1. Unit 3 Task 高一 英语

2. Skills building 1: We often need to be able to tell facts from opinions in order to make good judgments and draw conclusions. distinguishing between facts and opinions

3. Thanks to the snowfall in November, the ski season has finally opened in Urumqi. Fact Opinion?or Fact

4. In my opinion, the lovely child enjoys skiing. Do you think so? Opinion

5. A shop assistant shows toy pigs at a store in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. Pig ornaments become popular in China. Fact

6. Are the pigs lovely? I think they must be popular with people, especially young people. Opinion

7. A fact is a piece of information that is proved to be true. Facts can tell us: statistics names dates places What is a fact ?

8. What is an opinion? An opinion is a feeling or belief. People may start the sentences with: In my opinion, … I (don’t) believe / think (that) … It seems (that) / looks like …

9. 1.China has a total land area of over 9.6 million km 2. 2.On 15th October 2003, the first Chinese person went into space. 3. I believe our painting is worth quite a lot of money. P52 A Facts or opinions? Fact Opinion

10. 4. Suzhou is over 80 km away from Shanghai. 5. It seems that people prefer living in flats. 6. I think that people who litter should be fined. 7. Mr. Wang came home to find his computer broken. Fact Opinion Fact

11. Part B Listen and circle the correct words. 1. Fact / Opinion 2. Fact / Opinion 3. Fact / Opinion 4. Fact / Opinion 5. Fact / Opinion 6. Fact / Opinion

12. Read a letter concerning problems with the school computer room. And try to complete a note sheet. Step 1 completing a note sheet

13. Note sheet Name of student: class: Date of visit to computer room: Time: Computer number: Cao Ying Senior High 1 Sunday, 2nd March 10 a.m.— 2 p.m. PC (No.7)

14. Problems with computer: the keyboard had letters missing, the mouse wouldn’t move the cursor around the screen properly, would not print. tried other PCs, but they were in worse condition. Solution tried:

15. Other problems: old and slow, often crash, not connected to the Internet, can only run one program at one time, keyboards with missing letters, mouses not working properly need to have new computers. Comments:

17. Therefore, I am writing to you to voice my opinions. It has been raining for three days. ______, the road is too muddy to ride on. A. Although B. However C. Therefore D. So that therefore adv. “ 因此、所以 ” ，用法上常和 句子其他部分用逗号隔开，表示推理， 重点放在 therefore 后面的句子上，因此 结论通常具有必然性。

18. voice v. 表达，吐露（感情或意见） voice one’s opinion voice n. 声音；嗓音；发言权 I’ve lost my voice because of a bad cold. I have a voice in the management of the firm. 嗓子哑了 有发言权 发表某人的意见

19. It is about time that you ______ your homework. A. did B. does C. have done D. will do In my opinion, it is about time we had new computers. It is (about/high) time that…( 常用过去式 ) 表示 “ 该是做某事的时候了 ” 。

20. 注意： 该句型中， that 从句的谓语动词也可以是 should+ 动词原形，但 should 不可省略。 It is high time that we should take/took effective measures to prevent this. 现在是我们采取有效的措施来防止 这种情况出现的时候了。

21. What questions would you ask, when you interview someone? 1.Time When/What time do you usually…? How often do you…? How many times a week/a month do you…? 2.Frequency: Skills building 2: asking for information

22. 3.Reasons: Why do you…? For what reason(s) do you…? 4.Problems: What problem(s) have you got…? 5.Recommendations: What do you think can be done to solve the problem(s)?

23. P54 Complete the questions according to the answers. 1. When 2. How often Answers: 3. Why 4. What problem5. What

24. Part A Listen to an interview and complete the interview form. Interview form Usual time of use Frequency of use Reasons for use in the afternoon Monday, Thursday, Friday for school work three times a week: Step 2: finding out about the computer room

25. Problems found keyboards, CPUs, RAM, no DVD-ROM drives, too small hard drives, no Internet connection, no sound card, slow and ugly PCs, very old software buy new computers and software Recommendations for improvement

26. Skills building3:formal writing P56 Learn by yourselves. Write a proposal.

27. Finish the proposal. Homework