英语短文说明文

篇一：十篇英语说明文范文

1. Problems in the New Century (举例法说明文)

Write an expository essay on the problems man will be faced with in the new century.

In the new century, human beings will be filled with hope and live more advanced life. What used to be depicted in science fictions can be the reality of the near future. However, man will also have to confront with some problems that will curtail(剥夺)human beings of their existence.

First of all, pollution of all forms such as land pollution, noise pollution, air pollution and water pollution are worsening with each passing day. People complain all over the world that it is becoming harder to breathe and water is turning undrinkable. Also forests are being felled at a very fast rate. The pollutions are getting so terrible that in some countries we can’t find clean and clear rivers and white clouds in the sky! When the children draw a picture of their surroundings, they paint the green trees in gray, the red sun in gray, everything in gray, and they can’t find a pure environment except in the books.

Additionally, the explosion of population in some parts of the world is manifesting its terrible results. Human beings wil1 have outgrown the earth’s resources, and people will run a high risk of starvation and diseases resulting from overcrowding. In due course, man would be forced out of the earth if the present trend were not reversed.

What is more, in the past century we had many disastrous wars. But there is still potential that the atomic bomb will be used by some politicians in order to keep regional hegemony. If it should happen, the exp1osion could easily lead to the destruction of civilization.

More seriously, the depersonalization of human relationships and the weakening of spiritual values are aggravating due to the stress caused by the busy schedules and the extreme pursuit of money. This will further contribute to man’s isolation and loneliness.

Apparently, with all these problems facing human beings, it seems to be overwhelmingly urgent to conquer them one by one because we have only one earth and it is our home. In the new century, we must try our best to heal the world and make it a better place for you, for me and for the children who will come to this world.

2. The expenses of college students are high （举例法说明文）

According to one of my teachers who graduated from university in 1983, his college expenses were only about 20 yuans per month, covering everything, such as food, and daily necessities. About twenty years later, the expenses of college students are dizzily/staggeringly high and growing more so every year. The basic average cost per student at public universities is now estimated at 15,000 yuans or more, including all the expenses for food, tuition, accommodations, bills for communications and fare for transportation, and other fees. The public universities having the benefits of receiving government investment in higher education are charging students high, to say nothing of the private universities which run on their own capacity.

Take myself as an example. At the beginning of this term, I was charged more than 6,500 yuans for the tuition of the academic year, plus 300 yuans per month for my dormitory accommodation, 500 yuans for the expenses on food, clothes and trivial items, 50 yuans for my mobile phone, etc. Every year, the expenditure totals as much as 20,000 yuans, which has eaten into almost half of my parents’ annual incomes.

Because going to college is so expensive today, many students have to drop out and go to

work early, while others take part-time jobs to earn some money in order to lighten their parents’ financial burden. I am really keen on the experience in attending the universities and I have acquired a lot of knowledge since I came to this university. I am grateful to my parents who work hard and live thriftily to support me. Because of this, I am not only very careful in spending money, but also studying hard to live up to my parents’ expectation. Someday, I can say to them that every penny they have spent on my study is worthwhile and will be paid off.

3. Effects of China’s single-child policy （因果法说明文）

Huge population is one of the main problems in China. Since the 1970’s the Chinese government adopted a policy of family planning---- single-child policy---- as a basic state policy to solve this problem. Until now, this birth control policy is still implanted in our country and both positive and negative effects have been harvested.

With the adoption of the family planning policy, the rate of population growth has been successfully controlled. This has already brought about some satisfactory results in China. For one thing, people’s living standard has been greatly improved with our country becoming more and more prosperous, and our national economy developed steadily. Furthermore, with decreasing population, the problem of shortage of water in parts of China is solved gradually. In addition, with the low rate of birth, it goes with less energy consumption, which will benefit the overall development of our economy. Moreover, this policy has greatly reduced the financial burdens of the parents who have otherwise had more children, enabling them to focus their resources on the single child’s well-being and education.

