Description-of-a-Person.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,Description of a Person,1.Description,2.Types of Description,3.Approaches of Describing a person,4.Practice,What is description?,Description is painting a picture in words of a person,place,object,or scene.It is a mode of expository writing.,Types of,Description,Objective,Description,Impressionistic Description,Types of,Description,Description of a Person,Description of a Place,Description of an Object,Description of a Scene,The sun set.Neon light blinds the night.,Time stops,and youre about to experience the magic of a city that works as hard at pleasure as it does at business.,The evening begins with a pre-dinner cocktail high up in a hotel overlooking the harbor.You gaze out the window,wondering where in all this wonderful glitter youd like go first.,Objective Description,Constance,his wife,was a ruddy,country-looking girl with soft brown hair and sturdy body,and slow movements,full of unusual energy.She had big,wondering eyes,and a soft mild voice,and seemed just to have come from her native village.,Impressionistic Description,(1)Use of verbs&modifiers.,(2)Figurative description,(3)Senses(sight,hearing,taste,smell&touch),(4)Tense&Person,Main idea specific details,conclusion,Essentials&Basic Structure,(1)A descriptive essay has one,clear dominant impression,.(select&omit details),(2)A descriptive essay relies on,concrete,sensory details,to communicate its point and to involve the reader.,(3)All the description should manifest the unique feature of a person,place,object or scene.,(4),Keen observation is necessary.,Principles,1.Arrangement:spatial order&temporal order,2.Vantage point:static or dynamic,3.first impression,4.stress on specially important details,Principles for Organizing Details,Description of Person,1.By descriptive detail,(appearance),2.By objective&dramatic rendition,(the characters speech&action),3.By announcement,(first-person,third-person omniscient;writer tells),4.By mental activity(From within the character),How to describe,sb,.,In describing a person,the writer should not merely give details of his appearance.He should try to,reveal the persons character,thoughts and feelings,which may be shown in what the person does and says,or in how he behaves to others.And it is important to grasp,the characteristic features,that distinguish him from all other people.These features that he shares with others can be omitted.Peculiarities should be included,for they are usually impress the reader deeply and give life to the person he described.,Sample,Before the table sat a man,unlike an ordinary human being.It was a,skeleton,with,tight-drawn skin(,紧皱的皮肤,),and a,shaggy(,粗浓蓬松的,)beard,.The color of his,face,was,yellow,;the,cheeks,were,sunken,the,back long and narrow,and,hand,upon which he leaned his head was so,lean and skinny,that it was painful to look upon.His,hair,was already,silvering with gray,and no one who glanced at his face would have believed that he was only forty years old.,(We may have formed an image in our minds of a very sick man or a drug user.),A Police description of a wanted man,Samuel Snatcher,aged twenty-eight is wanted by the police in connection with yesterdays robbery from Trinkets,the,jeweller,.Snatcher,five feet ten in height,is slimly built but broad shouldered.He is clean-shaven and has a pale complexion and dark hair receding at the temples.He is blue-eyed with heavy dark eyebrows meeting above his nose.His mouth is large and full-lipped.When last seen he was wearing a dirty