流畅英语口语教程_unit3_city 共16页PPT资料

Hedging
Using hedging expressions to distance yourself from facts or opinions that you cannot prove are true. Hedging with verbs:
use verbs such as seem,appear,suggest
people are happy to stay in the country.
F
d) On the other hand,the second survey would seem to show
that most people who live in the country would prefer to move to
a) Over 80%. b) About two-thirds. c) About a third. d) About half.
PS:According to data collected by the
UN, 53% of the world's population live in cities,while 47% live in rural areas.
the city.
F
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e) Older people are not believed to be as happy with city life as younger people. But there is little evidence in the surveys to
back this up. T
▐ it seems that… ▐ it appears that… ▐ sources seem to suggest… ▐ the results would appear to show…
To further distance yourself from the answer or statement,use would:
01 Which is the world's largest capital city? Fujiyama
Tokyo
02 Which is the Europe's noisiest capital city?
Athens
雅典
03 Which is the world's oldest capital city?
Noun phrases:
Use noun phrases to explain your attitude to the reliability of a statement. ▐ Strong evidence:there is no/little doubt, there is little/no discussion ▐ Fairly strong evidenve:there is some evidence/there is some discussion/there is some doubt ▐ Unreliable statement:there is little/no evidence
Damascus
大马士革
PS:
Damascus is the capital
of Syria(叙利亚）.
PS:
La Paz is the capital of Bolivia(玻利维亚）
La Paz
拉巴斯
04 Which is the world's highest capital city?
05 Which was the first city to reach
a population of one million?
Rome
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Hedging = to avoid answering a question,
or making a statement,in a direct way.
a) It seems that most people enjoy life in the country. F
▐ it would seem that... ▐ it would appear that...
Passive :
Use the passive with verbs such as think, recognise,believe,report and know to show that an opinion is not necessarily your own. ▐ it is widely recognised that… ▐ there are not believed to be... ▐ it is not known... ▐ it has been reported that...
Rewrite these statements using the words in brackets.
a) Most young people prefer to live in large cities because of the job oppotunities.(seem) answer:It seems that most young people prefer to live in... b) Older people living on their own get very lonely in big cities.(little doubt)
b) It appears that very few people who live in a city would prefer
to live in the country. F
c) The results from the first survey seem to suggest that most
City
WHAT IS THE CITY?
City is a central area of politics, economy, culture,transportation, communications etc.
Cities of the world
What proportion of the world's population lives in cities?