新视界大学英语1 unit 4Guided writing.ppt

* * Semi-controlled writing Sample Writing skills Extra writing Guided writing When we’re writing a description of a custom which is part of a longer passage, there is usually a mixture of past tenses which describe what happened in the past, and present tenses describing what happens now. There is often some contrast between the past and the present. Writing a description of a custom The following are some of the most useful words and expressions we use. Writing skills too We use too to signal a similarity. It follows a comma. would We can use would to refer to a habitual action in the past which contrasts with the present. while We can use while to add a second example in the second part of a sentence. Expressions used when presenting an argument More Writing skills or Two possibilities are separated by or. in the old days This expression indicates a contrast with the present. We can use it with the past tense, with would, and with used to. Today … but … Today and the present tense indicates a contrast with the previous sentences. But suggests that there is a continuity with the past. Expressions used when presenting an argument Writing skills ① Complete the sentences with the words and expressions in the box. You can use the passage in Reading across cultures to help you. 1 __________, Internet dating makes it possible for people living thousands of miles apart, and from different cultural backgrounds, to meet and fall in love online. 2 _______________, the man would leave behind a fan after the interview. would in the old days too Today … but … while or Today In the old days Writing skills 3 In Europe, __________, some traditions remain, although they may have changed over the years. 4 In Wales young men ________ give the girl of their choice a wooden spoon which they had made. too would would in the old days too Today … but … while or Writing skills 5 A bell suggested a wedding, __________ a heart simply meant I love you. 6 The woman coul