大学英语写作2
7 education
Short-time/ long-time education
Old people: new hobbies to widen their spectrum Poor people: new skills to find a better job
Is P.E. indispensable and should be studied all the time? Body building: keep fit/ keep in shape/ relaxation/ refreshment
Friendship
A sense of achievement/ fulfillment Competition and cooperation 8 Art/ Culture
9 P&P: Peace and prosperity 国际组织、政治、宗教，只优不缺 peace and prosperity 10 Emotion
Traditional Chinese culture Why moon cake is round?
Why give “red packets”, why red? Americans: benefits and efficiency Chinese: emotion/ share/ unity Questions for Discussion
Why do some people like to do the job-hopping recently? Do use the multi-functional reasons. Economy: income
Convenience: distance and transportation
Environment: comfortable/ supply of more resources Enjoyment and entertainment: widen the spectrum… Personality: more valued/ promotion
Education：project/ self-motivated/ more challenge to improve
Art and culture: Corporate culture: 内：boss, colleague, associations 外：customer
Peace and prosperity: harmony of home Emotion: prefer / more popular Questions to discuss
Nowadays more and more old people prefer to live in the old people’s home, but some others still like to be cared at home. Which do you think is better?
Old people’s home
Professional service and facility, balanced diet, security A sense of belonging vs. Generation gap Relieve their children Home
Personal and individualistic care A sense of security Family closeness Communication Attention
A feeling of being wanted Problems and Solutions Social Problems
environmental degradation Traffic volume
Gap between city and country Gap between urban and rural areas Water scarcity Government
Policy and legislation/regulation Appropriate funds Infrastructure 基础设施 Enterprises
Profit：investment and cost-saving Individuals
Raise one’s awareness (by doing sth) Environmental/ traffic /social traffic volume
Refuse to use private cars Use mass/ public transportation Car-pooling water pollution 3R program Reduce Reuse recycle
The Whole Composition
The Basic Aim of the writing course
to develop the ability to write the composition/ essays/ theses/ papers.
to write short compositions of 500 to 1,000 words on the lives, studies, experiences and views on questions you are interested in.
the compositions will be mainly dealing with facts instead of fiction, drama and poetry.
Following Lectures
Steps in writing a composition Review of the basic writing methods. The four common types of compositions
–Narration –Description –Exposition –argumentation
Steps in Writing a composition Step 1: Planning Step 2: Outlining
Step 3: Writing the First Draft Step 4: Revising the First Draft Step 5: Making the Final Copy Step 1: Planning Brainstorm
When a topic is assigned, you should first try to think of as many
relevant facts as you can and write them down on a piece of a paper.
(without caring about the form and order of the items.) ?Theme
To try to find a proper thesis or theme. (its main point / its central idea.) ?Branching/ listing
To try to look at the list of facts again, eliminate those unnecessary or
unimportant ones, rearrange them in a logical order, and write an outline.
Suppose the topic assigned is “The School Library”. Then jot down all the points and relevant aspects that you can think out on your exercise book.
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A large number of useful and reference books All kinds of dictionaries and reference books
The reading-rooms spacious and quiet Newspapers and magazines The librarians patient and helpful Closed on Sundays and holidays A little crowded in the evening
Students leave books on chairs to reserve seats Very few newspapers from abroad
Students are not allowed to take schoolbags into the First Reading-Room.
Seniors would not be able to write their graduation papers without using the library.
Teachers go to the library frequently. Possible theses
The library is a nice place to work in.
The l ibrary plays a very important part in a student’s life. The work of the library needs improvement Outline
I. A student has to borrow books from the library. A. He needs reference books for his elective courses. B. He may want to read novels, stories and plays. II. He reads newspapers and magazines in the library. A. Many new magazines are on display in the First Reading-room.
B. There are newspapers from all provinces.
III. He needs the library all the more in his junior and senior years.
A. The library provides him with books for his research. B. He would not be able to write his graduation paper without using the library.
Step 2: Outlining
The controlling idea or the thesis of an essay can usually be divided into smaller parts, which are then developed into separate paragraphs. Roman and Arabic numbers and letters of alphabet are generally used to number and order ideas.
Thesis (Controlling idea) I. Introduction II. Main idea A. Sub-idea B. Sub-idea
1. Supporting detail 2. Supporting detail a. Fact 1 b. Fact 2 III. Main idea A. Sub-idea B. Sub-idea
1. Supporting detail 2. Supporting detail 3. Supporting detail C. Sub-idea IV. Conclusion
