我的母亲
【内容提示】
用英语写一篇介绍你的母亲的文章。内容要求如下：
①我的母亲刚过50岁，像我们的国家一样，经历了传统美德和现代意识两个时代。②我的母亲受过高等教育。但她有家庭责任感，为了我们家她牺牲了自己的事业。
③她善于接受新鲜事物。近年来，她成了股迷，还成了足球迷。
④我爱我的妈妈，我们成了亲密的朋友。
【作文示范】
My Mother
My mother is just over fifty, a little bit older than our republic nation, so she has experienced two periods just like our country, showing both the traditional goodness and modern ideas.
Like all mothers, she is responsible and devotes most of her efforts to our family. So sometimes I feel reGREtful for her to give up her work, but she thinks it is the proper social role for a woman to be a housewife. She is satisfied with the family members＇ achievements. She insists on keeping her children under her wings. You see how traditional she is.
However, since she is intelligent①and has received the high education, it is easy for her to accept something new. In recent years, she is interested in the stock②. Therefore, she cares about the political and economic③ situation of the country and the world, and actively collects information of the companies whose stocks she bought. What is more, she is a fan of the Argentine④football team. So she was very sad after the defeat of this team in the 14th World Cup Tournament ⑤.
I love my mother, just because she loves me. Since we share some interests such as playing chess, we get chances to communicate⑥with each other, which makes us close friends.
【词语解释】
①intelligent[in＇telidN+nt] a．聪明的；明智的
②stock[st&k] n．股票
③economic[?i:k+＇n&mik] a．经济（上）的
④Argentine [＇a:dN+ntain] a．阿根廷的
⑤tournament [＇tu+n+m+nt]n．锦标赛；比赛
⑥communicate[k+＇mju:nikeit]v．交流（感情、信息等）
【写法指要】
这是一篇介绍家庭成员的说明文。本文是典型的启、承、转、合结构的文章。“启”就是开始，即引言段，作者在该段写出篇题：“showing both traditional goodness and modern ideas”，指出“母亲”既保持了传统美德，又接受了现代意识。“承”即接续之意，也就是扩充引言段篇题方面的内容。本文第二段写“母亲”的传统美德，就是“承”的段落。“转”是用来表示与第二段相反或不同意见的内容，常用“however，but”等词语来表达。本文第三段即为“转”段，它说明篇题的第二层意思，也就是“母亲”的现代意识。所谓“合”就是结束，即指结尾段，该段往往综合前三段内容，对全文做一总结。本文作者总结说，由于母亲和自己的情趣相同，所以他们相亲相爱，如同亲密无间的朋友似的。