However, the implementing of this policy also brings about some problems. First of all, as there is only one child in a family, the child becomes “little emperor” or “little empress” of the family, surrounded by parents and grandparents. The spoiled child can get whatever he likes and discards whatever he dislikes. This phenomenon is more popular in large cities will do great harm to the children themselves. They don’t cherish what they have got because they can easily get whatever they would like to. Worse still, in the future when they grow up, they might feel very difficult to adjust to the society or cope with the adversity. Some people also show great concern that when the single children get married, the couple have to take care of 4 old people.

While admitting that single-child policy does bring some negative effects on the single child, we must take it for granted that it has benefited and will continue to benefit the country. Therefore, we should carry it one and at the same time adopt some measures to avoid the adverse consequences the policy may produce.

4. Proposals to Alleviate Poverty in Remote Areas in China （列举法说明文）

The achievement of progress, prosperity and development for all the people in the world is a theme raised by UN. Alleviating poverty has been one of our gove

sooner the better. For this aim, the government has already sent technicians and experts to poverty-stricken areas to help boost local agricultural production and teach the locals new techniques. The Ministry of Labour has also trained many rural labourers through different programs. But all these are not enough. Several other ways out have been proposed as follows.

First of all, the government should encourage a small part of the people in the remote areas to get wealthy ahead of others by equipping them with relevant funds and agricultural technology. These “better-offs” can not only set a good example but also give confidence to the poorer in their efforts to get rid of poverty. When all the people get rich, the general level of living standard can be greatly improved. And with their living standard improved, they can attach greater importance to environmental protection and are willing to input considerable amount of money to educate their children. Only in this way is a sustainable development guaranteed.

Secondly, we must call upon people in all walks of life throughout the country, especially those citizens of affluence in coastal areas to help those struggling below poverty line in poor remote regions out. We must realize that only after all Chinese people live a comfortable life can we be peacefully enjoying material prosperity in life. Helps can come in various forms----donating money to the poor family and books to school drop-outs, college graduates volunteering to work in the most needed regions, bringing knowledge to them, etc.

The last but not the least, the government should raise the rate of tax levied on those very rich. This can shorten the gap between the poor and the rich as well as benefit the country’s revenues whose better part is in turn allocated to the poor remote areas.

Admittedly, it is never easy to cast off the shadow of poverty in the remote areas completely in short run. But everyone of us should go all out to help those in poverty, we are confident that our country will be more powerful and prosperous in the process of alleviating poverty.(422words)

5. Living Together Is Not Wise （议论文）

There is a tendency among college students that a young boy and a young girl rent a house off campus and live together before being formally married. According to an official census, during the years between 2000 and 2003, the number of college students living together in Beijing alone has almost increased five times. While parents and teachers show deep concern and worries about it, a questionnaire suggests that a considerable number of students themselves don’t strongly object to it. Despite their attitude, I, as a college student myself, don’t think it healthy for college students to live together because it not only has caused some safety problems but also contributed to the moral corruption of our society.

It is true that living together can help one to relieve loneliness and pressure experienced by college students, especially for the students whose families are far away from colleges. But is it wise to use the way of 1iving together to achieve the aim when other effective ways remain open to us? Living together, an informal way of married life, is one of few things vital to one’s lifetime

happiness. We can’t afford to try again and again like other things.

One may argue that these student couples mean to be serious and plan to get married after graduation. By testing their relationship, they can avoid problems after marriage. I don’t think this argument holds water. Just opposite. Living together can actual1y spoil a good relation between two people who intend to marry eventually, for it, most often than not, can develop into weakness rather than strength, doubt rather than trust. A follow-up study shows that few premarital couples living together end in marriage.

It must be pointed out that college boys and girls live together not so much because of their desire to relieve loneliness as of the influence of movies with a lots of sex in them. In this respect, to have a sound judgment and a correct moral attitude is very important.

