“旧少年”投稿了16篇说明文英语，以下是小编帮大家整理后的说明文英语，仅供参考，欢迎大家阅读。
篇1：英语说明文
I’m a 20—year—old boy, and the following is my story.
A month after I graduated from high school in August, , I was coming home from swim_practice in the training centre of the city and was involved in a car accident. I was so seriously injured that I was in a coma for more than two months at Prince Georges Hospital.
I suffered a lot from the experience of dying eight times during my coma and I couldn’t open my mouth to talk or to communicate when I eventually came around. At that time, it seemed that walking was never going to happen again due to all the extreme injuries. Just like my body, my dreams were completely destroyed. But I was not going to let my injuries stop me from realizing my dreams．
After receiving a total of 15 operations and 36 blood transfusions, I had to make every great effort to learn to talk, eat, walk, shower, and live on my own again. When I was out of hospital,_I still had to go to outpatient therapy in Waldorf, Maryland. After I spent a few months in a wheelchair,_I took baby steps to walk on my own. It was a miracle that I was able to walk again, but I still wanted to prove that I could not only walk, but also run.
When it came true, I wanted to get back into the pool again. After having a few lung tests, I was able to go in the pool a little bit each week. After a few months of swim training,_I began my freshman year at St. Mary’s College of Maryland and then became a proud member of the swim team.
By telling my story, I want to make a positive influence on the world. I am just trying to live dad push me round in my them and their family members. I wanted to let them know that everything was going to be okay. Somehow, things would work out for the best.
篇2：英语说明文
Summer reading book
I read “cry”, is read “Kong Yi a few”. Although previously read this article, but in “the scream” to create the atmosphere of, the sad and ridiculous Kong Yi few as if was added to the many tragic color.
Talking about Kong Yi, I think of China's education. At the end of Qing Dynasty, some people read the “heavy emperor Kennedy, the name of Er Cao. Wanban are Xiapin, only high school, ”“ child prodigy poetry, reveals a ”Scholar“ glorious; some people read is ”chaos, muddy coagulation and“ of ”young school Qiong Lin“, to teach the ancient cliche. These so-called ”textbook“, I really do not know how many times change.
And it is said to reduce the burden on students, the reason why said, it is said, it is because it does not seem to affect me. But to eat lunch, brother, sister, who seems to be benefited, just understand that the junior high school students is beyond the student category. At this point, once again, a few of the arguments: ”reading a book about people......“ Actually relieved a lot of.
After dinner, which asked: ”this year summer vacation homework?“ I stood up and looked at the unfinished work, shaking his head, said: ”not much less! Enough? Not much also.“
Today is the number 11, a few days to go to school classes. This afternoon I from the neighborhood kids with a few hands back a lollipop novel ”a thing“. In the novel the ”I“ for the first time see the driver, the noble qualities of a common laborer, in the heart although is in serious consideration and reflection. However, when the police came. ”I had to catch a handful of copper gave him.“ I have found that their small, can put yourself in the position to judge? The driver's behavior and whether they can use the money to weigh? Moreover, one can solve the problem of copper, wash away his mistake? Nature can't, and ”I“ can't answer myself ”.
Love of money often believe in money however is the “God of wealth” in “the legend of the God of wealth” in say: “hard work and honesty is not money can buy of.” Those who think that money is everything, everything in terms of money always claim to be a wise man, Mr. Lu Xun said: “world but by April Fool's cause, smart people will not support world...” Advise those who listen to “God of wealth”!
Reading, not only eich the knowledge, but also to make people understand the philosophy of life.
The Farm
Listen to others to say, in the happy farm vegetables is fun, I want to go there on a piece of land to grow vegetables.
Saturday, my mother helped me to apply for a QQ number, opened its own farm. Just started, I'm just a 0.
School, my mother said to me: “you have to take care of the farm to give you, you can only play once on Saturday.” I said, “okay.”.“
On Saturday, after my mother's approval, I entered my farm, I saw that I had been raised to level 3, and there were more than 5000 gold coins. Even more delightful is that my geography ”food“ has matured. I stretched out my hand, ”key removal“ soon after picking ”food.“.
At this time, I click next to the ”QQ friends“”. Friends “boards” and “papaya” mature, a yellow, very lovely, I'd steal some. At this time, I found a sign on the side of the “labor is glorious, stealing shame”. It suddenly dawned on me that it was wrong to steal other people's things. But the stolen papaya had entered the “warehouse”, I can't get it out. How to do? Let me do something for her. I picked up the herbicide to help her weed, but also used pesticides to help her kill the “dish” leaves on the pests.
After all these things, I went back to my farm. Pick up the shovel to shovel dirt, and then go to the store to buy seeds. “Store” of the seed lot, with radish seeds, potato seeds, and watermelon seeds. I bought a radish seed planted in the ground, and then poured some water, and so on tomorrow, the flowering.
Tell you, because every Saturday to adhere to the “farm” hard work, I have now risen to 17.
In the QQ farm vegetables, “the farm” let me know, “Yifengengyun, a harvest, wealth to own hard work to create, steal other people's things are shameful.
Catch shrimp
Today morning, shrimp, mom and Dad took me to the park and cousin bouldering stream catch.
The water in the stream is crystal clear, and the stripes of the pebbles in the water are clearly visible. We take off our shoes and socks, rolled up trouser legs, standing on the shore, with big eyes, carefully started looking for shrimp. Suddenly, my father said to us excitedly: ”come on, here are a few shrimp!“ We ran past, the daddy finger direction, he saw a few little shrimp is leisurely play. Their whole body transparent, with the water in the pebbles into one, if not carefully look, really can not see them!
See shrimp in the river, both of us in high spirits and tiptoed down the water, are already ready to come up with the net, quietly stretch in the past, and was not near, clever shrimp seem to be aware of, a foot pedal, quickly slip away. I started looking again, and saw a few shrimp is by resting on a stone, I put the network quietly stretch in the past, they swam to another piece of stone up. I put the network quietly stretch in the past, ”crafty“ shrimp swam to another piece of stone up, as if in and we hide and seek like of. Fishing for a long time, my father has been fishing for more than a dozen shrimp, and my cousin has nothing. We is some impatient, respectively took a plastic bag in the water does not stop fishing, fishing, shrimps are we stir disoriented, a
few shrimp score a lucky hit into our ”captured“.
We carry our ”booty“ home.
Avatar
Tonight, my father and I are watching science fiction movies, ”Afanda“, I asked: ”what is Afanda?“ Dad said: ”look at yourself.“.” I looked and know that the story took place on the planet Pandora, an avatar is admixture of human genes and the alien genes, avatar with long tail and tail, ears like a mouse, head is even higher than Yao Ming, but thought by human scientists control. There are many strange plants and animal planet Pandora, there are towering trees, in the air suspension of the mountain. An animal has 6 legs, a horse, a dog, a wolf, a rhino, a tiger, a horse's nose is like a shark's gills, and a lizard, you touch it. It's like a night of spinning fireworks! The most powerful is the dragon, fly freely in the Na'vi riding a dragon Pandora planet. There are also a variety of plants, they have a common point in the evening will be issued a beautiful fluorescent, as beautiful as the underwater world! One of them looks like a revolving stair, you touch it and it gets smaller. What a beautiful planet! But merchants of the earth in order to ore, the destruction of the Na'vi beautiful home, the last avatar riding a dragon led the Na'vi see them out of the planet Pandora. Beautiful and magical place of Pandora I dream to go!
