心理描写不同于情绪描写，内心回忆奔涌、思绪万千的人，可能面无表情;而脸上一直在笑的人，可能脑中一片空白;所以心理是内隐的，是关于所思所想的;而情绪是外显的，是关于喜怒哀乐的。心理描写主要是在刻画人物的“内心戏”，或者说是脑海里的画面和想法。以下列举了在续写中经常出现的五类内心情境及该情境下的常用句式。
回忆
句式1：所有那些……的回忆都涌入了某人的脑海。 All those…memories crowded into one’s mind.
例：老板让我签字时，所有那些因为无法读写而造成的尴尬都涌人我的脑海。
The moment my boss asked me to sign my name, all those bad memories, which had been caused by not being able to read or write, crowded into my mind.
句式2：回想/反思…..，某人….. Reflecting on…, sb….
例1：回想起吞吞说的话，Tony 马上拿出了书本开始学英语。
Reflecting on Tuntun’s words, Tony took out his book and started learning English.
例 2：反思自己做过的事情，Thomas 愧地低下了头。
Reflecting on what he had done, Thomas lowered his head with guilt.
例3：回想起老人生前对她说的那些话，Kathy 陷人了悲伤，泪流成河。
Reflecting on what the old man had said to her, Kathy was trapped into endless sadness, tears streaming down her cheeks.
灵感
句式1：某人突然想到··.···
It flashed through one s mind that …
It popped into one s mind that …
句式2：某人突然想到··.···
It dawned upon sb. that …
句式3：某人突然想到……
It occurred to sb. that
例：Steve 突然想到他可以利用周末的时间在小树林学习。
句式1：It flashed through Steve’s mind that he could spend the weekend studying in the small woods.
句式 2: It dawned upon Steve’s mind that he could spend the weekend studying in the smallwoods.
上述两个句子都可以通过“完全倒装”来实现句子的升级，即提前表方位的介词短语引发完全倒装。两个句子分别可转化为:
句式1: Through Steve’s mind flashed an idea that he could spend the weekend studying in thesmall woods.
句式 2: Upon Steve’s mind dawned an idea that he could spend the weekend studying in thesmall woods.
决心
句式1：某人下定决心要·.··..
Sb. made up his mind that …
句式2：某人下定决心要……
Sb. was determined that …
例：看到伙伴们都斗志昂扬，我下定决心不能再做懦夫了。
句式1: Seeing my partners all in high spirits, I made up my mind that I would by no meansbe a coward again.
句式 2: Seeing my partners all in high spirits, I was determined that I would by no means be acoward again.
后悔
如果我 (没有)·.··.·就好了。 If only I had (not) done …
例：如果我听了吞吞的话就好了
If only I had listened to Tuntun’s words.
托物言志
句式：看到某物，某人感觉它好像在……，并且说：“……” 。Seeing sth, sb. felt as if it had been doing… and saying, “……”
本式中的“某物”往往表示所给短文中的某一个关键词。而“感觉它好像在·…..”是用虚拟语气赋予这个关键词以人格。赋予它人的动作，来表达人的情感，赋予它人的语言，来突出整个文章的主题。比如:
看到那处屋檐，我感觉它好像在风中叹息着对我说:“我也想念曾经美好的时光。”本借用屋檐作为关键词，用虚拟语气赋予屋檐以人格。赋予它“叹息”这一人的动作，来表达“我的伤感;赋予它“想念曾经美好的时光”这句话，来确定追忆过去的主题。
例 1：看到字母表，我感觉它好像在嘲笑我，并且说:“你太老了!”
Seeing the alphabet, I felt as if it had been laughing at me and saying,“You are too old.”
例 2：看到标枪，我感觉它好像在励我，并且说:“你找到了天赋，而我找到了你。
“Seeing the javelin, I felt as if it had been encouraging me and saying, “you’ve found your talent and I’ve found you.”
例 3：看到帐篷，我感觉它好像在叹气，并且说：““我想要体验一下外面的世界。”
Seeing the tent, I felt as if it had been sighing and saying, “I want to experience the outside world.”
例4：看到远处的直升机，Jane 感觉它好像在用鸣的隆声安慰自己，并且说:“你的等待是有回报的!”
Seeing the helicopter in the distance, Jane felt as if it had been comforting her with its thunderous noise and saying,“Your waiting pays off!”
Mindmap解析
