高中英语必修5Unit3TaskWritingaformalletter

Unit3Scienceversusnature

PartOneTeachingDesign

TaskWritingaformalletter

Skillsbuilding1:changingorcorrectingatext

Inthispart,youwilllearnhowtocheckandcorrectinformation.Youwilllearntoidentifygrammaticalerrors

andspellingmistakes,tomakechangestotheinformationinthetextandchangethestyleortoneofthetext.Thiswillhelpyourecordinformationexactlyandclearly.

1.

Firstlet

’splayagamecalled

“Chinesewhisper

”.You

willbedivided

into

several

groupsof

ten.

Thefirst

student

will

whisperasentence

to

the

secondstudent

andthen

thesecondtothethirduntilthesentenceispassedtothe

laststudentinthegroups.Onlytwominuteswillbegiven

to

you.

Thelast

student

in

each

group

will

report

the

information

to

the

wholeclass.

Thegroups

comingupwith

the

correct

answer

win.

Try

to

find

whatmistakeseachgroup

has

madeandanalyse

whatkind

ofmistakesthey

are.Here

is

the

sentence:MrsSmith’shenslaidmanyeggslastyear.

2.

ReadtheguidelinesinSkillsbuilding1onpage52.You

should

focus

onwhatyoushoulddoto

changeandcorrect

the

information.

3.Readthe

notesonpage52andthink

abouttheconversation

youaregoingtolistento.Underlinetheplaceswhereyou

thinkmistakesmightoccur.

Tapescript:

Mike:Hi,Catherine.Whatareyoudoing?

Catherine:

Justgoingoverournotesonheight-increasing

operations.

Mike:Yes,

ittookusalongtimeto

finish

them.What’sthe

problem?

Catherine:

Ican’treadsomeofmywriting,soperhapswe

cangooverthenotestogether

soIcancheckfor

anymistakes.

Mike:Yes,sure.I’lltrytorememberwhatwesaidbefore.

Catherine:Accordingtomynotes,thedoctorsbreakthebones

ofyourlegsandthenmakethemgrowbyabouteightcentimeters?

Mike:Ithinkyou’vegotthatwrong.Thedoctorscanmake

themgrowbyabouteighteencentimeters.

Catherine:That’sonemillimeterperweek,right?

Mike:No.Everyday.

Catherine:Yes,Isee.So,theboneisnotasstrongasthe

original?

Mike:No,theboneisasstrongastheoriginalone.

Catherine:Oh!Ialsowrotethataforty-five-yearoldman

diedaftertryingtomakehislegsgrowbysixcentimeters?

Mike:No,hehasonlythirty-fiveyearsold.

Catherine:That’syoung!Whentheoperationiscomplete,

patientscan’tdoanyexerciseforthreeyears.

Isthatright?

Mike:No!Aftertwoyears.

Catherine:Wow!Igotalotofthiswrongthen.Whatabout

increasingyourheightbytwelvecentimetersin

fourteenmonths?

Mike:No,eighteenmonths.

Catherine:Andtheageofthepatientswhocanhavethisoperation.Itisbetweensixteenandfifty-five?

Mike:No.Thatshouldbesixteentosixty.

Catherine:Andhowmanyoperationsareunsuccessful?

Mike:Eightpercent.

Catherine:Andthecostisonehundredandeighty-five

thousandRenminbi.

Mike:No,it

Catherine:

’sabouteighty-fivethousandRenminbi.Phew!Ididgetalotofthingswrong,

but

I

think

Mike:

OK,I

that’sall.Thanksforhavingsuchagoodmemory.

Iwillseeyoutomorrow.Bye.

willlookoverthenoteswhenyouhavetypedthem.

Byenow.

Answers:

1.8cm—18cm2.perweek—everyday3.not划去4.

45-year-old—35-year-old

5.three—two6.14—187.55—608.5%--85%9.

185,000—85,000

Step1:Confirminginformation

1.FirstLet’sdiscusssomequestions:

WhatdoesGMstandfor?

WhatisGMfood?

Isitthesameasnaturalfood?

2.Listeningpractice:ReadthenotesaboutGMfoodonpage

53carefullyandconfirmtheinformationonthenotes

whilelisteningtoaconversation.Youneedtocorrectand

makechangesifnecessary.Listentothetapeanddothe

exerciseinPartA.

Tapescript:

Student:ThankyoufortakingthetimetocomeandtalktousaboutGMfood.

Scientist:It’smypleasure.

Student:IamgladIhavetheopportunitytotalktoyoubeforethelecture.I’dliketoaskyousomequestions.

Scientist:OK,whatwouldyouliketoknow?

Student:Well,whyaregrowthhormonesusedinmeat,eggsandvegetables?

Scientist:Actually,they’reonlyusedinmeat.

Student:Oh,Ididn’tknowthat.Whydofarmersusegrowthhormones?

Scientist:Theyusetheminordertomakeanimalsgrowfaster.

