A biography is simply the story of a life. Biographies can be just a few sentences long, or they can fill an entire book — or two.

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Short biographies tell the basic facts of someone’s life and importance. Biographies analyze and interpret the events in a person’s life.

Biographies are usually about famous people, which tell us a lot about a particular time and place. They are often about historical figures, but they can also be about people still living.

Select a person you are interested in Find out the basic facts of the person’s

life. Start with the encyclopedia and almanac.

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What makes this person special or interesting?

What kind of effect did he or she have on the world? Other people? What are the adjectives you would

most use to describe the person? What examples from their life illustrate those qualities?

• 第一步 认真审题 (analyze the requirements ） • 第二步 谋篇布局 (draw up an outline)

• 第三步 联句成篇 (organize the sentences)

• 第四步 锦上添花 (get the article polished up)

• 第五步 查漏补缺 (check the mistakes)

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审主题

审体裁 审人称 审时态

a summary of Nelson Mandela’s life

a biography

the third

the past tense

逻辑角度 合适的过渡性词汇时间顺序

空间顺序

first, second, then, finallyat last, soon, immediately,suddenly

here, there, on one side …on the other side,in front of, at the back of, next to

逻辑角度 合适的过渡性词汇对称顺序

转折顺序

for one thing, for the other thing, on one hand, on the other hand

but, however, while, though, otherwise

逻辑角度 合适的过渡性词汇因果顺序

条件顺序

because, since, as, thanks to, as a result (of)

as long as, so long as, on condition that, if, unless

逻辑角度 合适的过渡性词汇让步顺序

递进顺序

though, as, even if/though, whether, who (what, when, where) ever

what’s more, besides, to make the matter worse, what’s worse

逻辑角度 合适的过渡性词汇表示总结 in a word, altogether,

all in all, in general

He formed ANC Youth League in 1944.

打破常规formed 取代 founded

Be sure that you didn’t make any spelling, logical and grammatical mistakes.

巩固提升

Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei, South Africa on July 18, 1918. His father was Chief Henry Mandela of the Tembu Tribe. Mandela himself entered university in 1937 but did not complete his law degree at the university in 1940.

In 1944 he formed ANC Youth League and was engaged in resistance against the ruling National Party’s apartheid policies after 1948. After that in 1952 he set up a law office to help poor black people in Johannesburg, later this year, his law office was closed by government because he attacked anti-black laws.

In 1963 for resisting unfairly treatment, ANC began to blow up buildings. The next year Mandela was sentenced to prison for life on Robben Island for being one of the ANC leaders. And in 1982 he was moved to a prison in Cape Town.