A special lunch
Remember that time, I had a special lunch, lunch special incense, particularly sweet, it is my first time to eat so special lunch......
Because my mother was busy that day, give me 5 yuan to buy rice. Noon is over, so I am going to take the money to buy a meal to eat. I feel my pockets! My money was gone, I went to! Looking for a long time still can not find, hey! Can only hungry belly. Just a classmate to buy rice up, she asked: “ah, you don't eat?” I reluctantly replied: “how to eat the money? ”She listened at once,“ said one of us.” I am very annoyed to answer: “you eat it yourself, I'm not hungry.”!“ In fact, my stomach was already growling, she repeated requests, I only laugh happily said: ”I?Have a bed with this convex locust play?
She gave me half of my lunch. I felt ashamed. The last time she had a small test, her pen was broken. She asked anxiously, who had two pens to lend her one, and I thought, “well, I think.”! I don't give you two, but you don't know that I have two pens. She just got a failed, I regretted doing.
After lunch, I think there was a sour, the taste is full of regret in my heart.
I understand: we need to help each other, solidarity and love, so that we can feel the warmth of class collective!
Extraction
“Oh, what the hell is in the mess? Oh, oh, mom, help me! It hurts.” I while clutching his mouth, screaming and shouting, mom heard rush to see I wuzhuozui, strange asked me: “Ye Xian. What's the matter? What's happening?”“Mom, my teeth ache, can you help me look at my teeth in the end is how, okay?” I endured the pain, sour to mother said, she touched my head, softly to me said: “Oh, well, let me see.” Mother patted me on the head “open my mouth, so let me see.” I try to open mouth, my mother found the a shaking of the deciduous teeth, gently touched your tooth, ah, pain extremely, I came near to the mother's finger to bite the mother smiled, said: “a teeth's ready to fall, extraction must be, tomorrow I'll take you to the tooth.” Ah, pull, tooth extraction.“ I was taken aback by the said mother tilted his head, to me said: ”yes, extraction, your teeth now called deciduous teeth, it must be pulled loose teeth, in order to grow a mother new strong teeth“ mom said, pointing to the edge of her teeth.
Second days early in the morning, my mother took me to the dental clinic where to tooth extraction, the door into the clinic, I smell a thick smell of alcohol, quickly cover the nose. Cabinet pliers, anesthetics and so on extraction tools varied lying there, I frightened, I saw sitting next to my little friends, they are not crying and yelling to the aunt arms drill, I saw this scene, could not help but fear that up, hands and feet soft, teeth not stop biting his lips, hands to my mother held more firmly, mother also don't know how to comfort me, only know that call me don't be afraid.
It's my turn, the dentist took pliers coming towards me, I see the big pliers I was scared as if such as what is about to get a taste of crab of the clamps the taste of, the dentist came, saw me so panic, squat comfort me: ”little friends, do not be afraid, actually a little bit extraction were not hurt, because I had put the pliers was stained with anesthetics, however, as long as you have a little courage, we will be able to overcome all the difficulties,: would you like to try it?“ Don't know is dentists encouraged or lucky goddess gave me great courage, I walk to come forward to, opened his mouth, to the doctor extraction. The doctor, for all of us said: ”you see, the little girl how brave! The other kids like the sister, so brave, don't cry.“ Pull out teeth, other children with the envy of the eyes look at me, made me strange.
Yes, as long as we are brave, what can run, for example: learning, difficulties, don't because so little frustration was he was terrified, what can block our to the growth of the road? What can ruin our good time? Believe me, as long as the brave, the world did not have to go to the Flaming Mountains.
The people's Park
Today, I went to the people's park with my father and my mother. One into the park, the first to see is the wheel of the wheel, in my impression, the wheel is a fast turn of the game. Today, however, I was in Nanning people's Park to do the wheel is turning the wheel is very slow,
My mother and I are a Ferris wheel, tightly seize the next can help things, going to going to the highest point, my mother and I thought like a roller coaster like to turn over, head towards the ground, so firmly holds the support rod, heart pounding. In fact, this wheel is not only slow, but
also not fast, do not come back. In this way, although not enough to stimulate, but can let me enjoy from the ”day“ to the landscape of Nanning. I saw the old area, the old house with a few tall buildings, it is very awkward. Before we knew it, we returned to the bottom and shrugged.
Then, we went boating, rented a boat, we went on a boat, I am happy to say: ”I came to be the driver!“ We first through a hole in the bridge, I successfully opened in the past, mom and dad said I'm good, my heart sink like a honey, sweet. Then, we have turned the a big bend, back to the hole, I put the steering wheel left net, hee hee, hull was I put straight, I rely on technology smoothly across the a with the hull is about the size of a small hole, and I looked behind a look, wow, a a small boy, drove the ship, also stumbled. Just as I was laughing when mom and dad from behind my boast: ”good good, pass the exam.“ Listen to the praise of mom and Dad, my heart. Under the boat, I just recall the fun and short sailing fun, can not help but think it is a very interesting thing.
People's Park is so fun, a stroll is not fun, come again next time!
Butterfly and butterfly
Once upon a time there was a flower butterfly, her wings are colorful, in the light of the sun, it is very bright.
There is a white butterfly, his body is white, like a gentleman.
They are good friends, every day. But one day a news broke the quiet life, flower butterfly was broken by the human wings, can not fly... For the butterfly, this is how cruel, the wings are equal to their everything......
Flower butterfly said, good pain...... So painful
White butterfly said, from now on, we never abandon!
Over the next three months, the white butterfly takes care of the butterfly, meticulously. White butterfly is afraid to spend butterfly a person at home hungry, can not eat anything, so stay up all night to do a small wheelchair for the flowers. This put it out of him, but he is not afraid, silly smile... In order to let the flower butterfly is not furniture sharp stab, white butterfly deliberately put all the furniture into the round...
Butterfly big eyes blinked, ”rinse" tears streaming down.
One day after three months.
Flower butterfly wings incredibly miracle, even the doctors have always been cool to say that this is a miracle! The side of the white butterfly smiled. He was so tired, but he managed to get back in return... He knows that this is three months, he will take care of the butterfly wings okay.
篇3：英语说明文
People all over the world today are beginning to hear and learn more and more about the problem of pollution. Pollution is caused either by man’s release of completely new and often artificial substances into the environment, or by releasing greatly increased amounts of a natural substance, such as oil from oil tankers into the sea.
The whole industrial process which makes many of the goods and machines we need and use in our daily lives, is bound to create a number of waste products which upset the environmental balance, or the ecological balance as it is also known. Many of these waste products can be prevented or disposed of sensibly, but clearly while more and more new and complex goods are produced there will be new, dangerous wastes to be disposed of, for example, the waste products from nuclear power stations. Many people, therefore, see pollution as only part of a larger and more complex problem, that is, the whole process of industrial production and consumption of goods.