6．Can Men Wear Makeup? (议论文)

要点提示：

1） 引入段：从广告导入主题：男人开始化装。

2） 男人开始化装的原因：留下好印象；老人不愿显老；化妆品行业有利可图。

3） 负面影响：反传统；女人味儿。

4） 结论：男人化装将成趋势。

Two handsome young Korean men walk past each other in the sunlight. Their shoulders lightly brush, and they turn their heads for a closer inspection. “Wow, he's got great skin,” murmurs one, while the other casually informs him, “It's just that I've changed skin lotion.” The scene is from a television advertisement hawking what is called a “color lotion for men.” Actually, it's a liquid foundation designed, as the ad says, to "cover the imperfections." Now adequate evidence indicates that more and more men wear make-up, especially in parts of Asia, with South Korea in the leading place. Its popularity, it seems to us, is inevitably natural seen from several aspects.

First of all, some people believe that one’s skin weighs heavily when it comes to be interviewed for a job. During the interview, the first impression is so critical that it may decide whether a job applicant can get the opening or not, and thus determine his lifelong happiness. To become a successful salesperson, one must be attractive to the customers. A slight touch-up of one’s appearance increases men’s marketability in the intense competitive society. This is particularly true to those without a good looking. Furthermore, in our society, men don’t want to look shabby when they grow older. Although the elderly are supposed to be respected, men now find that they need to appear younger in this highly competitive world. This is because everyone concedes that a smooth face without wrinkles, a head of black, shiny hair, rosy cheeks----all these are associated with vigor and vitality. Another important factor for men’s wearing cosmetics is that the industry is always a highly profitable and rich one. The manufacturers have been dreaming of opening up this sector which has exclusively belonged to women for long.

However, other people are worried about and frown on the idea. Their dissatisfaction can be justified. For many centuries, our deeply-rooted culture stipulates men to be masculine. Powdering, applying lotion and lipsticks, trimming eyebrows, and so on, are all girly stuff. Female is always regarded as a secondary gender, less important and more vulnerable in family, society and politics. Almost no man wants to become the weak sex in the society, except lunatics or freaks. Besides, effeminate men may be mistaken as homosexual gay, which is against human nature and in some parts of the world is regarded as immoral.

So the barrier for men wearing cosmetics seems to originate from our tradition. But this iceberg is beginning to thaw. Now the hair dye is widely accepted, and more and more young people are the pioneers of using make-up, dressing in skirts, wearing long hair. We have every reason to believe that once the psychological barrier is broken through, men’s cosmetics may be well on the way to being popular. (470 words)

7．Migrant Workers－ Constructors of Our Cities（议论文）

Nowadays more and more migrant workers or peasant workers have poured into the cities. This trend has merits and demerits for the economic development of present China. Please write an essay and give a comprehensive analysis of the impacts migrant workers have had and will have on various aspects of people’s life, in urban areas as well as in rural areas.

要点提示：民工对社会的影响，正面的 (建设城市；改善自身生活)和负面的影响（不利城市就业；给城市带来社会压力等）。

With the reform and opening-up policy being implemented, our national economy is developing rapidly and the living standard of average Chinese people is ameliorated step by step, especially in big cities. However, in some rural areas, the living standard of some peasants is rather low. Due to the scarcity of arable land, the surplus laborers have to go out of the poor rural areas and flood into some cosmopolises to make a living, or earn as a prodigious amount of money as they could, so as to realize their dream of becoming wealthy. With more and more migrant workers like these streaming into the cities, there is an ambivalent feeling towards them.

No one denies the important contribution that rural workers have made to the economic development of present China. They have done most of dirty, dangerous and underpaid jobs in heavy industries, construction sites and other fields that city residents are unwilling to enter into. Meanwhile, some rural workers with higher education certification do their best in high-technology areas. Therefore, they have become an indispensable part of urban life to a point where the machine of a city cannot operate without those cogs, however small and unnoticed.

Furthermore, these migrant workers earn money with their own hand. With this money, they can pay for their children’s education, improve their living condition, and sometimes support their helpless parents back at home. This serves as a means to narrow the gap between urban and rural life.

