大学英语教程4（南方版）读写译UNIT 4facing anxiety and danger.ppt

* 7. ( ) The author points out this accident embodied two forms of nature in collision. T In the essay, the author presented us an opposition between the elements and human character. * 8. ( ) In reality, we admit that the man in the water lost his fight. F The author says in the passage that we don’t believe, in fact, the man lost the fight although he died. * 9. ( ) The author believes in the saying that man has his own natural power, which moves him to do what he did. T The author feels certain that the man’s own power of nature drives him to fight against that of another. * 10. ( ) It can be inferred from the passage that the will to live, to survive at all cost, is our strongest instinct. F The passage tells us about the heroism of the persons whose instincts represent the best qualities in human nature. * Writing Awareness Writing Task Writing Exercises * Writing Awareness Writing a Paragraph: Appropriateness When you write, you should keep it in mind to make your writing appropriate to your goals in writing it, to your reader’s purpose in reading it, and to the specific form of writing that best suits the intended goals. Here are three stages which may help you write with appropriateness. * The thinking process: Your topic: what are you going to write about? Your purpose: why are you writing? To inform, to entertain, or to persuade. Your purpose affects your whole approach to writing: how you begin, whether you state or imply your theses, what specific details you choose, how to organize the material, how you conclude, as well as what words you select for each sentence. 3.Your reader: for whom are you writing? Who is going to read your writing? How well educated are your readers? Will they be interested in your topic? * The organizing process: Choose the form of writing that best suits the intended purpose (e.g., personal letter, review, report, narrative); 2. State a clear purpose;