Word File Sentence Patterns Expansion Writing Practice

I. simile and metaphor simile 指「明喻」，明喻常以 like, (as)... as, than, similar to 及 seem 等字來描述比較兩 個基本上是不同性質的人或事物。 The boy is as playful as a monkey/like a monkey. metaphor 「暗喻」則是不用 like 或 (as)... as 等字眼來做描述比較。 He is a monkey/playful child, a real monkey! Don’t make a monkey of yourself in public.

II. more expressions related to “a herd of” a herd of cows/deer a school of fish a pack of foxes/dogs a group of children a swarm of bees/insects a flock of sheep/birds/geese BACK

Expansion I. More Information about the Images of Animals II. Check it Out

A sheep is someone who always follows others and cannot think for himself/herself. I. More Information about the Images of Animals

A turkey is a foolish person, or something that is a total failure.

Someone is so hungry that he/she could eat a horse.

When people don’t think that something will happen, they may say if it happens, “pigs might fly.”

Someone who has butterflies in his/her stomach is very nervous.

Exercise: ( ) 1. If a teenager is a sheep, he/she might _____. (A) get nervous easily (B) be willing to help others (C) smoke because all his/her friends do so C

( ) 2. If you are very hungry, you are likely to _____. (A) fly like a pig (B) eat a horse (C) have butterflies in your stomach B

( ) 3. When we say the movie was a real turkey, it means the movie was _____. (A) a success (B) a failure (C) a hit B

( ) 4. Before appearing on the stage, the singer _____. (A) can eat a horse (B) had a cat in his mouth (C) had butterflies in his stomach C

( ) 5. We don’t believe Jack would quit smoking. Jack would quit smoking when _____. (A) pigs might fly (B) it is monkey business (C) you will sweat like a pig A

II. Check it Out B A D E C Check the answers. Back

A composition without a clear conclusion will leave readers feeling dissatisfied or confused. To achieve a sense of completeness, the concluding sentence(s) can bring readers back to the main ideas by restating or summarizing the major point(s).

A good concluding sentence helps achieve a sense of completeness. Now choose the best concluding sentence for each of the following paragraphs. Exercise: Choose the best concluding sentence for each of the following paragraphs. 1. Cockroaches can live in the middle of a desert or in a kitchen. They can live on almost anything from flowers to soap. They can even survive without any food or water for up to a month. In a word, ______.

(A) cockroaches can be found even in ships at sea (B) no animal knows more about how to survive than cockroaches (C) cockroaches like living with people because there’s always food around

(A) cockroaches can be found even in ships at sea (B) no animal knows more about how to survive than cockroaches (C) cockroaches like living with people because there’s always food around 2. Many scientists feel that human life would be in danger without spiders. This is because most of a spider’s life is spent on catching and eating insects. It is said that each year the number of insects killed by spiders in England is equal in weight to that of the nation’s human population. That is, ______.

(A) many people hate spiders and few consider them to be friendly to people (B) without spiders, there would be too many insects on earth, which could destroy the plants that people depend on (C) spiders can be found living anywhere from 22,000 feet above sea level to 2,000 feet below the earth’s surface

(A) many people hate spiders and few consider them to be friendly to people (B) without spiders, there would be too many insects on earth, which could destroy the plants that people depend on (C) spiders can be found living anywhere from 22,000 feet above sea level to 2,000 feet below the earth’s surface 3. The belief that a stork flying over a house would bring a baby to the family dates back hundreds of years. The story of storks sending babies probably arose from many parents’ difficulty in explaining to their children where new babies came from. Therefore, ______.

(A) in some places, wheels are put on the roofs of houses for storks to rest (B) the story that babies are brought by storks may have started in north-western Europe (C) it is understandable that parents would use the story of storks to explain the arrival of a new baby in the family

The next time you write a paragraph, don’t forget to give it an impressive conclusion!