Learning to write personal descriptionsis important to provide information about yourself or others. This guide to writing personal descriptions is perfect for beginners, or beginning level English learning classes. Begin by writing about yourself by reading the paragraph below, and using the tips to help you write your own personal description. Continue by reading a description of another person and then write a description about one of your friends.

　　学写个人介绍，不管是对于为自己或别人提供信息都十分重要。对于初学者，或者英语初级课堂来说，对写个人介绍进行指导是非常好的。通过阅读下面的段落，你可以开始写写你自己，并运用一些对于写作有用的建议。然后，你可以看看别人的自我介绍，再从你的朋友中选出一位写一篇介绍。

　　ESL teachers can print out these simple paragraphs and tips to use in class when helping beginning level students write personal descriptions.

　　英语教学老师可以将这些简单的段落或技巧打印出来，在帮助初级水平的学生写个人介绍时使用。

　　Read the following paragraph. Notice that this paragraph describes the person who is writing the introductory paragraph.[/en

　　]阅读下面的段落。注意，该段落对开头段的作者进行了描述。

　　[en]Hello, my name is James. I'm a programmer and I come from Chicago.I live in Seattle with my wife Jennifer. We have two children and a dog. The dog is very funny. I work at a computer company in the city. The company is very famous and successful. Our daughter is named Anna and our Son is named Peter. She is four years old and he is five. We like living and working in Seattle.

　　大家好，我是詹姆斯。我是一名程序设计员，来自芝加哥。我和妻子詹妮弗住在西雅图。我们育有两个孩子，养了一只很有趣的狗。我在城里一家电脑公司工作，那是一家知名的成功企业。我们的女儿叫安娜，四岁，儿子叫皮特，五岁。我们都很享受在西雅图的生活和工作。

　　Tips for Writing a Personal Description about Yourself

　　关于个人介绍写作的建议

　　•Use 'come from' for the city or country where you were born. Use 'live' for the city where you currently live.

　　•Use the present simple tense to explain what you do every day.

　　•Use 'have' or 'have got' to speak about your children, pets, etc.

　　•Use 'a' the first time you mention something. For example, I live in a house. Then use 'the' after the first time you write about it. For example, I live in a house. The house is in Seattle.

　　•Remember to use he, his, him for boys and men and she, her, her for girls and women. Use 'our' when speaking about the whole family.

　　•Use 'like doing' when speaking about hobbies.

　　介绍你出生的城市或国家时，要用come from。介绍你现在居住的城市时，要用live。

　　用一般现在时来介绍你的日常生活。

　　用have或have got来介绍你的孩子、宠物等等。

　　第一次提及的事物前面，用a。例如，I live in a house.再次提到就用the.例如，I live in a house. The house is in Seattle.

　　记住，在指代男孩子或男人时，用he、his和him，指代女孩子或女人时，用she、her和her。在指代整个家庭时，用our。

　　在介绍爱好时，使用like doing。

　　Read the following paragraph. Notice that this paragraph describes a different person than the person who is writing the introductory paragraph.

　　阅读下面的段落。注意，该段落描述了一个不同于开头段作者的人。

　　Mary is my friend. She is a student at a college in our town. The college is very small. She lives in an apartment in the center of town. She doesn't have a dog or a cat. She studies every day and sometimes works in the evening at a small shop. The shop sells gift items like postcards, games and other small items. She enjoys playing golf, tennis and walking in the countryside.

　　玛丽是我的朋友。她是我们镇子里的一名大学生。那个大学很小。她住在镇子中心的一座公寓里。她既不养猫，也不养狗。她每天都学习，有时候晚上会在一个小商店里打工。那个商店售卖一些礼物，如明信片、游戏和其他小物件。她喜欢打高尔夫、网球或者在乡下远足。

　　Tips for Writing a Personal Description about a Friend

　　介绍朋友的技巧

　　•Remember to add 's' to the present simple tense when writing about other people.

　　•In the present simple tense, 'doesn't' takes the 's' in the negative form. Remember to use 'doesn't + verb' in the negative.

　　•Use sometimes, often, never, etc. before the main verb in a sentence.

　　•Remember to use he, his, him for boys and men and she, her, her for girls and women.

　　•Use 'enjoys doing' when speaking about hobbies. It's okay to connect a few verbs using commas, but place 'and' before the final verb in the list when speaking about someone's hobbies. For example, She enjoys playing tennis, swimming and riding horses.

　　记住在介绍别人的时候，一般现在时里要加上s。

　　在一般现在时里，否定形式中的doesn’t要带上s。记住，在否定句中使用doesn’t+动词。

　　在一个句子中，在主动词前使用sometimes、often、never等词。

　　记住，在指代男孩子或男人时，用he、his和him，指代女孩子或女人时，用she、her和her。

　　在介绍别人的爱好时，使用enjoy doing。你可以用逗号将几个动词连起来，但最后一个词语前就要用and。例如，She enjoys playing tennis, swimming and riding horses.

　　Exercise

　　1. Write a paragraph about yourself. Try to use a variety of verbs and 'a' and 'the' correctly.

　　2. Write a paragraph about someone else. You can write about a friend or a someone from your family.

　　3. Compare the two paragraphs and note the differences in pronoun and verb use. For example,

　　I live in Seattle BUT She lives in Chicago.

　　My house is in a suburb. BUT His house is in the city.

　　练习

　　写一篇自我介绍。尝试正确地使用一系列动词，以及a与the。

　　写一篇他人的介绍。你可以写你的朋友或家人。

　　将这两篇文章进行对比，记录在代词和动词使用上的差异。例如：

　　I live in Seattle BUT She lives in Chicago.

　　My house is in a suburb. BUT His house is in the city.

（编辑：何莹莹）