新风尚 大学实用英语 综合教程1 unit1-7 ppt.ppt

* Writing Translation Writing---Expressing cause and effect Writing – Practical Task Writing 1 1 Expressing cause and effect Writing Cause and effect structures explain the reason for an occurring event and/or give its consequence. Read the following sentences and try to identify the cause and the effect different parts of the sentence is trying to convey. Note the expressions signaling this relation in italics. 1 1 Expressing cause and effect Writing Examples from the text: We need to succeed in college because it is relative to our happiness. I hate it because it seems completely reasonable but is actually a trap, because it seems so easy but is actually a riddle to stump Oedipus. But don’t think Li Yang’s success story will be your success story because you are not him. 1 1 Practical Task Writing 1). You have a very good friend who has just entered college. She spent most of her time day- dreaming rather than doing hard work. As a result, she failed a few subjects and received warnings from her teachers. Try to write a letter to her, expressing concern and sympathy, and give her some suggestions about how to make the most of her college life. You may use the expressions from above. 1 1 Practical Task Writing 2). The following is taken from a commencement speech(开幕词) made by British singer Sting at Berklee College of Music. What do you think is the message that the speech carries? Do you agree with it or not? Could you prepare a presentation（介绍） to the class, telling the rest of the class what you intend to achieve in ten years’ time？ 1 1 Practical Task Writing What Im trying to saying is that as musicians, whether were successful, playing to thousands of people every night, or not so successful, playing in bars or small clubs, or not successful at all, just playing alone in your apartment to the cat, we are doing something that can heal souls, that can mend us when our spirits are broken. Whether you make a million dollars or not one