Unit 7 Exposition by Cause

5.Sample Analysis
• • • • 1. What is the human’s biggest enemy? 2.The Effects of Entering a University 3.Learning request: ---After analyzing the samples,you should imitate one of the two in your own writing.
developed by cause and effect. The first way is
to state an effect and then to examine the causes in the rest of the paragraphs, that is to say, the Cause and Effect Pattern.
Unit 7 Exposition by Ca1.Be familiar with features of cause-effect essay writing. 2.know how to use transitional devices in caues -effect. 3.Be able to write cause paper and effect paper in the correct structure and style.
1.Brainstorm for the Topics
• Discussing in group,and write down the main ideas of your discussion. • 1.Pressure on college students(causes) • 2.Mobile phone addiction(cause-effects) • 3.Poor ability of interpersonal communication
The Outline of the Text P.95
• • • • • • • • The thesis statement of the writer The benefits of the aerobic exercises 1.-----detailed example 2.----- detailed example The conclusion 1.--2.--3.---
2.Caues-effect writing
• In our daily life, we often use the questions
asked and answered with why. This shows that causal analysis is very common and it is something we are familiar with. In our writing there are two ways of organizing paragraphs
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One might wonder why, after the Norman Conquest, French did not become the national language, replacing English entirely. The reason is that ①the Conquest was not a national migration, as the earlier Anglo-Saxon invasion had been. ②Great numbers of Normans came to England, but they came as rulers and landlords. ③French became the language of the court, the language of the nobility, the language of polite society, the language of literature. But it did not replace English as the language of the people.④ There must always have been hundreds of towns and villages in which French was never heard except when visitors of high station passed through. -----By Paul Roberts.
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the paragraphs in this kind of way, for very often an effect has many causes and a cause may have effects. In order to write the proper paragraph, before writing, we should think carefully and work out a list of the effects and causes, and find out the logical relationship between them.
3.Transitions for Caues-effect
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Expressions in making cause and effect. So consequently Thus therefore Accordingly because of For this reason owing to As a result since Hence due to because As a result of as The result of so that Result in so …that…. The effect of thanks to The consequence of out of Have an effect on owe…to …. The reason for… the cause of… Now that, seeing that, for fear that, such …that… ,so as …to, make it possible for…to…
4.Sample Analysis
• The problem of housing in New York is worse for the Puerto Ricans. Why? The reason is that① the Puerto Rican who emigrates is almost always the poor Puerto Rican. ②He must look for cheap apartments, and cheap apartments almost cannot be found easily. ③There are cheap apartments only in the worst areas, and in those areas the buildings are very old, very damp, and full of rats. ④There are buildings that almost never have heat in winter. ⑤There are buildings which many times should be closed up by the health department. As a result, in many cases the poor Poerto Rican who arrived in the city will be left with no choice but to go ahead and live in that kind of undesirable buildings.
• ---The topic:The Cause and effects of
the Phubbing Gens
Writing Topic:Phubbing Gens
• phubbing，俗称“低头症患者”，指的就是那些无视周围的人，只顾 自己低头看手机的家伙。phubbing gens 指的是“低头一族”。 • 如今，手机早已进入了寻常百姓家，成为人们日常生活不可缺少的必 需品。随着手机越来越智能化，功能越来越多样化，就出现了这样一 种现象：不论在何处，都可以看见众多的年轻人（也有部分老年人、 儿童）低头看着手机。吃饭、走路、坐车……每分每秒都离不开手机， 或看资讯、或收短信、或刷微博……每个人都想通过盯住屏幕的方式， 把零碎的时间填满。“世界上最遥远的距离，不是我就在你的面前， 你却不知道我爱你；而是我们明明坐在一起，你却埋头玩手机。”这 是如今微博上很火的一个段子。当手机不再只是工具，而开始主宰你 的生活步调，你该小心，或许你已经被它“绑架”了。
• The second method is to state a cause and then to give the reasonable effects, that is the Effect
and Cause Pattern. When we use this method to
form our paragraph, we must highlight the logic problems, and try our best to make it clear and logic in developing