Others again see the problem mainly in connection with agriculture, where new methods are helping farmers grow more and more on their land to feed our ever-increasing populations. However, the land itself if gradually becoming worn out as it is being used, in some cases, too heavily, and artificial fertilizers cannot restore the balance.
Whatever its underlying reasons, there is no doubt that much of the pollution caused could be controlled if only companies, individuals and governments would make more efforts. In the home there is an obvious need to control litter and waste. Food comes wrapped up three or four times in packages that all have to be disposed of; drinks are increasingly sold in bottles or tins which cannot be reused. This not only causes a litter problem, but also is a great waste of resources, in terms of glass, metals and paper. Advertising has helped this process by persuading many of us not only to buy things we neither want nor need, but also to throw away much of what we do buy.
Pollution and waste combine to be a problem everyone can help to solve by
cutting out unnecessary buying, excess consumption and careless disposal of the products we use in our daily lives.
篇4：英语说明文写作技巧
英语说明文写作技巧
英语说明文的写作技巧说明文是阐述事物的特征、本质、性能、结构、用途或科学原理的一种文体。其说明的对象可以是具体的，如：自然环境，仪表设备等;也可以是抽象的，如概念定律等。
说明文的写作相对于论说文来说，有一定的套路可循，因此不是十分复杂。说明科技方面的内容常用定义法、比较对比法、分类法、因果法等;说明自然环境方面的内容常用时间次序法、分类法等。当然，随着对象的不同，具体应该采用的方法也会有所不同。
说明文的写作应该注意的`事项有下面几点：
1.语言简明扼要，通俗易懂，避免夸张华丽的辞藻，要把真实的一面展现在读者面前。
2.说明时一定要把握一个中心主题。说明文中细枝末节较多，但不能喧宾夺主。
3.说明的次序非常重要。合理的次序会使文章条理清楚，脉络明晰。因此，练习时可以尝试不同的次序进行写作，找出最合理的一种。
4.由于说明文写实性较强，有时难免会让人感到没有生气。因此，可以适当使用一些比喻、拟人等修辞手段，来增加文章的色彩。
篇5：英语说明文怎样写
作者：王季凤
一、写作导航
说明文是以说明为主要表达方式，用简洁明了的文字介绍事物、解释事理的文章。它是一种应用性很强的文体。凡是对事物的类别、性质、特征、状态、功能等进行解释，以及对事物的发生、发展、消亡过程进行解说的文章，都属于说明文。说明的目的是让读者有所知，给读者提供知识，使之了解客观世界，掌握问题的解决办法。说明文的基本特点就是具有知识性、科学性、应用性、解说性、条理性。常见的说明文有：解说词、说明书、书文简介、科普小品、内容提要等，它们或者用来介绍人物，或者用来介绍事物，或者用来解释概念，或者用来解说论据。
说明文常用现在时，但有时也会用到过去时，将来时等其它时态。
1． 人物介绍
简要地介绍某个人的情况，叫做人物介绍。随着社会的发展，人们对信息的输出和输入愈来愈重视。在学习、工作和生活中，常要介绍自己、推销自己或宣传他人，都要作人物介绍。写人物介绍，首先要全面了解这个人，然后根据目的的需要选写内容，简明扼要而突出重点地介绍，力求真实准确，恰如其分。
写人物介绍一般包括以下几点：
1） 出生年月 2）主要经历 3）事迹成就 4）影响、评价
叙述方法：一般按照时间顺序，从外形到性格，从一般经历到创造性的贡献，最后常有结论性的评语。
2． 物体、地点介绍
当我们对某个事物的性质、状态、特点、成因、功能和用途等作介绍时，当我们把某一地点介绍给别人时，写出来的文字材料就叫做事物、地点介绍。
对于地点的介绍，常采用地点的空间方位作为介绍的顺序。它能把复杂的地理位置，通过分层说明，详尽而有条理地解说清楚明白，给读者一个具体的位置，清晰的印象。
根据说明地点的结构特点、介绍顺序一般有定位观察顺序和移位观察顺序。
1） 定位观察顺序
先确定一个固定的观察点，然后或上或下，或左或右，或远或近，按合理的顺序，从不同的方位、角度介绍说明的地点。
2） 移位观察顺序
一般按作者的浏览顺序，依次设立一个个观察点，逐步逐层对介绍的地点进行介绍。
二、中考热点话题：
请根据以下有关你的笔友Tom个人情况的介绍，以My Foreign Friend-Tom为题，写一篇介绍他的短文。
要求：1． 要使用第三人称 2． 至少80个词左右 3． 所提供的信息必须全部使用 4． 语句要通顺连贯 5． 可以适当扩展。
Name: Tom Brown
Age: 17
Address: 69 Park Road, New York, America
Nationality(国籍): America
Occupation(职业): student
Favourite subjects: art, music, computer
Weekday activities: swimming, walking, travelling
Usual Saturday activities: having parties, shopping, taking photos
Usual Sunday activity: watching TV
三、满分作文引路
My Foreign Friend-Tom
Tom Brown is an American boy. He is 17 years old. He lives at 69 Park Road, New York with his parents. Tom is a student in No. 4 High School. On weekdays, he studies very hard. Art, music and computer are his favourite subjects. In his spare time, he likes doing sports. He usually goes swimming three times a week. Walking is usually what he does after supper. On Saturdays, he often has parties, goes shopping and takes photos. He likes making friends and they always enjoy themselves. After a week's hard work, he likes staying at home and watching TV on Sundays.
Every year he goes travelling to many countries.
篇6：英语说明文写作技巧
英语说明文写作技巧
1.罗列法(listing)
在文章开始时提出需要说明的东西和观点，然后常用first，second，…and finally加以罗列说明。罗列法广泛地使用于各类指导性的说明文之中，下面这篇学生作文就是用罗列法写成的：
Early Rising
Early rising (早起) is helpful in more than one way. First， it helps to keep us fit (健康)。 We all need fresh air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides， we can do good to our health from doing morning exercise (做早操)。
Secondly， early rising helps us in our studies. We learn more quickly in the morning， and find it easier to remember what we learn in the morning.
Thirdly， early rising enables (使能够) us to plan the work of the day. We cannot work well without a good plan. Just as the plan for the year should be made in the spring， so the plan for the day should be made in the morning.
Fourthly， early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work， such as to wash our faces and hands and eat our breakfast properly.
Late risers may find it very difficult to form the habit of early rising. They ought to make special efforts to do so. As the English proverb says，“Early to bed and early to rise， makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.”
罗列法经常用下列句式展开段落，我们可以注意模仿学习：
There are several good reasons why we should learn a foreign language. First of all， …Secondly， …And finally， …
We should try our best to plant more trees for several good reasons First of all， …Secondly， …And finally，
必须指出的是，有时罗列法并不一定有明确的first， second…等词，但文章还是以罗列论据展开的。
2.举例法(examples)
举例法是用具体的例子来说明我们要表达的意思，常用for example， for instance， still another example is…等词语引出。下面这篇学生作文就是用举例法写成的：
Recreation
It is impossible to keep in good health unless we take enough recreation (娱乐)。 The mind， too， needs change to make it fresh and vigorous (有活力的) There is much truth in the old saying， All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.“
There are many games which boys and girls can play after their school work is done， for instance， football， tennis， and kite-flying. Other examples of recreation are boating， fishing， gardening， cycling， walking， chess-playing， and reading. Persons who sit much at their business should take a kind of recreation that will supply their muscles (肌肉) with exercise. Those who spend most of their time in the open air and do manual work (体力活) should adopt (采纳) reading or some other quiet form of recreation.
