Hi Brad,
It’s good to hear from you again. I find that I’m not
good at writing compositions. It’s hard for me to prepare the form of a composition
and organize sentences. ①Could you tell me how to deal with this
problem? I would really
appreciate if you offer me some good methods.
Best wishes,
Cindy
Hi Cindy,
A composition is really a story and any story is told
to an audience. There is a form for this and it is in three parts. First, tell
them(the audience) what you are going to tell them. Then tell them, and finally
tell them what you told them. Parts one and three are short and most of the
information is in part two. It works like this.
Let’s say you are asked to write a 200-word
composition about your visit to the Great Wall. You would begin with an opening
sentence or two saying something like “The Great Wall of China is a national ②landmark that is famous around the world. I visited it last summer and I want
to tell you about it.” That uses about 25 words to tell them what you are going
to tell them.
The second part would be about 150 words and would
contain information about the Great Wall such as how long it is, when it was
built, who built it and why, the fact that it is one of the seven wonders of
the world and you would talk about how you felt and what you thought when you
visited this national treasure. This is telling them.
Finally, you would use about another 25 words to say
something like “That was my first visit to the Great Wall and it was a very emotional experience to actually touch
something so old and famous. ③每個(gè)中國人至少參觀長城一次.I
plan to go back whenever I can.” Here, you are telling them what you told them
in the story and wrapping it all up into a neat package. This formula(慣例)works for both compositions and speeches and I think
you will find it helps to organize your thoughts. I hope it’s helpful.
Best wishes,
Brad Franklin
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2.(A) 試寫出文中②處畫線部分landmark的漢語意思：
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(B)下面有四個(gè)在文中出現(xiàn)的單詞，請(qǐng)找出畫線部分發(fā)音哪個(gè)與眾不同?
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A. work B.
word
C. information
D. world
3.將文中③處的漢語翻譯成英語： .
4.從文中找出適當(dāng)?shù)脑~組填空：How I wish to
get a letter from you soon!
How I wish to _________ _________ you soon!
5.用英語回答問題：What’s the main
idea of the passage? .
