内容正文:
Technology is ultimately about making the impossible possible.
—Elon Musk
技术最终是为了让不可能变为可能。
——埃隆•马斯克
Times change!
主题语境:人与社会——新旧时代社会和生活等方面的对比及改变
Unit 3
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Section IV
Writing—Writing about a change
本单元的写作任务是描写一篇有关变化的文章。此类文章是对某种现象或物品的变化进行说明,属于说明文。对发展变化的描述以一般现在时为主。应用对比性的语言描述变化的原因、变化的主要方面和产生的影响。
Ⅰ.谨记写作范式
Ⅱ.积累话题素材
[常用词汇]
①enormous change
巨大的变化
②during the last few years
在过去的几年里
③attract more travellers
吸引更多的游客
④take on a new look
呈现新面貌
⑤be covered with green trees
被绿树覆盖
⑥do harm to environment
对环境有害
⑦out of date
过时的
⑧result in
导致
⑨have clear advantages over...
比……具有明显的优势
⑩with the development of...
随着……的发展
[出彩佳句]
1.精彩开头
①My school has drastically changed over the past ten years.
我的学校在过去十年里发生了翻天覆地的变化。
②With the growing popularity of the Internet in China,the quality of our lives is improving.
随着互联网在中国的日益普及,我们的生活质量正在提高。
2.丰满主体
③In the past,people kept in touch with each other mainly by writing letters or using the public telephone.
过去,人们主要通过写信或使用公用电话保持联系。
④What's more, people have easy access to the Internet,which enables them to send and receive emails whenever they like.
更重要的是,人们可以方便地访问互联网,这使得他们可以随时收发电子邮件。
3.余味结尾
⑤With these changes, people's pace of life has been quickened and people's work has been made more efficient.
这些变化加快了人们的生活节奏,提高了人们的工作效率。
⑥In a word,people have an easier life nowadays.
总之,现在人们过着更便捷的生活。
你校英文报正在举办以“Something That Might Disappear in the Future”为主题的征文活动。请你写一篇短文投稿,内容包括:
1.你认为未来会消失的一种物体;
2.你的理由。
注意: 1.写作词数应为80左右;
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
Step 1 审题谋篇·定框架
定人称
以第三人称为主
定时态
以一般现在时为主
定框架
第一部分:表明观点(“我”认为未来会消失的物体是……)
第二部分:给出理由
第三部分:总结全文
Step 2 要点翻译·用佳句
1.依我看,传统钥匙很快就会过时。
As far as I'm concerned, traditional keys .
2.首先,随着技术的发展,智能锁对每个家庭来说不再是什么新鲜事,因为它为我们提供了一种新的开门方式。
Firstly, with the development of technology, the smart lock is not new for each family because it to open the door.
will soon be out of date
provides us with a new way
3.这种方式会导致钥匙的传统作用逐渐消失。
It will lead to the traditional role of keys .
[升级]用现在分词短语作结果状语合并句2和句3
gradually fading away
Firstly, with the development of technology, the smart lock is not new for each family because it provides us with a new way to open the door, leading to the traditional role of keys gradually fading away.
4.传统钥匙携带不便。
Traditional keys .
5.传统钥匙如果落入坏人手中,还会带来安全风险。
Traditional keys also lead to security risks if they .
[升级]用not only...but also...合并句4和句5
are inconvenient to carry
fall into the wrong hands
Traditional keys are not only inconvenient to carry but also lead to security risks if they fall into the wrong hands.
6.传统钥匙是由金属制成的,这消耗了自然资源并对环境有害。
Traditional keys are made of metal, which consumes natural resources and
.
7.与智能锁相比,传统钥匙的缺点迟早会导致其完全消失。
Compared with intelligent keys, traditional keys' shortcomings will surely
sooner or later.
does harm to the environment.
result in their complete disappearance
Step 3 连句成篇·达美文
As far as I'm concerned, traditional keys will soon be out of date.
Firstly, with the development of technology, the smart lock is not new for each family because it provides us with a new way to open the door, leading to the traditional role of keys gradually fading away.Secondly, traditional keys are not only inconvenient to carry but also lead to security risks if they fall into the wrong hands.Last but not least, traditional keys are made of metal, which consumes natural resources and does harm to the environment.
To sum up, compared with intelligent keys, traditional keys' shortcomings will surely result in their complete disappearance sooner or later.
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