Cycling is said to be an important means of recreation， but many persons foolishly tire out themselves by cycling too much. The same may be said in regard to football. Tennis is a pleasant form of recreation. Many persons take great delight in boating. Fishing requires much patience， and there is much danger of taking cold by sitting still on a cold day too long. A good brisk (轻松) walk is one of the finest forms of exercise. For persons engaged in outdoor labor， chess-playing is another excellent form of recreation.
可以看出，举例法和罗列法有时可以结合使用：即用罗列法来列出例子，用例子充实罗列的说明。
3.比较法(comparison and contrast)
比较法是对两个对象进行比较，从而进行说明的写作手法。比较法又可细分为比较相同点(comparison)和比较不同点(contrast)两种方法，比如：
From Paragraph to Essay
Although they are different in length (长度)， the paragraph and the essay are quite similar in structure (结构)。 For example， the paragraph starts with either a topic sentence (主题句) or a topic introducer followed by a topic sentence. In the essay， the first paragraph sets up the topic focus (主题所在) Next， the sentences in the body of a paragraph develop the topic sentence. Similarly， the body of an essay consists of a number of paragraphs that discuss and support the ideas given in the introductory (引导的) paragraph. Finally， a concluding sentence (结束句) ——whether a restatement， conclusion， or observation——ends the paragraph. The essay， too， has a concluding paragraph which ends the essay logically and satisfactorily. Although there are some exceptions (例外)， most well written expository (说明文的) paragraphs and essays are similar in structure.
可以看出，在比较相同点的时候，常用到similarly，also，too，in the same case，in spite of the difference等这样的词语。
European Football and American Football
Although European football is the parent of American football， the two games show several major differences. European football， sometimes called association football or soccer， is played in 80 countries， making it the most widely played sport in the world. American football， on the other hand， is popular only in North America (the United States and Canada)。 Soccer is played by eleven players with a round ball. Football， also played by eleven players in somewhat different positions (位置) on the field， is played with an elongated (拉长的') round ball. Soccer has little body contact (接触) between players and therefore needs no special protective equipment. Football， in which players make the greatest use of body contact to stop a running ball-carrier and his teammates， needs special protective equipment. In soccer， the ball is advanced toward the goal by kicking it or by butting (顶) it with the head. In American football， on the other hand， the ball is passed from hand to hand or carried in the hands across the opponent's (对手) goal. These are just a few of the features which distinguish (区别) association and American football.
这是一篇用比较不同点的手法写的说明文。从文章中可以看出：however，on the other hand，in contrast，but，nevertheless等表示转折的词语常用来引导对不同点的比较。
4.定义法(definition)
定义法也是英语说明文中常用的写作手法，特别是在对具体事物概念进行说明时经常使用。定义法的基本要素是定义句。英语中常见定义句的模式是：
被定义对象is所属类别+限制性定语
可以看出，定义句中限制性定语越详细，定义就越精确，比如：
A bat is a small mouse-like animal that flies at night and feeds on(以……为食品)fruit and insects but is not a bird.
其实，在英—英词典中，对英语单词的英文解释就是定义法的典型例子。比如，看看Longman词典对student和teacher的定义是很有意思的：A student is a person who is studying at a place of education or training. A teacher is a person who gives knowledge or skill to sb. as a profession (专业)。
5.顺序法(sequence of time， space and process)
顺序法是指按时间、空间或过程的顺序进行说明的一种写作手法。比如按照时间顺序介绍一个科学家的生平，用空间顺序阐述逐渐开发西部的重要意义，用过程顺序法解释葡萄酒的生产过程等等。
Coal
Coal underwent (经受) many changes before it became the bright， brittle (脆的)， black substance which we now use. During ancient times (在上古时代)， when the earth enjoyed a very warm and wet climate， the land was covered with large forests and big plants. As time went on， the ground changed and began to sink (下沉) a little. These very large numbers of trees and vegetables received a deposit (沉淀) of sand and clay. This layer of sand and clay pressed upon the layer beneath and prevented it from contact with air. These trees and plants received the pres sure and changed its appearance.
Generations after generations (几世纪后)， as the ground kept gradually sinking， another layer of sand and clay was again deposited (积聚) above the layers already formed. A great pressure was thus exerted (作用) and the peat (泥煤) was changed into the black and brittle substance which is known as coal.
Coal is a kind of mineral which is formed by nature as above stated. It is an important industrial material and is chiefly used as fuel. It is very valuable in the industrial world. The place where coal deposit is called a coal mine (煤矿)。 In China， coal mines are largely found in the north-west part of the country. Shanxi is a famous province for producing coal. It has the most coal of China.
6.分类法(classification)
分类法是将写作对象进行分类说明的一种写作手法。比如：著名的英国哲学家弗朗西斯·培根(Francis Bacon)在其脍炙人口的《谈读书》(Of Studies)一文中就用到了分类法：
Some books are to be tasted， others to be swallowed， and some few to be chewed and digested， that is， some books are to be read only in parts， others to be read， but not curiously， and some few to be read wholly， and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy， and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments， and the meaner sort of books…
篇7：英语写作说明文
Which one do you prefer, to solve problems on your own experience and knowledge, or to ask others for advice?
As knowledge and experience serve as twim towers in problem-solving, one is often presented with two major paths that pave the way for final fulfillment, eitther to wrack his brain, just like what happened to Neuton, siiting for many years under an apple tree and eventually figuring out ond of the greatest universal rules that govern the whole globe, or to seek for others’ widsom through their advice, just as in the case of Benjinin Franklin, gathering great minds under one roof and then establishing a most world-renown libray. Both ways work. When a practical goal is involved, however, Benjimin Franklin may best be regareded as a role model in this respect and asking people for advice often turn out to be the prime alternative. Experience and knowledge borrowed or learned from others’ advice contribute greatly to effectiveness and effeciency for a goal-accomplishment. Not all experience and knowledge related to problem-solving can be obtained by personal effort alone due to limitations of mind and capabilities of each individual. A single thought in someone’s mind is, more often than not, far less shining compared with group’s wisdom. That explains the famous old saying that one sees further when standing upon the shoulders’ of past great giants; that explains why a great leader is always with greater minds; that also explains why teamwork in corperation is highly emphasized in the 21st century. Brainstorm and exchange of ideas between different thoughts never fail to enhance capabilities of each individula involved, a team, a company, an institution, a country, or even the entire global village.
Asking others’ advice instead of getting everything done on one’s own promotes democracy and communication too. In terms of democracy, it is necessary to give others rights and chances to speak since the problem may concern them in different ways, and their sayingin turn reflects our respect toward freedom of speech as well as their wisdom. In terms of communication, idea exchange sometimes focuses more than solutions, and hereby better mutual
understanding about perspectives, principles, praticalities and personalities of each other.
