新视界大学英语-Unit-7-Guided-writing

Semi-controlledwritingSampleWritingskillsExtrawritingGuidedwritingExpressingpersonalopinionsWritingskillsWecanshowouropiniondirectlybyusingphrasessuchasinmyopinionorIthink(that),butthisisnottheonlywaytosaywhatwethink.Wecanalsouseimpersonalstructuressuchasitis+adjective+that,or”sentence”adverbslikeunfortunatelywhichindirectlytellthereaderwhatouropinionis.➊LookatthesentencesfromthepassageinReadingacrossculturesandanswerthequestions.Writingskills1It’struethatfile-sharingisaneasywaytobuildupyourcollection.Doesthewriteragreethatitiseasytocollectmusicbyfile-sharing?2Unfortunately,thepracticeoffile-sharing,althoughcheapandeasy,isillegal…Isthewriterhappythatfile-sharingisillegal?Yes!No!Impersonalstructures:•…andit’simportanttorealizethatwhenyoubuyaCDtheartistsreceiveapercentageofthepriceyoupay.(Line2,Para3)•It’sworthnotingthatalthoughmusiccompanieshavebroughtchargesagainstpeopleforfile-sharing,…(Line1,Para5)•ItseemsthattheindustrywillhavetomakelegaldownloadingorbuyingCDsmoreattractivethanfile-sharing.(Line7,Para5)Nowfindotherexamplesofimpersonalstructuresandadverbsthatgivethewriter’sopinioninthepassage.WritingskillsAdverbs:Surprisingly,notallartistsobjecttofreefile-sharing.(Line1,Para4)Writingskills②Rewritethesentencesbymakingtheopinionsimpersonal.1Ithinkit’ssurprisingthatpeoplecontinuetobuyCDs.2Iagreethatpeopleshouldpayasmallfeetodownloadmusic.Writingskills1)It’ssurprisingthatpeoplecontinuetobuyCDs.2)Surprisingly,peoplecontinuetobuyCDs.Itisrightthatpeopleshouldpayasmallfeetodownloadmusic.3I’mcertainthatmusiccompaniesstillmakealotofmoney.Writingskills1)It’scertainthatmusiccompaniesstillmakealotofmoney.2)Musiccompaniescertainlystillmakealotofmoney.➌DecidewhichoftheargumentsareforandwhichareagainstdownloadingessaysfromtheInternet.1Alotofpeopledoit.2Itdoesn’thelpyouunderstandthesubject.3It’seasierthanwritingyourownessay.4It’sillegal.5Youknowit’sanessaythatgotagoodgrade.6Yourteachermayrealizethatyoudidn’twriteityourself.WritingskillsFor:1,3and5.Against:2,4,and6.NowaddmoreargumentsforandagainstdownloadingessaysfromtheInternet.For:•Someassignmentsareawasteoftimeanyway.Downloadingessaysleavestimetodosomethingmoreimportant.•Youcanlearnfromreadingtheessaysandchoosingwhichtouse.Against:•Itisdishonest.•Itwastestheteacher’stimereadingit.•Ifeveryonedidit,therewouldbenopurposeinassignments.WritingskillsIntroducethetopic.It’struethat...What’sit?Semi-controlledwritingDownloadingessaysfromtheInternetGivereasonsfordownloadingessays.Significantly…Semi-controlledwritingWhy?Givereasonsagainstdownloadingessays.Semi-controlledwritingIt’simportanttosaythat…Whynot?Giveyouropinionaboutdownloadingessays.Semi-controlledwritingYouropinion?Clearly...SampleIt’struethatdownloadingessaysfromtheInternetinsteadofwritingyourownsavesagreatdealoftimeandeffort,whichyoucanthenspendonotheractivities.Significantly,youwouldnotbealoneindoingthisaslotsofpeopleusedownloadedessays.Readingafewessaystochooseonedoesnottakelongandcangiveyouanideaofthetopic.It’simportanttosaythatdoingthis,however,doesnothelpyouunderstandthesubjectproperly.Itisalsodishonestandunfairtootherstudentswhoactuallydotheirownwork.Youmayalsobecaughtbyyourteacherandfindyourselfinbigtrouble.Clearly,itisbesttobeorganized,doyourownresearchandwriteyourownessays.DownloadingessaysfromtheInternetDirections:Forthispart,youareallowed30minutestowriteashortessayentitledToCurbSpending?Youshouldwriteatleast120wordsfollowingtheoutlinegivenbelow:1.现在许多大学生花钱大手大脚；2.有人认为社会整体生活水平提高了，大学生花钱多一些无可厚非；3.你的看法。（注：本题为2010年6月预测卷）Extrawriting本文是一篇议论文，要求考生从大学生花钱大手大脚这种现象扩展开来，谈谈自己的看法。文章可分为三段：第一段引入大学生花销大这种现象以及部分人对此的看法；第二段阐述这种现象出现的原因；第三段表明自己的观点，反对花销奢侈。【写作提示】ExtrawritingToCurbSpending?ExtrawritingWiththeimprovementofpeople’slivingstandard,themonthlyexpenditureofcollegestudentsisalsoontherise.Somearguethataslongasthestudentsearnthemoneythemselves,howtheyspendisnoneofothers’business.Afterall,sincepeoplenowadayscanaffordit,whynotspendmoretoenjoylife?文章第一段说明大学生花钱大手大脚，并且有人对此持支持态度，指出只要是学生自己挣的钱，如何花是别人的事。既然有钱可花，为何不享受生活呢？livingstandard生活水平expenditure花费ExtrawritingHowever,thefactisthatmanystudentssquandertheallowancefromtheirparents.Indeed,themodernsocietyisblessedwithvariousgoodsandservicesforamorecomfortableandfashionablelifestyle.Somecollegestudentscan’tresistthetemptationofbrandclothesandshinyiPod.Thepsychologyto“keepupwiththeJoneses”makesmanytobefrequentborrowers.第二段由转折副词However引入了这一现象的诟病,并用了keepupwiththeJoneses（讲排场，攀比）这一闪光谚语。作者提出很多学生花的是父母的血汗钱，他们经不起物质追求的诱惑，讲排场、不断攀比使得他们月月光，甚至债台高筑。squander挥霍allowance津贴，补助keepupwiththeJoneses比阔气，讲排场ExtrawritingInmyopinion,thephenomenonoccursbecauseyoungstudentsaresensitivetofashionsandnewtrends,andtheyhaven’tbeenawareofthedifficultytoearnmoney.Whenastudent’sspendinggoesbeyonddailynecessitiesandreasonablecomfort,itbecomesakindofwaste.Furthermore,widespreadextravaganceoncampuscouldhaveabadinfluenceonyoungpeople’svalues.HereIamnotadvocatingextremefrugality,butthosecollegestudentswhoareusedtotoday’sluxurymayfindithardtomakeendsmeettomorrow.最后一段作者用Inmyopinion以及Furthermore表明自己的立场，对大手大脚花钱表示坚决反对。最主要的原因是校园内的