内容正文:
Looking Into The Future
Unit 2
Looking Into The Future
Reading for Writing
1
Should We Fight
New Technology?
Driveless car
A driverless car is an automobile that has an autopilot(自动驾驶) system allowing it to safely move from one place to another without help from a human driver.
3
Lead-in: Watch the clip of video and answer the question:
1. What’s your opinion on this new technology—driverless cars?
2. Do you think it is safe to ride in driverless cars?
Read the passage quickly and draw the structure.
In which paragraphs does the author:
describe the issue?__________
give an opinion?___________
discuss the advantages?________
discuss the disadvantages?______
Para.1
Para. 4
Para. 3
Para. 2
What is the type/genre of the text?
A. Narrative
B. Argumentation
C. Exposition
D. Practical writing
B
Read for structure
P21 2
Signposts
Some words and phrases are used as signposts to help show a paragraph’s purpose. These usually come at the beginning or end of a paragraph. They are always set off using commas at the beginning of a sentence.
Analysing
标识性语言
Para 1
Issue
Passenger dies when car crashes in driverless mode
two
opinions
Various people
The Public should oppose the idea of developing driverless cars.
The car company
Nevertheless, the company still claimed that most people would be travelling in driverless cars one day soon
unnecessary & dangerous
signpost
Activity3 Analyze the development of the passage
thesis, point 论点
argument, evidence, proof 论据
the way of argumentation 论证方式
By giving examples
conclusion
signpost
The life of the Amish
On the one hand, there are many different groups of people around the world who live happily in the absence of new technology.
thesis 论点
argument 论据
the way of argumentation
signpost
giving examples
weather-tracking computer programmes
Internet
save many lives
keep in touch easily
find opportunities easier
cause-effect reasoning(因果推理)
thesis论点
argument 论据
the way