UNIT2Warmingupandlead-in1.Areyoufamiliarwiththephotobelow?From1872to1875thegovernmentofChina’sQingDynastysentsuccessivelyfourbatchesofstudentstotaling120tostudyintheUnitedStates.2.Whydidthegovernmentdothat?Whathappenedtothesestudentsaftertheyfinishedtheirstudy?

Astheyhadaccessto

advancedWesterntechnology,thesestudentslaterbecamethepioneersinChina’sindustriesofmining,railwayandtelegraph.AmongthemappearedtheearliestpresidentsofTsinghuaUniversityandTianjinUniversity,thefirstdiplomats,andthefirstpremieroftheRepublicofChina.ObservationandthinkingWarmingupandlead-inObserve:Whatcanyouseefromthepicture?SupportopposeInrecentyears,moreandmoreparentshavesenttheirchildrenabroadtostudy.Isstudyingabroadagoodideaornot?Why?Alocalnewspaperhasinvitedparentstosharetheiropinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Now,let’sreadtheletterstogetmoreinformation.Alocalnewspaperhasinvitedparentstosharetheiropinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Skimthepassageandanswer:1.Whatisthegenre（體裁）ofthetwoletters?2.Whoarethewriters?3.Whattopicaretheytalkingabout?ReadforbasicinformationThetwolettersareboth______________letters.Letter1iswrittenby__________________________;Letter2iswritten

by_________________________.Boththelettersaretalkingabout______________________________.WangLi(motheroftwingirls)ZhangYi(fatherofoneboy)argumentativeReadforbasicinformationwhetheritisgoodtostudyabroadReadthesetwolettersandunderlineeachwriter'smainpoints.Thenmarkthereasonsfortheiropinions.P201mainpointmainpoint123123reasonsreasonsParagraph1:

Inthepastfewdecades,therehasbeenadramaticincreaseinthenumberofpeoplestudyingabroad.Althoughstudyingabroadcanbringgreatbenefits,Ithinkthedisadvantagesforyoungpeoplearegreater.ReadfordetailsPara.1IntroductionStartwithafactStateanopinion

great&sudden1.WhatisWangLi’spoint?2.HowdoesWangLidevelopherpoint?Paragraph2:Tobeginwith,manystudentswhostudyabroadfacegreateconomicpressure.Thatmeansstudyingabroadisjustnotpossibleforeveryone.Tuitionfeesandlivingexpensesaremuchmoreexpensivethanathomeandcouldendupcostingmostfamiliesanarmandaleg.StudyinginChinaismuchmoreconvenientandcanhelpsavemoney.ReadfordetailsPara.2BodyReason1EvidencetheamountofmoneythatyouspendonsomethingReadfordetailsPara.3BodyReason2Evidencebehave:todothingsinaparticularwaymature:behaveinasensibleway,likeanadultstudentssomeotherstudentssomestudentsInadditionParagraph4:Afinalpointtoconsideristhatwhilestudyingabroaddoeshavepotentialbenefits,youngpeoplewhostudyinChinaalsohaveagreatfuturetolookforwardto!AsChinahasboomed,theeducationalenvironmenthasimprovedsignificantly,withmanygreatuniversitiesnowavailable.Theyhavegreatfacilitiesandoutstandingprofessors,helpingtoeducateyoungpeoplewhowillcontributetotheeconomyandfurtherstrengthenourcountry.ReadfordetailsPara.4BodyReason3EvidenceParagraph5:Tosumup,onecannotdenythefactthatstudyingabroadhasitsdisadvantages,sowhenyouthinkaboutstudyingabroad,youshouldconsiderthesemanyfactors.kindregards,WangLi(motheroftwingirls)ReadfordetailsStateaconclusiondeny:tosaythatsomethingisnottruePara.5ConclusionEverycoinhastwosides.Readthesecondletter,andtelluswhat’sZhangYi’sopinion?就我而言對勇敢、樂觀、愿意拼搏的人來說，世上無難事。Readthesecondletterandfindsomedetailstosupportthewriter’sopinion.Reason1EvidencePara.2Body

