Period Ⅴ Writing Workshop———正反观点类议论文 本单元的写作任务是写一篇正反观点类议论文。正反观点类议论文是常见的议论文形式。这类文章是针对给出的话题或问题,说明不同人持有的不同观点。这类议论文通常分为三部分,文章开始提出问题,然后分别阐述两种不同的观点,提出支持各自观点的论据,最后要说明自己的观点。时态采用一般现在时,人称可以是第一、三人称。 一、亮点词汇 1.debate n. 辩论 2.support v. 支持 3.attitude n. 态度,看法 4.prefer v. 更喜欢 5.majority n. 大多数 6.approve of 赞成 7.object to 反对 8.hold a different view 持不同观点 9.to begin with 首先 10.to sum up 总而言之 二、高级句式 1.引出讨论话题 (1)Recently...had a heated discussion about whether...or not. (2)There have been many reports of... (3)People hold different opinions about... (4)The reasons for that are as follows. 2.对比双方观点及陈述理由 (1)表达支持的: Some people think it.../Some are in favour of.../Some support.../The majority of them think.../Many of them are for.../There are many advantages of.../...play an important part in.../...be of vital significance.../...benefit a lot from... (2)表达反对的: But I disagree./Others are against.../Some hold the different view that.../There are also some disadvantages of... (3)承接词汇: firstly,secondly,besides,in addition,what’s more,furthermore,in a word,in short,even worse... (4)引出另一方观点的转折词汇: however,on the other hand,while,on the contrary,whereas... (5)表明作者的看法及理由: In my opinion/In my view/Personally,I think.../Taking everything into consideration,we should make good use of.../Only in this way can we... 假设你是主持人,请你根据以下表格,以“Should We Give Money to Beggars?”为题,写一篇正反观点类议论文。 一些人认为 另一些人认为 孤寡老人不能自食其力而乞讨;有些学生因家境困苦而辍学去乞讨;有些残疾人只能以乞讨为生。 大部分都是假装的,乞讨只是他们赚钱的一条捷径;给他们钱会助长懒惰。 结论:应该尽力帮助弱势群体,但给钱时一定要慎重。 注意:内容充实,结构完整,语意连贯。 参考词汇:弱势群体inferior group 第一步 审题谋篇 体裁 正反观点类议论文 人称 第一、三人称为主 时态 一般现在时为主 框架 第一段:导入话题,观点有分歧; 第二段:表述正方观点; 第三段:表述反方观点; 第四段:表明个人观点。 第二步 要点翻译 1.今天我们召开班会,就“是否应给乞丐钱”这一问题展开了讨论。不同的人持有不同的观点。 At our class meeting today,we discussed whether__we__should__give__money__to__beggars.Different people have different ideas. 2.他们认为多数乞讨者不是因为贫困而乞讨,而是因为他们想轻松赚钱。 They think most of the beggars beg not because__they__are__poor but because__they__want__to__make__money__more__easily. 3.而且,如果他们有工作的能力,给钱会助长懒惰。 Besides,if they have the ability to work,to give money would__encourage__them__to__be__lazy. 第三步 词句升级 1.用介词的宾语从句升级要点1 We have had a class meeting today on__whether__we__should__give__money__to__beggars and we have different opinions. 2.用强调句型升级要点2 In their opinion,it__is__not__because__they__are__poor__but__because__they__want_ ... ...