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Writing Task 母亲节快到了，请你根据下列图片的提示，完成一篇文段 , 描述自己的母亲，其中包括母亲的外貌，生活等，并表达你对母亲的深厚感情。

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Mother’s appearance?

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A person

Appearance

Behavior Emotions

Language

Aspects to describe a person

• 1. His name was Tony and he seemed more like a human than a machine.

• 2. He was tall and handsome with smooth hair and a deep voice although his facial expression never changed.

• 3. On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.

• 4. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.

Sb seem/ look like +n.Sb 系动词（ look,be ） + adj. with+n.

Sb wear +n.

The description of people’s appearance

Sentence structure:

have

A. Mary, attractive, a pair of beautiful and bright eyes, necklace

Sample 2: Mary is attractive with a pair

of beautiful and bright eyes, ___________ a necklace on her neck.

wearing

Sb.+ 系动词 +adj. + with+n.+ , + wearing + n.

The description of people’s appearance•Sb seem like +n.•Sb 系动词（ be ， look ） + adj. with+n.•Sb wear /have+n

Sentence structure:

sample 1: Mary is attractive with a pair of beautiful and bright eyes. And she wears a necklace on her neck.

B. Tom, handsome, thick eyebrows, a jacket

C. Lucy, graceful, long hair, high nose, a pair of earrings

D. My teacher, good-looking, straight nose, a pair of sunglasses

The description of people’s appearance

Sb.+ 系动词 +adj. + with+ n.+ , + wearing + n.

She is a lovely girl with a ribbon on her head, holding a doll in her hands.

A person

Appearance

Behavior Emotions

Language


Match the pictures with the statements:

1. On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing .

2. She borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read or scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as the turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand.

3. Claire went into the city and bought curtains ,cushions, a carpet and bedding.

4. She fell off a ladder and Tony managed to catch her in time .He held her firmly in his arms .

5.Tony folded his arms around her ,bending his face close to hers.

Can you use one phrase to describe one scene?

do housework

read books

go shopping

save one’s life

kiss and hug

do housework read books go shopping

save one’s life kiss and hug

How does the story happen?

1. On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron, brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing .

2. She borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read or scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as the turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand.

3. Claire went into the city and bought curtains ,cushions, a carpet and bedding.

4. She fell off a ladder and Tony managed to catch her in time .He held her firmly in his arms .

5.Tony folded his arms around her ,bending his face close to hers.

The description of people’s behaviors

cook/make /prepare the dinner

do some cooking/washing/cleaning

do housework

1) On the second morning Tony, wearing an apron ,brought her breakfast and then asked her whether she needed help dressing.

bring one’s breakfast ,



borrow… from

look up

turn the page

read books

2) She borrowed a pile of books from the library for him to read or scan. She looked at his fingers with wonder as the turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand.

scan,

look through ，glance


go into sp to buy

do shopping

3) Claire went into the city and bought curtains ,cushions, a carpet and bedding.


reach/ reach for sb./sth.

Save people

4) She fell off a ladder and Tony managed to catch her in time .He held her firmly in his arms .

fall off

catch sb hold sb (firmly)

manage to do sth


fold sb’s arms around sb; hug

bend one’s face to sb’s; kiss

kiss or hug sb

5) Tony folded his arms around her ,bending his face close to hers.

Practice

Every morning mother _______________ for us ,__________an apron, and then _________it to us

makes breakfast

wearing

brings

Practise:

Mother often ____________the supermarket to ___________something we need.

goes into

buy

One day a boy happened to __________the river . A policeman passing by quickly jumped into the water . He ________him as soon as possible and _____him firmly. He ____________a stick that a man handed to help him to the bank .Finally he ____________save the boy.

fall into

caught

heldreached for

managed to

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• My mother is tall and beautiful, with long and black hair, wearing a pair of glass. She is always as busy as a bee. Everyday as well as doing housework, like cleaning, washing clothes and shopping, she cooks delicious food for us.


母亲节快到了，请你根据下列图片的提示，完成一篇文段 , 描述自己的母亲，其中包括母亲的外貌，生活等，并表达你对母亲的深厚感情。

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Writing Task

A person

Appearance

Behavior Emotions

Language



• 1. Tony said that she must feel very unhappy to say that.

• 2. She told him how she was overweight.• 3. She rang tony up and told the clerk to

speak to him.• 4. Claire thanked Tony, telling him that he

was a “dear”.• 5. Claire told tony to go into another room.• 6. One day, Claire mentioned that she didn’t

think she was clever.


• 7. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.

• 8. She cried out “Tony” and then heard him declare that he didn’t want to leave her the next day.

• 9. Claire heard Gladys whispering to another woman that she had never seen anyone so handsome as tony.

• 10. She shouted “leave me alone” and ran to her bed.

• The words with the similar meaning of “say”

• scream, shout, whisper, declare, mention, cry out, tell, say, speak to


• 1.scream

• 2.whisper

• 3. declare

• 4. mention

Match the words with the following explanation

A. To speak or say something in a low voice.B. To make a loud high noise because you are hurt, frightened, excited etc.C. To saying something without too much details.D. To state officially and publicly.


• 1. When the bell rang, the classroom was full of noise made by the students, so the teacher ________“shut up”.

• 2. As soon as Liu Xiang appeared on the running track, almost all the audience _________with joy.

• 3. On October 1, 1949, Chairman Mao Zedong __________ on Tiananmen Rostrum that the People's Republic of China was founded.

shouted

screamed

declared

scream, shout, whisper, declare, mention, cry out, tell, say, speak to

• 4. I thought Jim would say something about his school report, but he didn’t _________ it.

• 5. When I was young, my mother used to _____me a story about a boy who was eaten by a wolf because he often_____ lies. Having grown up, I often _____ my daughter that liars are not believed even when they______ the truth.

