SectionVIWriting----描述事件

本單元的寫作任務(wù)是讀一篇關(guān)于慶祝生日的文章后，寫一篇描述事件類記敘文。

I.Pre-writing

(I)Learntowriteafterthemodel

Thatdaywasawesome.ltwasGrandpafs70thbirthday.Thewholefamily

hadbeenpreparingforitforquitesometime.

Earlyinthemorning,Iwokeupexcited.FirstIgotdressedquickly.ThenI

headeddownstairstohelp.Mumwasalreadyinthekitchenpreparing

Grandpa'sspecialbirthdaylunch.Dadwasnowheretobeseen.Aftera

quickbreakfast,IcheckedthespecialgiftIhadmadeforGrandpa,a

videoofhislifestory—forthelasttime.ForweeksIhadbeenworkingon

this,listeningtoGrandpa'sstories,selectinghisfavouritemusicand

collectingphotosfromthefamilyalbum.

Justbeforelunchtime,Dadcameinwithsomeguests.Surprisingly,they

wereGrandpa*sbestfriendsfromsecondaryschool,allintheir

seventies.Grandpacouldn'tbelievehiseyesandittookquitealong

timeforthemtocalmdown.Assoonasthegueststooktheirseats,

Grandpa'sfavouritemusicbegantofilltheroomwithmemoriesofthe

olddays.Witheacholdphoto,theguestssawhowGrandpagrewfroma

handsomeboytoakindoldgentleman.Thebestpartcamewhen

Grandpaandhisfriendsappearedinanoldphotointheirschool

uniform.Therewasalotoflaughterintheroom,andquiteafewtearsin

theireyes.

Towardstheendoftheparty,Grandpasaidexcitedly,“Itisawonderful

birthdaycelebrationandI'vegotthebestgiftIhaveeverreceived.Now

Iamlookingforwardtomyeightieth,ninetiethandevenonehundredth

birthdayalready!"

篇章結(jié)構(gòu)

Part1:Introductiontotheevent.

Part2:Preparationsbeforetheevent.

Part3:Thecelebrationandhighlight.

Part4:Feelingsabouttheevent.

（n）Preparationforwriting—Wordsandphrases

①holdv.舉辦

②celebratev.慶祝

③honor/in__honor_of紀念

④startK開始

⑤lastk持續(xù)

⑥gatherK聚集

⑦takepartin/participatein參力口

⑧inorderto為了

⑨makedumplings包水餃

⑩setofffireworks放煙花

@snjoythemoon賞月

(i2havefun/havea.qoodtime玩得開心

n.While-writing

假如你是李華，上周日你校舉辦了建校20周年紀念晚會。請你給你在美國的朋

友Mary寫一封電子郵件，向她介紹本次晚會的情況。要點包括:

時間：上周日地點：會議廳

人物：所有的教師和學(xué)生以及部分畢業(yè)生

活動內(nèi)容：校長做演講(makeaspeech);欣賞優(yōu)美的表演(performances);唱

校歌

(AlmaMater)o

Step1Listtheoutlineofthepassage.

Paragraph1:Generalintroductiontotheanniversary.

Paragraph2:Descriptionoftheprocess.

Paragraph3:Expressthefeelingabouttheanniversary.

Step2Listthewords,phrasesandsentences.

1.Wordsandphrases

①hold匕舉辦

②celebrate〃慶祝

③anniversaryn.周年紀念

④take_part_in參加

?atthebeginninqof在..開始

@makeaspeech做演講

⑦feelproudof對……感到驕傲

⑧bring...toa_climax把推向高潮

2.Sentences

①上周日，我校在會議廳舉辦了建校二十周年紀念晚會。（不定式作目的狀語）

LastSunday,ourschoolheldabigpartyinthemeetinghall

tocelebratethetwentiethanniversaryofourschoorsfoundi

ng.

②晚會一開始，校長做了重要演講，這使得我們?yōu)閷W(xué)校感到驕傲。（定語從句）

Atthebeginningoftheparty,ourheadmastermadeanimportant

speechwhichmadeusfeelproudofourschool.

③之后，往屆畢業(yè)生代表們演唱了歌曲來表達他們對母校的爰。（不定式作目的

狀語）

Afterthat,somerepresentativesoftheformergraduatessangasong

toexpresstheirJoveoftheiroldschool.

④晚會最后，所有的人一起演唱我們的校歌，將晚會推上了高潮。（定語從句）

Attheendoftheparty,alltheperformerssangourAlmaMater,

whichbroughtthepartytoaclimax.

Step3Draftthearticlebyusingthefollowingwordsandphrases.

atthebeginningof,then,afterthat,attheendof

LastSunday,ourschoolheldabigpartyinthemeetinghalltocelebrate

thetwentiethanniversaryofourschool'sfounding.AIItheteachersand

studentsaswellassomeformergraduatestookpartintheparty.The

partystartedat8amandlastedtill11am.

