如何介绍名人

写作任务

某英文杂志将推出Famous People专栏，现面向中学生征文。请你根据所给提示用英语写一篇短文介绍美籍华人建筑师贝聿铭（Leoh Ming Pei），并向该杂志投稿。

注意: 1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

 

写作指导

一、审题定调

本写作要求介绍一位名人，属于记叙文的写作范畴。介绍名人的关键之处在于突出其主要经历和成就，介绍其生平事迹时一般用第三人称，时态以一般过去时为主。

二、谋篇布局

此类文章一般采用"总—分—总"模式，对名人的生平、主要事迹、成就和社会评价进行介绍，使读者对其有一个较为清晰和全面的了解。

针对本篇写作任务，我们可以列出以下提纲：

第一部分：总体介绍；

第二部分：介绍人物的主要经历及贡献；

第三部分：社会评价。

三、组织语言

第一部分：总体介绍（包括生卒年份、主要成就等）。

第二部分：介绍人物的主要经历及贡献。

第三部分：社会评价。

 

范文

普通范文

Leoh Ming Pei, who was born in April 1917 and died in May 2019, was a great Chinese-American architect.

After he graduated from high school, he studied architectural engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. And then he continued his study at Harvard University. Because of his unusual architectural style, he got many prizes in his life. He designed many famous buildings, such as Beijing Xiangshan Hotel, Miho Museum in Japan, Suzhou Museum and Louvre Pyramid in Paris.

He was so excellent an architect that he was known as the "wizard" of architectural design and "the master of modern design".

高级范文

Leoh Ming Pei, who was born in April 1917 and passed away in May 2019, was a talented and brilliant Chinese-American architect.

Having graduated from high school, he majored in architectural engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after which he entered Harvard University for further study. Due to his unique architectural style, he won numerous awards in his lifetime. He worked on a great number of masterpieces, the most famous of which were Beijing Xiangshan Hotel, Miho Museum in Japan, Suzhou Museum and Louvre Pyramid in Paris.

So distinguished an architect was he that he was known as the "wizard" of architectural design and "the master of modern design".

 

练习

你校英文报的Famous People栏目向全校学生征集稿件，请你根据所给提示用英语写一篇短文，介绍加拿大籍华人学者（scholar）、作家叶嘉莹，并向校报投稿。

注意: 1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

 

答案

Born in July 1924 in Beijing, Ye Jiaying, a Canadian-Chinese, is a famous scholar and writer.

Ye graduated from Furen University, majoring in classical Chinese literature. She devoted all her life to teaching, writing and researching in the area of ancient Chinese poems and lyrics. And she created more than 40 works, with A collection of commentaries on Chinese classical poetry being her masterpiece. In addition, she donated all her savings (about 35 million yuan) to Nankai University to support research on Chinese traditional culture.

Having been engaged in education for nearly 70 years, she has made important contributions to the spread of Chinese culture, and truly deserves the title of modern literature master.