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Do you like the food in McDonald’s?
Are they healthy?
Unit 2 Using language Ⅱ
Period 6 : Listening, speaking and writing
For or Against building a McDonald’s
Would you like a McDonald’s in your town?
I would/ would not like to have such a restaurant in our town because______________________.
First listening for attitudes(general idea).
Second listening for reasons(detailed information).
for
against
1.An old part of town will be improved.
2.They will have more jobs.
1.He hates all that expensive tasteless food.
2.He loves local dishes.
3.McDonald’s serves a terrible diet for young children
Since you are against it, why not take part in a ________ to vote on whether a McDonald’s should be built or not.
meeting
Name For or against Reasons
Tina
Li Qian
Search for more reasons to support your idea.
I am for building a McDonald’s for three reasons. First, McDonald’s provides food that is of _________, ____ and _____. It is also ______. What’s more, McDonald’s will be concerned about providing ________for the cars. Last but not least (最后但同等重要),it means _______for our area that needs jobs_____.
Read part1,and find out the reasons for building a McDonald’s and learn the writing structure(写作结构)
high quality
safe
healthy
cheap
parking
more work
badly
I am for building a McDonald’s for three reasons.
First,
What’s more,
Last but not least (最后但同等重要),
Read part2,and find out the reasons against building a McDonald’s
I am against building a McDonald’s in our town. In the first place, I am not sure whether the food is healthy. Scientists find high levels of ________________. And the food is always ________. Besides, I also worry about those cars bringing people to buy food. There will be _________. Cars that park at McDonald’s will _________________________________. In addition, It is found that people working there are not treated ______. McDonald’s doesn’t allow workers’ unions (工会) to ______ in its restaurants.
So, I think we shouldn’t allow a McDonald’s to be built.
salt, sugar and fat
the same
petrol fumes
prevent other cars from moving quickly
operate
fairly
I am against building a McDonald’s in our town
In the first place,
Besides,
In addition,
So, I think we shouldn’t allow
★ In groups of six, discuss whether you would like to have a McDonald’s built in your hometown.
★ Give clear opinions and enough reasons.
★ Question or disprove(反驳;证明…是假的) them if the opinion is not clear or the reasons are not reasonable.
★ The group leader should be ready to report your discussion.
Group
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Discussing
I’m not sure about that!
You could be right, but. . .
(I’m afraid)I don’t agree.
I agree to a point, but. . .
That’s an interesting idea, but. . .
Do you really think. . . ?
You can’t be serious!
Actually, /As a matter of fact, I think. . .
That’s not how I see it.
Ways to give opinions
What can we say if we support something?
I am for doing sth. First...what’s more… …Last but not least…
I am excited about doing…
I think we should do sth.
In my opinion, I support the idea of doing…
What can we say if we don’t support something ?
I am against doing something. First… …In addition…
I am worried about doing sth.
I don’t think it is a good idea to do sth.
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More useful expressions
A class debate (title)
We had a heated debate on whether….Our opinions are divided. (paragraph 1)
Some students hold the view that…The reasons are as follows: First…second…last but not least…While others don’t think so. First…What’s more… (paragraph 2)
In my opinion,…… (paragraph 3)
Report your debate to your friends in other classes:
A suggested writing structure
Peer-assessment form
Peer-assessment for writing production:
items Score (5 for each)
Content( points + details)
Structure (clear + logical)
Language(accurate+convincing)
Handwriting (neat + clean)
Reread?the?passage?and?deeply understand?how?
the?author??organizes?his?ideas;?
Discover?the?structure?of?an?argumentative?essay;
Swap your writings with other students’ to make improvement together.
Self-assessment form
Self-assessment for class activities:
Items Score (5 for each)
Having a clear opinion on the topic
Being able to think independently by analyzing the information I have got
Using new phrases and sentence structures to express my viewpoints
Express my idea confidently in a logical way
*.Different people have different opinions about the same matter.
*.A donkey means one thing, a driver means another.仁者见仁智者见智
*. Every coin has two sides.
*.We should learn to look at things from different aspects(方面).