130英尺的泥土下三条并行的隧道的状况.ppt

I. Purposes of Writing ? To inform—to provide readers with information about a topic; ? To persuade—to convince readers to believe a certain viewpoint or to take a certain course of action; ? To entertain—to amuse readers in some way. II. Clues Informational Writing: 1. Facts, evidence, no opinions and arguments; 2. Dates, statistics or other figures, and/or  quotes; 3. Technical jargon, simple vocabulary and  sentence structure. Persuasive Writing: Questions to guide your scanning: 1. What is the Chunnel? 2. What numbers do you see in the text? Are they dates, statistics or something else? 3.What quotes do you see in the text? Are they from experts, witnesses, or whom else? 4. Read the first and the last paragraphs. Is the language technical? Light and simple? Or judgmental? Question Answering Where is the money for building the Chunnel from? Will the British feel more European because of the Chunnel? Why or why not? What did Mitterrand mean by saying that passengers will have “ plenty of time for sightseeing”? Why were the several serious efforts to build the Chunnel abandoned? Where is the money for building the Chunnel from? Will the British feel more European because of the Chunnel? Why or why not? What did Mitterrand mean by saying passengers will have “plenty of time for sightseeing”? Why were the several serious efforts to build the Chunnel abandoned? exclude (L5) v. keep out 3. bore (L13) v. 3. bore (L13) n. 5. respective (L18) adj. belonging separately to each two or more people or things previously mentioned IV. Word Formation 1. exclude (L5) A. We can’t __________ the possibility that some  warmongers (好战者) will run the risk of starting  a new world war. B. This bathroom is for your ___________use. C. His __________ from the club hurt him very much. 2. construction (L6) A. They