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Factsandopinions--WhatisaFact?--WhatisanOpinion?--Usefactstosupportopinions.ReadthefollowingsentencesandWriteFifitisafactorOifitisanopinion.AFactorAnOpinion?1.It’ssnowingoutside.()2.It’saniceday.()FOForsentence1,youcouldlookoutsideandactuallyseeforyourselfwhetheritissnowingornot.Sentence2isbased,notonfact,butononeperson’sbelieforfeelingaboutwhatmakesaday“nice”,youmightthinkitisnotanicedayoutsidebecauseitiseitherwarmerorcolderthanyouthink.ReadandSummarizewhatisfactaandwhatanopinionis.Afactisanythingthatcanbeproved.ReadingAnopinioniswhatsomeonebelievesistruebuthasnotbeenproved.Readaman’sstoryaboutwhathappenedtotheAmberRoomquickly.ReadingWherewastheAmberRoom?Itwasburiedinthemine.Whatpeoplehearisafact.Whatpeopleseeisafact.Whatpeoplebelieveisanopinion.Isthisafactoranopinion?Whicharefactsandwhichareopinions?1)Myfather’spicturewasinthenewspaperyesterday.2)LilyseemsnervousaboutthegamewithWestwood.3)MS.Johnsonisinchargeoftheschoolscienceexhibition.4)Thatcakewasmuchtoosweet.5)Thispicnicwillbethebestonewe’vehad.6)In1985,ChristmaswillfallonaThursday.7)TheEmpireStateBuildingis1,250feettall.8)TheEmpireStateBuildingisabeautifulbuilding.FFoFOOFO中国人往往注意理性分析、逻辑思维,往往注重结果,总要得出结论。西方人写作则较多利用实证分析、实例分析方法。他们注重对过程和事实的描述,往往不得出结果,让读者自己分析、并得出结论。“Englishwritingismoredirect.Thingsareclearlyexplained.Detailsorfactsarerequiredtosupportthetopic.”（SusanKrantz2001）《外籍教师点评英语作文》ReadwhatanAmericanofficialsaidafterhevisitedQuzhou,Zhejiangandfindoutopinionsandfacts:“OneFootintheFutureandOneFootinthePast”.ThisismyforemostimpressionasIvisitQuzhou.Onecannotmisstheoldandthenewexistingsidebyside.Asaforeigneritisdifficulttosaywhichisthe‘RealChina’.Isitthelargenumberofpeopleridingtheiroldbicyclesloadeddownwithgoodsorisittheblackshinyluxurycarbeingdrivendownthestreet?IsittheschoolinruralareaswiththeleakingrooforisitthemodernschoolsbeingbuiltinQuzhou?Isitthefourlaneexpresswayorisitthesinglelanewalkingpathtoaremotevillage?EverywhereIlookIseetheoldandthenewexistingsidebyside.“OneFootintheFutureandOneFootinthePast”.…OneFootintheFutureandOneFootinthePast”.ThisismyforemostimpressionasIvisitQuzhou.(Opinion)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________factsfactsopinionsForwriting,ifyouwanttomakeyouropinionspersuasive,youshouldgivefacts.Pleasefindoutfactstosupporttheopinions.GroupIBeijingisahistoriccity.GroupIIBeijingisamoderncity.GroupIIIBeijingisaculturalcity.GroupIVBeijingisacrowdedcity.Beijingisahistoriccity.•Asweallknow,Beijingisahistoriccity.ThecityofBeijinghasalongandrichhistorythatdatesbackover3,000years.Itusedtobethecapitalcityofsixancientdynasties,suchastheYuanDynastyandtheMingDynasty.ThereareanumberofhistoricsitesinBeijing,ofwhichthemostfamousistheForbiddencity.ItislikeanotebooksettingdownthehistoryofBeijing.DrawingconclusionsPamwasdirtybuthappyasshewalkedhomefromthepark.Shehadjustplayedinherfirstgamewiththebiggirls.Theyneverwouldletherplaybeforebecausetheywereafraidshemightgethurtbythehardball.Someeventhoughtshewouldn’tbeabletoswingthebigbatthattheyused.Thebiggirlsneednothaveworried.Pamcaughteveryballhittoherinrightfieldandswungthebatwellenoughtogettwohits.wereafraidshemightgethurtbythehardball.theyshewouldn’tbeabletoswingthebigbatPamcaughteveryballhittoherinrightfieldandswungthebatwellenoughtogettwohits.WhatkindofgamedidPamplay?Abaseballgame.ThirteenManypeopletodaybelievethatcertainnumbersareluckyandthatothersareunlucky.Forexample,therearemanywhobelievethat13isanunluckynumber.Theymaybelievethissostronglythattheywillnottakearoominahotelifithasthenumber13init.Considering13tobeanunluckynumbermaygobacktothetimewhenpeoplefirstlearnedtocount.Bycountingtheirtenfingersandtwofeet,peoplecouldusetheirfingersandfeettocountto12.Beyondthatwastheunknown-----13.Ifyouthinkthatthenumber13isunlucky,lookatthebackofadollarbill.There,youwillseeapictureofaneagleholdinganolivebranchwith13leavesinoneclaw.Intheotherclaw,theeagleisholding13arrows.Beforeyouthrowthedollaraway,thinkingitmaybeunlucky,youmaybeinterestedtoknowthateachofthose“13’s”standsforthe13colonieswhichfirstformedtheUnitedStates.So13isaluckynumberformillionsofAmericans.Questions:1)Aretherepeopletodaywhoarestillsuperstitious?Whatinformationinthearticleledyoutodrawyourconclusions?2)Didtheideathat13isunluckybeginrecentlyoralongtimeago?Whatinformationinthearticleledyoutodrawyourconclusion?