Admittely turning to others for help and suggestion by no means refers to absolute and irresponsible dependence. Consideration upon different thoughts and ideas broadens our mind, enlarges our vision, furthers understanding, enhances more effective and efficient brainstorm, and stresses mutual respect in groups and communities, which
undoubtedly gives rise to better, if not the best solutions. As is paraphrased from John F Kenedy, brainstormed, there is little we cannot do while divided, there is little we can do.
篇8：英语写作说明文
It is important to make sure that others know about your strengths and accomplishments; if you are not so,you will be never successful in life.
If people are unaware of your talents and other good qualities, you obviously will not stand out among your peers. To be successful you not only have to work hard, but you have to make sure others know you work hard, as well. Of course you should let others know of your strength and accomplishments, but the best way to let them know is by showing, not by just telling.
College applications-or applications of any kind-are a perfect example. Colleges want what kind of student you are and what kind of student you will be in college. You must show them that you are a good student and that you are interested in whatever you want to study. But in the essay, you cannot just state that you are a good student, are hardworking, and enjoy mathematics; you must show them. If you are interested in mathematics, then you probably did something in high school related to mathematics, such as the math club. In your essay, you must be sure to mention your participation in math club, but also activities your math club in order to show colleges that you will be active in your mathematics major. If you simply state that you like math, colleges will not be as impressed.
It is important to let others know of your achievements; otherwise you will not be successful in life. The field of science can provide many examples of the validity of this statement. In science, communicating your discoveries is as important as discovery things in the first place. Everybody knows that the scientists Watson and Crick discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. Many people are not aware that this model was first theorized by a female scientist working in the same lab as Watson and Crick. However, Watson and Crick published their findings before the woman published her own findings. In science, credit is given to whoever publishes first, so the Watson and Crick are given full credit for the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA. In order to be successful, you must let other people know of your accomplishments.
Granted, there is a fine line between letting people know about your accomplishments and simply showing off.
Nobody likes a show-off, so you must be careful not to rub people the wrong way with your success. People always say that actions speak louder than words, which is good advice to keep in mind when you are trying to let other people
know of your success. Don't just tell people you're good at writing. Start a blog and show people how accomplished of a writer you are.
The key to success is to play to your strengths and to not be shy about showing other people your talents. (460 words)
篇9：英语说明文写作方法
关于英语说明文写作方法
1.比较对照
比较对照有两种，一是逐点比较，二是整块比较，即AB交错或先A后B：
1)逐点比较：多数人认为这种AB交错的方式可以避免行文的单调沉闷，对比的效果更鲜明突出。如：
There are basic differences between large and small enterprises. In a small enterprise, you operated mainly through personal contacts. In a large enterprise, you have established “policies” , “channels” of organization, and fairly strict procedure. In the small enterprise you have immediate effectiveness in a very small area. You can see the effect of your work and of your decisions ground. In the large organization you are normally taught one thing thoroughly. In the small one the danger is of becoming a Jack-of-all-trades-but-master-of-none. In the large it is of becoming the man who knows more and more about less and less.
2) 整块比较
It is easy to be a winner. A winner can show his joy publicly. He can laugh and sing and dance and celebrate his victory. People love to be with winners. Winners are never lonely. Unlike winners, losers are the lonely ones of the world. It is difficult to face defeat with dignity. Losers can not show their disappointment publicly. They can not cry or grieve about their defeat. They may suffer privately, but they must be composed in public. They have nothing to celebrate and no one to share their sadness.
2.分类
分类是人类认识客观世界的'重要手段之一，也是描写事物、解释观点最有效的方式之一。通过将一事物分类，可使复杂事物变得清晰明了，便于作者阐述自己的观点。
分类段落的各类排列要条理，可采用从主要到次要，从次要到主要，从多到少或从少到多等方式排列，亦可平行排列。如：
1) As far as political views are concerned, people fall into three categories. First are the conservative people. Conservatives are opposed to sudden or great changes. Second are the liberal people.These people are in favor of progress and reform. But their opinions often seem to idealistic. The third type is the moderate people. The moderates keep everything within reasonable limits. They are more practical in this hard world. In my opinion, most people seem to belong to this group.
篇10：自然灾害英语说明文
China is a frequent natural disasters and the country every year, in some areas drought, spate calamity, landslides, the frost, typhoons, the hail, the grass, waiting for disasters and pests and diseases should attack. the earthquake, disaster can also occur to the people's lives and property incurred severe losses.
because The humanity produces the activity not reasonably, has caused the environment worsening, the environment worsened suggestion or aggravated the natural disaster occurrence, but the natural disaster occurrence further destroyed the environment, has carried on the heartless retaliation to the humanity, this is a vicious circle.In order to prevent or slows down this vicious circle the occurrence and the extension, must display the human society fully the regulative function, the deference natural law, seeks the harmonious relations between the human and the natural environment, the improvement environment, reduces the disaster,creates the happier environmental condition for the human survival and the social development.
翻译：我国是一个自然灾害频繁而又严重的国家，每年都有一些地区遭受干旱、洪涝、滑坡、泥石流、台风、冰雹、霜冻、病虫鼠草等灾害的袭击，地震灾害也时有发生，给人民生命财产造成严重损失。
这是因为人类的不合理生产活动，导致了环境的恶化，环境的恶化诱发或加重了自然灾害的发生，而自然灾害的发生又进一步破坏了环境，对人类进行了无情的报复，这是一个恶性循环。为了防止或减缓这一恶性循环的发生和延续，就必须充分发挥人类社会的调控机能，遵循自然规律，在人与自然环境之间寻求和谐的关系，改善环境，减轻灾害，为人类生存和社会发展创造更加美好的环境条件。
篇11：自然灾害英语说明文
On March 5th，, the city of Shenyang saw a disaster of snowstorm that had never happened in the past hundred years.
The snowstorm lasted for a whole day, greatly affecting the life of people.
Early in the morning it snowed heavily.
Many vehicles were trapped on the roads.
Therefore, people were forced to head for their destinations on foot.
Not only were all the flights canceled but also many trains were delayed.
The city government called on all the citizens and soldiers to take an active part in the activities of clearing snow. Besides, the city government took all kinds of urgent measures to rescue the people trapped in the snowstorm to ensure that everything returned to normal as soon as possible.
