如何写出优秀的个人介绍

 　　Learning¹ to write personal descriptionsis important to provide information about yourself or others. This guide to writing personal descriptions is perfect for beginners, or beginning level English learning classes. Begin by writing about yourself by reading the paragraph² below, and using the tips to help you write your own personal description. Continue by reading a description of another person and then write a description about one of your friends.

　　学写个人介绍，不管是对于为自己或别人提供信息都十分重要。对于初学者，或者英语初级课堂来说，对写个人介绍进行指导是非常好的。通过阅读下面的段落，你可以开始写写你自己，并运用一些对于写作有用的建议。然后，你可以看看别人的自我介绍，再从你的朋友中选出一位写一篇介绍。

　　ESL teachers can print out these simple paragraphs³ and tips to use in class when helping⁴ beginning level students write personal descriptions.

　　英语教学老师可以将这些简单的段落或技巧打印出来，在帮助初级水平的学生写个人介绍时使用。

　　Read the following paragraph. Notice that this paragraph describes the person who is writing the introductory paragraph.

　　阅读下面的段落。注意，该段落对开头段的作者进行了描述。

　　Hello, my name is James. I'm a programmer and I come from Chicago.I live in Seattle with my wife Jennifer. We have two children and a dog. The dog is very funny. I work at a computer company in the city. The company is very famous and successful. Our daughter is named Anna and our Son is named Peter. She is four years old and he is five. We like living and working in Seattle.

　　大家好，我是詹姆斯。我是一名程序设计员，来自芝加哥。我和妻子詹妮弗住在西雅图。我们育有两个孩子，养了一只很有趣的狗。我在城里一家电脑公司工作，那是一家知名的成功企业。我们的女儿叫安娜，四岁，儿子叫皮特，五岁。我们都很享受在西雅图的生活和工作。

　　Tips for Writing a Personal Description about Yourself

　　关于个人介绍写作的建议

　　?Use 'come from' for the city or country where you were born. Use 'live' for the city where you currently⁵ live.

　　介绍你出生的城市或国家时，要用come from。介绍你现在居住的城市时，要用live。

　　?Use the present simple tense to explain what you do every day.

　　用一般现在时来介绍你的日常生活。

　　?Use 'have' or 'have got' to speak about your children, pets, etc.

　　用have或have got来介绍你的孩子、宠物等等。

　　?Use 'a' the first time you mention something. For example, I live in a house. Then use 'the' after the first time you write about it. For example, I live in a house. The house is in Seattle.

　　第一次提及的事物前面，用a。例如，I live in a house.再次提到就用the.例如，I live in a house. The house is in Seattle.

　　?Remember to use he, his, him for boys and men and she, her, her for girls and women. Use 'our' when speaking about the whole family.

　　记住，在指代男孩子或男人时，用he、his和him，指代女孩子或女人时，用she、her和her。在指代整个家庭时，用our。

　　?Use 'like doing' when speaking about hobbies.

　　在介绍爱好时，使用like doing。

　　Read the following paragraph. Notice that this paragraph describes a different person than the person who is writing the introductory paragraph.

　　阅读下面的段落。注意，该段落描述了一个不同于开头段作者的人。

　　Mary is my friend. She is a student at a college in our town. The college is very small. She lives in an apartment in the center of town. She doesn't have a dog or a cat. She studies every day and sometimes works⁶ in the evening at a small shop. The shop sells gift items⁷ like postcards, games and other small items. She enjoys playing golf, tennis and walking in the countryside.

　　玛丽是我的朋友。她是我们镇子里的一名大学生。那个大学很小。她住在镇子中心的一座公寓里。她既不养猫，也不养狗。她每天都学习，有时候晚上会在一个小商店里打工。那个商店售卖一些礼物，如明信片、游戏和其他小物件。她喜欢打高尔夫、网球或者在乡下远足。

　　Tips for Writing a Personal Description about a Friend

　　介绍朋友的技巧

　　?Remember to add 's' to the present simple tense when writing about other people.

