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WRITING WORKSHOP
AN EVENT DESCRIPTION
Unit 3 Celebrations
北师大新版(2019)
Get Ready for Writing
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1._____________n. 事件;活动2._____________n. 描述,描写3._____________adv. 往楼下,在楼下4._____________adv. 哪儿也见不到5._____________vt. 挑选,选拔6._____________vi. & vt. (使)平静,(使)镇定7._____________n. 制服8._____________n. 眼泪,泪水9._____________adv. 完全地
10.____________n. 信封
11.awesome adj. ________
12.album n. ________
13.cuisine n. ________
14.humbly adv. ________
15.stocking n. ________
16.pole n. ________
envelope
Get ready for writing
Pair Work
You are going to write about a celebration event that you have had before. Discuss with your partner.
1. What celebration do you want to write about and why
2. What details do you want to include
Celebration events
Time
People
Reasons
Preparations
Feelings
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Read for Writing
Read the description. Answer the questions.
1 Whose birthday was it
2 What did the family do to prepare for it
3 What gift did the writer make
4 How did Grandpa feel and what did he say
It was Grandpa’s birthday.
The event made Grandpa very excited. He said it was “a wonderful birthday celebration” and that he was “looking forward to my eightieth, ninetieth and even one hundredth birthdays already!”
Mum cooked special food. They invited Grandpa’s friends.
The writer made a video of Grandpa’s life story for him.
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为……做准备
穿衣服
收集照片
令人惊喜地是
一……就……
充满……
庆祝
期待
prepare for
get dressed
collect photos
surprisingly
as soon as
fill with
celebrate / celebration
look forward to
Find out some useful words and phrases.
Place the phrases in the correct order. Then add details.
Preparations before the event Feelings about the event
The best part of the event Introduction to the event
Introduction to the event
Preparations before the event
The best part of the event
Feelings about the event
Grandpa’s 70th birthday
birthday lunch; gift (video)
invitation to Grandpa’s old friends;
when Grandpa and his friends appeared in an old photo in their school uniforms
excited
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Adverbs of Time and Manner
first / then / after that / finally
First I got dressed. Then I headed downstairs.
luckily / amazingly / surprisingly / excitedly
Surprisingly, they were Grandpa’s best friends from secondary school.
Read the text again. Underline the words used to link sentences and paragraphs. Then write 2-3 similar sentences for your writing. Use the Sentence Builder to help you.
Sentence Builder
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Structure and language: Other useful words
enthusiastic, thrilled, excited, interested, joyful, content / satisfied, disappointed, frustrated
wonderful, awesome, fantastic, amazing, excellent, great, splendid, brilliant, marvelous, remarkable, striking, astonishing, incredible, extraordinary
Some words that can express feelings:
Some words that can describe a party:
now, at present, recently, after, in the beginning, to begin with, later, next, finally, immediately, suddenly, at that moment, as soon as, before, after
Some linking / sequence words:
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Writing
Compose your writing: Outlining
Complete the outline of your event description based on the structure.
why: a birthday party ... where: house ...
when: August, last year ...
who: family members and friends
food, activities, gifts ...
What happened during the party
Was it good
excited, thrilled, happy, satisfied ...
The best part of the event
Feelings about the event
Preparations before the event
Introduction to the event
Compose your writing: Drafting
Writing Help
Describing an Event
It is important to:
mention the reason why you want to describe the event;
write the place, time, occasion and people of the event;
use action verbs and linking words to put them in the right order;
describe your feelings at the end of the event.
Compose your writing: Editing
Edit your description in pairs.
