高二英语外研版选修8课件：Module5Readingandvocabulary2WritingandSpeaking.pptVIP

Writing Writing—1 Discuss the questions about the passage on page 64. What tense does the writer use to give the news in the first sentence? Present perfect tense. Past simple/ present simple/ present continuous/simple future tense. 2. What other tenses does the writer use? 3. How does the writer keep the reader’s interest? He gives new information in each paragraph. Present simple tense. 4. What verb forms does the writer use for opinions? 5. In what respect does the writer compare (a) Saturn and (b) Titan and Phoebe? He compares them with the Earth and our moon. Writing—2 Read the passage again and find sentences which show these features: the main news Para 1, Sentence 1; Para 4, the whole sentence. 2. extra details Para 1, sentence 2. 3. the history Para 2, sentences 1 and 2. 5. an expert opinion Para 3, Sentence1; Para 4, the only sentence Para 3, Sentence 2 Para 1, last two sentences 4. a surprising fact 6. the future Writing—3 Imagine a space probe or mission and write the outline in groups. Features structures of the news stories Sentences or facts which show the features The main news The international space probe-landed on Mars-journey of six months. Extra details Sending photos-first photos from dark side The history Sixth landing on Mars-first in 1996 A surprising fact Climate colder than the Earth An expert opinion May have had life forms in the past The future Ten years-manned mission Sample: The international space probe has landed on Mars after a journey of six months. It is sending the first photos of the dark side of the planet. The photos are clear enough to show the different colors of the rings which shows that the Writing—4 write the newspaper article using your notes. surface of the dark side of the planet is rocky and is surrounded by frozen gases. The probe is an international project and was first launched in 1996 and this is the sixth landing on Mars. Its mission was to explore Mars on which scientists a