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Using Language Reading For Writing
Welcome or Reject Future Changes
UNIT2 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
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Every coin has two sides.
What can we conclude from the picture?
Can you tell the pros and cons about
Can you tell the pros and cons about
Can you tell the pros and cons about
How about the driverless car?
Read For Writing
Should We Fight New Technology?
Read the text and then decide whether the statements on page 21 are true (T) or false (F).
A person died in an accident while driving a car.
The Amish avoid new technology because they do not want to have good lives.
Many disasters have been prevented by weather-tracking computer programmes.
Building large networks through social media helps us find new opportunities.
The author uses a health monitor to know how much exercise he / she needs.
F
F
T
T
F
Answer the following questions about the text.
1.In which paragraphs does the author:
describe the issue?
give an opinion?
discuss the advantages?
discuss the disadvantages?
1
4
2
3
What is the structure
of the text?
Para.1 describe the issue
a specific event
different opinions
Para.2-3 disadvantages/advantages
topic sentence
examples
make contrast
Para.4 give an opinion
topic sentence
examples
conclusion
signposts
Some words and phrases are used as signposts to help sgow a paragraph’s purpose.There usually come at the beginning or end of a paragraph.
Underline the signpost words or phrases in the text.How do they help us the purpose of the paragraphs?
Why did the author decide to write about this topic?
Because the author read a newpaper and wanted to reflect on driverless mode.
How to write an argumentative essay.
Topic
describe the issue
disadvantages/advantages
give an opinion
a specific event
different opinions
topic sentence
examples
make contrast
topic sentence
examples
conclusion
Use what you have learnt to express your opinion in an essay about the changes that co