(共18张PPT)
Unit 4
Integrated skills
Expressing your opinion about plastic surgery
Read two news stories below about plastic surgery for the main idea and detailed information.
A
1. How did the plastic surgery help John Wilson
____________________________________________________________________________________
Lead:
More detailed infor-mation
about the event:
It repaired his burnt skin, especially the skin on his face, so that he can go out like a normal guy now.
1.What’s the main idea of the second news stories
2.What problems did the plastic surgery bring to Ella
____________________________________________________________________________________
Lead:
More detailed infor-mation
about the event:
She still suffers from daily pain, looks unnatural and is unable to make some facial expressions.
Summarize the advantages&disadvantages of plastic surgery
reconstructive surgery
cosmetic or aesthetic surgery
advantages
disadvantages
1.repairs _________(injure)
2.helps people build
_____________(confident)
1.improves ______________(appear)
2.helps people become _______________
(beautiful) than before
Not given/mentioned
1.makes people look ___________(natural)
2.carries serious health risks, __________
(include) side effects, constant pain, etc.
3.fails _______(make) people look the way
they have expected.
injuries
confidence
appearance
more beautiful
unnatural
including
to make
Plastic surgery
1.2017年安徽省公务员考试
面试真题:
很多高校毕业生为了找工作而去整容,有整容医院为大学生设立了“整容专场”,你怎么看这个现象?
more career chances
2.越南凤姐花8.5万整容嫁给富豪,生完孩子后离婚。--新浪网
2020.12.20
temporary benefits
3.
death
4.女大学生贷款3万做整容,
父母发现让其取消手术,
她工资才一千块。
---光明网
2021.3.18
5.62岁大妈整容十几次上瘾,儿子崩溃。
---北青网
2018.5.9
high costs
addiction to plastic
surgery
6. Beautiful faces are everywhere, but beautiful minds are hard to find.
There are more vessels
(=containers) that need filling than wood that needs igniting(=lighting).
好看的皮囊千篇一律,
有趣的灵魂万里挑一。
stress
on outer
beauty
instead
of inner
beauty
&
lack of
unique-
ness
Summarize the advantages&disadvantages of plastic surgery
beauty of unity
Overcome appearance anxiety. You are fine the way you are !
beauty of variety
or
Background & supporting information
As is clearly shown/described/illustrated in the chart, China’s
medical cosmetology market in 2015 was about 87 billion, while it increased to 3.6 times, that is 315 billion, in 2020, which means medical cosmetology has already become one of China’s fastest growing industries. Unknown to many people is that about one third of patients are men and the consumers of medical cosmetology are getting younger with about 60% under the age of 25 and even 16% teenagers !
Write an argument essay expressing your opinion about plastic surgery. (no more than 150 words)
Task
The text type
An argument essay is a piece of writing in which you express an opinion and support that opinion with facts and examples.
The structure
Provide your main point (P) in the opening paragraph for your readers.
Support your main point with reasons (R) and personal experiences or evidence (E) in the supporting paragraph(s).
Give a short but powerful summary in the closing paragraph.
PRE structure
The language
To make your argument more convincing, you often need to write in a formal and factual way. You can also quote an expert.
Plastic surgery is becoming more and more popular these days. Plastic surgery might help people feel good about themselves sometimes, but its negative consequences outweigh its benefits.
I think people should never have plastic surgery.
First, people do not always get satisfactory results from plastic surgery. Nowadays more and more people have to go back under the knife because the first surgery was not what they wanted. No one can make sure that the result of plastic surgery will be exactly what the patient expected.
Sample
Main point
Reason 1
Evidence
Plastic surgery: beauty or beast
In addition, plastic surgery can be dangerous. Some people suffer terrible pain and have serious health problems after surgery. People should not risk their health to change their physical appearance. The problem is often the negative self-image in their mind, rather than anything wrong with their body. Instead of surgery, they should first try safer methods to improve their body image, such as having a healthier lifestyle.
Moreover, people may get addicted to plastic surgery. People have plastic surgery because they want to improve their appearance. However, there is no perfection. People who undergo plastic surgery once tend to get more operations to change other parts of their body afterwards.
For these reasons, people should never have plastic surgery. If they want to improve their confidence in their appearance, they should think of other methods that are less risky, such as exercise.
Reason 2
Reason 3
Summary
an argument
essay analyzing pros and cons
分析利弊的议论文
Para.1 Phenomenon+Point
描述现象+阐明观点
Para.2 Advantages
Reasons
/Evidence
Facts
Statistics
Examples
Para.4 Personal opinion
/Conclusion 个人观点/结论
Para.3 Disadvantages
1.With the development of science and technology, sth is becoming more and more popular in society, which has arouse widespread concern.
2.With sth developing rapidly, more and more people tend to do sth.
3.Nowadays, sth has increasingly become a popular/an important way to do sth.
4.There is a heated discussion/topic about whether sb shoud do sth in our class/among us teenagers recently.
Sentence structures for phenomenon
1.However, there are two opposite opinions about it.
2.Just as the coin which has two sides, ... has both advantages and disadvantages.
3.When it comes to ..., different people take different attitudes to/towards it.
Sentence structures for point
1.Generally speaking, its advantages can be seen as follows...But just as the old saying goes, every coin has two sides. The negative aspects are also apparent...
2.Some/60% of the students support the point that ... On the other hand, others/40% of them disagree. They hold the opinion that ...
3.On one hand, we sing high praises for sth...On the other hand, we should not ignore its bad effects...
Sentence structures for advantages & disadvantages
1.As far as I am concerned, I agree with the latter opinion to some extent.
2.From my point of view, I am really/completely in favour of sth.
3..There is some truth in both arguments, but I think the disadvantages of … outweigh its advantages.
4.Taking all the pros and cons into account, we can find the benefits far outweigh its drawbacks.
5.Through the above analysis, I think we should make use of it reasonably and do it according to the circumstances we are in instead of being a slave to it. Only in this way, can we make full use of it.
Sentence structures for personal opinion
1.From what has been discussed above
/Taking into account all the factors
/Judging from all the evidence offered,
we may safely draw/come to/arrive at/reach the conclusion that …
2.Therefore/Thus/Then,
it can be inferred/concluded/summed up that …
Sentence structures for conclusion
Thank you for listening!