• 6. Last week I went to the theater and the play was very interesting. But a young couple sitting behind were always talking in a low voice, I couldn’t bear it and turned around, ______ angrily: “What are you two ___________ about over there?”

scream, shout, whisper, declare, mention, cry out, tell, say, speak to

mention tell

saying

toldtell

tell

whispering


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A person

Appearance

Behavior Emotions

Language


• 1. When she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed.

• 2. When Tony wanted to help her to dress, she felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.

• 3. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.

• 4. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot. But she began to trust him.

• 5. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page and suddenly reached for his hand. She was amazed by his fingernails and the softness and warmth of his skin.

Claire Tony

• 6. How absurd, she thought. He was just a machine.

• 7. He held her firmly in his arms and she felt the warmth of his body. She screamed, pushed him away and ran to her room for the rest of the day.

• 8. 8. Tony folded his arms around her, bending his Tony folded his arms around her, bending his face close to hers. She cried out “Tony”.face close to hers. She cried out “Tony”.

• 9.Then she remembered—Tony was just a machine. She shouted “Leave me alone” and ran to her bed. She cried all night.

Claire Tony

nervous, upset

surprised, delighted

disappointed, sad

behavior

language

Language, behavior

feeling

• 10. She wasn’t like Gladys Claffern, one of the richest and most powerful women around.

• 11. By the amused and surprised look on her face, Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an affair.

• 12. When Claire got home, she wept with anger in her armchair. Gladys was everything Claire wanted to be.

• 13. What a sweet victory to be envied by those women! She might not be as beautiful as them, but none of them had such a handsome lover.

Claire Gladys

proud, fulfilled

awful

sad, angry, envy

envy

appearance

behavior

Innermost thoughts

Innermost thoughts

Ways to express people’s emotion

• Express people’s emotion through the description of people’s

• feeling,

• behavior,

• language,

• innermost thoughts,

• facial expressions.

feeling

The words to show people’s emotions

• alarmed, embarrassed, alarmed, embarrassed, disturbing, frightening, disturbing, frightening, ridiculous, amazed, absurd, ridiculous, amazed, absurd, awful, nervous, upset, surprised, awful, nervous, upset, surprised, delighted, pleased, proud, delighted, pleased, proud, fulfilled, disappointed, sad……fulfilled, disappointed, sad……

What emotion does each picture show?

happy, delighted, pleased, fulfilled, satisfied, excited

embarrassed, shy

sad, moved

angry, annoyed

afraid, frightened, terrible, awful

surprised, amazed

puzzled, confused

What emotion does each picture show?

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•1. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed.1. However, when she first saw the robot, she felt alarmed.•2. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.2. She felt embarrassed and quickly told him to go.•3. She was amazed by his fingernails3. She was amazed by his fingernails•4. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.4. It was disturbing and frightening that he looked so human.•5. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.5. Claire thought it was ridiculous to be offered sympathy by a robot.•6. How absurd, she thought.6. How absurd, she thought.•7. How awful to be discovered by her.7. How awful to be discovered by her.•8. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page.8. She looked at his fingers with wonder as they turned each page.•9. When Claire got home, she wept with anger in her armchair.9. When Claire got home, she wept with anger in her armchair.

The sentences to express people’s emotion

5. do sth. with + n.(5. do sth. with + n.(表示情感类的名词表示情感类的名词surprise, happiness, joy, interestsurprise, happiness, joy, interest……))

1.1. sb.+sb.+系动词（系动词（ feel/befeel/be ）） + adj.+ adj.2. It is + adj.+ that+2. It is + adj.+ that+从句从句 3. It is + adj. +(for sb.)+ to do sth.3. It is + adj. +(for sb.)+ to do sth.

Sentence Sentence structure:structure:

4. How +adj.+ to do sth.!4. How +adj.+ to do sth.!

1. Sb.+ 系动词（ feel/be ） + adj.2. It is + adj.+ that 3. It is + adj. + to do sth.4. How + adj. + to do sth!5. do sth. with + n.(surprise, happiness, joy, interest…)

The description of people’s emotion.

Situation 1. Lily was admitted into Beijing University. How did she feel?

Situation 2. To our surprise, we watched such little worms eat so many grains. How did we feel?

Situation 3. In Japan, nuclear is releasing. How do the Japanese feel?


Situation 1. Lily was admitted into Beijing University. How did she feel?

5. She jumped with excitement when she was admitted into Beijing University.

1. Lily was excited to be admitted into Beijing University.2. It was exciting that she was admitted into Beijing University.3. It was exciting for her to be admitted into Beijing University.4. How exciting to be admitted into Beijing University!

Sentence structure:Sentence structure:1.1. Sb.+ Sb.+ 系动词（系动词（ feel/befeel/be ）） + adj.+ adj.2.2.It is + adj.+ that It is + adj.+ that 3. It is + adj. + to do sth.3. It is + adj. + to do sth.4. How + adj. + to do sth!4. How + adj. + to do sth!5. do sth. with + n.(5. do sth. with + n.( 表示情感类的名词表示情感类的名词 surprise, happiness, joy, interestsurprise, happiness, joy, interest……))


Situation 2. To our surprise, we watched such little worms eat so many grains. How did we feel?1. We were surprised to watch such little worms eat so many grains.

2. It was surprising that we watched such little worms eat so many grains.3. How surprising to watch such little worms eat so many grains!4. We watched with surprise that such little worms eat so many grains.


the description of people’s emotion.

1. They feel frightened.

2. It was awful that nuclear is releasing in Japan.

Situation 3. In Japan, nuclear is releasing. How do the Japanese feel?

3. How horrible that nuclear is releasing in Japan!


4. Seeing her hometown in ruins, she weeps with sorrow and disappointment.


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