高中英语 经典作文范文手册集（中）人物说明(说明文)

　　高中英语经典作文范文手册集：人物说明(说明文)

　　优秀范文

　　Mark Twain

　　马克·吐温

　　Mark Twin(1853～1910),one of the best known American writers in the nineteenth century, was born in Missouri in the middle part of the United States.

　　Mark Twain’s hometown lay on the banks of the Mississippi River, where he spent his childhood. When he grew up he worked as a pilot on a river boat for some time. Mark Twain is his pen name, he took it from the shout of the sailor measuring the depth of the water when the water was two marks deep on the lead line.

　　Mark Twain wrote a lot of novels, one of which is TOM SAWYER, the masterpiece which brought him fame and honour. Some of his writings have been translated into many languages. He and his works are deeply loved by readers throughout the world.

　　the nineteenth century 19世纪

　　in the middle part of 在……中部

　　the Mississippi River 密西西比河

　　grow up 长大

　　pen name 笔名

　　TOM SAWYER 汤姆·索亚历险记

　　translate...into 把……译成……

　　China’s First Spaceman—Yang Liwei

　　中国的第一个太空人——杨利伟

　　Yang Liwei, born in Liaoning Province, who is a pilot, is 38 years old.

　　On Oct.15th, China launched its Shenzhou Ⅴ manned spacecraft, with astronaut Yang Liwei aboard and Yang has become China’s first astronaut. Yang and his spacecraft orbited the earth 14 times during about 21 hours before he safely landed in North China the next day. The successful launch and return of the spacecraft made China the third country in space after Russia and the United States, and this marked the great success of the manned space program of China.

　　born in Liaoning Province 生于辽宁省

　　launch Shenzhou Ⅴ manned spacecraft 发射神州五号人造飞船

　　spacecraft orbited the earth 14 times 人造飞船绕地球轨道飞行14周

　　the successful launch and return of the spacecraft

　　人造飞船的成功发射和回归

　　This marked the great success of the manned space program of China.

　　这标志着中国在人造飞船方面取得了巨大的成功。

　　Our English Teacher

　　我们的英语老师

　　Our English teacher, Mr. Wang, is thirty years old. He is strongly built and simply dressed.

　　He has been teaching English in our school since he graduated from the Foreign Department of Shandong University in 1983. He has devoted himself to teaching. In order to improve our English, he often prepares lessons late into the night and tries his best to make his classes lively and interesting. The students in our class think highly of his classes. Not only is he strict with us but also he shows great concern for us. He often offers to help out the students with difficulties in life and studies. We consider him as our good teacher and friend, so we are willing to ask him for help when we are in trouble. We all love and respect him.

　　simply dressed 衣着俭朴

　　graduate from the Foreign Department of Shan dong University

　　毕业于山东大学英语系

　　devote himself to teaching 致力于教学late into the night 深夜

　　try his best to make his classes lively and interesting

　　尽力使他的课堂生动有趣

　　think highly of 高度评价，高度赞扬

　　help out the students with difficulties 帮助学生摆脱困难

　　My Little Cousin

　　我的小表妹

　　My little cousin is a middle school student. She studies Chinese, English, maths, history and other subjects at school. She works hard at all the subjects, but her favourite subject is English. She often talks with her teachers and classmates in English. Now China has been a member of the WTO and the Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008. English is becoming more and more important. She makes up her mind to learn it well.

　　China has been a member of the WTO.

　　中国成为世界贸易组织的一员。

　　English is becoming more and more important.

　　英语变得越来越重要。

　　She makes up her mind to learn it well.

　　她（我的表妹）下决心学好英语。

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　　My uncle is an engineer and he works in Chicago.

　　我的叔叔是个工程师，他在芝加哥工作。

　　That woman is a widow. Her husband died four years ago.

　　那个女人是个寡妇，她丈夫四年前去世了。

　　My grandfather spent his childhood in Mississippi.

　　我的祖父在密西西比度过了他的童年。

　　A young married couple bought the new house down the street from you.

　　一对年轻夫妇买了你们大街那头的那栋新房子。

　　Mary and Lucy used to go to many places together.

　　玛丽和露西以前常常一起去很多地方。

　　Miss Williams can read and write French very well.

　　威廉斯小姐能够很自如地用法语看书和写东西。

　　My sister speaks Cantonese very fluently.

　　我姐姐广州话说得很流利。

　　Mr. Johnson’s native language is English.

　　约翰逊先生的本国语是英语。

　　I am twenty-three years old. 我二十三岁。

　　My sister is not quite about twenty. 我妹妹还不到二十岁。

　　Rambo is not thirty yet, isn’t he? 兰博还不到三十，对吗？

　　Miss Louise is still in her twenties.

　　露易斯小姐才二十几岁。

　　I am two years older than my sister is. 我比妹妹大两岁。

　　How many people are there in your family? 你家有几个人？

　　There are four of us altogether. 我们总共有四个人。

　　I am the youngest child in my family. 我是家里最小的孩子。

　　My grandfather is going to be seventy next month.

　　我的祖父下个月就70岁了。