英语说明文范文（八篇）

英语说明文结构特点与阅读策略

1、 说明文的特点

说明文用平实的语言客观地解释或探讨各种问题，如机器的制造过程、自然或社会现象产生的原因、工程项目的规划或问题的解决方案等等，介绍自然科学、社会科学领域的最新成果，社会经济发展过程中出现的新生事物等等。

2、说明顺序：时间顺序，空间顺序、逻辑顺序或认识顺序

3、说明方法：例如举例、分类法或类比、对比法，给事物下定义或分析事物产生的原因以及后果。

举例说明文使用例子说明事物阐明观点；分解展开法着重于事物的区别、差异，分类展开法则强调事物的相似之处；类比说明事物如何相似，对比说明事物如何不同；因果说明文表明事物发生的原因及结果。除了用文字说明以外，说明文中常常使用数据、图片等资料。

无论采用什么说明方法，作者都是为了说明事物的本质特征、清晰地展现所说明的事物。

因此，阅读说明文的关键是：抓住事物的特点，即抓住说明对象的本质特征。

以“Goals”为题打开一篇说明文的思路。 参考思路

1）目标的分类：（可根据时间顺序，空间顺序、逻辑顺序或认识顺序，任选一个进行分类和排列）

2）各个类别的特点和细节：

3）组织成文：

范文点评

Goals

Everyone has goals. Many people do not reach their goals for lack of planning. These three sets of goals should be developed: lifetime, intermediate and short term.

Lifetime goals should be written out. These goals should be clear and reasonable. F

or instance, the goal to win a research prize is clear and measurable. Other lifetime goals might include publishing a certain number of influential books or articles, earning a departmental chairmanship at a major university, successfully competing for a grant from the National Science Foundation or securing a consultantship with a big corporation. Intermediate goals relate to outcomes during the next few years. For the beginning doctoral student, intermediate goals may include completion of course work and preparation of a doctoral research proposal. Like lifetime goals, these are measurable and clearly stated.

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