Unit2BridgingCulturesUsinglanguage(2)Afterthislesson,youwillbeableto1.Understandtheopinionsofparentsaboutstudyingabroadandthereasons.2.Analyzethestructureandlanguagefeatureofanargumentativeletter.3.Writeyourownargumentativearticleonstudyingabroad.4.Employsomeconnectorsandsentencepatternstoperfectyourwriting.

LearningobjectivesAreyoufamiliarwiththephotobelow?From1872to1875thegovernmentofChina’sQingDynastysentsuccessivelyfour

batches

ofstudentstotaling120tostudyintheUnitedStates.AstheyhadaccesstoadvancedWesterntechnology,thesestudentslaterbecamethepioneersinChina’sindustriesofmining,railwayandtelegraph.AmongthemappearedtheearliestpresidentsofTsinghuaUniversityandTianjinUniversity,thefirstdiplomats,andthefirstpremier

oftheRepublicofChina.Whydidthegovernmentdothat?Whathappenedtothesestudentsaftertheyfinishedtheirstudy?Lead-inObservationandThinkingIsstudyingabroadreallyagoodidea?SupportopposeInrecentyears,moreandmoreparentshavesenttheirchildrenabroadtostudy.Isstudyingabroadagoodideaornot?Why?Alocalnewspaperhasinvitedparentstosharetheiropinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Now,let’sreadtheletterstogetmoreinformation.Alocalnewspaperhasinvitedparentstosharetheiropinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Skimthepassageandanswer:1.Whatisthegenre（體裁）ofthetwoletters?2.Whoarethewriters?3.Whattopicaretheytalkingabout?ReadforbasicinformationThetwolettersareboth______________letters.Letter1iswrittenby__________________________;Letter2iswritten

by_________________________.Boththelettersaretalkingabout______________________________.WangLi(motheroftwingirls)ZhangYi(fatherofoneboy)argumentativewhetheritisgoodtostudyabroadReadforbasicinformationReadthesetwolettersandunderlineeachwriter'smainpoints.Thenmarkthereasonsfortheiropinions.mainpointmainpoint123123reasonsreasonsParagraph1:

Inthepastfewdecades,therehasbeenadramaticincreaseinthenumberofpeoplestudyingabroad.Althoughstudyingabroadcanbringgreatbenefits,Ithinkthedisadvantagesforyoungpeoplearegreater.Para.1IntroductionStartwithafactStateanopinion

great&sudden1.WhatisWangLi’spoint?2.HowdoesWangLidevelopherpoint?ReadfordetailsParagraph2:Tobeginwith,manystudentswhostudyabroadfacegreateconomicpressure.Thatmeansstudyingabroadisjustnotpossibleforeveryone.Tuitionfeesandlivingexpensesaremuchmoreexpensivethanathomeandcouldendupcostingmostfamiliesanarmandaleg.StudyinginChinaismuchmoreconvenientandcanhelpsavemoney.Para.2BodyReason1EvidencetheamountofmoneythatyouspendonsoingReadfordetailsParagraph3:Anotherimportantfactortoconsideristhetremendouspressurethatcomeswithstudyingabroad.Studentsmustlearnhowtoliveinanunfamiliarenvironment…Somemaystruggleandsufferfromcultureshockwhenlearninghowtobehaveinnewsurroundings.Otherstudentsarenotmatureenough…andmaybecomedepressed.Somestudentsmightencounterproblemswithpersonalsafety.Inaddition,differentapproachestoteachingandlearningmaycomeasashocktomanystudents.Para.3BodyReason2Evidencebehave:todothingsinaparticularwaymature:behaveinasensibleway,likeanadultstudentssomeotherstudentssomestudentsInadditionReadfordetailsParagraph4:Afinalpointtoconsideristhatwhilestudyingabroaddoeshavepotentialbenefits,youngpeoplewhostudyinChinaalsohaveagreatfuturetolookforwardto!AsChinahasboomed,theeducationalenvironmenthasimprovedsignificantly,withmanygreatuniversitiesnowavailable.Theyhavegreatfacilitiesandoutstandingprofessors,helpingtoeducateyoungpeoplewhowillcontributetotheeconomyandfurtherstrengthenourcountry.Para.4BodyReason3Evidencestrengthen:tobecomestrongerReadfordetailsParagraph5:Tosumup,onecannotdenythefactthatstudyingabroadhasitsdisadvantages,sowhenyouthinkaboutstudyingabroad,youshouldconsiderthesemanyfactors.kindregards,WangLi(motheroftwingirls)Stateaconclusiondeny:tosaythatsomethingisnottruePara.5ConclusionReadfordetailsEverycoinhastwosides.Readthesecondletter,andtelluswhat’sZhangYi’sopinion?就我而言對勇敢、樂觀、愿意拼搏的人來說，世上無難事。Readthesecondletterandfindsomedetailstosupportthewriter’sopinion.

