Basic Writing—基础写作

Character introduction

人物介绍

☆ Teaching objectives

I. Lead in

Think about:

Ø         what we can write when introducing a person;

Ø         how we shall organize an article about a person.

After this period of learning, Sswill be able to:

write about a person’s life and work , using basic writing skills&strategies properly.

Teaching procedures & ways.

An introduction of a person .What do we write about a person?

Brainstorm：

Introduce a person

Born in January, 1979 inTaiwan, Jay Chou, a famous singer, was raised by his mother and was shy and quiet during his childhood. Showing interest in music, he began learning to play the piano at the age of 3.

   At the age of 21, he was able to release his first record. He is famous for his R&B music. He has started in a few movies. He continues to make breakthroughs as he takes risks in attempting new things. He is popular among young people.

人物简介的一般步骤： Give the right order.

( 　)教育：education

(　 )外貌／性格appearance ,character

(　 )生平big events in his or her life  ( in order of time )

(   )评估evaluation

(　 )概况age, sex, birth-place, background

pre-writing

1. 概况: age, sex, birth-place, background

出生于…

时间:                                                

地点:                                                

1）Yao Ming                  (出生于) a sporting family.

2）Deng Xiaoping               (出生于) Sichuan Province

3）译：钟南山１９４１年出生在广州，他是中国最伟大的医生之一

                                                                 

                                                                 

2.外貌,性格: appearance ,character

词汇： 内向而安静                                   

好心的                                        

美貌的，漂亮的                                

身高是……，体重是……                             

1）He is a               (心善的)man.

2）Jay Chou, a famous singer, was raised by his mother and was               (内向而安静)during his childhood.

3）His                                                   

(身高是2.26米，体重是136千克).

4)译：我的历史老师是个漂亮女人，她长着两只大眼睛，留着长发

My history teacher is a beautiful woman      two big eyes and long hair.

3. 教育经历：education

词汇：毕业于……                                    

获得学士/博士学位                             

1）After              （从……毕业）high school, he entered Harvard.

2）He attended the College in 1987 and                        (获得学士学位).

4．生平：big events in his or her life  ( in order of time )

1）Not only is he interested in science, but also he has a gift for music.

2）He set a new world record of  swimming, which won a gold medal for China Team.

5．评估：evaluation

词汇：因……而著名                             

     致力于…                                

       树立榜样                                

1）Leifeng set us a good example ,so all the people spoke highly of him and all respected him .

2） He _____________ (因……而著名)his R&B music.

3） Fei Xiaotong ________________（致力于）advancing China’s rural economy（农村经济）.

Guess:  Who is he ?            

1)Though now just in his twenties, he is already an international sparkling star.

2)He was born in a sporting family.

3)He is now 2.26 meters tall and134 kgin weight.

4)He is nicknamed “The Little giant”

5)He is regarded as the best basketball player inChina.

6) He became the third Chinese player in NBA history in1998.

牛刀小试: Now comes your turn!

假如你叫白云，从广告上得知广州某公司需要工程师。写信应聘。要求内容包含如下要点。

(1) 姓名：白云，出生于广州市越秀区，年龄27岁。

(2) 2001年毕业于中山大学，后来留学英国伦敦大学。

(3) 2005年数学方面成果显著，获博士学位。

(4) 英国一家公司想用高薪聘用他，但拒绝了。

(5) 为了报效祖国，于2006年毅然回国。

（6）有数学天赋。

注意：

1）介绍必须包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。文章首位已经给出，不算字数。

[写作要求]

只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。

[评分标准]

  句子结构的准确性，信息内容的完整性。

Dear Sir,

How do you do? Through the ad .I know your company needs an engineer. I would like to have this job. Now let me introduce myself to you.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________   .

I will appreciate it very much if you would give me the opportunity. Thank you for your consideration.

I am looking forward to your early reply.

                                                               Sincerely yours,

                                                               Baiyun