STUDYINGABROAD:ISITAGOODORABADIDEA?Unit2UsingLanguageLearningaims:1.Tomasterthekeypointsoftwoletters;2.Tounderstandthekeysentencestructures;3.ToobservethestructureoftwolettersInrecentyears,moreandmoreparentshavesenttheirchildrenabroadtostudy.Isstudyingabroadagoodideaornot?Why?Howabouttheparent'sopinionsonstudyingabroad?Alocalnewspaperhasinvitedparentstosharetheiropinionsaboutstudyingabroad.Now,let’sreadtheletterstogetmoreinformation.STUDYINGABROAD:ISITAGOODORABADIDEA?Skimthepassageandanswer:1.Whatisthetexttype?2.Whatwillthetextmainlytalkabout?ArgumentativeletterItmaymainlyabouttheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofstudyingabroad.Skimthepassagequicklyandworkoutthestructure.Howdoyouworkout?Signposts(標(biāo)識(shí)性語(yǔ)言)Logicalwords①②③④⑤

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what’smore,besides,moreover,inaddition,furthermoreas,so,thus,dueto,thanksto,therefore,asaresultforinstance,suchasReadthelettersagainandthenusetheconnectorsintheboxtorewritethesentencesbelow.P212asaresultbesidesforinstancethatistosay1.Studentswhowanttostudyabroadmustconsidertheirparents'budget.Theyshouldthinkaboutwhethertheycanaffordthecostsofstudyingoverseas.2.Studyingabroadcanputgreatpressureonyoungpeople.Theymayfeellonelyandmisstheirfamilies.3.Studyingabroadwillgivestudentsagoodeducation.Italsohelpsthemtogainaglobalperspective.4.GlobaldevelopmentstrategieshelptomakeconnectionsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.Youngpeoplewithlanguageskillsandstrongculturalawarenessareneeded.Studentswhowanttostudyabroadmustconsidertheirparents'budget.Thatistosay,theyshouldthinkaboutwhethertheycanaffordthecostsofstudyingoverseas.Studyingabroadcanputgreatpressureonyoungpeople.Forinstance,theymayfeellonelyandmisstheirfamilies.Studyingabroadwillgivestudentsagoodeducation.Besides,italsohelpsthemtogainaglobalperspective.GlobaldevelopmentstrategieshelptomakeconnectionsbetweenChinaandtherestoftheworld.

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DearEditor,

Inthepastfewdecades,therehasbeen

adramaticincreasein

thenumberofpeoplestudyingabroad.Althoughstudying

abroadcanbringgreatbenefits,Ithinkthedisadvantagesfor

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Tobeginwith,manystudentswhostudyabroadfacegreateconomicpressure.Thatmeansstudyingabroadisjustnotpossibleforeveryone.Tuitionfeesandlivingexpensesaremuchmoreexpensivethanathomeandcouldendupcostingmostfamiliesanarmandaleg.StudyinginChinaismuchmoreconvenientandcanhelpsavemoney.定語(yǔ)從句endupdoing最終會(huì)做某事Para2cost(sb.)anarmandaleg(使某人)花一大筆錢(qián)endupwith...以...結(jié)尾Tuitionfeesandlivingexpensesaremuchmoreexpensivethanathomeandcouldendupcostingmostfamiliesanarmandaleg.__________adj.昂貴的____theexpenseof以...為代價(jià)atsb’sexpense____________expensiveat【即學(xué)即用】

單句語(yǔ)法填空1.Itismore________________(expense)togobyplanethanbyship.完成句子2.正因?yàn)槿绱?，降低價(jià)格的同時(shí)，并不能以犧牲質(zhì)量為代價(jià)。That’swhyareductioninpricecanneverbemade_________________quality.由某人付錢(qián)expensiveattheexpenseofLanguagePoints巨大的壓力behaveoneself守規(guī)矩；表現(xiàn)得體behavewell/badly表現(xiàn)得好/不好Para3approachto(doing)sth（做）...的方法Somemaystruggleandsufferfromcultureshockwhenlearninghowtobehaveinnewsurroundings.behavev.表現(xiàn)；表現(xiàn)得體；有禮貌__________n.舉止；行為；習(xí)性behave_________守規(guī)矩；表現(xiàn)得體behaviouroneselfsurroundingsn.[pl.]環(huán)境；周圍的事物_____________v.圍繞，包圍_____________adj.周圍的；附近的besurrounded_________被...環(huán)繞surroundsurroundingby/with【讀一讀?細(xì)觀察】1.Thepolicesurroundedthehouse.詞性_______含義_______2.HewantstovisitOxfordandthesurroundingarea.詞性________含義______【即學(xué)即用】