Experiencing such a severe snowstorm, I firmly believe that united, we are strong; divided, we are weak,
翻译：3月5日，沈阳市下了一场百年以来最大的暴风雪。这场暴风雪持续下了一天,给人们的生活带来了巨大的影响。
早晨外面大雪纷飞，许多车辆被困在路上。因此，人们被迫步行前往目的地。不但所有航班被取消，而且列车也叫被迫延迟。市政府号召全市军民参与除雪活动。此外，市政府及时采取措施解救受 困群众，确保市民生活尽快恢复正常。
经历了这样一场严重的暴风雪，我坚信团结我们就会强大,分裂我们就会弱小。
篇12：自然灾害英语说明文
On December the 26th, , when the people were still addicted to happiness on Christmas, the strong earthquake, which took place in Indonesia, caused heavy tsunami. In the turn of a hand, the famous Phuket Island of tourist attraction of Thailand that has enjoyed the reputation of “Heaven in human world” was turned into “the hell on earth”. For the people who were rescued from this calamity, this essentially peaceful Christmas vacation has been the inly-indelible drop shadows. When some visitors who had just brushed past the death talked about the experience at the time, they have not yet recovered from a fright. Here is a grisly experience of a newspaperwoman: The ocean suddenly disappeared…December the 26th, the newspaperwoman Yi Linyang of “Strait Times” was taking a holiday in Phuket Island with her husband. Before the tsunami came, they were diving in Monkey Beach. However, when they were getting ready to leave by boat, the weirdy happened! They saw the ocean suddenly disappeared! The boat took the ground by the reeves, there were jumping fish here and there.Nobody had seen that before, everyone was frightened out of his wits for the moment. When all the people didn’t wake up to what had happened, the seawater surged ahead and washed back, and the huge billow went straight from the distant place. Yi Linyang’s heart still fluttering with fear, she said: “We ran desperately, no one would know how far would the seawater chase us…”Can you see? It was the first locale of the tsunami of Indonesia.
翻译：12月26日，当人们还沉浸在圣诞节的快乐中时，印度尼西亚发生了强烈的地震，并引发了强烈的海啸。泰国著名的旅游胜地普吉岛，曾经享有“人间天堂”的美誉，一下子变成了“人间地狱”。对于那些从灾难中获救的人们来说，这个本质上和平的圣诞假期是不可磨灭的阴影。当一些刚刚经过死亡现场的游客谈起当时的经历时，他们还没有从惊吓中恢复过来。海突然消失……12月26日，《海峡时报》女记者伊林洋和丈夫在普吉岛度假。海啸来之前，他们在猴滩潜水。然而，当他们准备坐船离开时，奇怪的事情发生了!他们看到大海突然消失了!船靠近里弗斯的地面，到处都是跳跃的鱼。以前没有人见过，一时间大家都吓得魂飞魄散。当所有的人都不知道发生了什么事的时候，海水汹涌向前，又冲回来，巨浪从远处直冲而来。依林阳的心还在恐惧中跳动，她说:“我们拼命地跑，没人知道海水会追我们多远……”你看得到吗?这里是印尼海啸的第一个发生地。
篇13：自然灾害英语说明文
In the past hundred years, there have heen frequent natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, mud-rock flows, seismic sea waves, earthquakes, windstorms and the stretching of new deserts. The disasters have killed millions upon millions of people, destroyed countless homes, and wiped out numerous pieces of fertile land. Now more and more people become aware that those disasters have much to do with what we have done to the earth. We have cut down too many trees in the forests,we have badly polluted the environment, we have shocked our own home-planet time and again with tremendously powerful explosions of nuclear bombs. As a result, climates have become abnormal, rainwater rushes down hillsides angrily, and the underground energy goes up to revenge itself on us. The earth is our only home-planet. It is urgent for us to stop damaging it, and to do our best to protect it and make it a lovely place suitable to live in, for we have nowhere to go and survive except where we are now.
翻译：在过去的一百年里，这里发生了频繁的自然灾害，如洪水、干旱、泥石流、地震、海浪、地震、风暴和延伸的新沙漠。灾难夺走了无数人的生命，摧毁了无数家园，摧毁了无数片肥沃的土地。现在越来越多的人意识到这些灾难与我们对地球所做的有很大关系。我们砍伐了太多的森林树木，我们严重污染了环境，我们用极其强大的核弹爆炸一次又一次震惊了我们的家园地球。结果，气候变得异常，雨水愤怒地冲下山坡，地下能量上升，对我们进行报复。地球是我们唯一的家园。我们迫切需要停止破坏它，并尽我们最大的努力来保护它，使它成为一个可爱的适合居住的地方，因为我们没有地方去和生存除了我们现在。
篇14：自然灾害英语说明文
As we know, our country suffered heavy ice early . Everything was covered with freezing rain. Guizhou, Hunan and Sichuan suffered the most. It caused the buses, trains and planes stop service. The disaster destroyed power facilities, cutting power supplies in many areas. As a result, huge economic loss was caused. Many people could not work and live normally. There was no food, water or light in some places. Our government called on people to fight against heavy snow. As a student, I think we should learn from those heroes. We must study hard at school. We should learn all kinds of knowledge to make our motherland stronger, better and richer.
翻译：正如我们所知，我们的国家在初遭受了严重的冰雪灾害。一切都被冻雨覆盖着。贵州、湖南和四川受灾最严重。它导致公共汽车、火车和飞机停止服务。这场灾难摧毁了电力设施，切断了许多地区的电力供应。结果造成了巨大的经济损失。许多人不能正常工作和生活。有些地方没有食物、水和阳光。我们的政府号召人民与大雪作斗争。作为一名学生，我认为我们应该向那些英雄学习。我们必须在学校努力学习。我们应该学习各种知识，使我们的祖国更强大，更好，更富有。
篇15：英语说明文的写作
英语说明文的写作
就“说明对象”而言，英语说明文可分为对“客观具体事物”的说明和对“主观抽象观念”的说明两大类，比如：对“LASER(激光)”、“Computer Problem of Year (计算机问题)”等等的说明都是对客观或者具体事物的说明，而“The Successful Interview(谈成功的面试)”、“How to Write Good English Composition(如何才能写好英语作文)” 等是对主观抽象观念的说明。对我们中学生朋友来说，在汉语说明文的教学中似乎比较侧重前者，即解释客观具体事物的说明文。但在英语说明文中，阐述和说明 “主观抽象观念”的说明文占了很大的比重，其中有些类似汉语中的议论文。但是无论是对“客观具体事物”的说明还是对“主观抽象观念”的阐述，英语说明文从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：第一部分一般是文章的第一段，提出文章的主题，也就是说，文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容;第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明;第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题作归纳总结。从英语说明文的结构可以看出，要写好英语说明文的关键在于第二部分如何对文章主题进行展开说明。在英语中，常见的用来展开文章主题的方法有下列几种：
1.罗列法(listing)
在文章开始时提出需要说明的东西和观点，然后常用first，second，…and finally加以罗列说明。罗列法广泛地使用于各类指导性的说明文之中，下面这篇学生作文就是用罗列法写成的：
Early Rising
Early rising (早起) is helpful in more than one way. First， it helps to keep us fit (健康)。 We all need fresh air. But air is never so fresh as early in the morning. Besides， we can do good to our health from doing morning exercise (做早操)。
Secondly， early rising helps us in our studies. We learn more quickly in the morning， and find it easier to remember what we learn in the morning.
Thirdly， early rising enables (使能够) us to plan the work of the day. We cannot work well without a good plan. Just as the plan for the year should be made in the spring， so the plan for the day should be made in the morning.
Fourthly， early rising gives us enough time to get ready for our work， such as to wash our faces and hands and eat our breakfast properly.
Late risers may find it very difficult to form the habit of early rising. They ought to make special efforts to do so. As the English proverb says，“Early to bed and early to rise， makes a man healthy， wealthy and wise.”
