英语说明文写作.ppt

Expository Writing
Sun Jiyan
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Ⅰ. How To improve our English reading skills?
Reading comprehension passages. An exposition is writing which explains something. It is a type of oral or written discourse that is used to explain, describe, give information or inform. The creator of an expository text can not assume that the reader or listener has prior knowledge or prior understanding of the topic that is being discussed. One important point to keep in mind for the author is to try to use words that clearly show what they are talking about rather than blatantly露骨的 telling the reader what is being discussed. Since
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clarity requires strong organization, one of the most important mechanisms that can be used to improve our skills in exposition is to provide directions to improve the organization of the text.
2. Task
Please write an expository with the topic “The Spring Festival”. (about 500 words)
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Ⅲ.Samples
The Spring Festival
The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. It is on January 1st according to the Chinese lunar calendar. It’s China’s New Year’s Day. So usually a month before the festival, people begin to buy food, clothes and decorations for houses.
About a week before the festival, housewives are busy preparing the new year dinner. ( For example, … ) And they will do a lot of washing and cleaning in the house.(…) People who are far away on
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business are hurrying to return home for the new year’s family reunion.
On New Year’s Eve, each family will gather together eating, talking and watching TV for almost the whole night. (What will they eat, talk, and watch?) And there will be some interesting programmes on TV. The Spring Festival Get-together Evening Party is especially loved by most Chinese. (What will they see in the program?) The children are the happiest of all because they can get presents from their parents or grandparents.(Why?)
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On Lunar New Year’s Day, after