大学英语讲稿3.3.pptVIP

Introduction Topic sentence1 +supporting sentences Topic sentence2 +supporting sentences …… …… …… Conclusion Topic sentence3 +supporting sentences Topic e-books versus books Thesis In spite of expanding technology, computers will never replace books as the chief medium of written literacy Outlining Books are more democratic, since not everyone can afford a personal computer. Supporting idea 1 Supporting idea 2 Books can be enjoyed anywhere—on a bus or beach, in bed. Children enjoy the physical comfort of reading with adults, a comfort harder to achieve with computers. Supporting idea 3 Modified thesis Although computer technology allows masses of information to be stored and conveyed electronically, it will never replace the bound book as the most affordable, convenient, and magical medium for print. Sample 1 Left-Handedness Do you know anyone who is left-handed? You probably do. About 10 percent of the population uses their left rather than their right hand for writing and other tasks. Although many athletes, musicians, artists, and world leaders are left-handed, being left-handed certainly has a few disadvantages in a world designed by and for right-handed people. Social situations can provide opportunities for left-handed people to feel clumsy. First of all, left-handed people may feel awkward in handshakes. Right-handed people offer their right hands and expect to grasp the right hand of the other person. The instinct of left-handers, however, is to extend their left hand. They have to train themselves to extend their right. Another social opportunity for awkwardness occurs at the dinner table. Left-handed diners constantly bump elbows with a right-handed person, unless they sit at the far end of the table with no one on their left. What’s worse, left-handers have to concentrate in orders to avoid grabbing and drinking from the wrong glass. Left-handed people can face inconveniences at school, too. Consider the chairs in classrooms with little fold-up deskt