ReadingforWriting

P20-21

新人教選擇性必修Book1

Unit2LookingintotheFutureLookatthepicturesandthinkabout:Whichkindoflifedoyoulike?Why?Whichkindoflifedoyoulike?Why?Whichkindoflifedoyoulike?Why?DiscussionShouldwefightnewtechnology?Readthetextandthendecidewhetherthestatementsonpage21aretrue(T)orfalse(F).1.Apersondiedinanaccidentwhiledrivingacar.2.TheAmishavoidnewtechnologybecausetheydonotwanttohavegoodlives.3.Manydisastershavebeenpreventedbyweather-trackingcomputerprogrammes.FFFReadthetextandthendecidewhetherthestatementsonpage21aretrue(T)orfalse(F).4.Buildinglargenetworksthroughsocialmediahelpsusfindnewopportunities.5.Theauthorusesahealthmonitortoknowhowmuchexercisehe/sheneeds.TF⑴Inwhichparagraphsdoestheauthor:

describetheissue?_________

giveanopinion?_________

discusstheadvantages?_________

discussthedisadvantages?_________

2.Answerthefollowingquestionsaboutthetext.⑵Underlinethesignpostwordsorphasesinthetext.SignpostsSomewordsandphrasesareusedassignpoststohelpshowaparagraph'spurpose.Theseusuallycomeatthebeginningorendofaparagraph.Paragraph1Paragraph4Paragraph3Paragraph2hence;nevertheless;ontheonehand;ontheotherhand;forexample;moreover;personally;nevertheless

2.Answerthefollowingquestionsaboutthetext.(4)Whydidtheauthordecidetowriteaboutthistopic?Becausetheauthorreadanewspaperarticleandwantedtoreflectonit.(3)Howdothesesignpostwordsorphraseshelptellusthepurposeoftheparagraphs?Theyareusedtointroducetheprosandcons,andtointroducetheauthor'sownopinion.MindmapDifferentOpinionsPeopleresistnewtechnology.Shouldwefightnewtechnology?Peopleadvocatenewtechnology.Reasons:①Theyemphasize:___________________________.②Theystress:qualityoflifehardwork,family,andcommunityReasons:peoplebenefitalot.①Warnof______________________.②Contactwithfriendsandfamilyeasily.③Findopportunitiesinsocialmedia.potentialnaturaldisastersConclusion_______attitudePositive課文回顧：例:HegrewupinBeijing,hencehisstronginterestinBeijingOpera.Itisverylate,henceImustgohome.henceadv.

因此；由此

Theysaidthatsomeadvancesintechnologywereunnecessaryandcouldevenbedangerous.Hence,weshouldceaseacceptingtechnologyjustbecauseitisnew.1句意：他們認為一些技術上的進步是不必要的，甚至可能是危險的。因此，我們應該拒絕接受那些僅僅看起來是新的科技。ceasev.（使）停止；終止

【辨析】hence/thus/therefore/sohence

較正式用詞，指接下來的東西是理所當然的必需的東西，但強調其重要性；therefore

通常指引出一個推斷出的必然結論；thus

多用于書面語中，可與therefore換用；so用于比較隨便的場合，口語中多用。例：

It'shandmadeandhenceexpensive.Itrainedandthereforethefootballmatchwaspostponed.TheyneverchangeandthusIcantrustthem.IhaveagoodmemorysoIlearnmorequicklythanothers.ceasedoing

短時停止做某事，以后還會接著做。ceasetodo長時間，甚至永遠停做某事。強調主觀控制的結果強調自然而然的變化1.這些男孩子們在老師走過時，停了會聊天。2.那個學校已不復存在。Theboysceasedchattingforamomentwhentheirteacherpassedby.Thatschoolhasceasedtoexistforever.absencen.不存在；缺乏；缺席inone'sabsense/intheabsenceof

sb.

某人不在時absentadj.缺席的；缺少的；心不在焉的beabsentfrom

不在，缺席

Ontheonehand,therearemanydifferentgroupsofpeoplearoundtheworldwholivehappilyintheabsenceofnewtechnology.2句意：一方面，世界上有許多不同的群體，他們在沒有新技術的情況下幸福地生活著。1.我不在的時候，請照看一下我的房子。Pleaselookaftermyhouse____________.2.他沒有參加會議。Hewas___________themeeting.absentfrominmyabsenceadvocatev.提倡；支持；擁護

n.提倡者；支持者；擁護者advocate+n./pron./doingsth.advocate+that從句Theyadvocateasimplelifewithanemphasisonhardwork,family,andcommunity.3句意：他們提倡簡單的生活，強調努力工作、家庭和社區(生活)。例：1.他請城里最好的律師為他辯護。________________________________________.2.我們主張停止這種做法。Weadvocate________(stop)thepractice.Hegotthebestadvocateintowntodefendhimstoppingemphasis

n.強調；重視；重要性putemphasison(upon)sth.把重點放在……emphasizev.強調，著重例：1.那所學校側重數學運算和閱讀。Thatschool______________mathmaticsandreading.2.我必須強調一個事實，這就是她只不過是個小女孩。Imust________________thatsheisonlyalittlegirl.putsemphasisonemphasizethefact【詞義擴展】emphasis

