寫作：英語專業四級考試培訓教程（簡體書）

上面這段話以一個虛構的故事引出了文章的話題，即社會上存在年輕的父母不負責任地拋棄自己兒女的現象。前面的細致描寫吸引了讀者的注意力，使得讀者很快進入了文章創制的情景，并對這一社會現象產生了更直觀、深刻的認識，從而利于他們理解后文作者的觀點。
通過閱讀以上的例子，我們可以看到，要達到描寫生動的效果，最重要的一點，便是作者要善于借助于具體的并能在讀者腦海中形成生動畫面的形容詞或副詞、動詞以及名詞。例如，副詞warmly表現了這位年輕母親此時不舍又無奈的復雜心情；名詞詞組a well—worn stuffed rabbit，a Methodist church都是具體的實體名詞，只有它們才能給讀者以真實的感覺，甚至使讀者相信文章中描寫的情景就發生在自己的身邊；動詞dress，give，drive，tell等則形象地將母親一系列的行為串聯了下來。因此，考生在使用敘事法進行描寫時，可以適當地選擇這類詞語。
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Steve, a typical American, ( 1 ) home on workdays. He ( 2 ) acomputer terminal in order to hook up with the office, and he ( 3 ) work duringthe day by electronic mail and a faxmodem. In the evenings, he ( 4 ) his stereoheadplaones, ( 5 ) a movie on his VCR, or onto the computer to visit the Internet.On many days, Steve doesnt ( 6 ) any other human beings, and he doesnt( 7 ) any people except those on television. Steve is imaginary, but his lifestyle isvery common. More and more, the inventions of modern technology seem to be cutting usoff from contact with our fellow human beings.
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( 1 ) stays, ( 2 ) plugs into, ( 3 ) sends and receives, ( 4 ) puts on, ( 5 ) watches,(6) talk to,( 7 ) see
Nowadays, advertisements are found everywhere. They smile at us from ( 1 ) ,shoat to us from ( 2 ) , wave invitingly to us from ( 3 ) , pluck at oursleeves ( 4 ) , signal to us from ( 5 ) in day time and flash messages tous in colored lights all night.