必修三Unit4WRITINGTIPS.doc

WRITING TIPS
“迎”难而上
文体介绍
英语写作中的Expository writing 指的是说明文。说明文是阐述或解释某一事物或者问题的发生、发展、结果、状态等的文体，提供事物或者问题的 What, Why, How等方面的知识，从而让读者把该事物或问题弄明白。
在我们的人生历程中，难免会遇到种种困难和挫折。当我们碰到这些“绊脚石”的时候，不要畏缩，要想方设法战胜它们。下面我们就结合说明文的文体特点写一篇题为“How I Overcome Difficulties in Learning English”的英语短文。
任务聚焦
你是怎样克服困难学好英语的？
①你在英语学习中有哪些困难？
②你是如何克服这些困难的？
激活大脑
要想写好这类作文，我们需要注意以下几点：
1． 存在的困难。在短文的第一段就应该写出 “我”在英语学习中存在的问题，比如受家乡话发音的影响，鼻音“n”和非鼻音“l”不分；记忆力差，很难扩大词汇量；阅读速度慢，不能在规定的时间内把试题做完等。
2． 采取的措施。在第二段中，要简单说明“我”是如何克服这些困难的。如通过勤学苦 练，尝试其它不同的学习方法，或者向老师、同学等寻求帮助等等。
3． 说明的方法。我们可运用举例说明法，把学习中的困难和解决的办法列出来。
4． 心得与体会。唐僧师徒四人历尽磨难终于取得真经，那么当你成功地克服了英语学习中的困难后，必定也会充满成就感，总结出心得体会。何不简要点出来与各位读者朋友分享呢？
常用表达
have difficulty in doing sth.
for example / for instance
such as
be weak / poor in
tell ... from ...
distinguish ... from ...
tell the differences between ... and ...
have a poor memory
learn ... by heart
enlarge one’s vocabulary
spare no effort to do sth.
succeed in doing
manage to do sth.
范文参考
I had many difficulties when I started to learn English. Since I come from a remote village of Hengyang, Hunan province, I could not tell “n” from “l”. Because they sound exactly the same in my dialect, I had great difficulty in telling “night” from “light”. My poor memory was another challenge for me when I decided to enlarge my vocabulary. I could only remember the English words for a while.
In order to tell the slight difference between “n” and “l”, I forced myself to practice a lot every day. Whenever I started to speak English, I reminded myself of the difference between “night” and “light” as well as “knife” and “life”. At first I felt it rather unnatural, but soon I got used to speaking in this way. As for my poor memory, I gave up mechanical memorization and tried many other ways. Finally I found a most efficient way for me: memorizing English words by their syllables and pronunciation.

This is how I succeeded in overcoming the difficulties in learning English and now I have a stronger belief in the proverb that where there is a will, there is a way.