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Unit 2 BRIDGING CULTURES
— Using language
1.Are you familiar with the photo below?
From 1872 to 1875 the government of China’s Qing Dynasty sent successively four batches of students totaling 120 to study in the United States.
2.Why did the government do that? What happened to these students after they finished their study?
Among them appeared the earliest presidents of Tsinghua University and Tianjin University, the first diplomats, and the first premier of the Republic of China.
What can you see from the picture?
Activity1 Observation and thinking
Gain a good education
See a bigger world
Improve language skills
Have economic pressure
Suffer from homesickness
Come across “culture shock”
advantages
disadvantages
Do you think it's necessary to study abroad? Why or why not?
A local newspaper has invited parents to share their opinions about studying abroad. Now, let’s read the letters to get more information.
1. What is the genre of the two letters?
The two letters are both ______________ letters.
2. What topic are they talking about?
Both the letters are talking about ______________________________.
Activity2 Read for basic information
argumentative
whether it is good to study abroad
1.Skim the passage and answer
2.Skim the passage quickly and work out the structure.
How do you work out?
Signposts (标识性语言)
Logical words
①
②
③
④
⑤
①
②
③
④
⑤
①
②
③
④
⑤
3.Learn about the steps of writing.
Start with a fact or question
State an opinion
Give supporting reasons and evidence
State a conclusion
restate opinion
Opinion
reason 1
reason 2
reason 3
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
evidence
evidence
evidence
A question/fact
Start with a question
or a fact
state an opinion
Give reasons and evidence to support an opinion
Draw a conclusion
state a conclusion
restate your opinion
Activity3 Read for structure
10
all in all
Letter 1 Letter 2
State an opinion
Give reasons and evidence to support an opinion
State a conclusion
in my opinion
to begin with
another...
in addition
a final point
to sum up
Summarize the connectors.
I think
the first
for example another
finally
therefore
Activity4 Read for language features
Connectors :
Expressing opinion
Point of view:
in my opinion, I think;
Summary: all in all;
Restating: that is to say;
as far as I know, personally;
as far as I am concerned
to sum up; in short; in conclusion; in summary; in brief
in other words; that means
Connectors:
Expressing reasons or evidence
Listing: to begin with;
Cause & effect: because;
Giving examples: for example;
what’ s more; besides; moreover;
in addition; furthermore
as; so; thus; due to; thanks to; hence; therefore; as a result
for instance; such as
to put it in a nutshell 简而言之
Functions Connectors
Comparison (比较)
Contrast (对照)
Concession (让步)
Emphasis (强调)
similarly; equally; in comparison
in contrast; on the other hand; however; nevertheless; on the contrary; while
although; though; after all; in spite of; provided;
above all; as a matter of fact; in particular; undoubtedly; absolutely; most importantly
More conncectors
假定你是李华,你的美国笔友David最近在考虑是否要出国留学,他来信征求你的意见。请你就此用英语给他写一封电子邮件,阐述你的观点,并给出理由(不少于三个)。
注意:1.词数80左右;
2. 开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。
Activity5 Writing
要点陈述,语言规范
1.开头:亮出观点。
坦率地说,我认为出国留学很有意义。(make sense)
_____________________________________________
Frankly, I think it makes good sense to studyabroad.
(1)出国留学时,我们会身处一种外语环境,这使得学习过程有趣且有效。(exposure; make)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
(2)沐浴在异国文化中,我们可以对世界有深刻的了解。(bathed in; insight)
______________________________________________________________________________________
(3)出国留学让我们走出舒适区,让我们变得更好,这在我看来是最重要的。(定语从句)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Exposure to a foreign language setting while we are studying abroad makes learning process interesting and effective.
Bathed in a different culture of a foreign country, we can gain great insights into the world.
Studying abroad takes us out of our comfort zone and changes us for the better, which is the most important from my point of view.
3.结尾:做出总结
综合考虑,我希望你能选择出国留学,开始新的生活。(独立主格)
________________________________________________________________________
All things considered, I hope you can choose to study abroad and start a new life.
三、句间衔接,过渡自然
1.在句(1)前添加连接词to begin with。
2.在句(1)和句(2)之间添加表示递进关系的副词moreover。
Dear David,
I’m more than delighted to share my opinion,which I hope will be of some help to you.Frankly,I hold the view that it makes good sense to study abroad.The reasons are as follows.
To begin with,exposure to a foreign language setting while we are studying abroad makes learning process interesting and effective.Moreover,bathed in a different culture of a foreign country,we can gain great insights into the world.Finally,studying abroad takes us out of our comfort zone and changes us for the better,which is the most important in my view.
All things considered,I hope you can choose to study abroad and start a new life.
Yours,
Li Hua
Useful expression
a dramatic increase
bring great benefits
to begin with/first of all
economic presure
tuition fees and living expenses
end up doing sth
cost sb an arm and a leg
not mature enough to do sth
handle/take on challenges
急剧增长
带来许多益处
首先
经济压力
学费与生活开支
最终做某事
使...花费一大笔钱
不够成熟去做某事
应对/接受挑战
Useful expression
10. encounter problems with personal safety
11. different approaches to teaching and learning
12. have potential benefits
13. educate young people
14. contribute to the economy
15. further strengthen our country
16. personal growth
17. change sb for the better
18. gain a global perspective
10. 遇到个人安全问题
11. 不同的教学途径
12. 有潜在的益处
13.培养年轻人
14. 为经济做贡献
15. 进一步增强我们的国力
16. 个人成长
17. 让某人变得更好
18. 获得全球视野
19. promote friendship between nations
20. view the world from different angles
21. sb gain/give sb insights into ...
22. in turn
23. all in all/in short/ to sum up
24. build character
25. life-changing experience
26. the Road and Belt Initiative
27. talented young men who are highly competent with language, have leadership and organizational skills
19. 增进国际友谊
20. 从不同视角看世界
21. 深入理解/深刻洞见某事22. 反过来;依次,轮流
23. 总之
24. 塑造品格
25. 改变一生的经历
26. 一带一路倡议
27. 语言能力强,有领导力和组织能力的青年才俊(定从)
Activity5 Further Thinking:watch and consider
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