Unit 4 Digital life写作指导外研版（2024）英语八年级上册

八年级英语上册
Unit 4 写作指导
本单元以“数字生活”为话题，说明了科技发展对我们生活的影响。与其相关的写作通常涉及以下几个方面：
①科技发展如何让生活更便捷；
②中学生应如何明智地使用数码设备；
③预测未来的数字生活。
写作任务是介绍数字科技对人们生活的影响。写作时,首先,介绍一下身边的数字产品;接着,介绍这些数字产品对人们生活产生的影响,包括其优点或弊端;最后,说说自己由数字科技得到的感悟。短文通常用一般现在时,人称以第一人称或第三人称为主。
【常用句型】
What effect has...had on our life
It has made us live a(n)...life
Technology saves me time because...
One advantage/disadvantage of...is..
.In my opinion, digital technology...
写作实例
随着科技的发展，我们的生活变得越来越便捷。假如你是李华，你校英语报正举办以
“Technology Changes Life”为题的征文活动，请根据以下提示写一篇英语短文。
内容包括：
1.描述你对科技进步的感受；
2.介绍一项你经常使用的科技产品，并描述它给生活带来的影响；
3.呼吁青少年努力学习，将来为祖国的科技发展贡献力量。
要求：
1.包含以上所有内容，并适当发挥；
2.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名；
3.词数100左右。
审主题：科技改变生活
审体裁：说明文
审人称：第一人称（感受、使用过程、呼吁）和第三人称（产品介绍）
审要点：你对科技进步的感受；介绍一项科技产品以及它给生活带来的影响；呼吁青少年为科技发展贡献力量
思路导引
开头：点明你对科技进步的感受，引出下文→With the development of technology, digital devices let me...
中间：介绍一项科技产品以及它给生活带来的影响
First, it allows us to stay in touch with friends...
Second, we can pay with the smartphone by scanning the QR code...
Third, the smartphone enables us to search for information...
结尾：呼吁青少年努力学习，为科技发展贡献力量
As teenagers, we should study hard so as to make a contribution to China's development of science and technology in the future.
词句积累
感受
efficient高效的 wide use of广泛使用more convenient更方便的
enjoy a wonderful life享受美好生活
the development of science and technology科学技术的发展
科技产品/发明
smartphone智能手机 the internet网络 app应用程序
robot机器人 QR code二维码 digital device数码设备
artificial intelligence (AI)人工智能 digital/ mobile payment数字/移动支付
影响
stay in touch with保持联络 share happy moments分享快乐时刻
allow sb. to do sth.允许某人做某事 enable sb. to do sth.使某人能够做某事
search for information搜索信息 anytime, anywhere随时随地
开头句
With the development of science and technology, our life has become more convenient and interesting. 随着科学技术的发展，我们的生活变得更加便捷和有趣。
Digital devices let me live a more convenient life. 数码设备让我的生活更加便捷。
It has greatly changed the way we live and study.它极大地改变了我们生活和学习的方式。
中间句
The smartphone allows us to stay in touch with friends and share happy moments.智能手机可以让我们与朋友们保持联系，分享快乐时刻。
We can pay with the smartphone by scanning the QR code when we are shopping. 购物时，我们可以用智能手机扫描二维码进行支付。
The smartphone enables us to search for information and learn new things anytime, anywhere.智能手机让我们能够随时随地搜索信息、学习新知识。
结尾句
There is no doubt that technology brings us great benefits.毫无疑问，科技给我们带来了巨大的益处。
As teenagers, we should study hard so as to make a contribution to China's development of science and technology in the future.作为青少年，我们应该努力学习，将来为中国的科技发展做出贡献。
作文示例2
杭州亚运会开幕式上出现的数字火炬手让我们见识了科技的力量。在我们的日常生活中,科技也无时无刻不在改变着我们的生活。请你结合图示信息,以“Science and technology change our life”为题,根据写作要求,用英语写一篇短文,向学校校刊的英语专栏投稿。
写作要求:(1)文中须包含上图提示的所有信息,可适当发挥:
文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称;(3)词数不少于80(开头已给出,不计人总词数)。
Science and technology change our life
With the development of science andtechnology, our life has changed a lot.
思路分析：
Science and technology change our life
列出要介绍的数字产品
smartphones , high-speed trains , electric cars , robots
介绍数字产品的优点及使用的注意事项
Smartphones :bring both convenience and pleasure , shouldn't
take up
High-speed trains : improved travel speed, fast and comfortable
Electric cars : save energy, protect the environment, convenient,green
Robots : help with housework and homework
介绍自己的感悟
live a convenient life , work hard to improve , make people's lives better and better
经典范文
Science and technology change our life
With the development of science and technology, our life has changed a lot. Smart-phones , high-speed trains , electric cars and robots are four great inventions.
Smartphones bring both convenience andФ pleasure to our life. We can shop online,watch movies, and have video chats through them. They are useful, but we shouldn't @ let them take up all our time. High-speed trains have greatly improved our travel speed. They are very fast and comfortable. Electric cars have also changed our life. They can not only save energy but also @ protect the environment。They are convenient and green, As for robots,they can help us with housework, help children with their homework and so on. So all of them save us a lot of time and energy@. What a great change!
【教材典句】Smartphones are useful, but we shouldn't let them take up all our time.
【教材典句】Technology saves me time because..
①用 both...and.结构说明智能手机给人们带来的好处。
②用 shouldn't 一词对人们合理使用智能手机提出了建议。
③用 not only...but also...结构介绍了电动汽车的优点。
④用 save sb sth 结构介绍数字科技产品为我们节省了时间和精力。
So, digital technology has made us live a convenient life . We students should work hard to improve ourselves , and make people's lives better and better.
【教材典句】It has made me livea(n)...life.
⑤用 make sb live a(n)..life 结构说明数字科技使人们的生活便利。