單句語(yǔ)法填空1.Hisstrange___________(behave)madethepolicesuspicious.2.Mikewokeuptofindhimself___________(surround)byflowers,whichcamefromthe_____________(surround)villages.3.Someinsectstakeonthecolouroftheir__________(surround)toprotectthemselves.4.__________(surround)bythepolice,thethiefhadnochoicebuttogivein.5.HowcanIworkwhenI’msurrounded_____somanychildren?動(dòng)詞包圍形容詞周圍的behavioursurroundedsurroundingsurroundingsSurroundedwith/bydepressedadj.沮喪的；意志消沉的__________v.使沮喪；使消沉__________adj.（事物）令人沮喪的；令人消沉的__________n.沮喪；消沉depressdepressingdepression【即學(xué)即用】

單句語(yǔ)法填空1.Hewas___________(depress)whenheknewthathisclosefrienddidn’ttrusthim.2.There’ssome_____________(depress)newsinthenewspaper.3.Shesufferedfromsevere___________(depress)afterlosingherjob.depresseddepressingdepressionLanguagePoints

Afinalpointtoconsideristhat

whilestudyingabroaddoeshavepotentialbenefits,youngpeoplewhostudyinChinaalsohaveagreatfuturetolookforwardto!AsChinahasboomed,theeducationalenvironmenthasimprovedsignificantly,withmanygreatuniversitiesnowavailable.Theyhavegreatfacilitiesandoutstandingprofessors,helpingtoeducateyoungpeoplewhowillcontributetotheeconomyandfurtherstrengthenourcountry.表語(yǔ)從句while盡管，雖然；引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句Para4期待...contributeto促進(jìn)...v.加強(qiáng)；增強(qiáng)；鞏固n.strength力氣；力量，實(shí)力LanguagePointsTosumup,onecannotdenythefactthatstudyingabroadhasitsdisadvantages,sowhenyouthinkaboutstudyingabroadyoushouldconsiderthesemanyfactors.Kindregards,WangLi(motheroftwingirls)我們無(wú)法否認(rèn)的事實(shí)同位語(yǔ)從句Para5考慮...Tosumup,onecannotdenythefactthatstudyingabroadhasitsdisadvantages,...denyvt.否認(rèn)；否定；拒絕_______________否認(rèn)做某事_______________拒絕某人某事______________________無(wú)可否認(rèn)...denydoingsthdenysbsthThereisnodenyingthat...【即學(xué)即用】

單句語(yǔ)法填空1.Inthecourt,hedenied__________(take)themoney.完成句子2.我不能否認(rèn)他的話傷害了我.I___________thathiswordshurtme.翻譯句子3.Hedeniedhisfriendachancetospeak.___________________________takingcan’tdeny他不給朋友講話的機(jī)會(huì)。LanguagePoints-Passage2DearEditor,Isstudyingabroadagoodideaornot?Therearecertainlydisadvantages,butinmyopinion,theadvantagesaremuchgreater.AsIalwaystellmyson,therearenogreatdifficultiesforapersonwhoisbrave,optimistic,andwillingtoworkhard!我時(shí)常告誡我兒子，對(duì)勇敢、樂(lè)觀、愿意拼搏的人來(lái)說(shuō)，世上無(wú)難事我認(rèn)為Para1AsIalwaystellmyson,therearenogreatdifficultiesforapersonwhoisbrave,optimistic,andwillingtoworkhard!optimisticadj.樂(lè)觀的pessimismn.

悲觀（主義）optimismn.樂(lè)觀（主義）optimistn.樂(lè)觀（主義）者pessimistadj.悲觀（主義）的optimisticadj.樂(lè)觀（主義）的pessimistadj.悲觀（主義）的beoptimisticabout...beoptimisticthat...對(duì)...持樂(lè)觀態(tài)度LanguagePoints-Passage2changesb.forthebetter/worse使某人向好/壞的方向Nopain,nogain.不勞無(wú)獲Para2LanguagePoints-Passage2Anotheradvantageistheincreasedchanceforculturalexchange.Chinesestudentscanbeseenasculturalenvoyspromotingfriendshipbetweennations.InternationalstudentsinChinaalsobringtheircolourfulcultureshere.Cooperatingwithpeoplefromdiverseculturalbackgroundshelpsusviewtheworldfromdifferentanglesandthusgivesusmoreinsightintoourownculture.n.使者；使節(jié)；代表Para3cooperatewith...與...合作角；角度；立場(chǎng)n.洞悉；了解LanguagePoints-Passage2n.前景；可能性；觀點(diǎn)Para4定語(yǔ)從句有能力的providesbwithsth提供某人某事LanguagePoints-Passage2

Allinall,studyingabroadhelpstobuildcharacterandincreasepeople'sunderstandingofculturaldiversitywhilestrengtheningChinaandbuildingasharedfutureforall.Ithinkthislife-changingexperienceiscertainlyworthwhile,andIhopemychildwillstudyabroadinthefuture