An Event Description
Does the writer show the main idea of the passage
Does the writer include the time, place of the event
Does the writer describe details of the event
Does the writer describe his / her feeling(s)
Does the writer use linkers to connect the series of activities
HOMEWORK
假如你是李华,上周一你校举办了建校50周年纪念晚会。请你给你在美国的朋友Tom写一封电子邮件,向他介绍本次晚会的情况。要点包括: 时间:上周一 地点:会议厅 人物:所有的教师和学生以及部分毕业生 活动内容:校长做演讲(make a speech);欣赏表演(performances);唱校歌(Alma Mater)等。
Step 1 定结构Para 1:介绍举办周年纪念日活动的情况(时间、地点、人物、起因);Para 2:详细叙述活动的过程;Para 3:举办周年纪念日活动的感受。Step 2 用语言1.上周一,我校在会议厅举办了建校二十周年纪念晚会。 2.校长做了重要演讲,这使得我们为学校感到骄傲。
Our headmaster delivered an important speech which made us feel proud of our school.
Last Monday, our school held a big party in the meeting hall to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of our school's founding.
3.老师和同学们表演了有趣而精彩的节目。 4.我和我的同学一起表演相声。 5.一些往届毕业生代表们演唱了一首歌曲来表达他们对母校的爱。 6.所有的人一起演唱校歌,将晚会推上了高潮。
The teachers and students gave interesting and wonderful performances.
My classmates and I performed the crosstalk.
Some representatives of the former graduates sang a song to express their love of their old school.
All the performers sang our Alma Mater, which brought the party to a climax.
Step 3 形成文
Last Monday, our school held a big party in the meeting hall to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of our school's founding. All the teachers and students as well as some former graduates took part in the party. The party started at 9 am and lasted till 12 am. At the beginning of the party, our headmaster delivered an important speech, which made us feel proud of our school. Then the teachers and students gave interesting and wonderful performances. My classmates and I performed the crosstalk. After that, some representatives of the former graduates sang a song to express their love of their old school. At the end of the party, all the performers sang our Alma Mater, which brought the party to a climax. We all enjoyed the party very much and had a good time.
Language points
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A daughter’s marriage is quite an event for parents. 女儿的婚姻对父母来说是一件大事。
According to the timetable,the track and eld events will take place this afternoon.
根据时间表,田径比赛将在今天下午举行。[词汇复现]
1 event n. 事件;活动;比赛项目
【词语辨析】event,incident 与 accident
event 尤指重大事件或比赛项目。
one of the major sporting events of the year 年度重大体育赛事之一
incident 既可指小事件,又可指政治上具有影响的事件或事变。
a shooting incident 枪击事件
accident 强调偶然或意外发生的不幸的事故。
a car/plane/train accident 汽车 / 飞机 / 火车事故
选词填空(event/incident/accident)
(1)I was walking along the street looking for a place to park when the _________ happened.
(2)This is one of the most important in the history of mankind.
(3)The serious along the border increased our fears of the war.
(4)Although badly hurt in the ,the driver was still able to make a phone call.
(5)[词汇复现]I want to know the sporting that catch the people’s eye in China.
(6)The discovery of X-rays was a big in the history of physics.
完成句子
(7)The teacher told us to list (最重要的事件) of the year.
accident
events
incident
accident
events
event
the most important events
write a description of 描写……
give a detailed/general/brief description of
对……作详尽的 / 概括性的 / 简短的描述
beyond description 无法形容,难以描述
2 description n. 描述,描写,叙述,形容
Her descriptions of the natural world are very good.
她对自然界的描写非常出色。
She gave a brief description of the amazing classroom.
她对这个很棒的教室作了简短的描述。
I found the play boring beyond description.
我觉得这部戏乏味到无法形容。
【词语积累】
describe vt. 描写,描述,叙述,形容
单句语法填空
(1)The beauty of the West Lake is description.
(2)He gave me a detailed (describe) of his visit to London in the email.
完成句子
(3)Tom (对……作了概括性的描述)his months of travelling around Canada.
