Unit 3 Section Five Task 1 課件.ppt

1、Unit 3 Section Five Task 1 課件,Skills building 1: distinguishing between facts and opinions,1. What is a fact? 2. What is an opinion?,A fact is a piece of information that is proved to be true.,An opinion is a feeling or belief that is not founded on certainty or proof.,Which of the following are Fac

2、ts and which of them are Opinions?,China has a total land area of over 9.6 million km. On 15th October 2003, the first Chinese person went into space. 3. I believe our painting is worth quite a lot of money.,Fact,Fact,Opinion,4. Suzhou is over 80 km away from Shanghai. 5. It seems that people prefer

3、 living in flats. 6. I think that people who litter should be fined. 7. Mr Wang came home to find his computer broken.,Fact,Opinion,Opinion,Fact,Listening:Circle the correct words,Fact/Opinion Fact/Opinion Fact/Opinion Fact/Opinion Fact/Opinion Fact/Opinion,completing a note,Step 1:,Name of Student:

4、 Class: Date of visit to computer room: Time: Computer number: Problems with computer: Solution tried: Other problems: Comments:,Cao Ying,Senior High 1,Sunday, 2nd March.,10 a.m.- 2 p.m.,PC No. 7,the keyboard had letters missing, the mouse wouldnt move the cursor around the screen properly, would no

5、t print,tried other PCs, but they were in worse condition,Old and slow, often crash, not connected to the Internet, can only run one program at one time, many keyboards with missing letters, mouses not working properly,need to have new computers,Skills building 2: asking for information,Work in pair

6、s. Complete the questions according to the answers (P54):,1. When 2. How often 3. Why 4. What problem 5. What,finding out about the computer room,Step 2:,buy new computers and new software,Usual time of use _ 2. Frequency of use _ _ 3. Reasons for use _ 4. Problems found _ _ _ _ 5. Recommendations f

7、or improvement _,in the afternoon,three times a week: Monday, Thursday, Friday,for school work,keyboards, CPUs, RAM, no DVD-ROM drives, too small hard drives, no Internet connection, no sound card, slow and ugly PCs, very old software,Pair Work,Interview: Look at the picture. Suppose one of you is a

8、 student who has just used the computer in the computer room and feels quite disappointed at the present state of the computer room. And the other is a reporter for school newsletter who wants to find out more about the computer room to support his opinion that computers should be changed for new an

9、d better ones. Now the reporter is interviewing the student.,S1: I know you often go to the computer room. How often do you go there? And what type of activities do you do there? S2: I usually go there four times a week. I like to do my homework and some revision work there. Sometimes I surf the Int

10、ernet to search for information. Im interested in, such as sports news and pop music. I also send and receive e-mails. I have some e-friends in the USA and Australia.,Sample answers,S1: When do you usually use the computer room? S2: We have computer lessons twice a week, when I can use the computer

11、there. I sometimes go there at lunchtime or after school. S1: Since you often go there, what problems have you found with the computer room?,S2: The computer room is always busy since there are not enough computers. And it is closed too early. The worst thing is that the computers there are too old

12、and work too slowly. There is something wrong with keyboards, CPUs, RAM, DVD-ROM drives and hard drives. And the printer doesnt work well.,S1: You certainly want the computer room to be improved. How do you think it can be improved? S2: I think the school should buy more and better computers, replac

13、e keyboards and mouses, and buy and install new software. The computer room should be open for longer hours.,in computer lessons, at lunch time or after school four times a week for homework and revision work, surf the Internet, send and receive e-mails too busy and there are not enough computers; c

14、losed too early; the computer are too old and work too slowly; there are something wrong with keyboards, CPUs, RAM, DVD-ROM drives and hard drives; the printer doesnt work well. 5. buy more and better computers; replace keyboards and mouses, and buy and install new software; the computer room openin

15、g hours should be longer,Answers,Skills building 3: formal writing,What are the general rules we should follow when we write a business proposal, a report or a letter to a stranger?,Donts Do not be personal. Do not tell jokes or try to be funny. Do not use contractions or unnecessary abbreviations.

16、Do not use slang.,Dos Always be polite. Use a serious tone. Use formal greetings and endings. Use titles and surnames. Use Dear Sir/Madam if you dont know the persons name.,Exercise,Answers Informal 2. Formal 3. Informal 4. Formal 5. Informal 6. Formal 7. Informal 8. Informal,More example sentences

17、for you to have a better idea of the difference between formal and informal writing.,More examples,writing a proposal for a new computer room,Step 3:,1. Interview your classmates and gather more information about school computer room.,2. Read your notes and then complete the summary of the survey fo

18、r the school newspaper.,Suggested solution 1. It should be redesigned. 2. They should be replaced. 3. More should be bought. 4. More should be bought. 5. It should be updated. 6. Computers should be connected to the Internet. 7. They should be updated. 8. Air-conditioning should be installed. 9. Ope

19、ning hours should be extended.,There are not enough computers in our computer room. The computers that we use at the moment are old and slow, and they often crash, which wastes a lot of time. The computers there are not connected to the Internet, so we can not get the information that we need for ou

20、r homework. There is only one printer in the room, which always goes wrong. In addition, the room is too hot in summer.,The government says we should have more IT in all subjects, and more subjects are developing rapidly with the help of IT. Computer skills are becoming more and more important in fu

21、rther studies. We will not keep up with the development of society if we are not good at using computers. So we really need to have a new computer room and hope that you will seriously consider our request. Best wishes, Senior High 1 (your own name),Language points,In my opinion, it is about time we

22、 had new computers. Its (high/about) time (that) sb. did/should do sth. = Its time for sb. to do sth. 你該走了。 Its high time that you went. Its high time that you were going Its high time that you should go. Its time (for us) to go. Its time for leaving.,2. at one time: during a period of past time 曾經(jīng),

23、 一度 我曾經(jīng)習(xí)慣于在晚飯后散步。 At one time, I used to take a walk after supper. 我曾經(jīng)喜歡在夏天爬山。 At one time, I liked to go mountain-climbing in summer.,time 常用短語 ahead of time 提前 all the time 一直,始終 at a time 一次,每次 at all times 隨時(shí),總是 at no time 從不,決不 at times 有時(shí),間或 for the time being 暫時(shí),眼下 from time to time 有時(shí),不時(shí) in no time 立即,馬上 in time 及時(shí),終有一天,合節(jié)拍 on time 準(zhǔn)時(shí) once upon a time 從前,Experts have been warning _ of the health risks caused by passive smoking. A. at a time B. at one time C. for some time D. for the time,If the PC I was using had had a good keyboard