Unit2

LookintotheFuture

ReadingforWritingWelcomeorRejectFutureChanges?

Lead-inDriverlessCarsQ:Candriverlesscarsbe100%safe?

Lead-inThismorning,Isawtheshockingheadline:“PassengerDiesWhenCarCrashesinDriverlessMode”.Q:Candriverlesscarsbe100%safe?×

ShouldWeFightNewTechnology?1.Thetextmainlytalksabout_____________and_______________ofnewtechnology.2.Whatkindoftextisit?

A.anargumentativeessay（議論文）B.anexpositoryessay(說明文)C.anarrativeessay(記敘文)advantagesdisadvantagesReadingforthemainideaandtypeReadforstructureInwhichparagraphdoestheauthor:describethehotissuediscussthedisadvantagediscusstheadvantagegiveanopinion·describetheissue?

_________·giveanopinion?

_________·discusstheadvantages?_________·discussthedisadvantages?_________Para.1Para.4Para.3Para.2Structure?ReadforstructurePara1Thismorning,Isawtheshockingheadline:“PassengerDiesWhenCarCrashesinDriverlessMode”.Inthearticle,variouspeoplesaidthatthepublicshouldopposetheideaofdevelopingdriverlesscars.Theysaidthatsomeadvancesintechnologywereunnecessaryandcouldevenbedangerous.Hence,weshouldceaseacceptingtechnologyjustbecauseitisnew.Thenewspaperreportedthatthecarcompanyhadalreadyapologisedfortheaccident,butthefamiliesofthedeceasedsaiditwasnotenough.Nevertheless,thecompanystillclaimedthatmostpeoplewouldbetravellingindriverlesscarsonedaysoon.describetheissueQ1:Whoarementionedinthefirstparagraph?Q2:Whataretheirattitudestowardsdrivelesscars?IssuePara2Ontheonehand,therearemanydifferentgroupsofpeoplearoundtheworldwholivehappilyintheabsenceofnewtechnology.ProbablythemostwellknownaretheAmish,agroupofChristianslivinginruralAmerica.Theydonotownordrivecars,watchTV,orusetheInternet.Theyhavelivedmainlyasfarmerssincethe18thcentury,andtheywillprobablybelivingthesamewayinthedistantfuture.Theyadvocateasimplelifewithanemphasisonhardwork,family,andcommunity.Theythinkthatisbetterthancaringaboutluxuriesorfollowingthelivesoftherichandfamous.ItcouldevenbearguedthattheAmish'squalityoflifeisbettersincetheyliveinandappreciatethenaturalenvironmentratherthanlivinginlarge,pollutedcities.

DisadvantagesoftechnologyQ1:What’sthetopicsentenceofthisparagraph?Para3Ontheotherhand,newtechnologyhasprovidedpeopleeverywherewithmanybenefitsovertheyears.Forexample,thelatestweather-trackingcomputerprogrammesgivepeoplelotsofwarningsaboutpotentialnaturaldisasters,whichsavesmanylives.Moreover,theInternethasmadeitpossibleforfriendsandfamilytokeepintoucheasilyeveniftheyareonoppositesidesoftheworld.Ithasalsomadefindingopportunitiesinlifemucheasier,asitallowspeopletomakelargernetworksoffriendsthroughusingsocialmedia.AdvantagesoftechnologyQ1:What’sthetopicsentenceofthisparagraph?Q2:Howdoesthewriterdevelopthisparagraph?A.ByusingexamplesB.BydoingexperimentsC.ByusingexactfiguresD.ByconductingsurveysPara4Personally,Ihavebenefitedquitealotfromtechnologicaladvances.IfoundmycareerasanAldesignerthroughasocialmedianetwork.Myhealthmonitor,whichIwearallthetime,hasalsohelpedmegetintothebestshapeofmylife.Ofcourse,whennewtechnologychangesthewaywelive,itcanbeascaryprospect.Nevertheless,Iwillalwayslookonthepositivesideofchangeandacceptitratherthanresistit.

GiveanopinionQ1:What’sthetopicsentenceofthisparagraph?Q2:What’stheattitudeoftheauthoraboutnewtechnology?A.PositiveB.NegativeC.CriticalD.UnconcernedPickuptheSignposts標識性語言toshowthe

oftheessay.showthe

betweensentencesstructure2.TheSignpostsbetweensentences1.TheSignpostsbetweenparagraphslogicSomewordsandphrasesareusedassignpoststohelpshowaparagraph’spurpose.Theseusuallycomeatthebeginningorendofaparagraph.Topicpara.1introductionpros（贊成）cons（反對）para.3conclusionissue+differentopinionspara.2bodygiveyouropiniontopicsentence+signpost+example假定你是學生李華，你們班就“無人駕駛汽車”展開了激烈的辯論，請根據(jù)表格中的素材寫一篇英語短文，介紹此次辯論情況并給出自己的看法。贊成的理由1.減少人為意外（如分心駕駛，酒駕），提升道路安全；2.為不能開車的人（如老人，殘疾人）提供便利；反對的理由1.廣泛的采用使專業(yè)司機失業(yè),降低就業(yè)率;2.可缺乏靠性，可能存在系統(tǒng)故障，黑客攻擊等。你的看法…………結構明確體裁、話題議論文；無人駕駛汽車的利與弊及個人看法確定時態(tài)、人稱一般現(xiàn)在時為主；第三人稱布局文章框架第一段：引出話題；第二段：贊成者的理由；第三段：反對者的理由；第四段：表明自己的觀點。列出核心要點1.減少人為交通事故，更安全；便利生活，節(jié)能環(huán)保；2.代替司機，造成失業(yè)；技術不穩(wěn)定，存在安全隱患語料積累1．

人為意外2．

分心駕駛3．

酒駕4．

可靠性5．

系統(tǒng)故障6．

廣泛的采用7．

就業(yè)率employmentratehumanerrordistracteddrivingdrunkdrivingreliabilitysystemfailurewidespreadadoption

Recently,ourclassheldaheateddiscussiononwhethertosupporttheresearchanddevelopmentofdriverlesscars.Differentpeopleholddifferentviewsonthisissue.Ontheonehand,theadvantagesofdrivelesscarsarenumerous.Forexample,drivelesscarshavethepotentialtoreduceaccidentscausedbyhumanerror,suchasdistracteddrivinganddrunkdriving,enhancingroadsafety.Besides,theyareconvenientforsomeonewhoisu