Question

【题目】假定你是李华，你校英文报“外国文化”栏目拟刊登美国节日风俗和中学生生活的短文。请给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，要点如下：

1. 栏目介绍。

2. 稿件内容；

3. 稿件长度：约400词汇

4. 交稿日期：6月28日前天

注意：

1. 词数100左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯的；

3. 开头语已为你写好。

Answer 1

【答案】

Dear Peter,

I'd like to ask you to write an article for our school’s English newspaper.

The “Foreign Cultures” section in our newspaper is very popular among us students. It carries articles written by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries. Would you please write something about the culture in your part of the United States? And we would especially welcome articles about how Americans spend their holidays and festivals, and the life of American high school students. You can write anything relevant so long as it’s interesting and informative. 400 words would be fine. Could we have your article before June 28?

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Hua

【解析】

试题分析：本篇书面表达属于英文书信，根据提示信息要求给美国朋友彼得写信约稿，内容是美国节日风俗和中学生生活。写作时注意以下几点：1、仔细阅读有关提示，弄清试题提供的所有信息，明确三个要点：首先，简单介绍校英文报栏目的情况。2、建议Peter介绍美国节日风俗和中学生生活。3、稿件的要求及时间。写作时根据要表达的内容确定句子的时态、语态；就本文而言应该用一般现在时态。 4.注意使用高级词汇和句式，以增加文章的亮点。

【亮点说明】本文结构紧凑，层次分明，而且使用了多种句式和结构。比如It carries articles written by foreign friends about the cultures of their home countries.运用了过去分词作后置定语， And we would especially welcome articles about how Americans spend their holidays and festivals, and the life of American high school students.运用了宾语从句。此外，文章还使用了大量习语和短语，如be popular among, so long as,look forward to , hear from等。