Writing station﹕An eventful outing
【明報專訊】Bill went hiking with his classmates yesterday. They spent some time at a camping site after walking along a footpath for an hour. However, a monkey did something and scared the group away. What happened? How should he describe the event in his diary?
◆An eventful outing﹕
˙things saw and heard 看到和聽到的東西˙
bird tweet 鳥兒啾啾的叫聲
beehive 蜂巢
picnic table 野餐桌
flowers in blossom 盛開的花朵
firefly 螢火蟲
˙equipment 裝備˙
map 地圖
digital camera 數碼相機
compass 指南針
˙emotions 情緒 ˙
excited 興奮的
energetic 精力充沛的
hopeful 有希望的
relaxed 輕鬆的
frightened感到害怕
˙activities 活動˙
picnic 野餐
hike 遠足
barbecue 燒烤
◆Examples:
1. Dear diary,
We went to a country park today. But why did nature hate me so?
2. We were joyfully having a picnic at a camping site where there were beautiful butterflies everywhere.
3. The shame of it is that chaos broke out when Eason poked at a beehive nearby with his pen.
4. Luckily nobody got injured or stung. We enjoyed our day nevertheless.
■Writing tips
A diary entry should be in simple language. Short sentences are preferred to long ones.
You should mainly use the past tense since your entry is about what you experienced on the day in question.
You should explore as far as possible the feelings you had that particular day. Don't forget to explain what caused those feelings.
It makes your diary enjoyable and interesting to use humour and ask rhetorical questions.
■English highway﹕-words and collocations
chaos
Chaos means a situation in which everything is confused and in a mess.
e.g. The sudden flood caused total chaos in the village.