raincoat,unbelted and with one button missing,and grey trousers.His shoes were black with pointed toes.He had no gloves or hat.,Stereotype(,思维定势,)of A Criminal,a pickpocket:,a suspicious character/a man of slight build/skeleton/dwarfish(thin+short)/as agile as a monkey,a pointed or flat nose/a mousy tread/mouse about for anything,a gangster(,土匪,)/robber:,a man of sturdy build/strong/athletic/stout/fierce-looking/as evil as a devil/savage/a scar on the face/shaggy or bushy eyebrows/grow a beard(or sideburns,连鬓的胡子）,a serial sniper(,连环杀手,),：,well-built/lean/handsome/eagle-eyed/straight face/square jaw/a Roman nose,（鹰勾鼻）,or Grecian nose(,鼻梁挺直的鼻子,)/grow a moustache(,小胡子,)/a high forehead/a calm mind/cold-blooded/as cool as a cucumber/wear a pair of sun-glasses,说到我的爸爸的长相，他的长相很普通。中等身材，黑色的卷发。他的眼睛不大并且也不那么闪亮。但是他通常面带笑容，这让他看起来十分平易近人,。,In terms of appearance,my father is kind of average.He is of medium build,with black and curly hair.His eyes are small and not so bright.But he always wears a friendly smile on his face,which makes him pretty approachable.,你可以用这个世界上所有的溢美之词来形容他，帅，有形，性感。他的外表无可挑剔。强壮的身躯，俊俏的脸庞，,1.83,米的身高，还有一头飘逸的金发。,You can use all the,commendatory/complimentary,words to describe him,such as,handsome,charming,sexy His appearance is really attractive,muscular body,handsome face,nearly 6 feet and 4 inches tall,with a flyaway blond hair.,Physical Features:clothes,short/long-sleeved blouse,striped/pleated/flared/straight skirt,brooch,slippers,high heels,flat shoes,thick-soled shoes,platform shoes,cloth shoes,leather shoes,suit and tie,bow tie,swallow-tail,pullover,jumper,cardigan,crew/turtle/V-neck,Physical Appearance:Facial feature,arched/dashing/long and slender eyebrow,eyebrow,double eyelids,single eyelid,straight/pointed/aquiline nose,flat nose with flaring nostrils,dimple,scar,freckles,acnes,suntanned,pimples,cherry/crimson lips,well-formed mouth,w,ry,mouth,pearly-white teeth,pointed chin,double chin,Prominent/high cheekbone,goatee,whiskers,clean-shaven,Physical Appearance:Hair,wavy,ponytail,shoulder-length hair,Neat/side bangs/fringe,middle parting,Bald,jet-black,fair,blonde,golden,dyed,brunette,mousey,chestnut,Physical Appearance:Figure,tall,high,short,small,fat,stocky,slim,thin,slender,bony,skinny;massive,stout,170 centimetres tall;1.75m in height,be of medium build/height,be of average height,pear-shaped figure,her long legs add to the sense of height,Personality,Extroverted,Hilarious,Vivacious,Enthusiastic,Energetic,Open-minded,Optimistic,Chic,Stylish,Quick-tempered,Emotional,Moody,Complacent,Introverted,Low-key,Reserved,Eccentric,Wooden-headed,Idiotic,Literary account of physical appearance and personality of masterpieces,A Dream of Red Mansions,Gone with the Wind,两弯似蹙非蹙笼烟眉，一双似泣非泣含露目。态生两靥之愁，娇袭一身之病。泪光点点，娇嘬微微。闲静时如姣花照水，行动处似弱柳扶风。,Her,dusky,arched,eyebrows were,knitted and yet not frowning,her,speaking,eyes held both merriment and sorrow;her very,frailty,had charm.,Her eyes,sparkled with,tears,her breath was,soft and faint,.,In repose she was like a,lovely flower mirrored in the water,;in motion,a pliant willow swaying in the wind,.,Tai-,yu,杨宪益、戴乃迭合译,面若中秋之月，色如春晓之花，鬓若纸裁，眉如墨画，面如桃瓣，目若秋波。虽怒时而若笑，即瞋视而有情。,Pao-yu,His face was as radiant as the mid-autumn moon,his complexion fresh as spring flowers at dawn.The hair above his temples was as sharply outlined as if cut with a knife.His eyebrows were as black as if painted with ink,his cheeks as red as peach-blossom,his eyes bright as autumn ripples.Even when angry he seemed to smile,and there was warmth in his glance when he frowned.,一双丹凤三角眼，两弯柳叶吊梢眉，身量苗条，体格风骚，粉面含春威不露，朱唇未启笑先闻。