Thefirstadvantageofstudyingabroadis

personalgrowth.Theeducationyougainandthe

experiencesyouhavewillchangeyouforthe

better.Forexample,youwillcertainlybecomemore

independentbecauseyouwillhavetodealwithall

kindsofdifficultiesbyyourself.

Studyingabroad

alsohelpsyoutogainaglobalperspectiveand

improveyourgeneralcompetence.Reason1EvidencePara.2Body

Anotheradvantageistheincreasedchancefor

culturalexchange.Chinesestudentscanbeseenas

culturalenvoypromotingfriendshipbetween

nations.InternationalstudentsinChinaalsobring

theircolourfulcultureshere.Cooperatingwith

peoplefromdiverseculturalbackgroundshelpsus

viewtheworldfromdifferentanglesandthus

givesusmoreinsightintoourownculture.增加的被認為是...現(xiàn)在分詞短語作定語現(xiàn)在分詞短語作主語Reason2EvidencePara.3Body

Finally,studyingabroadprovidesagreat

opportunitytocontributetothedevelopmentof

ourmotherland.China'sglobaloutlook,with

projectssuchastheBeltandRoadInitiative,has

helpedusmakeconnectionsacrosstheworld.

Therefore,Chinaneedsmoretalentedyoung

peoplewithaglobalperspectivewhoarehighly

competentwithlanguageshaveleadershipand

organisationalskills,andhavestrongcultural

awareness.

Studentswhostudyabroadwill

developsuchskillsandabilities,andthesein

turn

willprovidethemwithbetter

career

opportunities.一帶一路組織的意識反過來Reason3EvidencePara.4Body

Allinall,

studyingabroadhelpstobuild

characterandincreasepeople'sunderstandingof

culturaldiversity

whilestrengtheningChinaand

buildingasharedfutureforall.Ithinkthislife-changingexperienceiscertainlyworthwhileandI

hopemychildwillstudyabroadinthefuture.SinncerelyyoursZhangYi(fatherofoneboy)總之差異性；多樣性while+現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語共享的；共有的StateaconclusionPara.5ConclusionHowtowriteanargumentativeletter?Opinionreason1reason2reason3IntroductionBodyConclusiondetailsdetailsdetailsAquestion/factStartwithaquestionorafactstateanopinionGivereasonsandevidencetosupportanopinionDrawaconclusion★connectors銜接詞ConnectorsexpressingreasonsorevidenceListing:tobeginwithwhatismorebesidesmoreoverinadditionCause&effect:because as sothus therefore asaresultGivingexamples:forexampleforinstancesuchasConnectorsexpressingopinionPointofview:inmyopinionasfarasIknowasfarasIamconcerned

