Write an eighty-character account of a trip
| English | 中文 | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|
| chronology | 时间顺序 | shí jiān shùn xù |
| supporting detail | 具体细节 | jù tǐ xì jié |
A decision before an answer
- I / me我去过Beijing, capital of the…北京 is true information but does not explain a memorable trip or develop an eighty-character account.
- Your goal: Plan a connected account meeting the new minimum length.
Read the relationship
- The new level-four sample writing has five picture sentences followed by one short text, twenty-five minutes in all. Its final prompt asks for at least eighty Chinese characters about an unforgettable trip. Level-four writing preparation must now include connected text; arranging isolated words alone is insufficient.
- Organise time, place, events and a reason for remembering.
Which detail develops the trip rather than repeating an evaluation?
It adds an event tied to the situation.
Use the defining rule
- Plan four moves: when and where; who travelled; an important event; why it remains memorable. A brief complication such as rain can connect events naturally: although虽然to rain下雨(completed / change)了，but但是we / us我们still仍然… . The event should explain the evaluation, not simply repeat I / me我very很happy高兴 after every sentence.
- Use concrete details without contradicting the task.
What should a memorable-trip ending do?
The evaluation must follow from the described events.
Check the conditions
- Use time links such as to set off出发front前, to / arrive到(completed / change)了after以后 and next day第二天 to organise the account. Count the Chinese characters in a draft conservatively, excluding punctuation and any Latin text, and leave room above the minimum. Do not pad with a copied prompt or repeated sentence. Length is a floor; relevance, clarity and language control still matter.
- Use concrete details without contradicting the task.
Original model: last year去年summer vacation暑假，I / me我and / with和older sister姐姐坐火车to go去(completed / change)了Hangzhou subprovincial city…杭州。to set off出发front前，I / me我anxious担心weather天气太热，didn't expect没想到next day第二天then / just就to rain下雨(completed / change)了。we / us我们not have / haven't没有right away马上variant of 回回hotel旅馆，rather而是at / in在lakeside湖边(of / 's)的small store小店to drink tea喝茶，to listen to听boss老板to introduce (sb to sb)介绍local当地(of / 's)的to live生活。雨停after以后，we / us我们to go along沿着lake湖slowly慢慢to walk走，to see看见(completed / change)了very很Midea (brand)美的sunset glow晚霞。那次to travel旅行to let / make让I / me我clear明白，plan计划to change改变(completed / change)了，also也maybe / possible可能to meet遇到new新(of / 's)的happy快乐。 Count exceeds eighty Chinese characters; the rain creates an event and the final sentence explains its significance.
Complete the contrast: 虽然下雨了，____我们还是出发了。
虽然…但是… links concession and outcome.
Apply the task format
- During review, check the travel task, chronology and pronoun references before correcting every small language error. Explain which detail supports the reason for remembering. The teacher applies criterion feedback rather than inventing an official scaled score for this original rehearsal.
- Use concrete details without contradicting the task.
The legacy sentence-order practice is preparation, not a complete rehearsal of the new connected-writing task.
Which answer fits this case?
Plan a connected account meeting the new minimum length
Meeting eighty characters alone guarantees a strong response.
Task fulfilment, coherence and language still need review.
Keep the distinctions
- chronology (concept of) time时间sequence顺序 — The sequence in which events occur.
- supporting detail concrete具体details细节 — A fact that develops or supports the main account.
- Plan a connected account meeting the new minimum length.
- Organise time, place, events and a reason for remembering.
- Use concrete details without contradicting the task.
Match each term with its precise meaning in this lesson.
Keep the distinctions stated in the teaching example.
Put this lesson’s reasoning or event sequence in order.
The order follows the stated process; check each stage before the next.