1、Section C Using Language personification: (hair) stood on end; simile: as though he had just received an electric shock; metaphor: the doors of academic institutions; euphemism: passed away 人物传记是记叙文体的一种,主要是写名 人或伟人的生平及事迹。在文章篇幅安排上要 对被描述对象的生平进行简要描述,主要篇幅 要叙述其事迹或在某个领域作出的特殊贡献, 最后简要地对该人物进行评价。 1. 篇章结构篇章结构 开
2、头段:简要介绍生平(出生年月、出开头段:简要介绍生平(出生年月、出 生地点、家庭背景等)生地点、家庭背景等) 主体段:具体描述人物外貌、性格特点、主体段:具体描述人物外貌、性格特点、 教育经历、主要事迹等教育经历、主要事迹等 结尾段:对人物作出整体评价一、个人结尾段:对人物作出整体评价一、个人 简介的结构特征简介的结构特征 (1) Birthday and birthplace was born on in Born onin, is a/an (2) Family background sb was born in/ into a (n) rich/ poor/ ordinary famil
3、y live/ lead/ have a happy/ hard life as a child/when he (she) was young/ in his (her) childhood with the help/ assistance of his (her) parents be strict with give him (her) support mentally and financially 2. 2. 常用表达常用表达 (3) Education graduate from department of university be admitted to/ into univ
4、ersity When in college, he (she) majored in (主修) go abroad for further study receive/ get a bachelors (学士)masters(硕士) doctors(博士)degree win the first prize win a gold/ silver/ bronze medal become a world champion be awarded a medal for have a gift for/ be gifted in 2. 2. 常用表达常用表达 (4) Events in life
5、work on serve as devote oneself to/ be devoted to/ devote all his/ her time and energy to concentrate on make up ones mind to do/ be determined to do make great contributions to fight for be honoured with for 2. 2. 常用表达常用表达 (5) Evaluation be honoured as be remembered as be famous/ well-known/ noted
6、as set an example to sb/ set sb an example be respected by everyone speak/ think highly of his/ her heroic story spread all over the country 2. 2. 常用表达常用表达 Write an introduction about someone you admire. 1. Choose the person you are going to write about. It should be someone you think is great in so
7、me way. It can be an ordinary person, such as a parent, a relative, or a friend 2. Make a list of things that need to be included in your introduction. 3. Use your notes to write your introduction and sum up how you feel about this person. Exchange your draft with a partner 1. Use the checklist to h
8、elp you review your partners draft. Does the writer describe the persons appearance and personality? Does the writer tell an impressive story of the persons life? Does the writer say why the person is great? Does the writer sum up how he/she feels about this person? 2. Take your draft back and revis
9、e it. Sample Writing: When people talk about sacrifice and charity for others, the name that most often comes up in my mind is Mother Teresa. In fact, she is so famous for her work that her name is most often used nowadays as a point of comparison by which others are judged (for example, “He may do
10、some good work, but hes no Mother Teresa) .Interestingly, though her name is still heard quite often, many younger people have no clear idea who she was. Mother Teresas real name is Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She was born on 26 August 1910 in Skopje, where is now the modern-day Republic of Macedonia. Wh
11、en she was a young girl, she decided that she wanted to help poor people in India, so when she was 18, she left home and eventually made her way to Darjeeling, India. She formally became a nun in 1931, and took Teresa as her new name. In the beginning, she was just a teacher of other nuns. However,
12、in 1946she felt stirred to help the poorest of the poor in Calcutta (modern-day Kolkata).She began to work full-time there in 1948and was allowed to form her own charity group in 1950. In time, her group grew to thousands of members, helping orphans, refugees, the disabled, the most ill, and the poo
13、rest people around the world. However, Mother Teresa is most famous for her Home of the Dying and the Destitute in Calcutta. This work began when she found a poor man dying alone in the street of Calcutta, and decided that she had to do something to help, as nothing could be worse than dying alone i
14、n the streets. Workers for the Home of the Dying and the Destitute would find dying people in the streets, and bring them to the centre, where they would be cared for, fed, and loved until their final moments. For her work, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. When she died on 5
15、September 1997,she was given a state funeral by the government of India, which was attended by more than 15, 000people and broadcast around the world on TV, with many world leaders singing praises to her. People who met Mother Teresa often remarked at how small she was-she was only 152 cm tall. She
16、was also very quiet and gentle in the way she behaved. This all proves that even the smallest or gentlest people can still do great and mighty things. 1. To our surprise, he was actually the _ and caring father of three children. 2. To _, his fame and wealth were gained through hard work and his in-
17、depth knowledge of his business. 3. A genius for invention, Thomas Edison obtained scores of _. 4. Under no _ should we do terrible things to other people 5. As a botanist, he takes notes on the properties of any plant he _. 6. The first-person narrator is a stylistic device that has been used by _
18、many and poets throughout the ages. gentle sum up circumstance encounter novelist patent gentle sum up patents circumstances encounters novelists Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the box What do you know about Sun Yat-sen? Read the passage, and then fill in the blanks wi
19、th relative pronouns or adverbs. Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925) was widely considered to be the founder and forerunner of modern China. He was only in power for a short time, when he was president of the country in 1912. So it may seem odd to some people _ knowledge of China may be limited that he is such
20、an important figure. However, his influence is not based on his time in office, but on his continuous struggle for a better society and his concern for all Chinese people. He also put forward many advanced ideas _ brought the Chinese people together, in particular, the Three Principles of whose whic
21、h What do you know about Sun Yat-sen? Read the passage, and then fill in the blanks with relative pronouns or adverbs. the People. These principles were inspired by Lincoln, _ he admired, and were developed when he was travelling overseas, _ he went to find support for his country. The first princip
22、le is about nationalism, _ indicates that China should never be divided and should not be under any foreign control. The second is about peoples rights. It means that all people have great value and should also have the same rights. The third is about peoples livelihood, _ means that the government
23、should create opportunities for people to make a good living. who/ whom where which which 假如你是李华,你的外国朋友Jack想了解著名科学家屠呦呦的相关情况, 请你根据以下要求给他写一封回信。 姓名:屠呦呦 国籍:中国 职业:药学家、科学家 兴趣爱好:自幼对传统中药兴趣浓厚 主要经历:1. 1930年12月30日出生于浙江省宁波市; 2. 1951年考入北京医学院,主修制药专业; 3.毕业后接受中医培训两年半,并一直在北京从事中医工作; 4. 1971年成功发现并制成青蒿素; 5. 2015年10月5日,
24、她被授予诺贝尔生理学或医学奖,成为中国第一个获 得诺贝尔奖的女性科学家。 注意:1.词数100左右;信的开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数; 2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。 参考词汇:药学家 chemist Dear Jack, I am glad to hear that you would like to know something about the famous scientist Tu Youyou. Now, I will give you a brief introduction to her._ _ _ _ _ Wish you all the best! Yours, L
25、i Hua One possible version: Dear Jack, I am glad to hear that you would like to know something about the famous scientist Tu Youyou. Now, I will give you a brief introduction to her. Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on December 30th,1930, Tu Youyou, a famous female chemist and scientist, showed gre
26、at interest in Traditional Chinese Medicine when she was young. In 1951, she was permitted into Peking University Medical School, majoring in making medicine. One possible version: After graduating from the university, she was trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine for two years and a half and has
27、been working on it in Beijing. In 1971, she succeeded in discovering and developing artemisinin. To our excitement and delight, she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiologyor Medicine on October 5th, 2015, becoming the first Chinese woman to win the Nobel Prize. Wish you all the best! Yours, Li Hua