高二英语 复习课件3

Task
Writing a formal letter
Skills building 1:changing or correcting a text
❖ Let’s first do an interesting game called-----❖ “Chinese whisper”
The key
The sentence that “the man who laughs last laughs the best”
is a useful motto.
Conclusion
❖ When we are asked to pass information, we usually make mistakes. We need to:
should do
❖ How to ask for people’s opinions
❖ e.g. What do you think? / Don’t you think so? /Do you agree? / Is that your opinion too?
❖ How to introduce new ideas into the discussion
Skills building 3: writing a formal letter
❖ The basic elements and format of a formal letter
❖ e.g. your address / the date / receiver’s name, job title and address / formal greeting / formal ending / your name and signature
❖ End: I would be grateful if you could… / I hope you would… / I look forward to hearing from you soon. / If you require any further information…
❖ Label the different parts of the letter.
in food and farming. It is reported that there may
notes about GM
be new risks with GM food, but it is less expensive than natural food.
food
Skills building 2: conducting a discussion
Skills building 3: writing a formal letter
❖ Some useful phrases to start and end a formal letter:
❖ Start: With reference to… / Thank you for… /In reply to… / I am writing to inform you …
to create many things. By far, the most common
GM organisms are crops. And this technology has
now been applied to almost all forms of life, mainly
❖ Listen and make
❖ Then, you can discuss with your group members and finish step 2.
Feedback of step 1 & 2
❖ Now that we have finished step 1 and 2, you must have learned a lot about GM food. Now comes our next task:
Hale Waihona Puke Step 1: confirming information
❖ 1 What does GM stand for?
What is GM food?
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2
What
is
GM
food?
GM food refers to the food produced using technology. Actually, humans have been
Step 3: writing a letter about GM food
❖ Read the first letter and ask students to list the main points about GM food.
❖ Read the second letter and ask students to list the main points about GM food.
❖ Prepare an interview between a student and the scientist to talk about GM food using the vocabulary of part B on page 55.
❖ Then finish part C and D after class.
❖ Your opinions about GM food ❖ The pros and cons of GM food ❖ Any concerns your group brought up in
step 2, part D ❖ What do you think the supermarket
gene
❖ 3 Is it the same as
genetically modifying the animals and plants around us for many centuries. Scientists have
natural food?
been trying to use selective breeding techniques
❖ Combine the points together what we’ve learned from Step 1 & 2, then finish Part B on page 57. You can discuss with your group members.
Homework
❖ Write a formal letter to the head office of the supermarket chain. You may mention:
❖ Read the questions or instructions carefully
❖ Listen closely when spelling is given ❖ Pay attention to words or phrases that
express contradiction, such as ❖ No, I don’t think so. ❖ That’s not right. ❖ And I think it should be…
❖ 1 correct grammatical errors and spelling mistakes
❖ 2 make changes to the information in the text
❖ 3 change the style or the tone
Tips for listening
❖ e.g. Another argument is that… / Don’t forget… / On the other hand, … /We can also… / But what about…?
Step2: reporting back to a science journal
❖ In step 1, we’ve learned a lot about GM food, first, let’s invite a student to say something briefly about GM food.