(4)The beauty of the sunset on the top of the temple was ____________________(难以描述) .
beyond
description
gave a general description of
beyond description
He was selected to design a poster for the exhibition. 他被选出来为这个展览设计一张海报。
He had hopes of being selected for the national team.他有望入选国家队。
He was selected as the leader of the football team. 他被选为足球队的队长。
They selected the winner from six nalists. 他们从六名决赛选手中选出了获胜者。
3 select vt. 挑选,选拔;选择
select sb to do sth 挑选某人做某事
select...for... 为……选择……
select...as... 挑选……作为……
select...from... 从……中选出……
【词语积累】
【词语辨析】select,choose,elect与pick
select 指“精心挑选”。
choose 指一般意义的“选择”。
elect 指“投票选择”。
pick 指随意或慎重地“选择”。
单句语法填空
(1) (select)a mobile phone for personal use is no easy task because technology is changing so rapidly.
(2)The players (select) from the whole country are expected to bring us honor in this summer game.
(3)We ran out of wood and I was selected (go) and nd more.
(4)York was selected the site for the research centre.
(5)She selected her favourite book her collections and read it to her children.
(6)The amber which (select) had a beautiful yellow-brown colour like honey.
选词填空(select/choose/elect/pick)
(7)There is no doubt that we will the best players to take part in the coming Olympic Games.
(8)There are several books for you to from.
(9)All the people agreed to him chairman of the meeting.
(10)He is helping his mother to strawberries.
Selecting
selected
to go
as
from
was selected
select
choose
elect
pick
(1)vi. & vt.(使)平静,(使)镇定
搭配:calm(...) down(使)平静下来,(使)镇定下来
The excited football fans calmed down at last. 激动的足球迷们最终平静了下来。
Calm yourself down;there is no need to feel upset about it.
让你自己平静下来,没有必要为此事心烦。
(2)adj. 冷静的,沉着的;平静的,无风的;安静的
搭配:keep/stay/remain calm 保持镇静
I tried to keep calm and just ignore him. 我尽力保持镇静,不去理睬他。
After a whole night’s storm,the sea became calm again. 一整晚的暴风雨过后,大海重归平静。
4 calm v. & adj.
【词语辨析】calm,quiet,still 与 silent
calm 指风平浪静或人镇静。
quiet 安静,指没有噪音、吵闹声或心里不烦躁。
still 静止不动,指没有声音或动作。
silent 沉默,指没有声音或不讲话。
选词填空(calm/quiet/still/silent)
(1)Could you keep the kids while I’m on the phone
(2)He was for a moment,and then began his answer.
(3)Keep . The photographer is ready.
(4)[词 汇 复 现]Emergency line operators must always stay ________and make sure that they get all the information they need to send help.
(5)When facing danger,one should keep ;when taken photos of,one should stay ;when someone else is asleep,one should keep ;when in class,one shouldn’t keep about the teacher’s questions.
完成句子
(6)Moved by what she said,he could hardly (平静下来).
(7)He took a few deep breaths to (使自己平静下来) .
quiet
silent
still
calm
calm
still
quiet
silent
calm down
calm himself down
burst into tears(=burst out crying )突然大哭起来
ght back one’s tears 忍住眼泪
tears of joy 高兴的泪水
move sb to tears 把某人感动得流泪
in tears 哭着,流泪
They were so moved that they burst into tears. 他们如此感动以至于突然大哭起来。
He read his son’s letter in tears over and over. 他流着泪一遍遍地读着儿子的信。[词汇复现]
(2)v.(tore,torn) 撕破;撕掉,拔掉
tear apart 撕毁,撕碎 tear down 拆除,拆掉
tear up 撕毁,撕碎(文件等) tear at 撕扯
He picked up the envelope and tore it open. 他拿起信封撕开了。[词汇复现]
5 tear n. & v. (1)n. 眼泪,泪水(一般用复数形式)
单句语法填空
(1)One minute she burst into (tear) and the next minute she burst out laughing. We just couldn’t catch her mood at any moment.
(2)When she heard the news, (tear) poured down her face.
(3)It was such a sad film that we were moved tears.
完成句子
(4)A lot of the old blocks have been (拆除) to make room for new housing.
(5)John the tickets (把…… 撕碎) angrily.
(6)[词汇复现]On hearing that he would be punished for behaving badly,the little boy _______________________________(突然大哭了起来).
tears
tears
to
torn down
tore apart
burst into tears / burst out crying
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