话题写作(一)
个人情况（personal information）
话题体裁
人物介绍和描述属于说明写作任务，但常通过应用文体裁来设置写作题目，尤其以写介绍信、推荐信等为主。写作格式一般不作要求，但要注意文章的主要内容的谋篇布局。
话题内容
话题属于个人情况（personal information）的描述和介绍该话题来涉及的内容有：
1. 个人信息：名字、年龄、出生时间和地点、外貌特征、个人性格和品质、爱好和兴趣、通讯方式等；
2. 家庭情况：家庭出身、父母的情况等；
3. 学校教育及其学业情况：相关学校、主修专业、学习评价等；
4. 工作和事业情况：从事职业、工作过程特点、主要成就、地位和评价等。在写作过程中，一般是要根据题目要求，选取需要表达的某些重要信息，而非囊括全部内容。
话题词汇
1. 描述个人信息的重要词汇：
Ordinary looking 相貌平平;beautiful/handsome漂亮/英俊; well dressed穿戴整齐; with thick glasses戴深度眼镜的; full of energy精力充沛；serious严肃的；humorous幽默；patient耐心的；determined有毅力的；optimistic乐观的；warm-hearted热心肠的；easy-going温和宽容的；be strict with sb/in sth对…严格的；be relaxed with/get on well with与…相处融洽；
2. 介绍学校教育及其学业的词汇：
graduate from毕业于；be major in 主修；be good at擅长；win the prize获奖
3. 对工作和事业情况描述的词汇：
devote…to…/make contributions to 致力于…;make…lively and interesting使…生动有趣;be respected受到尊敬;be popular with…受…喜爱;be much impressed by对…的印象深刻;be considered as/to be被认为是…;sing high praise for/think highly of高度评价
话题句型
1. 基本信息（利用同位语结构，使文章简洁，通顺）：
（1） Born in a poor family, sb., a great novelist, had little school education of no more than…
（2） Sb., the son of a poor family, was born in…on…
（3） Sb., works hard/lives a simple life though he/she was born in a rich family.
2. 外貌和品质（巧用with作定语）
(1) He is a near-sighted/far-sighted guy with a pair of glasses on his nose.
(2) She is good-looking with long beautiful hair.
(3) He is a tall and thin guy with thick eyebrows, looking very handsome.
3. 教育和学业（尽量用非谓语动词，使文章精炼）：
（1） Majored in…,he graduated from…in…and…he went abroad for further studies.
（2） Being good at…,he/she once won the first prize in…competition.
4. 工作和事业（合理使用复合句、倒装、非限定定语从句等润色文章）：
(1) Not only is he interested in science, but also he has a gift for music.
(2) So hard does he work that he devotes almost all his lifetime to our human cause.
(3) With great determination, he took 37years to finish the book, which makes a great contribution to…
5. 综合评价（注意运用一些动词、形容词短语）：
（1） Sb. set us a good example, so all the people spoke highly of him and all respected him.
（2） We sing high praise for his brave stories, and they will spread all over the world.
（3） Sb. makes great contributions to…,which made him well known…
话题作文
你的美国笔友Peter暑假期间来中国学习中文，发E-mail来请求你给推荐一位好老师。请你写一封120-150词的回信，将你校最优秀的语文老师的个人信息和教学情况介绍给他。
写作指导
本话题作文介绍和推荐的是一位语文老师，个人信息描述要简单；要突出其学习和受教育的专业性；重点是其工作特点、主要成就、获得的评价和地位等。
佳作欣赏
Dear Peter,
I am very glad to know that you will come here to study Chinese this summer holidays. Now I recommend one best Chinese teachers to you.
Lin Tao, a head teacher of my class, is an ordinary-looking man. After four years’ study in the Chinese department of Beijing University, he finally realized his dream of becoming a Chinese teacher. With wide knowledge and rich teaching experience, he has a unique teaching methodology to make his class lively and impressive. Further, he is getting along well with his students, which makes him respected and loved as a teacher and a friend as well. In the past few years, he was awarded as a model teacher for many times.
I’m sure you will like him if you come to attend his lectures. I believe you will make great progress in Chinese leaning with his help.
Best wishes!
一试身手
请根据以下提示，用英语写一份介绍“我国著名的跨栏运动员刘翔”的小贴士，参加某英文网站的题为The Greatest Athletes Around the World的大讨论。
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刘翔
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中国第一个男子奥运田径冠军（track champion）
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籍贯/生日
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上海/1983年
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最值得
骄傲的事
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（1）2004年雅典奥运会平世界记录
（2）2006年瑞士洛桑田径超级大奖赛冠军（a super grand prix in Lansanne, Switzerland）打破沉睡13年之久英国运动员保持的世界记录
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下一个目标
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2008年北京奥运会夺冠，为国争光
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注意：介绍部分词数100左右