大连海事大学：《高级英语 Advanced English》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿，英文版）Unit 3 Ships in the Desert

Unit 3 Ships in the desert by AlGore

Unit 3 Ships in the Desert by Al Gore

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

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

I Background Information 1, al Gore the author 2 Clean air act 3. The aral sea

I. Background Information ◼ 1. Al Gore the author ◼ 2. Clean Air Act ◼ 3. The Aral Sea

II. Introduction to the passage 1. Type of literature a piece of exposition

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

Introduction to the passage 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition to inform or explain

Introduction to the Passage ◼ 2. The purpose of a piece of exposition: ◼ -- to inform or explain

Introduction to the passage 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition comparison, contrast, analogy identification illustration analysis definition etc

Introduction to the Passage ◼ 3. Ways of developing the thesis of a piece of exposition: ◼ --- comparison, contrast, analogy, identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc

Introduction to the passage 4. The central thought or thesis

Introduction to the Passage ◼ 4. The central thought or thesis

III. Effective Writing skills 1. making effective use of specific verbs 2. discussing the solution to environmental problems from a politician's point of view that is, relating the solution to environmental destruction to the solution to arm races

III . Effective Writing Skills ◼ 1. making effective use of specific verbs ◼ 2. discussing the solution to environmental problems from a politician’s point of view, that is, relating the solution to environmental destruction to the solution to arm races

I∨, Rhetorica| Devices 1 understatement 2. metaphor

IV . Rhetorical Devices ◼ 1. understatement ◼ 2. metaphor

V, Text Analysis

V. Text Analysis