景物描寫屬于描寫文的范疇。描寫景物通常采用一般現在時態。描寫景物時要注意以下幾點：

　　(1)抓住景物的主要特征寫;

　　(2)選好主題，突出主題，用細節來烘托主題;

　　(3)要充分發揮想象力，從不同的方面描寫事物的特征，喚起讀者的想象和情感共鳴;

　　(4)要精心設計描寫的角度和順序。

　　描寫景物時，要著力展示其最具有代表性的東西，突出它的主要特征，把它活靈活現地呈現在讀者的面前。請讀下面的一篇習作：

　　Tiananmen Square

　　Located at the center of Beijing City, Tiananmen Square is the largest square in the world. It covers an area of 44 hectares, big enough to hold one million people. From the north to the south, it measures some 880 meters, and 500 meters from the east to the west.

　　In the center stands the Monument to the Peoples Heroes. On the east is the Museum of Chinese Revolution and Chinese History and on the west the Great Hall of the People. The Qianmen Gate and Chairman Mao Memorial Hall sit in the south, with Tiananmen Tower in the north.

　　Tiananmen Square is one of the most famous and popular places in China. Every year thousands of people come to Beijing to visit it.