Unit3DescriptionofaPlace写作教程3“十二五”普通高等教育本科国家级规划教材”新世纪高等院校英语专业本科生系列教材（修订版）第3版

IntroductionAdescriptiveessayisgenerallydevelopedthroughsensorydetails,ortheimpressionsofone’ssenses—sight,hearing,taste,smell,andtouch.Notalldetailsareuseful.Thewritershouldchoosethosethathelptobringoutthedominantcharacteristicoroutstandingqualityofthepersonorthingdescribed,andleaveoutthoseirrelevantones,which,ifincluded,wouldonlydistractthereader’sattentionfromthemainimpressionthewriterwishestogive.2

QA01QuestionGiveanexampletoillustratehowtomakeyourreader“see”throughwriting?“ Thesundippedbelowthehorizon,paintingtheskyinhuesoffieryorangeanddeeppurple.Theshadowsdancedacrossthelandscape,stretchinglikesleepygiantsasthenightclaimeditsterritory.Themoon,asilverpendant,hungintheindigocanvas,castingagentleglowontheworldbelow.Themeanderingriver,aribbonofliquidglass,reflectedthecelestialmasterpiece,weavingitsownstoryinthestillnessoftheevening.”Inthisexample,vividimageryisemployedtocreateamentalpicture,allowingthereaderto“see”thepicturesquescenethroughthewrittenword.3JosephConrad(1857–1924)ReferenceanswerMytaskwhichIamtryingtoachieveis,bythepowerofthewrittenword,tomakeyouhear,tomakeyoufeel,and,itisbeforeall,tomakeyousee.That,andnomore.Anditiseverything.

QA02QuestionHowdoyouinterpretthequote?Thequotesuggeststhatanartist,likeaninstrument,absorbsvariousinfluencesbeforeexpressingtheminart.Theartistmustbeavesselfordiverseexperiencesbeforeinfluencingothersthroughhisorhercreations.4ReferenceanswerIbelievethatartneedsapaletteoverflowingwithcolor,softorviolentaccordingtothesubjectofthepainting;thattheartistisaninstrumentonwhicheverythingmustplaybeforehecanplayonothers.GeorgeSand(1804–1876)

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