21世纪大学英语三课件Unit2-C

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Word Building Now form compound adjectives by matching each noun in the lefthand column with the -ing form of one of the verbs on the right. Then complete each of the following sentences with one of the adjectives you've formed. 1) breath 2) heart 3) man 4) movie a. find b. bear c. love d. break fact-finding _______________ child-bearing _______________ peace-loving _______________ heartbreaking _______________ man-eating _______________ breathtaking _______________ movie-going _______________
Reading Comprehension Skill:
Identifying the Writer's Purpose Authors write for a reason. Three common purposes of writing are: 1) To inform — to provide readers with information about a topic; 2) To persuade — to convince readers to believe a certain viewpoint or to take a certain course of action; 3) To entertain — to amuse readers in some way (although there's very often some food for thought as well!)
21st Century College English: Book 3
Unit 2: Part C
Unit 2: Part C
• Word Building
• Text B
• Listening Practice • Oral Practice
• Assignment
Unjust Desserts
Text B: Pre-Reading Task 1. Informational writing features facts and evidence, not opinions or value judgments. It often contains dates, statistics or other figures, and/or quotes from experts or witnesses. Depending on the subject, the language may include technical jargon, but the vocabulary and sentence structure are often quite simple. 2. Persuasive writing features emotional appeals: opinions and arguments (which may be presented as if they were facts, so be careful!); rhetorical questions; evaluating language (good/bad, right/wrong, horrifying/wonderful, etc.) and/or judgmental language (must, should, had better and so on). 3. Texts written mainly to entertain can, of course, be very varied— but they often use rather informal language, simple sentence structure, dialogs, puns and/or figures of speech.
Text B: Pre-Reading Task Reading effectively means recognizing the author's purpose — which may not always be as easy as it sounds, especially when you're reading in a foreign language. Writers sometimes disguise their aims: A text that appears to be factual information may really be full of emotional appeals meant to persuade you to the writer's point of view; or an apparently serious piece of persuasion may in fact be a humorous text intended mainly to amuse you. There are also times when the question of whether a writer is serious may depend largely on each reader's individual philosophy (Text A was a good example of that kind of writing!). There are some clues that effective readers can watch for to help you identify what kind of writing you're dealing with:
Unit 7: Text B
• Pre-Reading Task
• Difficult Points
• Comprehension
Unjust Desserts
Text B: Pre-Reading Task
《读写教程 III》: Ex. Ⅰ, p. 46
Text B: Pre-Reading Task
Assignment Checkup
《读写教程 III》: Ex. VI, p. 39
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Word Building
One way that compound adjectives are formed is
noun + verb-ing,
for example:
self-respecting awe-inspiring
Word Building Now form compound adjectives by matching each noun in the lefthand column with the -ing form of one of the verbs on the right. Then complete each of the following sentences with one of the adjectives you've formed. 7. The film industry has been badly hurt by the sharp decline in the ______________ movie-going public caused by the low cost of videos.
5) peace
6) fact 7) child
e. eat
f. take g. go
Word Building Now form compound adjectives by matching each noun in the lefthand column with the -ing form of one of the verbs on the right. Then complete each of the following sentences with one of the adjectives you've formed. 1. It's a long climb up the hill, but once you've up there the view of the city is ______________. breathtaking peace-loving 2. He was by nature a gentle and ________________ man? he always did whatever he could to avoid conflict.
Text B: Pre-Reading Task Before you read Text B, scan it for clues that help you identify the writer's aim. Use the questions below to guide your scanning, then decide: Is the text informational, persuasive or meant mainly to entertain? Or does the author have more than one aim? Click Text when you are ready. 1. The expression “to get one's just deserts” means “to be punished for a wrong act”. Now look closely at the title of Text B. What do you think is going on here? It's a play on words: just/unjust; deserts/desserts.
Word Building Now form compound adjectives by matching each noun in the lefthand column with the -ing form of one of the verbs on the right. Then complete each of the following sentences with one of the adjectives you've formed. heartbreaking love story. I wept every time I 5. The Titanic is a ________________ saw it. 6. Fewer and fewer females of _________________ age are willing to child-bearing give up their careers in order to raise a family.
Word Building Now form compound adjectives by matching each noun in the lefthand column with the -ing form of one of the verbs on the right. Then complete each of the following sentences with one of the adjectives you've formed. 3. Our holiday on the island was rather spoiled by the presence of man-eating _______________ sharks just off the beach. 4. In the information age, many people consider ___________ fact-finding skills more important than memorizing and retaining knowledge.