1、Grammar and usage,Uint 3,Objectives,To learn how a text should be written to allow readers to move from one idea to the next easilyTo learn that there are four features that can help develop a text logically,Turn your books to pages 34 and 35 and have a look: How many paragraphs are there in the tex
2、t? There are nine paragraphs.,What is the title of the text?The title is Aids today.Can we learn what the text is about from the title?Yes. We learn that the text is about the deadly disease of Aids at the present time.,If you are asked to divide the whole text into several parts, how will you divid
3、e it?We can divide it into three parts. The first part is the first paragraph, which is an introduction. The second part is the main body and includes the next seven paragraphs. The conclusion is the last paragraph, and is the last part.,What is the main idea of the first part?It gives us an example
4、 to show us how serious the situation of Aids is in Africa.,What is the second part about?It tells us some detailed information about Aids. For example, what causes Aids, the ways people get infected with aids, how serious the situation is around the world and what the UN and the Chinese government
5、have been doing to deal with this situation.,What is the last part about?It refers again to the example mentioned in the first paragraph and points out the key to stopping Aids in the future.Now can you see how a text is developed?,We know that a text usually includes several parts. We call these pa
6、rts the title, the beginning paragraph, the body paragraphs and the concluding paragraph.,Read the directions and Part 1. Can you also think of some titles of some other articles that are not too long and are clear and simple?,A title should not be too long and should be clear and simple.,Go over th
7、e three points of Part 2 and see what should be included in the beginning paragraph.,Go over Part 3.,This part will tell you that each body paragraph usually contains a topic sentence, some supporting sentences and a concluding sentence to the paragraph. Try to find what the topic sentence should be
8、 like and where it can be found, what supporting sentences are, and what the function of a concluding sentence is in a paragraph.,Read Part 4 and try to find out how the concluding paragraph functions in a text.,Do the exercise on page 41. Read the sentences and decide which paragraph they belong to
9、 and what type of sentence each one is.,Test yourself,将下列句子放入文章的适当位置,并指出文章的起始段,主体段和结论段。,A. To take care of ones own body is another important thing for a good student to do.B. Therefore, to be a good student, it is important to be diligent in our studies, to take care of our bodies and to cultivate
10、our own virtue as well.C. A good student, I think, should be diligent in studies.D. Lastly, to cultivate ones own virtue is the most important thing.,How to be a good student,We students will be the builders and masters of the country in the future. It is important for us to know how to be a good st
11、udent. 1_ The more we study, the more we will increase our knowledge. Without enough knowledge, we cannot make great contributions to the modernization of our country.,C,2_ Anyone, who hasnt got a strong body, can do nothing for his country, even if he has much knowledge. There was a man, who, when
12、he was a student, studied hard but neglected his health. No sooner did he serve the country than he died of poor health. From this we can see that it is really very important for a student to have a strong body.,A,3_Virtue is the essence of a noble character. It will greatly help one to be useful to
13、 his country. When learned people go astray, they do more harm than good to society. We should draw lessons from this. 4 _,D,B,Preview,To preview Task on Page 42:Skills building 1: identifying degrees of obligationSkills building 2: asking for and offering alternativesSkills building 3: writing warnings,1. Finish Parts C1 and C2 in the Workbook.2. Use what youve learned today to write an article.,Homework,