Anotheradvantageistheincreasedchancefor

culturalexchange.Chinesestudentscanbeseenas

culturalenvoypromotingfriendshipbetween

nations.InternationalstudentsinChinaalsobring

theircolourfulcultureshere.Cooperatingwith

peoplefromdiverseculturalbackgroundshelpsus

viewtheworldfromdifferentanglesandthus

givesusmoreinsightintoourownculture.增加的被認為是...現在分詞短語作定語現在分詞短語作主語Reason2EvidencePara.3Body一帶一路組織的意識反過來Reason3EvidencePara.4Body

Allinall,

studyingabroadhelpstobuild

characterandincreasepeople'sunderstandingof

culturaldiversity

whilestrengtheningChinaand

buildingasharedfutureforall.Ithinkthislife-changingexperienceiscertainlyworthwhileandI

hopemychildwillstudyabroadinthefuture.SinncerelyyoursZhangYi(fatherofoneboy)總之差異性；多樣性while+現在分詞作狀語共享的；共有的StateaconclusionPara.5ConclusionHowtowriteanargumentativeletter?Opinionreason1reason2reason3IntroductionBodyConclusiondetailsdetailsdetailsAquestion/factStartwithaquestionorafactstateanopinionGivereasonsandevidencetosupportanopinionDrawaconclusion★connectors銜接詞ConnectorsexpressingreasonsorevidenceListing:tobeginwithwhatismorebesidesmoreoverinadditionCause&effectbecause as sothus therefore asaresultGivingexamples:forexampleforinstancesuchasConnectorsexpressingopinionPointofview:inmyopinionasfarasIknowasfarasIamconcerned

personally(speaking)Summary:inshorttosumupallinallinconclusion/summarygenerallyspeakingRestating:inotherwordsthatistosaythatmeansStudythewordsbelow.2.Underlinetheconnectorsintheletters.UseconnectorsWhenyouwriteanargumentativepiece,useconnectingphrasestoleadreadersthroughyourprocessofreasoning.Goodlogicalconnectorswillhelpyouraudienceunderstandyourpointofview,whethertheyagreewithyouornot!Readthelettersagainandthenusetheconnectorsintheboxtorewritethesentencesbelow.P212asaresultbesidesforinstancethatistosay1.Studentswhowanttostudyabroadmustconsidertheirparents'budget.Theyshouldthinkaboutwhethertheycanaffordthecostsofstudyingoverseas.2.Studyingabroadcanputgreatpressureonyoungpeople.Theymayfeellonelyandmisstheirfamilies.3.Studyingabroadwillgivestudentsagoodeducation.Italsohelpsthemtogainaglobalperspective.4.GlobaldevelopmentstrategieshelptomakeconnectionsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.Youngpeoplewithlanguageskillsandstrongculturalawarenessareneeded.Studentswhowanttostudyabroadmustconsidertheirparents'budget.Thatistosay,theyshouldthinkaboutwhethertheycanaffordthecostsofstudyingoverseas.Studyingabroadcanputgreatpressureonyoungpeople.Forinstance,theymayfeellonelyandmisstheirfamilies.Studyingabroadwillgivestudentsagoodeducation.Besides,italsohelpsthemtogainaglobalperspective.GlobaldevelopmentstrategieshelptomakeconnectionsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.

Asaresult,youngpeoplewithlanguageskillsandstrongculturalawarenessareneeded.STUDYINGABROADIsitagoodorabadidea?GroupA-prosGroupB-consIthinkstudyingabroadisagoodidea,because…Ithinkstudyingabroadisabadidea,because…Pros:

You'llprobably

makenewfriends.

You'llprobably

learnanewlanguage.

You'llprobably

becomeindependent.

You'llprobably

gainaglobalperspectiveandimproveyourgeneralcompetence.…Cons:

You'llprobably

getalittlehomesick.

You'll

probably

spendmoremoney.

You'll

probably

experiencecultureshock.

You'll

probablyencounterproblemswithpersonalsafety.…Someideasforreference:AspeechfromMichelleObamaVideoTimeWritingSkill議論文寫作指導套用句式Writealettertotheeditorexpressingyourownopinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Step1:

Startwithaquestion

orafact.

Step2:

Stateanopinion.

Step3:

Givereasonsandevidencetosupportanopinion.Step4:

Stateaconclusion.要點陳述，語言規范1．開頭：亮出觀點。坦率地說，我認為出國留學很有意義。(makesense)_____________________________________________Frankly,Ithinkitmakesgoodsensetostudyabroad.2．根據下面的提示給出理由。(1