However, there are some people who maintain that rural people should stay at their hometown. Those people complain that migrant workers have threatened to take the already scarce urban jobs, while many more rural ones are waiting for a chance to compete for employment. Those with anti-migrant attitude also blame them for the sharp rise in the crime rate in the cities. For example, we sometimes see thieves from the countryside who slip their hands into others’ bags. Also because the shelters where the workers dwell are dirty and stink, they have defaced the city’s image in some way. Besides, with the floating population increasing, the extra consumption of electricity, water, and other resources like public facilities adds to the city’s already heavy burden.

Despite the problems posed by migrants, I think, one thing is certain: a grand, prosperous edifice of our country is based on the work of millions of migrant workers and peasant workers. We need them and should give them more preferential conditions. At the same time, to educate

篇二：英语作文说明文

英语作文说明文

说明文类

写作指导

说明文的出题形式为文字提示或图表，文体有报道、投稿、书信等。写作步骤如下：

第一步：审题，确定主题句、主体时态(一般以现在时态为主)和中心人称；

第二步：在主题句后按提示顺序将各要点以完整的句子表达出来；

第三步：用过渡词将上下文的逻辑关系体现出来。

常用词有：

①表示时间：now, then, afterwards, soon, five minutes later, before long, shortly after that, soon after supper, to this day, just now, just then

②表示顺序、动作过程：first, firstly, first of all, second, secondly, at first, at last, next

③表示转折：but, yet, and yet, however, although, otherwise, in spite of

④表示结果：thus, therefore, so, as a result, seeing that, luckily, unfortunately

⑤表示强调： above all, indeed, surely, certainly, of course, after all, without any delay, at least, at most ⑥表示并列： and, also, as well as, and then

⑦表示递进： besides, what's more, in addition, even, once more, what was worse

⑧表示解释和说明： that is to say, namely, for example, actually, and so on, such as, believe it or not, to tell you the truth, according this, for this reason

⑨表示比较、对比： just like, just as, in the same way, more or less, sooner or later, on the contrary, on the other hand

⑩表示总结： finally, in conclusion, in a word, in general, generally speaking, in short, as you know, in the end 需要注意的是：使用上述过渡性词必须根据上下文需要的原则，力求自然，决不可牵强附会，让人感觉别扭。

精选范文

以“早起是好习惯”为题写篇议论文。请围绕以下几点来写：

①早起与健康；

②早起与学习；

③早起与一天的活动。

(字数80～120，要求自拟标题)

Getting Up Early Is a Good Habit

Getting up early is a good habit. It is very important to our health, our study, our life and so on. First, getting up early helps to keep us strong. We can do morning exercises in the open air in the morning and breathe fresh air to build our bodies. Second, getting up early helps us to memorize what we have learned in class by reading aloud in the morning. Third, getting up early can help us to find enough time to prepare our work of the day. If we stick to getting up early every day, it will do us a lot of good.

练习

①某国际性英语刊物有一个介绍各国风俗习惯的专栏，请为该专栏写一篇短文，简单介绍中国的农历新年(春节)。请包括以下要点：

a．春节是中国人的重要节日；

b．春节在哪一天(农历：the lunar calendar)；

c．除夕一家人吃团圆饭(have a…feast)；

d．守岁爆竹迎新年(爆竹 firecracker)；

e．大年初一亲朋好友拜年(exchange…greetings)；

f．孩子们的压岁钱(lucky money)；

g．狮子舞及其他节目(lion dances and others performances)，是节日不可少的活动内容，要延续三天。 (字数80～120)

