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Advanced English

Advanced English. Unit 8. An Interactive Life. Teaching Points. I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Text analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Questions for discussion. I. Background Information. 1. Broadway 2. Peter Jennings 3. Newsweek.

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Advanced English

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  1. Advanced English

  2. Unit 8 An Interactive Life

  3. Teaching Points • I. Background information • II. Introduction to the passage • III. Text analysis • IV. Rhetorical devices • V. Questions for discussion

  4. I. Background Information • 1. Broadway • 2. Peter Jennings • 3. Newsweek

  5. II. Introduction to the Passage • 1. Type of literature: • -- a piece of exposition

  6. Introduction to the Passage • 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition: to inform of explain • 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition: • --comparison, contrast, analogy, identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc.

  7. Introduction to the Passage • 4. The central thought or thesis

  8. III . Effective Writing Skills • 1. making effective use of specific verbs • 2. using elliptical and short, simple sentences to achieve certain effect

  9. IV . Rhetorical Devices • 1. metaphor • 2. simile

  10. V. Text Analysis

  11. VI . Special Difficulties • 1. Paraphrasing some sentences • 2. Some computer terms

  12. VII . Questionsfor Discussion • 1. What will an interactive life of the future be like? Describe some of its possible features. • 2. Why should a person step into the past to get an idea of what the future might bring? • 3. How would Peter Jennings become obsolete? • 4. What is called “fake interactive”? • 5. Why would video telephony mean an end of anonymous phone calls?

  13. VIII. Exercises • P.

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