personally(speaking)Summary:inshorttosumupallinallinconclusion/summarygenerallyspeakingRestating:inotherwordsthatistosaythatmeansStudythewordsbelow.Underlinetheconnectorsintheletters.UseconnectorsWhenyouwriteanargumentativepiece,useconnectingphrasestoleadreadersthroughyourprocessofreasoning.Goodlogicalconnectorswillhelpyouraudienceunderstandyourpointofview,whethertheyagreewithyouornot!asaresultbesidesforinstancethatistosay1Studentswhowanttostudyabroadmustconsidertheirparents'budget.Theyshouldthinkaboutwhethertheycanaffordthecostsofstudyingoverseas.2Studyingabroadcanputgreatpressureonyoungpeople.Theymayfeellonelyandmisstheirfamilies.3Studyingabroadwillgivestudentsagoodeducation.Italsohelpsthemtogainaglobalperspective.4GlobaldevelopmentstrategieshelptomakeconnectionsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.Youngpeoplewithlanguagekillsandstrongculturalawarenessareneeded.1.Studentswhowanttostudyabroadmustconsidertheirparents'budget.Thatistosay,theyshouldthinkaboutwhethertheycanaffordthecostsofstudyingoverseas.2.Studyingabroadcanputgreatpressureonyoungpeople.Forinstance,

theymayfeellonelyandmisstheirfamilies.3.Studyingabroadwillgivestudentsagoodeducation.Besides,

italsohelpsthemtogainaglobalperspective.4.GlobaldevelopmentstrategieshelptomakeconnectionsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.Asaresult,

youngpeoplewithlanguagekillsandstrongculturalawarenessareneeded.Readthelettersagainandthenusetheconnectorsintheboxtorewritethesentencesbelow.STUDYINGABROADIsitagoodorabadidea?GroupA-prosGroupB-consIthinkstudyingabroadisagoodidea,because…Ithinkstudyingabroadisabadidea,because…Pros:

You'llprobably

makenewfriends.

You'llprobably

learnanewlanguage.

You'llprobably

becomeindependent.

You'llprobably

gainaglobalperspectiveandimproveyourgeneralcompetence.…Cons:

You'llprobably

getalittlehomesick.

You'll

probably

spendmoremoney.

You'll

probably

experiencecultureshock.

You'll

probablyencounterproblemswithpersonalsafety.…Someideasforreference:VideoTimeAspeechfromMichelleObamaWritingSkill議論文寫作指導(dǎo)Writing一、套用句式（1）引入觀點（擺出事實）1....hasbothadvantagesanddisadvantages.2.Whenitcomesto...,somepeoplebelieve

that...,othersclaimthattheoppositeis

true.3.Thereisprobablysometruthinboth

statements.（2）亮明觀點在我看來：Frommypointofview；Frommyperspective；AsfarasIamconcerned我認為：Iholdtheviewthat+句子

Isubscribetotheviewthat+句子（3）論據(jù)1.Manyexamplescouldserveasproofs

ofthe...2..Obviously,ifwewantto...,itisessential

that...3.Onlyafterwehavetakenallaspectsofthe

problemintoconsiderationcanwemakea

rightdecision/soundjudgement.4.That'swhy...aregettingmoreandmore

popularnowadays.5.Therearesomepossiblereasonsforthis

commonsocialphenomenon.（4）總結(jié)及重申觀點1.Basedontheabovediscussion,wecan

easily..,moreandmorepeoplewill...2.Inmyopinion,

weshouldmakeitclear

that...假定你是李華，你的美國筆友Jackson最近在考慮是否要出國留學(xué)，他來信征求你的意見。請你就此用英語給他寫一封電子郵件，闡述你的觀點，并給出理由(不少于三點)。DearJackson，

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours，LiHuaWritealettertotheeditorexpressingyourownopinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Step1:

Startwithaquestion

orafact.

Step2:

Stateanopinion.

Step3:

Givereasonsandevidencetosupport

anopinion.Step4:

Stateaconclusion.二、要點陳述，語言規(guī)范1．開頭：亮出觀點。坦率地說，我認為出國留學(xué)很有意義。(makesense)_________________________________________Frankly,Ithinkitmakesgoodsensetostudyabroad.2．根據(jù)下面的提示給出理由。(1)出國留學(xué)時，我們會身處一種外語環(huán)境，這使得學(xué)習(xí)過程有趣且有效。(exposure;make)_______________________________________________________________________________________________________(2)沐浴在異國文化中，我們可以對世界有深刻的了解。(bathedin;insight)______________________________________________________________________________________(3)出國留學(xué)讓我們走出舒適區(qū)，讓我們變得更好，這在我看來是最重要的。(定語從句)_____________________________________________________________________________