新视野大学英语（第三版）读写教程Book4-Unit7 Section B-A worldwide food crisis.pptx

Unit 7 Energy and food crisesFOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESSHEBEI UNIVERSITY4 Section B A worldwide food crisis?Lead-inInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsFulfilling your taskInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsLead-inFulfilling your task Lead-inTaskTaskTalking about food shortageWhat are the factors do you think that cause food shortage? Lead-inReference answers： ? Weather disaster such as drought, flood, global warming;? Production costs;? The development of biomass energy;? High demand of consumers;? People waste food esp. when they treat others. Lead-inEnhancing your skillsFulfilling your taskReading comprehensionReading skillLead-in Inspiring your thoughtsInspiring your thoughtsReading skillTaskIdentifying the author’s purposeStep 1Get to know different purposes of writing.The skill of identifying the author’s purpose was previously discussed in B2U8. As we know, every author writes for a purpose. There are three common purposes for writing:To inform – to provide the reader with information about a topic;To persuade – to convince the reader to believe a certain viewpoint or to take a certain course of action;To entertain – to amuse the reader in some way.Inspiring your thoughtsReading skillDiscuss in groups and think of clues or characteristics of each kind of purpose.Step 21. Informative writingInformative writing features facts and evidence, not opinions or value judgments. It often contains dates, statistics or other figures, or quotes from experts or witnesses. Depending on the subject, the language may or may not include technical terms. Inspiring your thoughtsReading skill2. Persuasive writingPersuasive writing features evidence and / or emotional appeals: ? Opinions and arguments (based on various types of evidence like stories, examples, or statistics);? Rhetorical questions (a question without the expectation of an answer);? Evaluating language (good/bad, right/wrong, horrifying/wonderful, etc.) and judgmental language (mu