　　记住在介绍别人的时候，一般现在时里要加上s。

　　?In the present simple tense, 'doesn't' takes the 's' in the negative form. Remember to use 'doesn't + verb⁸' in the negative.

　　在一般现在时里，否定形式中的doesn’t要带上s。记住，在否定句中使用doesn’t+动词。

　　?Use sometimes, often, never, etc. before the main verb in a sentence.

　　在一个句子中，在主动词前使用sometimes、often、never等词。

　　?Remember to use he, his, him for boys and men and she, her, her for girls and women.

　　记住，在指代男孩子或男人时，用he、his和him，指代女孩子或女人时，用she、her和her。

　　?Use 'enjoys doing' when speaking about hobbies. It's okay to connect a few verbs⁹ using commas¹⁰, but place 'and' before the final verb in the list when speaking about someone's hobbies. For example, She enjoys playing tennis, swimming and riding horses.

　　在介绍别人的爱好时，使用enjoy doing。你可以用逗号将几个动词连起来，但最后一个词语前就要用and。例如，She enjoys playing tennis, swimming and riding horses.

　　Exercise

　　练习

　　1. Write a paragraph about yourself. Try to use a variety of verbs and 'a' and 'the' correctly.

　　1.写一篇自我介绍。尝试正确地使用一系列动词，以及a与the。

　　2. Write a paragraph about someone else. You can write about a friend or a someone from your family.

　　2.写一篇他人的介绍。你可以写你的朋友或家人。

　　3. Compare the two paragraphs and note the differences in pronoun¹¹ and verb use. For example,

　　3.将这两篇文章进行对比，记录在代词和动词使用上的差异。例如：

　　I live in Seattle BUT She lives in Chicago.

　　我住在西雅图但她住在芝加哥。

　　My house is in a suburb¹². BUT His house is in the city.

　　我的房子在郊区。但他的房子在城市。

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 paragraph   

n.段落，短评；vt.将…分段，分段落；vi.写短评

参考例句：

• Each paragraph begins on a new line.每段都另起一行。
• There's a paragraph on the matter in the paper.报纸对这件事有一短篇报道。

3 paragraphs   

n.段落( paragraph的名词复数 )；短篇报道

参考例句：

• He transcribed two paragraphs from the book into his notebook. 他把书中的两段抄在笔记本上。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The text falls into three paragraphs. 这篇课文共分3段。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

5 currently   

adv.通常地，普遍地，当前

参考例句：

• Currently it is not possible to reconcile this conflicting evidence.当前还未有可能去解释这一矛盾的例证。
• Our contracts are currently under review.我们的合同正在复查。

6 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

7 items   

n.物料项目 （任何一种自制或采购的零部件或组装件，如最终产品、部件、子部件、零件或原材料）；条( item的名词复数 )；一项；一则；一件商品（或物品）

参考例句：

• Bulky items will be collected separately. 大件物品将分开收集。
• Customers with ten items or less can use the express lane. 购买十件商品以内的顾客可使用快速购物通道。

8 verb   

n.[语]动词

参考例句：

• The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
• These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。

9 verbs   

动词

参考例句：

• I have to swot up on phrasal verbs for a test tomorrow. 我不得不为明天的测验努力温习短语动词。
• Verbs that do not take object are called intransitive verbs. 不带宾语的动词称为不及物动词。

10 commas   

n.逗号( comma的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Only direct speech should go inside inverted commas. 只有直接引语应放在引号内。
• Use commas to separate multiple properties on the attribute. 使用逗号分隔特性的多个属性。 来自互联网

11 pronoun   

n.代词

参考例句：

• The relative pronoun is often dropped if it is the subject.关系代名词做受词时常被省略。
• Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。

12 suburb   

n.郊区，郊外，近郊

参考例句：

• Toward the suburb the houses begin to thin out.靠近市郊的地方房屋渐渐稀少。
• Disneyland is in Los Angeles suburb.迪斯尼游乐场在洛杉矶的近郊。