1. Week 1 Tuesday Lecture Ready 2
Jiaxin Xu (Samantha)
February 21, 2017

2. Agenda
Lecture Ready 2 Chapter 6
Writing Practice

3. Create a new name tag

4. Quiz about EAP 006

5. Textbook Lecture Ready2
Focus on listening + speaking skills
Each Chapter
Step 1: reading + listening skill
Step 2: note-taking skill + big lecture
Step 3: discussion skills
Step 4: presentation skills

6. Textbook Lecture Ready 2
Each Chapter
Step 1: reading + listening skill
Step 2: note-taking skill + *big lecture
Step 3: discussion skills
Step 4: presentation skills
*we will have separate series-classes on note-taking skills and presentation skills.

7. Warm-up Discussion on Air Pollution
What are some causes of air pollution?
Power station: fossil fuel powered station creates CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions , greenhouse effect
Driving cars: combustion in the engines creates SO2 (sulfur dioxide) emissions in the air
How is it affecting your own life or people around you?
Sore throat; pollutants enter lungs,
Nervous systems: lead Pb, heavy metal,
smoggy weather: affect traffic, slow traffic, car accidents
What are some other effects you know?
Visibility problems: eg. Beijing, smog creates visual problems;
Masks, limit outdoor activities;
Heart diseases: pm 2.5 particles, heart attacks
Breathing/respiratory diseases: asthma,
Causes: 1) burning coals; burning fossil fuels; 2) car emissions; 3) natural forest fires;
Your life: 1)pm 2.5 particles clog blood vessels, increase risks of disorders in the nervous systems, cardivovascular diseases, heart diseases, lung diseases (asthma),3) lead (Pb), a toxic substance, can hurt the nervous system.
life: 1) feel depressed when seeing gloomy skies; 2)can’t go outside often for outdoor activities; 3) wear masks when going outside; 4) limit outdoor activities

8. The effects of air pollution on children
p.67 article
The effects of air pollution on children
Number the paragraphs from 1-5

9. Population vs people (‘synonyms)

10. Discussions on solutions
How can individuals, companies, and the government help to reduce air pollution?
Individuals
Take public transportation instead of driving cars; take buses to work, walk to work, ride a bike, ride e-bikes, take the subway/metro/ Tube (London subway)
Companies/factories
Develop new technologies (e.g. electronic cars Tesla motors,)
Government
Create strict laws to avoid factories emitting toxic substances/gases
Provide environmental activities for individuals (eg growing trees)
Improve public transportation systems (e.g. more frequent schedules for buses/metros, offer more free-to-borrow bikes)
Individuals: 1) drive cars less often; use bicycles, public transportations; 2) help plant more trees; 3) use recycled materials
Companies: 1) limit emissions of pollutants; 2) use clean energy such as solar energy or wind power (wind turbines); 3)
Governments: 1) create regulations for smoke emissions; 2) spend money on developing new and clean energy; 3)

11. p. 68 homework check

12. Circle the signposting language for explanation
Listening strategy p. 69
Task I
Circle the signposting language for explanation
underline the followed explanantion

13. 1st time listen: complete task J
Listening practice
1st time listen: complete task J
2nd time listen: complete task K signposting language
3rd time listen: use quick notes to complete the “explanation”

14. 3. businesses are concerned Let me explain how biz…
1. they change their personal worlds
Let me spell this out
Recycle, bike, public transportation, appliances energy-efficient
2. They become involved in environemntal orgs
How does this work?
Send $$, join in, e.g. clean up rivers/beaches
3. businesses are concerned
Let me explain how biz…
Cars/trucks less gasoline (electric/hybrid)
Office supplies
4. let me explain what this means
Papers high amt in recycled content, ink with less toxic substances

15. Listening strategy p. 69

16. Writing Practice

17. Essay Writing Quiz

18. Writing Process: 3-step
Planning (outline)
Drafting/writing
Revising: grammar +informal language

19. Essay Structure Introduction Background
Thesis statement (end): main topic + overview of body paragraphs
Body paragraphs
Topic sentence (one sentence)
Supporting sentences/details (examples, explanations)
Conclusion
Restate the thesis statement
Summary of main points
Personal comment/ call for action

20. Informal words/expressions AVOID using them
Can’t= cannot, didn’t, (contractions)
Personal pronouns (I, you, we)
Go up, go down, get better, (phrasal verbs)
Cliché/slang (as we know, nowadays, all in all, last but not least (Finally,)
Slang: kids= children, moms= mothers, many
How does this work? …. (never use rhetorical questions)
There are various animals in the zoo: tigers, monkeys, and zebras. and so on (etc). (list three solid examples)
Big, little, good, bad, (not descriptive)
Never use “and”, “but”, or “so” at the beginning of a sentence.

21. Transitional words/expressions
Transitional adverbs
Additionally, …
Furthermore, …
However, …
Thus, …
Accordingly, …
Complex sentence
Although…, …
Because …, ….

22. Writing Practice
Write one introduction and one body paragraph on this discussion topic:
How can individuals, companies, and governments do to reduce air pollution? Pick one out of the three parties to write the first paragraph.
*do not just list out solutions. After each solution, add some examples or explanation about it.

23. Homework Wednesday’s lecture is about Teamwork.
Wednesday’s workshop: Lecture Ready 2’s big lecture (10 minute long listening practice)
Due Wednesday
Writing practice: one introduction + one body paragraph
Read the preview slides before tomorrow’s lecture (course website)
Due Thursday
LR 2 chapter 6 vocabulary worksheets