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课件网) 3:1 Going global (deep reading) Learning objectives： 通过阅读分析作者写作策略理解其写作意图； 结合自身探讨全球化对于生活及社会的影响。 The topic of this unit is “Progress ”. Try to explain what the question mark implies based on your understanding of the reading passage How does the writer make his argument in the passage Pay attention to the words in bold. In October 2011, the seven billionth baby was born, and experts predict that there will be ten billion of us before the end of this century. Guiding question: Why does the writer mention these figures These figures make it easier for readers to understand the alarming rate of increase, and make the writer’s argument stronger. Writing strategy: Statistics (1) If you said “hello” to a different person every second, it would take you 222 years to greet everyone on the planet. Guiding question: Why does the writer mention the imagined situation The writer mentions the imagined situation to make it easier for the readers to understand how big the population is. 222 years is a length of time that we can easily form a picture of in our mind. It is something we can relate to. Writing strategy: Imagined situation. (2) In the past, travelers from Europe to Indonesia spent months at sea. Now you just have to sit on a plane for a few hours. Guiding question: What is the writer’s purpose of contrasting travel in the past with that in modern times The writer uses contrast here to show that the planet seems to be getting smaller as a result of the development of faster transportation. It also shows how advances in technology have made travel more convenient so that people from different parts of the world are becoming more connected than ever before. Writing strategy: Contrast. (3) I grew up in a small village where everyone spoke Baras, one of Indonesia’s local languages... The only regular Baras speakers at present are the older people who have stayed in the country, ... Guiding question: What does the writer imply about the Baras language The writer implies that Baras is dying because fewer young people are speaking it at present and it is the older generations who are regularly speaking the language in his small village. That’s because globalization causes people to migrate and the migrants usually learn the common language and give up using their own languages. This is an example to show how globalization can cause problems for local languages. Writing strategy: Illustration (4) Where will it stop Will there be a time in the future when Earth’s billions all speak just one language, and there are no cultural differences to divide us Guiding question: What is the writer’s purpose for raising these questions The two questions show that the writer is worried about language dying and cultural differences disappearing. Writing strategy: Rhetorical questions Writing strategies Statistics Imagined situation contrast rhetorical questions ... ...
