Unit1ThewrittenwordTaskWritingaliteraryreviewSkillsbuilding1:listeningforkeywordsFirst,I’mgoingtoreadaparagraphaloudtoyou.Afterthat,I’dlikeyoutouseyourownwordstosummarizewhatIread.Sopleaselistentomeattentively,payingspecialattentiontotheemphasizedkeywords.Justasaproverbsays,'Lifeisfilledwithtwistsandturns.'Onecan'tgainanysuccessifheorsheneverexperiencesdifficultyorfailure.Inotherwords,troubleexistsfrombeginningtoendduringourlifetime.Studentsmayfailintheirexams,scientistsmayfailintheirexperiments,andplayersmaybedefeatedintheirmatches.Discussinpairs:Whilelisteningtoalectureoranewsreport,doyoualwayshavetopayattentiontoeverywordthespeakeruses?Whatdoyouthinkarethemostimportantwordstopayattentionto?Whydoyouthinkso?ReadtheguidelinesinSkillsbuilding1onPage10.Trytogiveaspeech,followingtheguidelines.Step1:recognizingkeywords1.SupposeinyourEnglishclass,yourteacheristellingyouhowtowritealiteraryreview.Nowlistentothisspeech,tryingtofillthetableinPartAonPage10.TapescriptTeacher:Rememberthataliteraryreviewisusuallywritteninthesimplepresenttense.Inthefirstparagraph,youshouldmentiontheauthorofthestoryaswellasitstitle.Youshouldalsowritewhatgenre,orcategory,thestorybelongsto.Itisimportanttomentionwherethestoryisset,asthishelpputthestoryinanenvironmentthatthereadercanunderstand.SoinParagraphOne,youneedtomentiontheauthor,thetitle,thegenreandwherethestoryisset.Inthenextparagraph,youshouldgiveasummaryoftheplot.Youcanalsodescribetheimportantcharactersinthestory.Youshoulddescribeanycharacterdevelopmentwhichtakesplaceinthestoryaswell.Brieflydescribethechangesthatoccurinthecharactersfromthebeginningofthestorytotheend.SoinParagraphTwo,youshouldtalkabouttheplot,charactersandcharacterdevelopment.Inthethirdparagraph,youshoulddiscusstheimportantthemesofthestory,andthelanguageusedinit.Howanauthoruseslanguageiswhatmakeswritingsointeresting.Imageryisatypeoflanguagethatbothauthorsandpoetsusetomaketheirwritingcolorful.Imageryusesalotofpicturesandimages,suchassymbols,tohelpusunderstandmoreclearly.Besuretomentionalltheimageryandgiveexamplesfromthetext.SoinParagraphThree,youshoulddiscussthethemesandthesymbols.Inthelastparagraphofyourreview,youareexpectedtowriteyourpersonalopinionofthestory.Youshouldsaywhyyoulikeitorwhyyoudon’t.Wouldyourecommendittoafriend?Ifyouwantto,youcangivethestoryarateofonetofive,withfivebeingthehighestscoreandonethelowest.Yourpersonalopinionandrate用心爱心专心ofthestorycouldbegivenattheend.2.Listentothetapeagain,andchecktheanswers.AnswersAParagraph1author,title,genre,settingParagraph2plot,characters,characterdevelopmentParagraph3themes,symbolsParagraph4personalopinion,rateofthestory3.Whatroledoyouthinkfriendshipplaysinourdailylife?Now,let’sreadashortstory.Afterthat,youmaygetabetterunderstandingoffriendship.4.Readthestoryagainandthencompletethetablewiththekeywordsintheshortstory.BTitle‘Thehome-madeball’ThemefriendshipAuthorJerryJohnsonSymbolstheoldhome-madesoccerballandthenewsoccerball,theoldbenchandthenewsneakersGenreshortstoryYouropinionokayCharactersKevin,Mike,StevenStarratingthreeoutoffivePlotKevinandMikearegoodfriends,andplaysoccerwiththeirhome-madeballeveryday.However,whenKevingetsnewsneakersandanewsoccerball,thingschange.5.ListentotheconversationinPartCandcheckyournotesinPartBagainstwhatyouhearinPartC.TapescriptYou:Hi,Jane.Haveyoufinishedreadingthestoryandfillinginthetableye...
