(共15张PPT)
Skills buildings:
Facts, opinions and asking for information
Unit3 Task
What sentence patterns can be used when people talk about opinions
Listening:
Listen to a recording about Realcine. Decide whether each of the speakers is stating a fact or expressing an opinion. Circle the correct words.
A. Which of the following are Facts and which of them are Opinions
China has a total land area of over 9.6 million km.
On 15th October 2003, the first Chinese person went into space.
3. I believe our painting is worth quite a lot of money.
4. Suzhou is over 80 km away from Shanghai.
5. It seems that people prefer living in flats.
6. I think that people who litter should be fined.
7. Mr. Wang came home to find his
computer broken.
Fact
Fact
Opinion
Fact
Opinion
Opinion
Fact
Fact/Opinion
Fact/Opinion
Fact/Opinion
Fact/Opinion
Fact/Opinion
Fact/Opinion
Check
your
answers
What do you think of the following topics
① Students should wear school uniforms
when they are in school;
② It is necessary to have air conditions (空调)
in every classroom;
③ Having more classes like Art, Music
will be helpful for our study;
④ It is not good for students to watch World
Cup late at night.
Express your opinions and present your facts!
Skills building 2:
asking for information
Question
What kind of information is usually included in the questions
Asking for information
①Usual time
②Frequency
③Reasons
④Problems
⑤recommendations
When/ what time do you usually…
How often/ many times do you…
Why/ For what reasons do you…
What problems have you got when you…
What do you think can be done to solve…
Practice
Say you have the same feeling about our cafeteria.
Work in groups. Have one or two students act like
cafeteria representatives, and the rest of the group
should ask them questions about how to improve the
cafeteria’s conditions. While practicing, pay attention
to these:
Use the 5 sentence patterns on page54 when preparing your questions;
Write down the questions you are going to ask;
Use the expressions again to express your opinions.