Facts-and-Opinions

DistinguishingBetweenFactsandOpinionsBOOK3Unit2Itisveryimportanttotellfactsfromthewriter’sopinionsduringthecourseofreading.Thenwhatarefacts?Andopinions?facts—whatreallyhappened;objective(客观的)opinions—ideas,feelings,judgementsorbeliefthatyougetfromfacts;subjective(主观的)BOOK3Unit2BOOK3Unit2Example1Sandysatthere.FactorOpinion?Ofcourseitisafact!Sandy’ssittingthereisobjectivelyanaction.Thewriterdoesn’tmakeanycommentonit.BOOK3Unit2Example2It’sprobablythatawfulmusicthatwakesmeupeverymorning.It’sanopinion!Why?Becausethewriterhasshownhisfeelingorjudgmentofthemusicbyusingthewordawful.Isthemusicreallyawful?Itdepends!Youmaynotthinkinthatway!FactorOpinion?BOOK3Unit2ThebiggestdifficultyindistinguishingfactsfromopinionsWhenyouagreewiththewriter’sopinions,youmaytakethosesubjectivethingsforgranted,thatis,youmaymistakeopinionsforfacts!e.g.He’ssogoodlooking,smartandfunny.FactorOpinion?BOOK3Unit2It’sanopinion!Why?Maybeyoualsothinkthesameasthewriterthatheisgoodlooking,butitdoesn’tmeanotherpeoplewillacceptthisidea.‘Goodlooking’,‘smart’and‘funny’arejustthejudgementsofthewriterandnotnecessarilythetruth!BOOK3Unit2BOOK3Unit2Canyoudistinguishbetweenfactsandopinions?Opinion?Fact?BOOK3Unit2A.Althoughtherearemanyalarmist(危言耸听的)speechesmadetothecontrary,infact,mancompletelycontrolnuclearpowerplants.B.Theamountofmoneyinvested(投资)annually(每年)bythisgovernment,onenvironmentalissuesalone,is$2m.Opinion!Fact!BOOK3Unit2C.Itisclearthattheonlyreasonablesolutiontoreturntonatureistotap(开发)nuclearpower.D.Fossil(化石)fuels(燃料)provideasafealternative(选择)fornuclearpower.Opinion!Fact!BOOK3Unit2我们所听到的不过只是一个观点，而非事实；我们所看到的不过只是一个视角，而非真相。