课件25张PPT。Unit 1Task Writing about developmentUnit 1 Building the futureHow do you feel when you see the pictures?People use language to express how they feel about something.wonderful, excellent, fantasticterrible, horrible, awful‘It weighed a ton!’angry, sad, pleased, happySkills building 1:
recognizing language that expresses feelingsDuring the past twenty years, great changes have taken place in our country, especially in education, transport, buildings, jobs and environment.
1. Listen to an interview and take notes in the table.Step 1:
asking about life in the pastrode a biketaxismalldepartmentstorehousesschoolfishtourismrubbishpolluted2. Listen to the conversation again and fill in the missing words.
Exaggerations
as cold as ____
sleep for _______________
as _____ as a mountain
as _____ as a whaleicea hundred yearsbigbig3. Listen to your grandfather’s talk and take notes, then fill in the blanks in the old newspaper article on Page 11 using the information from your notes.type of restaurant: ________
location: _________
jobs: chefs and _______catering industryseafoodtop floorwaitersPublishing industryfashion industrytourism industryClothes being sold: made by ______________
Author made appearances at the Readers Bookshop: authors from ______________
Types of business: travel agencies and tourist _____________________local designersaround the areainformation officeanswers to the article:
(1) shopping centre (2) catering (3) seafood (4) chef (5) authors (6) tourist (7) tourismWhat will happen in the future?
If you are certain that something is or is not going to happen in the future, you can use the following phrases:
It will (not) … It will certainly (not) …It is (not) going to … …Skills building 2:
discussing the futureIf you expect something to happy or not to happen in the future but are not very certain, you can use the following expressions:
It will probably (not) … It is (not) likely to …
It should (not) …When something in the future is not very likely but possibility, you can use the following expressions:
It may (not) … It could (not) …
It might (not) …If you think that something has no chance at all of happening in the future and want to express this in strong terms, you can use the following expressions. However, you should be careful in doing so as this is usually considered very rude:
no way out of the question
not in a million yearsPractice how to interview with your partner using feelings about the future.
e.g.
(not) (very) certain
possible
no chance at allStep 2:
interviewing the City Development CouncilPair work Work in pairs for the ask-and-answer activity. One student acts as the official and the other as the student interview. Use different phrases to show the correct level of certainty according to the information in the right column of page 12.When writing an essay, it is very important that you organize it in an ordered way. Otherwise, it will not make sense to readers. To do this, you should divide the information into sections --- the introduction, the main body and the conclusion.
You should also:Skills building 3:
writing an essayIn my opinion,
I thinkThe United Nations reported that one out of every five children in the world lived in poverty.In one village in Africa, there is a family of ten. All of the family members are working for a local factory.In the future, it will probably develop into the biggest industry in the area.Research
Analysis
Brainstorming
Thesis
Outlinethe 10 Essay Writing Steps 6. Introduction
7. Paragraphs
8. Conclusion
9. MLA Style
10. Language
Work in groups of four to write an outline of an essay.Group work Homework
1. Write an essay on the development of your town for the writing competition.
2. Preview the Project part.