写作教程第二册答案

4. l) Standing in the burned-out shell of my living room was a shocking experience. Above my head were charred beams, all that remained of our ceiling. In front of me, where our television and stereo had once stood, were twisted pieces of metal and chunks of blackened glass. Strangely, some items seemed little damaged by the fire. For example, I could see the TV tuner knob and a dusty CD under the rubble. I walked through the ashes until I came to what was left of our sofa. Behind the sofa had been a wall of family photographs. Now, the wall and the pictures were gone. I found only a water-logged scrap of my wedding picture.
3) Use of pronouns: they, their, this (as are boldfaced)
Unit 2 FOLLOW-UP EXERCISES
3. When I was a child, we never varied our Christmas Eve ritual. We always began our private celebration promptly at 6 p.m. on December 24 when the whole family assembled in our small kitchen. We watched as Mother and my older sister prepared a light supper. As soon as we finished the meal, we rushed into the living room to decorate the tree. The younger children started the decorating by putting tinsel and colorful
6. Topic sentence:
5, 7, 4, 1, 6, 9, 8, 3, 2
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1) First of all 2) Secondly 3) By and by 4) In addition 5) In short
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Several techniques have been used to achieve coherence:
You are encouraged to describe the house using other ways of arrangement.
Unit 4 FOLLOW-UP EXERCISES
Look at each other's paragraph on the procedures of completing some housework in pairs, comment on each other's writing, using what you have learned in this unit.
balls on the branches near the base of the tree. Meanwhile, the two older children were placing ornaments on the higher branches. Finally, our parents completed the decorating by placing a beautiful goldenhaired angel at the very top of the tree. After we finished the tree, we hurriedly dressed and walked down the street to Midnight Mass. As we listened to the service, we remembered the reason we celebrated Christmas. Then we returned home where we ate some of Mother's Christmas goodies. We always ended our Christmas Eve ritual around 2 a.m. by gathering around the tree and singing "Silent Night."
I was a child. Weeks before the New Year's Day, my mother
would let me help her send out New Year's cards and go
shopping with her. In the crowded markets 1 bought firecrackers,
5. (1) Then (2) morning (4) Then (5) After that (7) already (8) after
(3) afternoon (6)when
6. Sample paragraph
The New Year celebration was so unforgettable for me when
of the streets. People wearing costumes danced past us. Some of
them were playing instruments; some were having lion dances,
and dragon dances. Afterwards, we worshiped our ancestors iises
Write a focused topic sentence for the following subject
Looking for jobs A person can look for a job in several ways. Penguins Penguins resemble human beings in many respects.
Concluding sentence:
Although we were very tired at midnight, we agreed that our two-day vacation at Disney World was one of the best we had ever had.
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(1) into
(2) crosses
(3) In the center of
(4)Outside
(5) inside
(6) On the front
(7) over
(8)down
(9) lined with
(10) At the rear
6. This paragraph is developed in a circular order, i.e. from east to north, and then to south.
4. Logical sequence of the sentences: 4 – 10 – 5 – 12 – 3 – 7 – 15 – 9 – 14 – 2 – 11 – 8 – 13 – 6 - 1
Topic sentence: My family spent two fun-filled days at Disney World last year.
Personality One's personality plays an important role in foreign language learning. Weather Living in a place where the weather is always warm has many advantages.
like all the other kids. Then, beginning on New Year's Eve, the
sound of exploding firecrackers was everywhere, day and night.
On New Year's Day, I watched huge parades go by in the middle
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Paragraph I All inventions are either basic inventions or improvements on earlier inventions.
Paragraph 2 There was a serious accident in the chemistry lab yesterday.
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Unit3 FOLLOW-UP EXERCISES
3. Logical sequence of the sentences: 3–6–1–4–7–5–2
Relationship: Primarily, the organization of the paragraph represents movement in geographical space.