Unit 1 Writing 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语上教版（2020）选择性必修第一册

U1 Writing Write a letter about a personal experience Answer the questions and figure out the tone of a personal letter. 1. What will you do if you have experienced something happy or sad? 2. What is the tone of a personal letter? You may want to talk to your best friend, write it down in your diary, or write a personal letter to share some important experiences with a friend or a family member. Since it often talks about personal experience, it is obviously an informal letter. Analyzing the sample emails 2 Read two personal letters from Simon and Li Ping, and answer the following questions. How do Simon and Li Ping start their letters? 2. What does Simon tell Li Ping about his life? What does Li Ping tell Simon about her life? Simon: He starts with the greeting “How are you?” and some questions asking about Li Ping’s latest news. Li Ping: She starts with a response to Simon’s experience. She responds that she feels sorry to hear that Simon is worried about the exam results and says rock climbing sounds great. Simon tells Li Ping that he is worried about his exam results and he has taken up rock climbing and he really likes it. Li Ping tells Simon that she has decided to give up competitive tennis. She now gets the support from her parents and has a new social life. 3. How do they feel? Simon feels stressful about the exams but quite excited about rock climbing. Li Ping feels fortunate and relieved when her parents accept the news of her giving up competitive tennis and feels happy about her new social life. 4. How do you know their feelings? In both letters, we can find some adverbs, such as obviously, surprisingly, luckily to express feelings and attitudes. We can also find expressions like “pretty stressed” “I actually really like it!” and some exclamation marks(!). These exaggerations can all be used to show one’s feelings or attitudes. How can you tell these two are informal letters? 6. If you are to work out a checklist for a personal letter, what items