怎样运用描述法展开段落

描述一般可以按照时间或空间顺序来进行。

1) 时间顺序展开法

围绕主题句，按时间先后顺序，利用时间连接词或提示词，逐步展开。

To get the most out of his textbooks, a student should follow several steps very carefully. First, he should make a preliminary survey of each book to get a general idea of what the book contains. Second, he should red for deeper understanding and formulate questions as he reads. Next, he should make notes of the major points of each chapter. After that he should test himself to be sure that he can answer questions likely to be raised in class and in examinations. Finally, he should review his notes and reread any parts of the book that are unclear to him.

我们把常用的连接词分类归纳如下：

起始：first, firstly, at first, first of all, in the first place, to begin with

中间：second, secondly, in the second place, next, afterwards, after that, then, later, another, third, thirdly, still another, in addition, besides, furthermore

最后：lastly, at last, finally, eventually, in the end

2) 空间顺序展开法

根据具体描述对象，可以从上到下，从左到右，或由远至近，由外及里地进行描述。看 下面例子：

As you come to the room, you can see a piano, with a low stool in front of it. Next to the piano is a tall bookcase, standing against the wall. On the right, there is a table with some cups on it. On the left of the piano, there is a wardrobe with a bright mirror. Close to it standing a beautiful artificial evergreen tree.

本段以 piano 为出发点，先右后左，由远至近，把房间布置有条不紊地描述出来了。

空间顺序描述法常用衔接词和短语有：be situated/located at, be surrounded by, next to, to the east/west of, close to, from…to…, over, under, below, between, across, from, opposite, adjacent, far behind, at the top, here, straight ahead, on the right/left, in the center, in the distance, beyond, far behind, nearby 等。