罗列法经常用下列句式展开段落，我们可以注意模仿学习：
There are several good reasons why we should learn a foreign language. First of all， …Secondly， …And finally， …
We should try our best to plant more trees for several good reasons First of all， …Secondly， …And finally，
必须指出的是，有时罗列法并不一定有明确的first， second…等词，但文章还是以罗列论据展开的。
2.举例法(examples)
举例法是用具体的例子来说明我们要表达的意思，常用for example， for instance， still another example is…等词语引出。下面这篇学生作文就是用举例法写成的：
Recreation
It is impossible to keep in good health unless we take enough recreation (娱乐)。 The mind， too， needs change to make it fresh and vigorous (有活力的) There is much truth in the old saying， All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.“
There are many games which boys and girls can play after their school work is done， for instance， football， tennis， and kite-flying. Other examples of recreation are boating， fishing， gardening， cycling， walking， chess-playing， and reading. Persons who sit much at their business should take a kind of recreation that will supply their muscles (肌肉) with exercise. Those who spend most of their time in the open air and do manual work (体力活) should adopt (采纳) reading or some other quiet form of recreation.
Cycling is said to be an important means of recreation， but many persons foolishly tire out themselves by cycling too much. The same may be said in regard to football. Tennis is a pleasant form of recreation. Many persons take great delight in boating. Fishing requires much patience， and there is much danger of taking cold by sitting still on a cold day too long. A good brisk (轻松) walk is one of the finest forms of exercise. For persons engaged in outdoor labor， chess-playing is another excellent form of recreation.
可以看出，举例法和罗列法有时可以结合使用：即用罗列法来列出例子，用例子充实罗列的说明。
3.比较法(comparison and contrast)
比较法是对两个对象进行比较，从而进行说明的写作手法。比较法又可细分为比较相同点(comparison)和比较不同点(contrast)两种方法，比如：
From Paragraph to Essay
Although they are different in length (长度)， the paragraph and the essay are quite similar in structure (结构)。 For example， the paragraph starts with either a topic sentence (主题句) or a topic introducer followed by a topic sentence. In the essay， the first paragraph sets up the topic focus (主题所在) Next， the sentences in the body of a paragraph develop the topic sentence. Similarly， the body of an essay consists of a number of paragraphs that discuss and support the ideas given in the introductory (引导的) paragraph. Finally， a concluding sentence (结束句) ——whether a restatement， conclusion， or observation——ends the paragraph. The essay， too， has a concluding paragraph which ends the essay logically and satisfactorily. Although there are some exceptions (例外)， most well written expository (说明文的) paragraphs and essays are similar in structure.
可以看出，在比较相同点的时候，常用到similarly，also，too，in the same case，in spite of the difference等这样的词语。
European Football and American Football
Although European football is the parent of American football， the two games show several major differences. European football， sometimes called association football or soccer， is played in 80 countries， making it the most widely played sport in the world. American football， on the other hand， is popular only in North America (the United States and Canada)。 Soccer is played by eleven players with a round ball. Football， also played by eleven players in somewhat different positions (位置) on the field， is played with an elongated (拉长的) round ball. Soccer has little body contact (接触) between players and therefore needs no special protective equipment. Football， in which players make the greatest use of body contact to stop a running ball-carrier and his teammates， needs special protective equipment. In soccer， the ball is advanced toward the goal by kicking it or by butting (顶) it with the head. In American football， on the other hand， the ball is passed from hand to hand or carried in the hands across the opponent's (对手) goal. These are just a few of the features which distinguish (区别) association and American football.
这是一篇用比较不同点的'手法写的说明文。从文章中可以看出：however，on the other hand，in contrast，but，nevertheless等表示转折的词语常用来引导对不同点的比较。
4.定义法(definition)
定义法也是英语说明文中常用的写作手法，特别是在对具体事物概念进行说明时经常使用。定义法的基本要素是定义句。英语中常见定义句的模式是：
被定义对象is所属类别+限制性定语
可以看出，定义句中限制性定语越详细，定义就越精确，比如：
A bat is a small mouse-like animal that flies at night and feeds on(以……为食品)fruit and insects but is not a bird.
其实，在英—英词典中，对英语单词的英文解释就是定义法的典型例子。比如，看看Longman词典对student和teacher的定义是很有意思的：A student is a person who is studying at a place of education or training. A teacher is a person who gives knowledge or skill to sb. as a profession (专业)。
5.顺序法(sequence of time， space and process)
顺序法是指按时间、空间或过程的顺序进行说明的一种写作手法。比如按照时间顺序介绍一个科学家的生平，用空间顺序阐述逐渐开发西部的重要意义，用过程顺序法解释葡萄酒的生产过程等等。
下面这篇学生作文就是用顺序法写成的：
Coal
Coal underwent (经受) many changes before it became the bright， brittle (脆的)， black substance which we now use. During ancient times (在上古时代)， when the earth enjoyed a very warm and wet climate， the land was covered with large forests and big plants. As time went on， the ground changed and began to sink (下沉) a little. These very large numbers of trees and vegetables received a deposit (沉淀) of sand and clay. This layer of sand and clay pressed upon the layer beneath and prevented it from contact with air. These trees and plants received the pres sure and changed its appearance.
Generations after generations (几世纪后)， as the ground kept gradually sinking， another layer of sand and clay was again deposited (积聚) above the layers already formed. A great pressure was thus exerted (作用) and the peat (泥煤) was changed into the black and brittle substance which is known as coal.
Coal is a kind of mineral which is formed by nature as above stated. It is an important industrial material and is chiefly used as fuel. It is very valuable in the industrial world. The place where coal deposit is called a coal mine (煤矿)。 In China， coal mines are largely found in the north-west part of the country. Shanxi is a famous province for producing coal. It has the most coal of China.
