写作指导: 如何用英语描写开学第一天
【写作任务】
假设你是李华，你的美国朋友Peter发来一封电子邮件，询问你高中开学第一天的情况。请根据所给提示给他回复一封电子邮件。内容主要包括：
1. 校园环境；
2. 对老师和同学们的印象；
3. 自己的感受。
注意：
1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数）；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
I was so pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something about my first day at Senior High school.
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How about your Senior High school life? I expect to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
【写作指导】
一、审题定调
本写作任务要求回复一封关于描述高中开学第一天的电子邮件，体裁属于应用文。因为这是朋友之间的书信往来，所以写作时语言不必太过正式。人称以第一和第二人称为主，时态以一般现在时和一般过去时为主。
二、谋篇布局
电子邮件的格式和普通信件一样，包括信头、称呼、正文、结束语和签名。和本篇习作一样，考试中邮件的信头通常不用写出。因为本写作任务已给出称呼、结束语、签名以及正文的开头，所以同学们主要根据提示将开学第一天的情况清楚、条理地写出即可。该电子邮件的正文可分为以下三部分：
第一部分：感谢对方来信并说明写信的目的（已给出）；
第二部分：介绍具体的高中生活（校园环境、对老师和同学们的印象以及自己的感受）；
第三部分：询问对方的情况并期待回复（已给出）。
三、组织语言（给出部分除外）
第一部分：介绍校园环境。
普通表达
高级表达
·When I entered ..., I saw ..., our national flag was flying in front of it.
·There was a beautiful garden in front of ... and the air was full of the smell of flowers.
· It made me relaxed.
·Walking through ..., I saw ..., in front of which our national flag was flying.
·In front of ... was a beautiful garden and the air was filled with the smell of flowers, which made me relaxed.
第二部分：介绍对老师和同学们的印象。
普通表达
高级表达
·Then I found that my new teachers were ...
·It was lucky! I had never experienced ... before.
·Besides, all my classmates are ... and I hope ...
·Then I felt lucky to find that my new teachers were not only ... but also ...
·I was attracted by ..., which I had never experienced before.
·What’s more, all my classmates are so ... and I’m looking forward to ...
第三部分：表达自己的感受。
普通表达
高级表达
I was impressed with ...
... made a deep impression on me.
【范文展示】
普通范文
Dear Peter,
I was so pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something about my first day at Senior High school.
When I entered the school gate, I saw a tall teaching building, our national flag was flying in front of it. There was a beautiful garden in front of the teaching building and the air was full of the smell of flowers. It made me relaxed. Then I found that my new teachers were enthusiastic and experienced. It was lucky! I had never experienced such new methods of teaching before. Besides, all my classmates are very friendly and I hope many of them will be my friends. I was impressed with my first day at Senior High school.
How about your Senior High school life? I expect to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
高级范文
Dear Peter,
I was so pleased to hear from you and am writing to tell you something about my first day at Senior High school.
Walking through the school gate, I saw a tall teaching building, in front of which our national flag was flying. In front of it was a beautiful garden and the air was filled with the smell of flowers, which made me relaxed. Then I felt lucky to find that my new teachers were not only enthusiastic but also experienced. I was attracted by their new methods of teaching, which I had never experienced before. What’s more, all my classmates are so friendly and I’m looking forward to making friends with them. My first day at Senior High school made a deep impression on me.
How about your Senior High school life? I expect to hear from you soon.
Yours,
Li Hua
【话题拓展】描述开学第一天的常用表达还有：
常用词汇：
★与学校建筑相关的名词：teaching building, multimedia classroom, office building, library, lecture hall, science laboratory, art room, dormitory, medical centre, gym, canteen, garden ...
★与学校相关的形容词：new, beautiful, wide, small, lovely, amazing, modern, kind, helpful, excellent, wonderful, close ...
★描述老师的形容词：enthusiastic, good, inspired, skilled, experienced ...
★描述同学的形容词：friendly, hard-working, brilliant ...
常用句型：
The school is located / situated at ... / lies in / on / to ...
The building is surrounded by ...
Behind it lies ...
There is / are ... in the middle / centre of ...
On stepping into my school, I saw ...
In front of / Behind / To the west of ... is ...
My new school is much larger than my previous one.
The classrooms are amazing with ...
The English teacher called ... is a ...
All the students here are ...
My classmates are all friendly and helpful.
At the first lesson, ...
同步练习：
以“My First Day at Senior High”为题写一篇短文，介绍你高中第一天的见闻，并向学校英语园地投稿。
注意：1. 词数100左右（标题已给出，但不计入总词数）；2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考答案
My First Day at Senior High
I will remember the feeling of butterflies in my stomach when I took my first step into the school gate forever.
This feeling soon passed however when I saw how happy the students were. When I entered the classroom, my head teacher, young and friendly, was busy helping some new students. In the English class, we were all attracted by the foreign teacher, who was so humorous. I believe with excellent teachers helping me, I will make great progress in my new school.
My first day at Senior High school made a deep impression on me, which has become the beginning of my new life.