Module1BritishandAmericanEnglishPartOne:TeachingDesign第一部分教学设计Period2:FUNCTION—GivingreasonsGoals●TolearntogivereasonsinEnglishProcedures▇Warmingupbylearnto“reason”*I’dliketoknowthereasonwhyyou’resolate.*Wearen’tgoingforthesimplereasonthatwecan’taffordit.*Shegavenoreasonsforherdecision.*Ihavenoparticularreasonfordoubtinghim.*Hesaidnobuthedidn’tgiveareason.*GivemeonegoodreasonwhyIshouldhelpyou.*Forsomereason(=onethatIdon’tknowordon’tunderstand)weallhavetocomeinearlytomorrow.*Themanattackedmefornoapparentreason.*Sheresignedforpersonalreasons.*Forreasonsofsecuritythedoorisalwayskeptlocked.*Hewantstokeepthemallinhisofficeforreasonsbestknowntohimself.*‘Whydoyouwanttoknow?’‘Noreason’(=Idonotwanttosaywhy).*‘Whydidshedothat?’‘Shemusthaveherreasons’(=secretreasonswhichshedoesnotwanttotell).*(formal)Hewasexcusedbyreasonof(=becauseof)hisage.*Theyhavereasontobelievethatheislying.*Wehaveeveryreason(=haveverygoodreasons)tofeeloptimistic.*Thisresultgivesusallthemorereasonforoptimism.*Shecomplained,withreason(=rightly),thatshehadbeenunderpaid.*Youhavenoreasontoaccusehimoflaziness.用心爱心专心116号编辑*Onlyhumanbeingsarecapableofreason(=ofthinkinginalogicalway,etc.).*Ican’tgethertolistentoreason.*Whycan’ttheyseereason?*He’slookingforajobandhe’swillingtodoanythingwithinreason.*Itstandstoreasonthatthey’llleaveifyoudon’tpaythemenough.*Shereasonedthatshemusthaveleftherbagonthetrain.*Theycouldn’tfirehim,hereasoned.*Reasonitoutforyourself!*Itriedtoreasonwithhim,buthewouldn’tlisten.HowtoaskandgivereasonsinEnglish?Wemightusethefollowingsentencepatterns.Ithinkthatourproductsarebetterqualitythantheirs.Howdoyoufeelaboutthenewdesign?Idon'tfeelthatouradsarereachingcustomers.Whatdoyouthinkaboutthenewmarketingstrategy?Iagreewithyouaboutsellingdirecttothecustomer.SandrafeelsthepriceistoohighandIthinksotoo.■GivingOpinionsinEnglishTogiveopinionsinEnglishyoucanusethefollowingexpressions:Ithink...Ifeel...Inmyopinion,...Ifyouaskme,...Examples:Ithinktelevisedviolenceaffectschildrennegatively.Ibelieveteendrinkingisaseriousproblem.Ithinkbungeejumpingisthrilling,butalsodangerous.Inmyopinion,youhavetobecrazytogoskydiving!Ifyouaskme,cloningofhumansiswrong.TryIt!Expressyourownopinions.Thinkabouthowyouwouldanswerthesequestionsaboutsomeofthetopicsyouhavereadaboutinthismagazine.Begineachanswerwiththeexpressionthatfollowsit.Whatisthemostthrillingsport?用心爱心专心116号编辑Ithink...Whatisthemostdangeroussport?Ifeel...Whichismoreexciting,surfingorskiing?Inmyopinion...Doestvviolencedesensitizechildren?Idon'tbelieve...DoyouthinkparentsshouldcontrolwhattheirchildrenwatchonTV?Ifyouaskme,...Aremoviestooviolentthesedays?Inmyopinion,...Isitacceptabletocloneanimals?Ifyouaskme,...Shouldscientistsclonehumans?Inmyopinion...Wouldyouliketobeclonedyourself?Idon'tthink...Doyouthink...?Should...?■AskingandgivingreasonsinsituationaldialoguesNowinpairsyouaregoingtopracticeaskingandgivingreasons.Thefollowingexamplemightbeofhelptoyou.A:Whatdoyouthinkofthatteaset(茶具)asagiftformyparents?B:Notbad,butIdon'tparticularlycareforthedesign.I'dprefersomethingmoretypicallyChinese.A:Yes,maybeyou'reright.Howaboutthatdesignoverthere?It'stypicallyChinese,isn'tit,Jack?B:Verymuchso.Butsomehowthecolordoesn'tappealtome.A:Nortome.Let'slookforsomethingelse.Oh,lookatthosetableclothsthere.They'r...