Section Ⅴ Writing--如何描写动物

[写作技法指导]

　　[文体指导]

　　本模块写作任务为描写动物，属于说明文的范畴。

　　1．此类文章以"说明"为主要表达方式，用来介绍动物的类属、生活习性、生存状态、外貌特征等，可对描述的对象作总体概括介绍，给人以直观的总体认识，然后进行具体说明，目的在于让人了解此种动物。

　　2．此类文章多用一般现在时。文章应合理安排结构，注意行文的条理清晰，在动笔之前要想好描述顺序，句与句之间怎样衔接，段与段之间怎样联系。

　　[亮点句式]

　　1．Many trees are being cut down and more and more forests are lost，making animals lose their homes .

　　2．The giant panda is an animal that/which lives in the mountains.

　　3．The giant panda feeds/lives on bamboo.

　　4．As forests are being cut down，its habitat is becoming smaller and smaller.

　　5．To protect pandas，measures should be taken to set up some nature reserves.

　　6．If we don't protect them，they'll probably die out soon.

　　7．Finally，we should let people know the importance of protecting endangered animals.

　　8．Many fields are being turned into desert，which makes the animals living there have no place to find food to eat.

　　9．Many animals are being killed so that some of them are in danger of dying out.

10．In a word，we must take some measures to prevent rare animals from extinction.