大学英语教程3（南方版）读写译 UNIT 8Cultural Differences.ppt

WRITING AWARENESS * Cause and effect essays are concerned with why things happen (causes) and what happens as a result (effects). Cause and effect is a common method of organizing and discussing ideas. Emphasis: Cause and Effect Definition: Analyze the following paragraph. First try to find the main idea or the topic sentence. Then pick out the supporting ideas or evidences. Put the corresponding information in the boxes below. WRITING EXERCISES * Main idea (Topic Sentence) Causes / Effect Supporting Sentences (CAUSES) 1. Factory jobs attracted people. 2. Better schools attracted families to move to the city. 3. Places of leisure, entertainment, and culture made city life more interesting. Cities have grown very large. (There are several reasons for this.) * Choose one phenomenon or aspect from the following list and develop it into a cause and effect paragraph. Writing Task 2. College-Crowded Library, Not Easy to Find a Seat 1. Students Working Part Time While Attending College 3. The Lack of Understanding Between the Young and the Old * 4. The Obsession of Many Young Women and Men with Their Weight and Body Image 6. Personal Life-Competitiveness, Idealism, Popularity, Jealous, Laziness 5. Shifting Patterns in Education-Increasing Interest in Computer Science 7. Rising Unemployment Among the Middle—aged People in the Cities 8. Environment-Failure to Reduce Pollution, Concern about Food Safety 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * 大学英语教程1 读写译 * * * As examples, the authors cite France, England, Germany and American. They mention particularly those countries, because they are Americans and the Americans are most likely to visit those three countries when they visit Europe. Yes, I do. The difficulty lies in the different expectations about what constitutes friendship and how it comes into being. Americans are constantly making new friends, becaus