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Unit 6
A Greener Earth
Reading,Speaking and Writing
From reading to writing
Writing a Survey Report
Based on a Pie Chart
Looking Ahead
By the end of this class, you will be able to:
talk about protecting the earth through waste classification;
describe a pie chart;
write a survey report based on data analysis and results.
Stage I Pre-writing
Stage II While-writing
Writing
Definition
Structure
Opening
Stage III Post-writing
Body
Ending
Practice
Activity one
After watching the video, Li Hua
wondered whether his classmates
knew something about waste
classification, so he conducted a
survey among 50 students in his
school and drew a pie chart.
Can you help him to write
a survey report? Try it!
survey report
A survey report is a _______piece
of writing based on____________.
formal
pie chart
After doing a research, we often draw a pie chart to show the ________of the research.
results
Definition
research
Genre:
Tense:
Person:
the present tense
the third person, the first person
exposition & argumentation
the background & purpose
the findings
the implications
Part1: opening
Part2: body
Part3: ending
Structure
Activity two
1.Background
At present, society produces a large amount of waste every day, such as leftover food, waste paper, plastic bottles and batteries. Waste has become a big headache in almost every city and is becoming a major environmental problem. One of the ways to cope with waste is waste classification.
While writing-opening
time
phenomenon
effect
solution
原文
Purpose
In order to know what knowledge students have about waste classification, we asked 50 students
in our school the question "Do you have any knowledge about waste classification?
purpose
number
range
means
原文
The opening part should be centered on _________ and _______, which includes_____, __________, ________, _________, __________, _________,_________,_________ and so on.
we can use __________________, ________________, _________________ to improve our sentences.
attributive clauses
background
purpose
time
phenomenon
effect
solution
purpose
number
range
means
noun clauses
Non-finite verbs
leftover food
waste paper
plastic bottles
waste
batteries
expired medicine
disposable tableware
……
Waste classification
Activity three
waste classification
A Greener Earth
In recent days/ Recently/Currently, we are faced/
____________ with the problem that +现象 ,which is …
Nowadays, we are confronted with the problem that+现象, which is becoming ____________ (increasing) serious.
Recently, the phenomenon of sth./that从句…has become the focus of the public concern.
最近, 我们面临…
confronted
increasingly
Society produces a large amount of waste every day, such as…
Waste is becoming a major environmental problem in almost every country.
With the development of economy, many cities are faced with serious environmental problems caused by waste, which do great harm to people’s health.
With waste increasing fast in our city, our environment is getting worse.
乱丢垃圾破坏环境…
In order to…, we have conducted a survey among…about…by…
we have interviewed… about… for the purpose of/ for the sake of…
A survey has been done to find out…so as to…
We have conducted a survey about… aiming at…
The survey is aimed at…and …
为了…, 我们在…中做了关于…的调查。
The pie chart represents the results from our survey. From the chart, we can see that the students who have little knowledge about waste classification account for 71%, and 5% of the students even know nothing about it. Although 21% of the students say they know something about waste classification, only 3% know well about it.
While writing-body
2.Findings
原文
The second part should state the findings of the survey objectively. While describing a pie chart, please always stress the largest and smallest parts, and use pie chart language such as account for, represent, etc.
we can also use some connective words to make the text coherent.
The chart above shows/reveals/tells/indicates
/illustrates/ represents/ points out) that…
From the chart, we can see that…
From the chart, it can be seen that…
According to the pie chart, we can see/conclude that..
As is shown /illustrated/indicated in the pie chart,…
如图所示…
Only/over x% people …
There/ here are more than …x% people …
The number of people who… accounts for/ takes up/represents…
Compared with the number of people who…, the number of people who… is…
While the number of people who… is/ reaches…
The proportion of people (现在分词)…is/occupies/ is responsible for…
有多少人…
while, but, on the contrary, however, compare with, in contrast to, the same as, be similar to, among, more than, less than
increase, rise, go up, reduce, go down, fall, reach, remain, by/ to, slowly, slightly, gradually, rapidly, the number of, from…to, 比较级,倍数等。
转折,对比
趋势
Activity four
3.Implications
Thus, students should be informed of the benefits of waste classification, which will help to increase their awareness of the importance of having waste classified and thus do their bit to protect the environment.
While writing-ending
原文
The ending serves both as a conclusion of the survey report and as a prospect for the future.
If necessary, we can use___________________,
__________________,______________________.
inverted sentences
emphasis sentences
“it” sentences
In short, generally speaking/In summary, it is important…
It's clear from the chart that…
There is no doubt that … /There is no denying the fact that…
It’s clear/evident/obvious/apparent that…
What is universally acknowledged is that…
From what has been discussed above, we can draw the conclusion that…
Obviously/apparently, if we want to..., it is necessary for us to...
总之,我们应该…
Only ___these ways can we solve the problem ______________(successful) . (倒装句)
Only through/____ making our joint efforts(只有通过共同努力) can we create a _________(green) earth /embrace a bright future.(倒装句)
It is what we do ___________what we say ____ counts/matters/makes a difference.(强调句)
I’m firmly __________(convince)/hold the firm ________(believe) that(我深信) ________(只要) …will it get ________(improve).
convinced
belief
improved
in
successfully
that
greener
rather than
by
only if
假如你是李梅,在最近的研究性学习中,受《21世纪英语报》之邀,你对你校50名同学 “是否会正确扔垃圾”进行了调查。现将调查结果(见下图)用英语给报社编辑写一封信。注意:1.报道应包括图表所示全部内容,可适度发挥。2.词数150.
Activity five
Self-reflection
Items For Reflection Agree Partly Agree Disagree
Have I comprehended the structure of writing a survey report?
Can I describe a pie chart by using some pie chart language?
Have I learnt how to make the sentences more coherent and advanced?
Have I had a better understanding of waste classification?
Was I active in group work?
What do I still need to practice in the future?
Recycle the present,
save the future.
Let's take action!
1. Finish and polish your composition.
2.Surf the Internet to get more information about waste classification.
Assignment
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