Unit5Readingforwriting

—AletterofaskingforhelpReadthepostsquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.Whostartsthisblog?Whorespondstoit?3.Whatistheblogmainlyabout?WangLeLiuWen,JiaXin,LiRuiProblemswithlearningEnglish.Hi!I'vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighmarksinEnglish,butnowI'mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?1.Readandfindoutwhat’stheirproblems.Topicsentence2.Findsupportingdetailsoftheseproblems.SupportingdetailsSupportingdetailsareusuallyexamplesorfactsthatareusedtodescribeorexplainthetopicsentence.Theycanmakeyourdescriptionorexplanationmorevivid（生動）andconvincing（令人信服）.Tips:ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammershelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost's!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It'ssomucheasiertojustsay"Openthewindow!",butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI'mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,"Openthewindow,please!"or"Couldyouopenthewindow,please?"orevenlonger"Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?"SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceYeah,that'sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou'retalkingto.IfI'mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”—ourrelationshipiscloseandwe'reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI'mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn'tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger—andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,"Couldyouopenthewindow,please?"IfI'mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,"Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?"Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem—therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican'tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan'trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceNameProblemAdviceJiaXin'sadvice:listentoEnglishradioprogrammers,repeatwhatyouhear,recordyourvoiceandcomparetotheradiohost'sLiRui'sadvice:Youradvice:LiuWenJiaXinLiRuitroublewithlisteningtonativeEnglishspeakershowtobepoliteinEnglishuseshortrequestsforclosefriends,uselongerrequestsforpeoplewhoarenotsoclose,usemorepolitephrasesforpeopleseniortoyourememberingnewvocabularycreateyourownwordbank:carryasmallnotebookwithyoueverywhere,andaddnewwordswhenyoulearnthem,learnwordchunksinsteadofsingleword,learnwordformationExpressionsIamhavingalotoftroublewith…Mybiggestheadacheis….Forme,….ismybiggestproblem....isabigdifficultyforme.Whatsentencesareusedtoexpressproblems?Ifinditdifficult/challenging/demandingto...

我覺得…很困難/挑戰(zhàn)/吃力Ifinditreallyachallenge/headacheformeto...我發(fā)現(xiàn)…對我來說確實是個挑戰(zhàn)。Ihavebeenstrugglingwith...

我一直在努力…Ihavedifficulty/problemsin...

我在…方面有困難/問題。Whattroubles/bothersmemostis...

最困擾/煩惱我的是…Mybiggestweaknessliesin...

我最大的弱點在于…Mybiggestheadacheis...

我最頭疼的是…Mytopchallengeis...

我最大的挑戰(zhàn)是…...

isabigdifficulty/challenge/struggleforme

…對我是一個困難/挑戰(zhàn)/斗爭Ireallyhavenoideahowto...

我真的不知道該怎么ExpressionsHowtowritealetterofaskingforhelp?折衷式(Semi-BlockStyle)DearSirorMadam,…(Para1)…(Para2)…(Para3)

Yours(sincerely),Lihua求助信內(nèi)容要點：---寫信目的-->說明困難-->請求幫助

感謝并期待答復I’mwritingtoaskyouafavor.I’mwritingtoyouforsomehelp.I’mwritingalettertoyoutogetsomehelp.Ihavemetmuchdifficultyin...在……方面我遇到許多困難。Idon’tknowwhattodo.

起首句（theopeningsentence）Isincerelyhopeyoucan…Iamlookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.HopeforanearlyreplyIwouldbegratefulifyoucould…Iwouldappreciateitifyoucould…結束語(theclosingsentence)展望自己獲得建議后可能會取得的進步I'msurewithyourhelpIcanmakegreatprogress.IthinkIwillsurely...withyouradvice.Inthenearfuture，IamsureIcan...表明獲取信息的急切心情Lookingforwardtoyourimmediateresponse.Yourattentiontothisletterwouldbehighlyappreciated.Iamwaitingforyourquickreply.Thankyouinadvanceforyourcooperation/assistance.

假如你是李華，暑假參加了某微信公眾號（Wechatofficialaccount）舉行的英語原版書閱讀活動，并寫了一篇書評?，F(xiàn)你用英語給外教Sam寫一封信，希望他能幫你當面批改書評，內(nèi)容包括：簡要介紹活動提出請求提議見面時間注意：詞數(shù)80次左右可適當增加細節(jié)，使行文連貫(1)文體(2)人稱(3)時態(tài)(4)要點求助信第一人稱一般現(xiàn)在時一般將來時寫信目的求助內(nèi)容結束語Dear…,…(Para1)…(Para2)

…(Para3)

Yours(sincerely),LiHua1、列出提綱，構建框架結構請求幫助提出請求&約定時間感謝并期待答復說明困難寫信目的根據(jù)交流對象選用稱呼和結尾禮語DearSam,Yoursrespectfully,Yourstruly,Yourssincerely,介紹活動

2.要點羅列?ask

youafavor?signupforareadingactivityandwriteabookreview?helpmecorrectit/makesomecorrections?meetafterclassonFriday/sparemesometime?thanksandexpectations3、依據(jù)提綱，擴展成文?askyouafavorIamwritingtoaskyouafavor.IamLiHua,astudentfromourschool.Iamwritingtoaskyouafavor.

