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缤FUN英语/Are you "a superhorn" or "a unicorn"

2020-10-05 04:23:56大公报
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  图:‘I am here to rescue the humanity, not you.’\(网上图片)

  阅读小学生的文章往往可以得知他们的梦幻理想世界,小女孩梦想成为一隻独角兽(unicorn)或自己成为神奇女侠(Wonder Woman or WonderGirl)或公主(Princess)之类,以非人类可以达到的功能帮助她们闯蕩江湖,消灾解难。小男孩往往希望自己製造铁甲人,或者甚至自己成为铁甲人、超人或无敌铁金刚,Iron Man, Superman, Batman, Spider-Man之类,以不死之身帮助他们锄强扶弱,保护世界。

  姑勿论是神奇女侠或是无敌铁甲人,我也欣赏同学善良正义的内心,同学在撰写unicorn或Superman的时候喜欢用拟人法或者不同的物象的表面上比喻(a range of figurative language),可是文章不是太有趣,篇幅也有限,因为只是集中描述同学一个人身上的英雄主义。Variety always makes writing interesting; imageries expansion, choice of verbs/adjectives/adverbs can definitely help. 

  同学往往忽略unicorn及hero本身的代表性,譬如看似白马的独角神兽在中世纪、文艺复兴及古希腊的时候象征着纯洁及优雅。It could be an emblem of grace and purity that governs harmony and strength. 同学如果能把描述的对象扩大化,描述背景及其对读者在现代社会的影响,那文章整体也会比较丰富。读者也会认为feel real, simply because it is relevant to their daily life. 

  同学可以试试比较以下两个小段落:

  第一段:

  Unicorns are emblems of grace and strength. I believe I would be a catalyst who can create positive change to the world if I were a unicorn. I would ride to Sweden and team up with Greta Thunberg to stop the climate change. Of course, I must polish my spoken English in order to effectively communicate with Greta. 

  第二段:

  After I become a Superman, I would create many magical tricks to improve my life. For example, I would convert my small flat into a super video game centre so everyone wants to play games in my flat. I can be a millionaire easily. 

  第一段的内容明显地有大量的发展空间,第二段作者只是把重点放在自己的财富增值当中。

  Imageries expansion不是每一位同学可以做到,也不是每一位同学也关心国际时事;只希望同学在descriptive writing,描写自己喜欢的事情物件之余,也将事物的意识形态作有些微深度的发展。很多时候同学说想像不到什麼东西可以写,最主要是因为他们只是专注在自己的世界裏,把眼光放大,会看见世界的美丽,文章也丰富起来了。

  I have always been fascinated with students who always try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.

  Miss Carol

  大专院校语文讲师、

  企业培训讲师及国际英文公开试主考官

  Email:carolc.english@gmail.cn

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