6.分类法(classification)
分类法是将写作对象进行分类说明的一种写作手法。比如：著名的英国哲学家弗朗西斯·培根(Francis Bacon)在其脍炙人口的《谈读书》(Of Studies)一文中就用到了分类法：
Some books are to be tasted， others to be swallowed， and some few to be chewed and digested， that is， some books are to be read only in parts， others to be read， but not curiously， and some few to be read wholly， and with diligence and attention. Some books also may be read by deputy， and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments， and the meaner sort of books…
参考译文：书有可浅尝者，有可吞食者，少数则须咀嚼消化。换言之，有只须读其部分者，有只须大体涉猎者，少数则须全读，读时须全神贯注，孜孜不倦。书亦可请人代读，取其所需摘要，但只限题材较次或价值不高者……
——转摘自《英汉翻译教程》(张培基等)
可见，如果能够根据具体情况，选用合适的写作手法，就可为文章增添无穷的魅力。
除了上述提到的6种展开英语说明文主题的写作方法之外，还有因果法、归纳法等其他方法。但相比之下，对于中学生来说，上述6种方法是首先值得掌握的。另外必须指出的是：在一篇文章中往往是以一种写作手法为主，同时辅以其他写作手法。有时，甚至会几种写作手法混用而不分主次。因此，必须根据具体情况，选用合适的展开主题的写作手法，才能写出优秀的英语说明文。
更多的相关英语作文推荐参考：
江西高考英语作文题目
20重庆高考英语作文题目
年高考英语作文模板：现象说明文
篇16：英语说明文阅读方法
英语说明文阅读方法
英语说明文阅读方法
英语说明文阅读答题技巧
说明文是以“说明”为主要表达方式，用来介绍或解释事物的状态、性质、构造、功用、制作方法、发展过程以及内在事理的一种实用文体。接下来小编告诉你英语说明文阅读答题技巧。
题型一：分析说明文的句子作用
这种题型的特点是：在文中抽出一个句子或一个文段，要求分析这个句子或文段在全文结构上的作用。这种题型解法很简单：首先判断句子或文段是在文首、文中、还是文末;然后再按如下规律答题即可。一般情况下，句子或文段在文中不同的位置有不同的作用：在文首，作用多是统领全文、总起全文或引出下文;在文中，作用多是承上启下;在文末，作用多是总结全文。
题型二：提出说明文说明的问题的解决办法
这种题型的特点是：开放性强，要求针对文中所说明的某种现象或某个问题，提出合理的解决办法或应对措施。命题的形式通常有：
①应如何正确看待或防范“……”？请你略作分析。
②从上文对“……”的说明中，你能得到什么启示？
③针对文中所提到的“……”问题，请你提出几条合理的建议。
题型三：引用古籍或名言的目的。
先要理解所引古籍或名言的含义，现联系说明的内容，看看这两者间有何内在联系，就能领悟其引用的目的了。在说明的开头文段或中间叙述有关的故事，究竟起何作用：
在文章开头叙述故事，其目的往往是为了引起读者阅读的兴趣，或者是为了引出说明对象。
在文章或段落中间叙述故事，往往是为了增强说明文的可读性，同时也为了说明事物的来源或作用。
怎样快速做好英语阅读理解
先看题目后看文章。一般大多数人做阅读时都是先看文章再做题，这也是考试的最一般方法。这种方法的缺点是往往在做题目的时候由于印象不深需要重新看文章寻找答案。而先看问题，带着问题去看文章，那么看到与问题相关的语句就仔细看，无关的可以粗略的看，这样既准确的找到了问题的答案又节省了时间。
每段的首尾句要认真的看。阅读理解的题目中都会出现主旨题。例如：what is the main idea of the first paragraph?对于这类题目的答案一般都在段落的首句，有的时候也会出现在尾句中。所以一定要认真看首尾句。
运用猜测法。在做阅读理解题时，猜测也是一种能力。同样一篇文章，有些人简直不知道该如何下手，而另一些人能运用自己平时在生活中的经验积累，根据上下文进行逻辑推理，排除错误的选项，找出最有可能的选项。当然，这也是建立在一定的知识积累上的，所以平时要多注意知识的积累。
细节题用快速阅读法。有些细节题，比如which of the following sentence is nou true?对于这类题则快速跳阅文章，找到相关语句，仔细核对比较，直到找到正确答案。
最后要注意平时词汇的积累。词汇的积累是每一个学习者必须面临的巨大工程。记单词最好的方法是多读些自己感兴趣的英语原著，先去猜词的意思，实在猜不出的时候再查字典，这样对单词的印象就极为深刻，不容易忘记。这比拿着单词本背单词效果要好的多。
英语阅读理解学习方法
资料的.选择
首先，历年考试真题是必备的资料，真题是一个标准，做真题可以把握试题难度，出题角度，了解命题重点。其次，考研阅读辅导书，这种资料贵精不在多。做完后，我们应该反复的研读真题，思考不同类型文章的出题风格，从中摸索规律以提高阅读水平与做题技巧。
积累词语
要提高阅读水平，词汇量与短语量非常重要，打个比方：造房子要砖瓦材料，词汇就是阅读英语的砖瓦材料，没有相当量的英语词汇，阅读英语是无法进行的。所以要提高阅读水平，我们就得学会积累词语。我们不妨这么做：在通读全文后看第二遍，遇到生词尽可能根据上下文来猜，仍猜不出意思的，就把这些生字查好词典，然后抄写在一本可随身携带的小本子上。每天有空时，就拿出这小本子背诵记忆，这样做不费时，效果却很好，因不断接触，反复记忆，词汇量增加得很快。
阅读能力的提高
阅读能力的测试包括阅读速度，理解程度以及记忆能力等。要想获得满意的英语成绩，最根本的方法就是提高词汇量，加强阅读训练，同时熟悉一些阅读技巧和做题方法也是至关重要的。每个人都有自己习惯的做题方法，不能说哪种方法更高明，要大家纷纷仿效。一种方法是先快速浏览问题，然后带着问题通读全文，了解文章的大概内容，这一遍要快，不理解的地方跳过，然后做题。这时我们心中已大概知道答案的分布，跳过无关部分，快速找到答案所在处，仔细阅读，反复推敲，直到选出正确答案。可以用直接法和排除法相结合选择答案，排除法是四个选项都看，逐一排除选项，选出正确答案。这种方法可提高正确率，但花费的时间较长。
另一种方法是先浏览文章后面的问题， 然后带着问题去读文章。
读完文章后我们常有这样的情况：句子都能看懂，但读完文章印象却不深，这就牵涉到对文章框架结构的整体理解。如何学会对文章的整体理解呢?首先，要重视文章的题目和文章的首句。因为文章的题目就是文章的主题，文章的内容就是环绕主题展开。首句很关键是因为首句是文章的导入，点明作者写文章的意图，背景等。接着的每一段的第一句也很重要，因为每段的第一句实际上多半是每段的主题句，然后进行陈述或论述，逐步展开，给予例证，最后把该段内容用一句话来小结，所以每段的最后一个句子常常是该段的结论句，而整篇文章的最后一句就往往是这篇文章的结论或作者写这篇文章的用意所在。
英语阅读理解实用解题技巧
一、事实细节题
对于事实细节题，剖析一下不难看出，事实细节的内容不会单独出现，它总会与前前后后的段落内容相呼应。考生只要抓住整体大纲，看懂主题，利用内容间的因果关系，通过时间空间的关系转换，并对细节进行深入的剖析了理解，确定主题，将零碎的细节组成一个有机整体，就能深刻理解材料的内容，从而轻松解决问题。
二、词句理解题
词句理解题主要讲究的是理解题意，通过短文的词、短语或句子的理解来充分理解题意，，碰到不熟悉的词语要避过，先略读再通读，仔细推敲，尤其是对语境的理解要准确。
三、推理判断题
推理判断题最主要的就是注重文章结构的逻辑关系，抓住关键词，结合有关的生活和社会常识，理清文章的结构层次、文章内容和文章的中心思想，推断作者的写作意图和写作目的，进行推断。
四、归纳概括题
适合这类题型的阅读理解通常具体反映在文章的题目或一段短文的小标题上;很多文章从一开头就直接说出观点，表达中心思想。所以对于这类题型，一定要提示学生注意主题句和主题段，绝大多数的短文类似于语文的老三段，注意段与段之间的联系，注意隐藏的中心思想，准确了解文章结构，把握句与句之间的关系，注重逻辑关系，把握住文章的脉络即可。
五、图表理解题
图表题一般最简单，主要考察的就是学生的思维模式，注意逻辑关系，分析其中的细节，找出符合图示所要求的必要条件。