,Hsi-feng,She had the almond-shaped eyes of a phoenix,slanting eyebrows as long and drooping as,williow,leaves.Her figure was slender and her manner vivacious.,The springtime charm of powdered face gave no hint of her latent formidability.And before her crimson lips parted,her laughter rang out.,唇不点而红，眉不画而翠，脸若银盆，眼若水杏。罕言寡语；安分随时，自云守拙。,Pao-chai,Her lips needed no rouge,her blue-black eye-brows no brush;her face seemed a silver disk,her eyes almonds swimming in water.,Some might think her reticence a cloak for stupidity;but circumspect as she was she prided herself on her simplicity.,在一张难以形容的优美的鹅蛋形脸上，长着一双黑眼睛，上面是两道弯弯的，纯净得像是画上去的眉毛；长长的睫毛遮住了双眼，眼帘低垂时，睫毛就在玫瑰色的双颊上投下一抹淡淡的阴影；再添上一个精致的，笔直的，灵巧的鼻子，鼻翼因为对情欲生活的热望而微张着；脸庞上再描出一张匀称的嘴，嘴唇轻开处微露出乳白色的牙齿；再给肌肤染上未经人手触摸过的桃花般的颜色,于是，你便可以领略到这副迷人的面容了。,-,选摘自,茶花女,法,小仲马,(,Camille Written,by,Alexandre,Dumas,fils,),Upon an oval of indescribable loveliness,place two dark eyes beneath brows so cleanly arched that they might have been painted on;veil those eyes with lashes so long that,when lowered,they cast shadows over the pink flush of the cheeks;sketch a delicate,straight,spirited nose and nostrils slightly flared in a passionate aspiration towards sensuality;draw a regular mouth with lips parting gracefully over teeth as white as milk;tint the skin with the bloom of peaches which no hands has touchesand you will have a comprehensive picture of her entrancing face.,老太婆默默地站在他面前，疑问地注视着他。这是一个干瘪的小老太婆，六十来岁，有一双目光锐利、神情凶恶的小眼睛，尖尖的小鼻子，光着头，没包头巾。她那像鸡腿样细长的脖子上缠着一块法兰绒破围巾，别看天热，肩上还披着一件穿得十分破旧、已经发黄的毛皮女短上衣。,-,选摘自,罪与罚,俄,陀思妥耶夫斯基,（,Crime and Punishment,Written by Fyodor Dostoevsky,）,The old woman stood facing him in silence and looking inquiringly at him.She was a diminutive,withered up old woman of sixty,with sharp malignant eyes and a sharp little nose.Her colorless,somewhat grizzled hair was thickly smeared with oil,and she wore no kerchief over it.Round her thin long neck,which looked like a hens leg,was knotted some sort of flannel rag,and,in spite of the heat,there hung flapping on her shoulders,a mangy fur cape,yellow with age.,GUESS,Lying on the bare earth,shoeless,bearded,half-naked,he looked like a beggar or a lunatic.He was one,but not the other.He had opened his eyes with the sun at dawn,scratched,done his business like a dog at the roadside,washed at the public fountain,begged a piece of breakfast bread and a few olives,eaten them squatting on the ground,and washed them down with a few handful of water scooped from the spring.,Diogenes,Speaking Task about Description,Whats a typical image of an ET?,Try to describe somebody around you.,In your opinion,what does a hot girl/a cute boy look like?Whats your definition of an ideal spouse?To be more specific,whats her/his build,height and weight?How about her/his character?,Hints:,slim,slender waist,rosy cheek,elegant,Practice,This looks like a small,elderly,Asian man.He looks as if he may be rather poor.,He is wearing a battered hat,and his eyes look cheerful.He has a big grin!,He is wearing an old-looking,dark jacket,He looks like a happy,kind-hearted sort of man.,He has short,black hair,sparkling brown eyes and a broad,friendly smile.He is wearing a dark suit and tie.He appears to be fit and trim.He looks like an intelligent,competent man.,This looks like a little girl wearing a pink top.She has plump round cheeks,and chubby little hands.She seems to be very interested in her Daddys bald head!,Practice,Describe a person in excitement.,Describe a person in love.,Describe a person in despair.,Describe a person in gloom.,Describe a person in dilemma.,