Student:Iguessgrowthhormonescanalsokeepanimalshealthy.

Scientist:No,that’snottrue.Thehormonesdon’thelpkeepthemhealthy.Theycanstillbecomeill.

Student:Oh!Ididn’tknowthat.SowhataretheadvantagesofGMfoodthen?

Scientist:Well,it’scheaperthannaturalfoodbecausetheamountproducedisusuallylarger.

Student:Isee.Butisn’titdangerous?

Scientist:Really?I’venevertriedGMfood.ButI’veheardthatitdoesn’ttastethesameasnaturalfood.

Scientist:Idon’tthinkthat’strue.Tastetestsrevealthatittastesexactlythesameasnaturalfood.

Student:Well,that’sgoodtoknow.Whataboutfree-rangefood?

Whatdoesthatmean?

Scientist:Free-rangefoodcomesfromanimalsthatarenotgivendrugs.

Student:Thatmeansits’cheaperthanGMfood,right?

Scientist:No,it’sactuallymoreexpensive.Free-rangeanimalsgrowlessquickly.Farmershavefeweranimalstosell,sotheytendtosellthematahigherprice.

Student:Butdon’tfree-rangeanimalshaveabetterlife?

Scientist:Yes,that’’renotkeptindarksheds.That’swhywecallitfree-rangefood,becausetheanimalsarefree.

Student:Well,inthatcase,Iwouldratherpayalittlebitmoremoneytobuyfree-rangefood.

Scientist:Manypeoplefeelthatway.Theydon’tmindpayingabitmoretogivetheanimalsabetterlife.Weallhavetherighttodecidewhatweeat.

Nowlisten

tothelecture

for

asecondtime,

andfinish

Part

BonP53

Answers:

A:2.fatter—faster

3.keep—don’t

help

keep

4.more

expensive—cheaper

5.is^a—not6.betterthan—thesameas

^given—not

7.are

cheaper—moreexpensive9.are^kept—not10.wouldnotpay—don’tmindpaying

4.right

Skillsbuilding2:conductingadiscussion

Inthisunit,youaretrainedtoconductadiscussion.You

willlearnusefulexpressionstoaskfortheopinionsof

othersandintroducenewideasintothediscussion.

1.Hereisapicture.

Whatwouldyousayifyouwanttoknow

myopinionsonthispicture?

Butpeoplemayhavedifferentopinions

onthesamething.

Ifyouhavedifferentopinionsonthepicture,whatwould

yousay?

Pleasethinkofdifferentwaystoaskforopinionsand

introducenewideas.

2.Readtheguidelinesandcompareyouranswerswiththe

expressionsonpage54.Youshouldknowwhentousetheuseful

expressions.

Step2:Reportingbacktoasciencejournal

Sincewehavelearnthowtoaskforopinionsofothersand

introducenewideas,let’spractisethedifferent

expressionsbyinterviewingascientistaboutGMfood.

ListthethingsaboutGMfood.

intheform.Addmorequestionstotheheadingsyousuggest.

Sampleanswers:

DoyouthinkitissafeforpeopletohaveGMfood?

2.Possiblesideeffects

ArethereanysideeffectsifpeoplehaveGMfood?

Tastecomparedwithnormalfood

Doesittastethesameas/nicerthannaturalfood?

Cost

DoyouagreethatGMfoodismoreexpensivethannaturalfood?

5.Needforgovernmentcontrol

Doyouthinkthegovernmentshoulddosomethingtoensureitssafety?Ifso,whatshouldbedone?

6.Popularityforbuyers

WillyouorwillyounotbuytheGMfood?

Skillsbuilding3:writingaformalletter

Oftenyouwonderhowtowriteaformalletter.Youwilllearn

thataformalletteroftenincludesinformationsuchasan

address,adate,thereceiver’sname,jobtitleandaddress,aformalgreeting,aformalendingandthesignature.Youwillalsolearnsomeusefulphrasestostartandendaformal

letter.

Readtheguidelinesonpage56.Makesureyouknowtheformatofaformalletterandunderstandtheusefulphrasestostartandendaletter.

Readtheletteronpage56andlabelthepartsoftheletter.

Answers:

youraddress

—101

HighStreet

the

date

—1

May,

2006

MrFrankBrown

—

receiver

’sname

PublicRelationsManager

—jobtitle

SafewayLaboratories—receiver’saddress

305QueensDrive

Liverpool

DearMrBrown,—formalgreeting

Iamwritingtocomplain

practiceimmediately.

Yourssincerely,

—formalending

JimDavidson—signature

JimDavidson—yourname

3.Afteryoulabeledthepartsoftheletter,readtheletter

againandunderlinethephrasesusedtostartandendthe

letter.

Iamwritingtomake

Iurgeyoutoseek

Step3:WritingaletteraboutGMfood

Inthispart,you’rerequiredtowriteaformalletterabout

GMfood