Atthebeginningoftheparty,ourheadmastermadeanimportant

speech,whichmadeusfeelproudofourschool.Thentheteachersand

studentsgaveinterestingandwonderfulperformances.Myclassmates

andIperformedthecrosstalk.Afterthat,somerepresentativesofthe

formergraduatessangasongtoexpresstheirloveoftheiroldschool.At

theendoftheparty,alltheperformerssangourAlmaMater,which

broughtthepartytoaclimax.

Weallenjoyedthepartyverymuchandhadagoodtime.

m.Post-writing—polishingthepassage

Exchangeyourpassagewithyourpartner,andpayattentiontothe

followingpoints.

□l.Haveagoodreasonwhyyouwanttodescribetheevent.

□2.Writetheplace,time,occasion,andpeopleoftheevent.

□3.Useactionverbsanddescriptionlinkerstoputthemintherightorder.

□4.Describeyourfeelingsattheendoftheevent.

描述事件類記敘文通常按照時間發(fā)展的順序采用順敘的方式來描述，但也可根據(jù)

實際需要采用倒敘、插敘等方式。

靈點表達

1.1liketheSpringFestival,becausetheSpringFestivalisafamilyreunion

festival.

我喜歡春節(jié)，因為春節(jié)是個親人團聚的節(jié)日。

2.Itisnotonlyenjoythefulltableoffood,butalsoenjoythehappy

atmosphere.

人們既是享受滿桌的佳肴盛饌，也是享受那份快樂的氣氛。

3.Teachersandstudentsinourschoolaregatheredinthegymnasium.

我們?nèi)５膸熒枷嗑墼隗w育館。

4.Breakfastisnotgood,justafewhome-cookeddishes,afewbowls

ofordinarysoup,butthereisaveryspecial,itisasymbolof

reunion—mooncake.

早飯并不豐盛，只是幾個家常菜，幾碗普通的湯，但有一個很特別，那就是象征

團圓的月餅。

5.Thisyear1sNewYear1sDayisfulloffestivejoyandprideofyouth.

今年的新年充滿了節(jié)日的快樂和青春的自豪。

寫作技巧

巧用連詞

連詞除了對整篇文章的結(jié)構(gòu)起銜接作用外，它還能讓句式升級。我們寫作時可以

借助連詞體現(xiàn)文章結(jié)構(gòu)的連貫性，使文章的整體框架更加清晰。并且，同一種關(guān)

系可以用不同的連詞來表達，從而達到不同的語言效果。在英語文章的寫作中，

用好表示先后順序的連接詞能讓你的文章條理更為清晰。常見的表示順序的連接

詞有：

first,next,then,lasto

課時測評作業(yè)沙場練兵大顯身手

工.單詞拼寫

1.Hestillanswereditwithpatience（耐心）whenhewasaskedthesame

questionagainandagain.

2.Wewerelategettingtotheairport,butfortunately（幸運地）ourplane

wasdelayed.

3.Hewaspickedoutfromthewholeclasstorepresent（代表）thematthe

otherschool.

4.Ourtownissurrounded（環(huán)繞）bymountains,fields,andriversin

threesides.

5.Shekeptadetailedaccount（報道）ofthesuspecfsmovements.

6.Ithadbecomeatradition（傳統(tǒng)）inourhometowntostayupallnight

onNewYear'sEve.

7.Decorated（裝飾）withfinepicturesandvases,theroomlookselegant.

8."Congratulations（祝賀）onyoursuccessincompletingthe

experiment,"shesaid.

9.Haveyoukeptintouchwithyourclassmatesaftergraduation（畢業(yè)）？

10.Thisisaformaloccasion（場合）,andyoushouldbehaveyourself.

口.選詞填空

onoccasion,putupwith,upsidedown,lookforwardto,nolonger,

asfaras,attachgreatimportanceto,accountfor,calmdown,makean

effort

1.Thebadweatheraccountsforthedelayofthetrain.

2.Wewillhavetolearntoputupwithsomeofhisshortcomingsand

trytodiscoverhisadvantages.

3.Tobehonest,alotofpeopleattachqreatimportanceto

becomingrichandfamous.

4.Wearelookingforwardtoseeingthefilmtobeshownatthe

cinemathisweekend.

5.Myhometownisnolongertheplacethatitusedtobe.

6.Mygrandmothersatdownandtookafewdeepbreathsto

calmdown.

7.Itzsagoodideaforchildrenandparentstoswitchroles

on_occasion.

8.AsfarasI'mconcerned,thismathsproblemisverydifficultto

workout.

9.1holdthefirmbeliefthatonlywheneverybodymakes_an_effort

canoursocietybewarmerandmoreharmonious.

