新视野大学英语读写教程Unit_3_Focus-A课件.pptVIP

what our future would be like 1. Gail and I had no illusions about what the future held for us as a married,mixed couple in America. (L9) false belief 错觉，幻想 作为一对居住在美国、异族通婚的夫妻，我和盖尔对未来不抱丝毫幻想。 hoping that marriage will solve all problems automatically. 2. …, that they overlooked serious personality conflicts in the expectation that marriage was an automatic way to make everything work out right. (L13) ignored had doubts 心怀疑虑 First of all 3. To start with I must admit that at first I harbored reservations about a mixed marriage, prejudices you might even call them. (L28) them指上文的reservation 翻译：你甚至可以把我的这种疑虑叫做偏见 WRITING SKILLS Argumentation 议论文 In life sometimes you want to argue for your opinion. How to convince others though? Tips are followed: State an idea of others. Reject this idea; say it is wrong. Present your idea. Use facts and data to support yourself; argue for your opinion. example Some people think that online learning would make learning easier for everyone as we can learn at any time and at any place. But when I started online learning I found it not as easy as others think. I would say that online learning is just a convenient way to receive education—not an easier way. In fact, many students say it requires much more time and effort. Requirements for online courses are not less than those of any quality program. (an idea) (rejection) (my idea) (fact to support) Write about an issue which you are not approved of. First state the opinion of others. Then reject it. Finally support your idea with facts or data. Your Task suggested topics They say: Smoking is cool. Pollution is inevitable. only men (instead of women) should be a member of the army, navy and air force. I don’t think so… Marriage Across the Nations Section A Key Words and Phrases: imagine tolerate mutual subsequent harbor he