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Advanced English
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Unit 8
An Interactive Life
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Teaching Points I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Text analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Questions for discussion
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I. Background Information 1. Broadway 2. Peter Jennings 3. Newsweek
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II. Introduction to the Passage
1. Type of literature: -- a piece of exposition
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Introduction to the Passage 2. The purpose of a piece of
exposition: to inform of explain 3. Ways of developing the thesis of
a piece of exposition: --comparison, contrast, analogy,
identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc.
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Introduction to the Passage 4. The central thought or thesis
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III . Effective Writing Skills 1. making effective use of specific
verbs 2. using elliptical and short, simple
sentences to achieve certain effect
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IV . Rhetorical Devices 1. metaphor 2. simile
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V. Text Analysis
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VI . Special Difficulties 1. Paraphrasing some sentences 2. Some computer terms
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VII . Questions for Discussion 1. What will an interactive life of the future
be like? Describe some of its possible features.
2. Why should a person step into the past to get an idea of what the future might bring?
3. How would Peter Jennings become obsolete?
4. What is called “fake interactive”? 5. Why would video telephony mean an end
of anonymous phone calls?
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VIII. Exercises P.