对比性文的写作方法.ppt

Writing How to develop our composition Step I Introduction Read the following article and find out what strategy (way) is used to develop the article. Eating and Reading As a creature, I eat; as a man, I read. Eating is to meet the primary need of my body while reading is to satisfy the intellectual need of my mind. To keep ourselves alive, we need all kinds of nutrition gained by eating. Similarly, to enrich our minds, we need information and knowledge, which can be obtained through reading. 1. What strategy is used in it? Contrast It explains how persons/things are different. Comparison It explains how persons/things are similar. 2. What connecting words or phrases  can we use to develop contrast and  comparison? Contrast: while however, but, be different from, unlike, on the contrary, just the opposite Comparison: similarly just like…, alike, likewise, equally, in the same way, both, also Ex. Combine 2 sentences into 1 I wrote letters to my friends. I send emails to my friends. 3. Two ways to develop comparison and contrast (对比写作一般有两种方式) Topic by topic structure 集中比较或对比（集中说明一个对象的诸种特征） Point by point structure 逐点比较或对比（一条一条地说明两者的异同） 根据以下图画，写一篇英语短文，描述今昔通讯方式的变化，以及这些变化给人们生活带来的影响。 注意：1．词数：100左右 2．生词：通讯：communicate(with sb．)vi. communication n． 互联网：the Internet n. Step II Writing 请你根据下列图片的内容，以“Education in China”为主题，谈谈自己的感想。 注意：1. 词数120左右 2. 生词： 一捆：a bundle of 稻草：rice straw 1. Observing (观察图画，抓要点) 2. Comparing and contrasting Observe the two pictures again and find out the similarities and differences between the pictures. Then describe the pictures by the development of comparison and contrast . 3. Making a composition Combine the description and your own opinion together. Pay attention to the structure. Structure Opening: Background / General idea Body: Similarity and Difference Closing: Making comments and opinions The two pictures look so