《Reading and vocabulary》最新PPT课件优质课下载

《Reading and vocabulary》最新PPT课件优质课下载

Read the passage and answer these questions:

1. What changes happened with the Industrial Revolution?

2. What do you know about the development of industry in China?

Farming life became industrial; mass production was possible; people moved to the cities; the steam engine were invented.

Your own answers.

Writing

Look at the following passage about the advantages and disadvantages of car

air pollution

Traffic problems

1. Cars were first used at the end of the 19th century, and were no faster than a horse. Today there are billions of cars on the road. Everyone wants one.

The Advantages and Disadvantages of Car.

2. Cars have great advantages. They move fast and they give you freedom. You can just get in your car and go wherever you want. Up to five people can travel in a car, so often it is cheaper to go by car than to take a train.

3. But cars have great disadvantages. They use fuels which pollute the environment very badly. They also create serious traffic problems. Sometimes you cannot get into a city because there are so many cars on the road.

4. In conclusion, I think that cars are very useful because travel is so easy with a car. But the environmental problems is serious and we need to find a cleaner fuel.

This paragraph gives the argument against cars.

B. The conclusion: This gives the writer’s final opinion.

C. This paragraph gives the argument for cars.

D. The introduction : This gives some general facts about the subject.

Match the essay paragraphs with these descriptions.

Para 3

Para 4

Para 2

Para 1

1. How many advantages are described?

2. How many disadvantages are described?