内容正文:
Unit 1 Teenage Life
Reading for Writing
How to write
a letter of advice
Study the organization and
language features of the letter
Reading for Writing
2
Q1: Who is the writer of this letter ?
Q2: Whom is the letter written for?
Q3: Is this letter formal or informal?
Q4:Why does the writer write such a letter?
Q5:What are Ms Luo's suggestions and reasons ?
Pre-writing
Q1
Q2
Q5
Q5
Formal.
To give some advice.
Q5
3
Susan Luo, an adviser for teenagers, has received a letter asking for some advice. Read her reply and discuss the questions.
Cultural notes: 文化小知识
Agony Aunts: such style of letter of advice is used in magazines or newspapers in its advice columns. And people who write advice columns in England are known as “Agony Aunts”. In America, they are called “advice columnists”.
Agony Aunts:(报刊的)答读者问专栏女性作者
Since the letters are always anonymous(匿名的), the letter writer uses a colorful pseudonym that gives a clue to the problem. In the letter, the writer is known as the “Worried Friend”.
由于很多读者来信都是匿名的,所以回信的专栏作者使用一种具有感情色彩的化名来称呼读者,这种称呼跟读者的问题有关,比如在这封回信中,作者被叫做“担忧的朋友”。
Date
Greeting
Body
Close
Signature
A letter of advice
Analyze and summarize
Find and mark the parts of the letter that match the following points.
A. I know what the problem is.
B. I understand how you feel.
C. This is my advice and reasons.
D. I think my advice will help.
Structure
5
Circle the expressions Ms. Luo uses to make suggestions, and then brainstorm more ways of giving advice.
I recommend that...
I think you should...
Why not...
Other expressions:
It’s helpful to...
I think you’d better...
If I were you, I would...
How about...
etc....
Analyze and summarize
段首句
I am sorry to learn that ....... . From your letter I know ...... ,
don’t worry too much and I’ll share you some effective tips/advice.
It’s a pity that I hear the bad news.
主题段落句
• It’s helpful to... If I were you, I would...
• You’d better … How about...?
• It may be a good idea to…