英语传统文化书面表达之关于中国名著类英语作文

高考英语书面表达越来越侧重对中国优秀传统文化的考查，其中优秀文学作品比如名篇名著、诗词等是文化的重要组成部分，加强对这方面的写作意义重大。

假定你是李华，你的英国网友Peter上周在邮件中提到想阅读中国著名的小说，就此请你用英语给他写封回信。内容包括：1.推荐一本小说； 2.此书内容简介；3.给出阅读建议。注意：1.词数100左右；2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.开头已给出。

1- 关于《红楼梦》A Dream of Red Mansions

Dear Peter,

（推荐）I’m more than delighted to know that you show interest in Chinese novels. There are so many famous novels written in Chinese（非谓语作定语）, including classical novels and modern novels（非谓语作状语）, among which I’d like to recommend A Dream of Red Mansions most to you（定从）.

（简介）The novel is interesting and excellent, which is beyond comparison（无以伦比）. Based on Jia and Lin’s love story（非谓语作状语）, it describes a tragedy about love and the decline about a big family, which exposes the social crisis. Written in old Chinese, it is difficult to understand（非限制性定从）. （建议）So when you read it, you’d better get a Chinese dictionary ready for reference. In addition, you’d better know about some background knowledge about Qing Dynasty before you read it.

I hope you will have fun and learn something through reading it.（宾从）

Yours,

Li Hua

2-关于《西游记》Journey to the West

Dear Peter,

I’m very gald to know that you are fond of Chinese novels. Journey to the West is one of the most famous novels in China, which tells a fantastic story(定从). Now I recommend it to you to search the beauty of an unusual world.（非谓语表目的）

Journey to the West is a mythological (神话的) novel based on many centuries of popular tradition（非谓语作定语）. This novel is about the man-like Monkey King together with other two disciples (徒弟), Greedy Pig, and Friar Sand, protects and attends their master, the priest(牧师) San-zang，to the west to seek Buddhist sutras (佛经).(非谓语表目的) It is really a tough trip, in which they face various troubles. （非谓语定从）It is believed that people who eat the priest’s meat can live forever.（宾从+定从）As a consequence, many monsters are eager to catch him. Faced with so many problems（非谓语作状语）, they never give up and in the end, they succeed.

While you are reading it, you could make a list of all the tough difficulties they meet （定从）so as to have a better understading.（非谓语作状语）You could also take some notes when there are something you are confused about.（定从）

I just can’t wait to talk about the details of the novel with you. An early reply is appreciated.（被动句）

Yours,

Li Hua

3-关于《水浒传》The Water Margin

Dear Peter,

I’m very gald to know that you have a great passion for Chinese novels. I’d like to recommend a novel named The Water Margin,（非谓语作定语）which is beneficial for you to learn Chinese culture and history. （非限制性定语从句）

The story is based on real facts and has inspired many storytellers.There are many notables（名人）, strong muscled heroes and intellectual philosophers overcoming all kinds of difficulties. （非谓语作定语）Not only do they help people to solve problems, but also they often figh against injustice and abuse(倒装句).When it comes to those great heroes, we Chinese readers all admire them very much. There was a time when I was so crazy about them. （定从）So I firmly believe that you can love it.

Besides, I have some advice about reading this novel. You can choose some history books about the North Song Dynasty , which helps you have a good command of this novel（定从）. Time permitting（独立主格结构）, you can go to the library to read some book reviews.

Best wishes.

Yours,

Li Hua