如何写好一篇英语作文~~.ppt

Text 2: “You find the nettles very difficult to eradicate?” I said I found them hard to keep down. “They disseminate themselves most luxuriantly,” he said. I replied that they spread like the dickens. “But they have their utility in the economy of Nature,” he said. I replied that Nature was welcome to them as far as I was concerned. He then remarked that it was most salubrious weather, and I agreed that it had been a fine day. But he was afraid, he said, that the aridity of the season was deleterious to the crops, and I replied that my potatoes were doing badly. After that, I think, it occurred to him that we did not speak the same language. Quiz: What are the linguistics features? Difficult---hard, not easy Eradicate---keep down, do away with, get rid of Disseminate themselves---spread, grow, stretch out Luxuriantly---wildly Utility---use Salubrious---fine, bright, sunny Aridity---being dry, lack of rain Deleterious---bad, harmful Text 3: It’s a recognized fact that celebrities have a higher rate of emotional problems (including suicidal tendencies) than the population at large. Celebrity status — which in our culture represents the pinnacle of success — seems to bring with it a host of traumas from which the rest of the population, moderately or not at all successful, does not suffer. Quiz: What are the linguistic features? Ref: It is argumentative in style, composed of mostly common words, with some literary ones as well, which make the text decent and proper. If changed into spoken style, it would seem to causal: celebrity: famous person, bigwig, somebody, big shot, star Suicidal tendency: being prone to kill oneself Pinnacle top: highest point Trauma: pain, shock Moderately: not very, fairly 4) Synonyms: emotional differences Emotional difference: positive (commendatory) ? neutral (common) ?negative (derogatory) 1） Black (positive) ---Negro (neutral) ---nigger (negative) 2）他是杰出的政治家。 Statesma