10.IntheSpringFestival,ChinesepeopleliketohangthecharacterFu

upsidedown.

DL語法練習(xí)—完成句子

1.Hewasnearlyscaredtodeathbythestrangenoise.

他差點被這奇怪的噪音嚇死。

2.SpringFestivaliscelebratedinthefirstlunarmonthinChina.

在中國，在農(nóng)歷一月份慶祝春節(jié)。

3.HisnovelhasbeentranslatedJntomanyforeignlanguages.

他的小說已經(jīng)被翻譯成多種語言。

4.Thenaughtyboyisbeingpunishedbyhisfather.

淘氣的小男孩正在接受爸爸的懲罰。

5.ThesupperhadbeenpreparedwhenIgothome.

當(dāng)我到家時，晚餐已經(jīng)準備好了。

6.Thesecretarytoldusthatthemanagerwasbeinginterviewed.

秘書告訴我們經(jīng)理正在接受采訪。

7.Theyset__off_from_that_townonceagain,inhighspirits.

他們又一次從那個城鎮(zhèn)出發(fā)，情緒高漲。

8.Alltheleaderstookaseatinthefrontrow.

所有的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)在前排就坐。

9.Obviously,thelittlegirlmade_an_effort__to_pleasehermother.

很顯然，小女孩努力地取悅她的媽媽。

10.Allthestudentsareencouragedtotakepartinthe

competition.

所有的學(xué)生都被鼓勵參加比賽。

IV.閱讀理解

A

Thereareanumberofspecialdaysoftheyearthatarecelebratedin

differentcountries.Theoriginsofmostofthedaysareunknown.They

werecertainlynotcreatedbyindividualpeople.Otherdays,however,

especiallythosecelebratedinwesterncountriesoftenowetheirorigins

toaparticularperson.Oneofthemostpopularofthese,eventhoughitis

fairlyrecent,isMother'sDay.Mothershavealwaysbeenhighly

regardedinallcultures.TheancientRomanshadafestivalknownas

Hilaria,duringwhichchildrentookpresentstothetempleofthe

"MotheroftheGods".TheChristianChurchadoptedthisideaand

calleditMotheringSunday.However,overtheyearsthiscustomwas

graduallyforgotten,andalmostdisappearedbytheendofthe19th

century.

Bornin1864inVirginia,US,AnnaJarviswasaschoolteacherand

believedchildrenshouldshowgratitude（感激）totheirmothersforall

theirloveandcare.Encouragedbyafriend,shewrotetothousandsof

importantpeople-politicians,churchmen,doctors,cityofficialsand

askedthemtosupportheridea:aspecialdayoftheyearforthanking

mothers.

In1910theGovernorofWesternVirginiaintroducedMother'sDayin

thestate.ThedatechosenwasMay10—thesecondSundayinMay,

whichisstillobservedinAmericatoday.Thisdatewaschosenbecause

May10wasthedateonwhichin1908AnnaJarvis'smotherdied.In

1914PresidentWoodrowWilsonmadeMay10theofficialdatefor

Mother'sDaythroughouttheUnitedStates.

SoontherewasaMother'sDayInternationalAssociationandthe

custombegantobeadoptedinmanycountriesoftheworld.

AnnaJarvis,asadanddisillusioned（幻想破滅的）womandiedin1948.The

customshehadworkedsohardtoestablishandwhichhadbecome

almostuniversalhadlostitsoriginalpurpose.lthadbeentakenoverby

business.AswithChristmas,thegivingofpresentsandthesendingof

cardshadbecomeamulti-milliondollarindustry.

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了母親節(jié)的由來。

1.Thepassagemainlytellsus.

A.howMother'sDaycameintobeing

B.howpeoplecelebrateMother'sDay

C.awomannamedAnnaJarvis

D.PresidentWilsonandAnnaJarvis

答案A［主旨大意題。縱觀全文可知，本文主要是介紹了母親節(jié)的由來。故選

A。］

2.Hilariawasafestivalin.

A.AsiaB.America

C.AncientRomeD.theChristianChurch

答案C弦田節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中的"TheancientRomanshadafestival

knownasHilaria,duringwhichchildrentookpresentstothetempleof

the-MotheroftheGods'"可知，在古代的羅馬有Hilaria這樣的節(jié)日，故

選C。］

3.May10becamethedateforMother,sDaybecause.

A.May10wasthedateonwhichAnnaJarvis'smotherdied

B.itwasthesecondSundayinMayin1910

C.May10isaluckyday

D.PresidentWilsonlikethedate

答案A［細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的"Thisdatewaschosenbecause

May10wasthedateonwhichin1908AnnaJarvis'smotherdied”可

知，之所以選擇這個日期，是因為1908年5月10日是AnnaJarvis母親去世

的日子。故選A。］

4.Theunderlinedword"observed"inParagraph3mostprobably

means.

