新视界大学英语 综合教程 4Unit 6Guided_writing.ppt

SampleWritingskillsExtrawritingGuidedwritingWritingskillsMakinggeneralizationsWeoftenmakegeneralizationstodescribethecharacteristicsofagroupofpeopleorthings,insteadofstatingthefactsabouteachmemberofthegroup.Thereareanumberofwordsandexpressionswhichwecanusetoindicatethatwearemakingageneralization,andwecanusetheminavarietyofways.Herearesomeofthewaysformakinggeneralizations:Writingskills*phrasesexpressinggeneralizations1)Asageneralrule,manyyoungpeoplein

Englandhopeatsomestagetobuytheirownhome…2)Generallyspeaking,houseswitholderexteriorsandeveninteriorsarepreferabletonewones3)Broadlyspeaking,therearetworeasonsforthis.4)Inmostcases,thesearehousesontwofloorswithagarden.Writingskills*adjectivesexpressinggeneralizationsSorentedaccommodationisverycommon…*adverbsexpressinggeneralizations…someonewouldusuallyexpecttopayaround30percentoftheirincomeonrent…Peopletypicallymovehomeseveraltimesduringtheirlifetime…*verbsexpressingageneraltendency…theytendtoliveasasmallfamilyunit.WritingskillsRememberthatvalidgeneralizationsarebasedonfacts,logic,and/orexamples,andinvalidgeneralizationsarenotsupportedbyfacts,oraretoogeneral.Faultygeneralizationsmayoftenbeginwithall-inclusivewordssuchaseveryone,everything,all,noone,none,alwaysornever.?DecideifthestatementsarevalidorfaultygeneralizationsabouthomesinChina.WritingskillsEveryonewantstobuytheirownhome.Yes,Icannotthinkofanypeoplewhodonotdream?ofowningtheirownhome.2Propertypricesarehigh.Yes,propertypricesarehigh,especiallyincomparisontoincomes.Demandiscertainlyverystrongandpricesseemtorisemostofthetime.Writingskills3It’seasytogeta100percentloantobuyahome.No,it’s