngest F1 champion, and ending Michael Schumachers run of five consecutive championships. Fans see him as the new king of F1, and they gave him a nickname El Nano. He currently lives in Oxford, England.