還可以怎樣用？1.Aspeakerputsemphasisonimportantwords.2.Notetheoveruseofstressoncertainwordsfor

emphasisandexaggeration.（加強語氣）（重音）keepintouch(withsb.)與……保持聯絡

Moreover,theInternethasmadeitpossibleforfriendsandfamilytokeepintoucheasilyeveniftheyareonoppositesidesoftheworld.4句意：此外，互聯網使朋友和家人可以很容易地保持聯系，即使他們在世界的兩端。例：1.我們現在靠寫信與他保持聯系。________________________________________.2.我通過讀報紙使自己知曉當前的形勢。Itryto_______________currenteventsbyreadingnewspapers.Wenowkeepintouchwithhimbywritingletterskeepintouchwithevenif即使；雖然

例：我們不應該輕視任何人，即使他是一個小人物。Weshouldn'tslightanybody_______he'sanobody.evenif【辨析】evenif/eventhough①evenif引導虛擬語氣、假定句子、或不見得真實的情況。引導的從句是往往是假設性的。②eventhough“盡管”“雖然”，指的是既定的、大家公認的事實；引導的從句內容往往是真實的。例：1.即使你不成功，他們也會支持你。2.盡管在下雨，他還是出去了。They'llstandbyyouevenifyoudon'tsucceed.Hewentouteventhoughitwasraining.Writing:WeShouldFightAgainst_______/WeShouldAdvocate_________Usewhatyouhavelearnttoexpressyouropinioninanessayaboutthechangesthatcouldbecausedbyadvancesintechnology.1.Workingroups.Brainstormsomefutureadvancesintechnology,andtheirpossibleadvantagesanddisadvantages.AdvanceintechnologyAdvantageDisadvantage2.Chooseoneoftheseadvancesintechnologyandanswerthequestions.

Whydoyouwanttowriteaboutthistopic?

Whatisyourownopiniononthetopic?3.Writeyouropinioninanessay.議論文：微信的利弊一般現在時第三人稱為主第一段：微信受歡迎，但要客觀看待微信第二段：益處——微信拉近了人們之間的距離；可以找到傾訴心事的朋友。弊端：有虛假信息，容易讓人上當受騙。體裁話題時態人稱文章架構

WeShouldAdvocateWeChat第三段：自己的觀點——合理利用微信。E.g.UsefulExpressionUsefulExpressionMoreandmorepeoplearebeginningtouseWechatandsomehaveevenbecomeaddictedtoit.However,WeChathasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages.WeChatreallyshortensthedistancebetweenpeople.Nomatterwherewearewecaneasilygetintouchwithourfriends.Besides,wecanfindfriendstowhomwecantelloursecrets.Howeveritalsohasdisadvantages.First,someinformationofferedonWeChatisfalseanditmayresultinpeoplebeingcheated.Second,somepeoplespendtoomuchtimeonWeChat,greatlyinfluencingtheirnormallife.AsfarasIamconcerned,WeChatisconvenientbutweshoulduseitproperly.連句成文Exchangeyourdraftwithapartner.Doestheessaysaywhatthewriterthinksaboutthetopic?Doesthebodydiscusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoftheadvance?Aresignpostsusedtohelpthereaderunderstandthepurposeofeachparagraph?Doestheconclusionstatethewriter'sposition?Takeyourdraftbackandreviseit.1.Usethechecklisttohelpyoureviewyourpartners'draft.SampleWritingTheotherday,Ireadaboutacompanydevelopingcompanionrobots.Thesearerobotsthataresupposedtobefriendsforpeoplewholivealone.Someofthesecompanionrobotsareactuallylikesmallpetsthatapersoncantalktoandinteractwith.Butunlikerealpets,theydonothavetofeedthemortakethemforawalk.However,thiscompanyisalsodevelopingacompanionrobotthatisexactlylikeahumanbeing.Itcanwalkandtalkjustlikeapersondoes.Thisallgotmetothink.Ontheonehand,somepeoplecouldsaythatacompanionrobotlikethisisagoodforus.Forexample,ifsomeo