Unit 3 Task

高一 英语

Skills building 1:

We often need to be able to tell facts from opinions in order to make good judgments and draw conclusions.

distinguishing between facts and opinions

Thanks to the snowfall in November, the ski season has finally opened in Urumqi.

Fact Opinion?or

Fact

In my opinion, the lovely child enjoys skiing. Do you think so?

Opinion

A shop assistant shows toy pigs at a store in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. Pig ornaments become popular in China.Fact

Are the pigs lovely? I think they must be popular with people, especially young people. Opinion

A fact is a piece of information that is proved to be true.

Facts can tell us:

statisticsnamesdatesplaces

What is a fact ?

What is an opinion?An opinion is a feeling or belief.

People may start the sentences with:

In my opinion, …I (don’t) believe / think (that) …It seems (that) / looks like …

1.China has a total land area of over 9.6 million km2.

2.On 15th October 2003, the first Chinese person went into space.

3. I believe our painting is worth quite a lot of money.

P52 A Facts or opinions?

Fact

Fact

Opinion

4. Suzhou is over 80 km away from Shanghai.

5. It seems that people prefer living in flats.

6. I think that people who litter should be fined.

7. Mr. Wang came home to find his computer broken.

Fact

Opinion

Opinion

Fact

Part B Listen and circle the correct

words.1. Fact / Opinion 2. Fact / Opinion

3. Fact / Opinion 4. Fact / Opinion

5. Fact / Opinion 6. Fact / Opinion

Read a letter concerning problems with the school computer room. And try to complete a note sheet.

Step 1 completing a note sheet

Note sheetName of student: class: Date of visit to computer room:

Time:Computer number:

Cao Ying

Senior High 1

Sunday, 2nd March

10 a.m.— 2 p.m.

PC (No.7)

Problems with computer:the keyboard had letters missing, the mouse wouldn’t move the cursor around the screen properly, would not print.

tried other PCs, but they were in worse condition.

Solution tried:

Other problems:old and slow, often crash, not connected to the Internet, can only run one program at one time, keyboards with missing letters, mouses not working properly

need to have new computers.Comments:

Therefore, I am writing to you to voice myopinions.

It has been raining for three days. ______, the road is too muddy to ride on.A. Although B. HoweverC. Therefore D. So that

therefore adv. “ 因此、所以”，用法上常和句子其他部分用逗号隔开，表示推理，重点放在 therefore 后面的句子上，因此结论通常具有必然性。

voice v. 表达，吐露（感情或意见） voice one’s opinion

voice n. 声音；嗓音；发言权I’ve lost my voice because of a bad cold.

I have a voice in the management of the firm.嗓子哑了有发言权

发表某人的意见

It is about time that you ______ your homework.A. did B. doesC. have done D. will do

In my opinion, it is about time we had new computers.

It is (about/high) time that…( 常用过去式 )表示“该是做某事的时候了”。

注意：该句型中， that 从句的谓语动词也可以是should+ 动词原形，但 should 不可省略。 It is high time that we should take/took effective measures to prevent this. 现在是我们采取有效的措施来防止 这种情况出现的时候了。

What questions would you ask, when you interview someone?1.Time

When/What time do you usually…?

How often do you…?How many times a week/a month do you…?

2.Frequency:

Skills building 2: asking for information

3.Reasons:Why do you…?For what reason(s) do you…?

4.Problems:What problem(s) have you got…?

5.Recommendations:What do you think can be done to solvethe problem(s)?

P54 Complete the questions according to the answers.

1. When 2. How often

Answers:

3. Why

4. What problem 5. What

Part A Listen to an interview and complete the interview form.

Interview formUsual time of useFrequency of use

Reasons for use

in the afternoon

Monday, Thursday, Fridayfor school work

three times a week:

Step 2: finding out about the computer room

Problems foundkeyboards, CPUs, RAM, no DVD-ROM drives, too small hard drives, no Internet connection, no sound card, slow and ugly PCs, very old software

buy new computers and softwareRecommendations for improvement

Skills building3:formal writing

• P56 Learn by yourselves.• Write a proposal.

Finish the proposal.

Homework