3、依據(jù)提綱，擴展成文

?signupforareadingactivityandwriteabookreview

AsakeenloverofEnglishbooks,IsignedupforanEnglishorigialreadingactivityduringthesummervocation.IwroteabookreviewonmyfavoritebookJaneEyre.AsakeenloverofEnglishbooks,Isignedupforareadingactivityduringthesummervocation,whereIreadsomeEnglishoriginalsandwroteabookreview.Supporting+Key3、依據(jù)提綱，擴展成文

?helpmecorrectit/makesomecorrectionsIamnotsurewhetherIhavegotmyideaacross,soIsincerelyhopeyoucanhelpmetocorrectitandgivemesomeadviceonwriting.

Beingpoorinwriting,Iamworriedtheremightbesomemistakes.

Wouldyoubesokindastohelpmemakesomecorrections?Supporting+KeyUsingaquestiontobepolite3、依據(jù)提綱，擴展成文?meetafterclassonFriday/sparemesometimeIfpossible,canImeetyouafterclassOnFriday?

IfyouareavialableafterclassonFriday,pleasetellmeandIwillmeetyouinyouroffice.CanyousparemesometimeandtellmewhensothatIcangotomeetyou?ConcessionConcession+hIgh-frenquencywords3、依據(jù)提綱，擴展成文?thanksandexpectationI’dbegratefulifyoucouldgivemeahand.Lookingforwardtoyourkindreply.

DearSam,IamLiHua,astudentfromourschool.Iamwritingtoaskafavorofyou.AsakeenloverofEnglishbooks,Isignedupforareadingactivityduringthesummervocation,whereIreadsomeEnglishoriginalsandwroteabookreviewonmyfavoritebookJaneEyre.ButIamnotsurewhetherIhavegotmyideaacross,soIsincerelyhopeyoucanhelpmetomakesomecorrectionsandgivemesomeadviceonwriting.CanyousparemesometimeandtellmewhensothatIcangotomeetyou?

I’dbegratefulifyoucouldgivemeahand.Lookingforwardtoyourreply.Yourssincerely,LiHua格式、要點、語言親愛的山姆：我叫李華，是我們學校的學生。我寫信是想請你幫個忙。作為英語書的狂熱愛好者，我在暑假期間報名參加了一個閱讀活動，在那里我讀了一些英文原著，并寫了一篇關于我最喜歡的書《簡·愛》的書評。但是我不確定我的想法是否被理解了，所以我真誠地希望你能幫我改正，并給我一些寫作建議。你能抽出點時間告訴我什么時候去見你嗎？如果你能幫我一把，我將不勝感激。期待您的回復。謹上，李華Homework:Writealetterofaskingforhelp假設你是高一學生李華，正在忙著備戰(zhàn)

期末考試，但是發(fā)現(xiàn)很難集中精力學習，請給你的英國朋友Alex寫一封郵件，向他求助。內(nèi)容包括：1.你的困難；2.尋求幫助。PossibleVersion1Dear

Alex,I'mLiHua,aSenior1student.Occupiedinpreparingformyfinalexamination,Ifinditchallengingtodevotemyselftostudy.Therefore,I'mwritingforyourassistance.

Firstofall,spendingtoomuchtimeonhomework,Ihardlyhavetimetotakeexercise.Besides,themoreIthinkoftheexpectationfromtheteachersandmyparents,themorestressed

Ifeel.Whattroublesmemost

isthatit'saheadacheformetofallasleep.

Shouldyoubekindtoreplytomepromptly,Iwouldbehighlyappreciated.

Yours,

Li

Hua親愛的亞歷克斯：我是李華，一名高一學生。忙于準備期末考試，我發(fā)現(xiàn)全身心投入學習很有挑戰(zhàn)性。因此，我寫信是為了尋求您的幫助。首先，在作業(yè)上花費太多時間，我?guī)缀鯖]有時間去鍛煉。此外，我越是想到老師和父母對我的期望，我的壓力就越大。最讓我煩惱的是，睡著對我來說是件頭疼的事。如果您能及時回復我，我將不勝感激。你的，李華PossibleVersion2DearAlex,How'severythinggoing?ThesedaysIhavebeenstrugglingwithmyEnglishlearning.