时事材料作文及其答案【一】
常见的说明方法有举例子、作引用、分类别、列数字、作比较、画图表、下定义、作诠释、打比方、摹状貌、作假设这11种。写说明文要根据说明对象的特点及写作目的，选用最佳方法。下面分别加以说明。
时事材料作文及其答案【二】
Why Are Trees Important?
Trees are very important to us. Do you know why? Let me tell you.
Trees take in carbon dioxide from the air and make oxygen. That's important. People and animals need oxygen to live. Many small animals and insects live in the trees. Some of them also get food from trees. Trees can also stop water and soil from going away. If we have a lot of trees, we stop deserts from being large. I think this is very important. You know, trees are green. They can make our country even more beautiful.
Trees are our good friends. We should plant more trees and take good care of them.
点评：文章先阐明论点，接着论证，最后重申自己的观点。
范文2
It's Our Duty To Protect Our Environment
It's our duty to protect our environment. Where we live? The earth. The earth is the only one place we live in. So you know how important the environment is. But now, some people are harming the environment, like cutting down trees, drawing pictures on public walls, littering onto the ground. It's terrible if we still do it. Now, it's time for all the people in the society to protect the environment. It's our duty. It needs each of us to make a contribution to improving the environment. We should make our environment more and more beautiful.
点评：作者多用学过的'词语不但保证了正确，还巩固了所学的知识，并且注意句型的多样化，如长句，短句，疑问句，使用了“if，so, now, but”等词，整篇文章读起来朗朗上口。实际上，写文章就像串珠子，连接词就在于把一个个单词串起来。
时事材料作文及其答案【三】
用简明的语言对某一概念的本质特征作规定性的说明叫下定义。下定义能准确揭示事物的本质，是科技说明文常用的方法。
有时为了突出事物的主要内容和主要问题，往往用简明扼要的话给事物下定义，使读者对被说明对象有个明确的概念。
例如《统筹方法》一文中，作者运用了下定义的说明方法，给统筹方法下定义：“统筹方法，是一种安排工作进程的数学方法。”语言简明、扼要、准确。
下定义的时候，可以根据说明的目的需要，从不同的角度考虑。有的着重说明特性，如关于“人”的定义；有的着重说明作用，如关于“肥料”的定义；有的既说明特性又说明作用，如关于“统筹方法”和“应用科学”的定义。
作用：
使人们在阅读时对抽象的字词能够更加明白、理解。
时事材料作文及其答案【四】
假设说明即用假定的环境来预设将出现的状况说明事物的方法。
例如《太阳》中：“如果没有太阳，地球上将到处是黑暗，到处是寒冷，没有风霜雨露，没有草木野兽，自然也不会有人。”这就强调了太阳与人类的关系非常密切。
作用：从事物的一方面阐述，以小见大，简单易懂。