②年末将至，某英文报纸开办“99回顾”专栏，就一年中的10件大事做总结性报道。报社请你对夏季的特大洪灾进行简要评述(第一句已给出)。

性质

a．本世纪最严重的一次；

b．损失严重(举例：农田、房屋、灾民)。

原因

a．连月降雨；

b．滥伐林木，水土流失；

c．围湖造田，堵塞河道(waterway)。

防范措施

a．保护沿河植被；

b．改建堤坝；

c．退田还湖。

难点说明：

用词达意：损失严重，围湖造田，退田还湖。

时态变化：以一般过去时和现在完成时为主，考虑到实际情况，还应使用过去完成时。

句子结构：注意句子结构的完整、主语的选择、被动语态的使用和举例部分的完整表达。

文章组织：分三段写，注意每段主题句的选择。

参考词语

引起损失cause losses

无家可归become homeless

围湖造田turn lakes into fields

③根据以下提示写一篇有关交通事故的报道。

(字数：90～100)。

提示：

a．时间：昨天；

b．地点：市中心大街第二个拐角处；

c．原因：卡车司机开车前饮酒，开车时头晕，车失控撞翻一小汽车；

d．伤亡人数：5人死亡，部分人受伤；

e．影响：市区交通中断3小时；

f．经济损失：200万元；

g．市政府告诫司机要从事故中吸取教训。

参考词语

头晕dizzy

经济损失economic losses

市中心downtown

中断交通to delay all traffic

饮酒过多to have too much wine

吸取教训to learn a lesson from…

④几位外国旅游者到公园“英语角”参观。假定你是“英语角”的负责人，请用一篇英语文章介绍，内容提示如下：

a．简况：4年前成立，许多中学生参加，至今已有几百人。许多大学生和外国友人也常光顾；

b．活动时间：每星期日上午；

c．活动内容：练习英语会话、谈论有兴趣的话题、交流学习英语的经验；

d．效果：通过参加活动学习了许多东西，对英语课是一个补充，学生、家长、老师都非常欢迎，认为对学英语很有帮助。如果还想了解得更多，可问在场的学生。

参考词语

对……补充a supplement to…

聚集to gather around

交流to exchange

活动activity

受欢迎to be popular with

⑤有些外国人想了解中国的教育制度。请你用英语写一篇简介，以便刊登在某英文报上。内容要点如下： a．7岁上小学(primary school)，学6年。

b．然后直接上初中(junior middle school)，学完3年，就完成了9年义务(compulsory)教育。

c．通过(pass)考试后，部分初中毕业生(graduates)上高中(senior middle school)，读 3年。部分学生进职业(professional)学校，被培养成熟练(skilled)工人。

d．高中毕业后，考生通过全国性的考试就成为大学生。大学通常学4年，毕业后，可获得学士学位(bachelor's degree)。制度：(system)。字数为(80～120)

注意：

a．简介要有标题；

b．简介应包括所有内容要点，但不要逐条译成英语。注意时态及语态；

⑥写一篇题为“Give up Smoking”约120字的短文。

提要：

a．不少学生吸烟，而且人数还在增加；

b．据调查，某校2／5以上学生吸烟，有的学生还偷钱买烟；

c．学生吸烟危害比成人更大，它不仅有害于身体，而且有害于心灵；

d．中学生是国家未来的建设者，吸烟者应下决心戒烟。

注意：

a．要有标题；

b．不要逐条翻译。

参考词语

调查investigation

建设者builder

有害to be harmful to

⑦根据下列提示写一篇名为“Development of Agriculture in China”的短文。

a．中国是一个拥有12亿人口的大国；

b．在过去的20年间，中国发生了巨大的变化，尤其在农业方面；

c．中国仅有世界7％的土地，却成功地养活了世界 22％的人口；

d．其耕地的灌溉面积是世界上最大的。种植了世界 1／3的水稻。渔业也非常重要，淡水鱼随处可见； e．废弃的蔬菜被用来养猪、养鸡；人和动物的粪便产生的气体被用来供热和做饭；

f．如果世界上其他地方也像中国一样具有公平的土地所有权，就不会再有饥饿。(字数：100左右) 注意：

要有标题。

参考词语

养活人口feed…of the world's population

灌溉面积irrigated area

具有公平的土地所有权

have fair ownership of land

饥饿starvation

耕地farming land

废弃的蔬莱vegetable waste

粪便waste

⑧某国教育代表团前来你校参观，顺便问及“希望工程”，请你简单介绍一下。(字数：100左右)

