Period Five Writing-Nonchronological report:tourist guide
描写一个城市或地点是一种描述性的说明文文体。它主要说明或解释某一城市或地点的地理位置、外貌、环境、经济、文化、交通、历史演变、发展展望等,使读者获取信息。
一般说来,描述文的说明顺序主要有三种形式:时间顺序、空间顺序和逻辑顺序。
在写作时要注意:
1.客观、科学地介绍某一个城市或地点,内容应该突出特点,给人以可信的感觉;
2.层次清楚,条理分明;
3.注意合理地运用过渡词语,将各自然段有机地结合在一起,使整篇文章过渡自然、条理清晰;
4.要准确使用表示方位的词及短语,同时注意详略,重点部分要突出、详细描述。
1.常用短语:
at the front/back of,with...in the centre/around a place;in front of,behind;next to,close to,in and around;on the left/right;in the south/west/east/north;on the other side/opposite side of,etc.
2.常用句型:
(1)表示方位的句子:
①It lies/is located...
②It is in/on/to/off...
③It is the centre of...
④The office building is in the east of the campus.
⑤The monument,which was built in 1894,stands in the centre of the square.
(2)描述国家、城市状况的句子:
①China is located in Asia.
②It covers a huge area of 9,600,000 square kilometres.