A.watchedB.followed

C.ruledD.set

答案B［詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第三段中的"In1910theGovernorofWestern

Virginia...inAmericatoday；可知，西維吉尼亞州州長在該州推行了母親節(jié)。

這一天是每年的五月份的第二個星期天。由此可推斷出，在美國現(xiàn)在還在這一天

慶祝。故選B。］

B

Morethantwothirdsoftheworld'spolarbearswillbewipedoutby

2050,accordingtoashockingnewstudy.Bythen,scientistssay,global

warmingwillhavemelted42percentoftheArcticseaice.By2100,onlya

veryfewoftheseimportantcreatureswillbeleft.

ThereporthasbeenproducedbytheUSGeologicalSurvey.Thescientists

havepublicizedtheirfindingsinthehopeofinfluencingUSInterior

SecretaryDirkKempthorne,whohasbeenaskedtoputpolarbearson

theUSendangeredspecieslist.

Polarbearsdependonfloatingseaiceasaplatformforhuntingseals,

whicharetheirmainfood.Withoutenoughice,polarbearswouldbe

forcedtogoontotheland,wheretheyarepoorlyskilledhunters,and

wouldbeunlikelytoadapttothelifeonthelandintime.Expertssayfew

littlebearswouldsurviveandthestresscouldmakemanyfemales

unabletogetpregnant.

TheteamofAmericanandCanadianscientistsspentsixmonthsstudying

bears,ontheground,fromspotterplanesandinthelab,usingcomputer

models.Someteammembersfeartheresultisevenworseforthebears

thanwhattheirreportsays.TheysaytheArcticiswarmingfasterthan

anywhereintheworldandmuchfasterthantheircomputerhasbeen

forecasting.Satelliteobservationshaveshowedthattheicehas

decreasedtoanall-timelow.

However,noteveryoneinthescientificcommunitybelievesthatglobal

warmingishappeningonsuchanalarmingscale.Anotherinvestigation

hasfoundthatpolarbearsarestillbeinghuntedbywealthy

“sportsmen“whowanttheirskinsandheads.Atleastteninternational

companiesofferbear-huntingtrips.

【語篇解讀】本文講述了由于全球變暖d匕極熊有可能在這個世紀末瀕臨滅絕。

5.Whywillpolarbearsdieoutifthereisnotenoughseaice?

A.Becausepolarbearscan'tcatchenoughfoodwithoutice.

B.Becausepolarbearseaticewhentheyfeelthirsty.

C.Becausepolarbearswillbeeasilyfoundbyhunterswithoutice.

D.Becausemostfemalebearsareusedtogivingbirthunderice.

答案A［推理判斷題。由第三段第一句"Polarbearsdependonfloating

seaiceasaplatformforhuntingseals,whicharetheirmainfood."可知

A項正確。］

6.Afterasix-monthstudy,somescientistsfearthat.

A.thereissomethingwrongwiththeircomputers

B.polarbearswilldisappearevenfasterthantheyhaseverexpected

C.theircomputermodelsarenotasaccurateastheyexpected

D.globalwarmingwilldestroyeverythingintheArctic

答案B［細節(jié)理解題。由第四段第二句"Someteammembersfearthe

resultisevenworseforthebearsthanwhattheirreportsays.”可知B項

正確。］

7.Whatisthispassagemainlyabout?

A.Globalwarmingmakesthewholeworlddifferent.

B.Humanbeingsareresponsiblefortheendangeredspecies.

C.Mostofthepolarbearswillhavebeenwipedoutbytheendofthis

century.

D.ScientistshavefoundthatmostanimalsintheArcticwilldieoutby

2100.

答案C［主旨大意題。文章第一段點明了主題，即北極熊有可能在這個世紀末

瀕臨滅絕。］

V.七選五

HowToMakeQuickDecisionsForYourLife

Wemakedecisionseveryday._l_Whenitcomestomakingdecisions,

choosingtherightonecanattimesbestressful,especiallyifthedecision

mustbemadequickly.Indecisionoftenweighsusdown,butthereare

someusefultipsformakingquickdecisionsmoreeasily.

_2_Sometimesthekeytomakingaquickdecisioncomesdownto

planningaheadoftimeforjustsuchanoccasion.Weallknowwe're

goingtocometoanimportantdecision-makingpointsoonerorlater,

sohavingaplanalreadyinhandcanputourmindateasewhenthattime

comes.

Overcomefear._3_Whileitmayseemdifficulttoovercomethefearof

makingthewrongchoice,manyexpertsagreethatweshouldn'tbe

afraidtomakethewrongdecision,evenifitseemsimportant.Thevast

majorityofwrongdecisionscanbecorrected,whiledelayingdecisions

canoftenleadtomoreproblems.

Writedownalltheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofyourdecision.Even

ifyoudon'thaveall