提示：

a．1989年10月“希望工程”在全国启动，目的是救助贫困地区儿童上学。

b．从政府官员、企业家到普通百姓都积极捐款。从1989年到1997年底的8年间，共筹款12.57亿元；资助184.7万失学儿童；兴建5256所希望小学；对数百名希望小学的教师进行了培训。

c．希望工程还将继续改善贫困地区的办学条件，促进中国教育的发展。

难点说明：

用词达意：“积极捐款、希望小学、办学条件”，数字的表达。

时态变化：所选的时间表达方式不同，时态也不同。

句子结构：注意被动语态、同位语和定语的使用。

文章组织：分两段即可，第一段写提示a的内容，第二段写提示b和c的内容。

参考词语

目的是to aim to do

积极干……to be active in…

帮助……回到校园to help…back to school

促进to promote

⑨请根据提示，以“为什么学英语”为题，写一篇英语说明文。

提示：

a．英语是国际性语言，世界上有许多国家把它当做官方语言。

b．学习英语的重要性。如它是国际会议的工作语言；许多书籍为英语版；懂得英语可加强对世界的了解。 c．希望大家重视英语学习。

参考词语

a．官方语言official language

b．与……交流to communicate with…

⑩请你以“水污染”(Water Pollution)为题写一篇说明文。必须写明：

a．水的重要性；

b．随着工农业的发展，水源受到污染，以至不能饮用；

c．采取措施，保护环境。

参考词语

水源water source

环境environement

采取措施 to take up measures

(11)请你以“遵守交通规则”为题写一篇说明文。现在交通事故很多，以至于都怕过大马路，汽车、摩托车开得太快，总是有人闯红灯。为了安全，遵守交通规则很重要。(字数：80左右)

参考词语

走人行道to use the crosswalk

闯红灯to speed past the red light

注意：

题目已给出Obeying the Traffic Laws

(12)以“The Value of Time”为题目写一篇短文。该短文有四个小段。第一段是引言，提出时间比金钱更宝贵，我们必须珍惜时间这个论题。第二段是扩展段，说明时间是有限的，作为学生更应该充分利用时间，将来为国家服务。第三段也是扩展段，指出有些人还没有认识到时间的价值。第四段是结论段，指出我们必须有一个节约时间的好习惯。

参考词语

宝贵的precious

珍惜value (v．)

充分利用to make full use of

养成习惯to form a habit of

(13)下星期一的一堂英语课，分组讨论关于考试问题，请你写一篇英语发言稿，内容大致如下：

有人说不错，考试会帮助我们及时复习功课，考试之后又能使我们了解学得如何。但是你认为目前考试太多，又很难考及格，使我们对学习失去了兴趣，也没有时间参加体育活动，我们的健康受到了损害。是到了改进考试的时候了。(字数：80～120)

参考词语

复习to go over

考试to have examinations

考及格to get through

参加to go in for

该干……了It's time to do sth.

(14)写一张化学实验室的规则。

要点：

四要：

保持卫生和整洁；

按老师要求做；

做后器皿放回原处；

出实验室前先要洗手，关灯、关门。

三不要：

没有老师带领勿入内；

未经允许勿动一切；

实验时勿喧哗。

1999．7．2

(15)请你用英语写一篇有关计算机的短文。提示如下：

a．计算机是一种精细微妙的机器。它有多种类型，大多数计算机都有储存器，信息可以储存，需用时，随时取出；

b．计算机经过几百年的变化，体积越来越小，价格越来越低，操作越来越容易，工作速度越来越快； c．计算机可以应用在许多方面，它们确实已成为一种最流行的使用工具。(字数：130左右)

参考词语

篇三：英语作文(说明文)

Compose a piece of expository writing (说明文）, which begins with a statement of opinion, then goes on to give supporting details, and finally ends in a conclusion. No less than 200 words.