1、Unit 8 Green Living Writing Workshop学习目标1. 掌握本节单词、短语及句型的表达与运用。2. 掌握调查报告的写作方法。词汇运用1. majority词性：_ 意思：_a/ the majority of. 大多数in the/ a majority 占多数minority n.少数in the/ a minority占少数major v. 主修；专业major in 主修；以为专业练习：The _ of foreign nationals working here have work permits. 2. as high as意思：_as much as
2、多达，与不可数名词连用，通常表示钱数、温度、程度等as many as 多达，与可数名词复数连用as/ so long as = on condition that = provided that 只要，如果as far as 至于，直到，远至；就而言as soon as 一就，引导时间状语从句as well as 也，还；除之外（也）as good as 和一样好，实际上相当于练习：Some bamboo will grow _ 10 meters.3. cut back on意思：_cut back 削减；修剪；倒叙；急忙返回cut down 削减；删减；砍下，砍倒；压缩cut up 劈碎
3、，切碎；使心碎cut off 切断，停掉；隔绝，挡住cut in 插嘴；插话；打岔；打断cut out 删掉；戒掉；切去；省略；停止（做某事）cut across 走近路；走捷径cut away 切除；剪去；砍掉练习：They show them ways they can _ water use. 句型解析（教材P40）As the diagram shows, the percentage of those who felt that they needed to help protect the environment is as high as 96%.如图所示，那些认为他们需要帮助保
4、护环境的人的百分比高达96%。as the diagram shows是一个定语从句，as是关系代词，指代后面的整个句子。as引导的非限制性定语从句as引导非限定性定语从句，往往指代一整句话，通常表示“正如”。as引导非限制性定语从句时位置比较灵活，可以放在先行词之前、之后或中间。As is known to us all, the moon travels around the earth.众所周知，月亮绕着地球转。As is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are making progress.正如报纸
5、上所报道的，两国之间的谈判有所进展。Grammar is not a set of dead rules, as has been said above.如上所说，语法并不是一套死条文。as也能引导限制性定语从句，当先行词被such或the same修饰时，关系代词用as。I never heard such stories as he told.我从未听他讲过那样的故事。They made the same mistakes as others would have made.他们犯了别人犯过的错误。写作天地调查报告一般说来，考题中调查类写作常用“少量文字+表格/ 图表”的形式来命题。篇章结
6、构：1. 开门见山地交代调查的时间、对象、主题等。2. 描写调查结果。一般描述表格中数据所反映的情况，数据间的主要差异或趋势，或有的还要求谈谈数据所反映出来的问题并分析原因。3. 提出个人观点或对解决问题提出建议。4. 时态一般用一般现在时。常用表达1. 交代调查的时间、对象和主题(1) I have recently made a survey among 300 boys and 200 girls in my school about their purpose of surfing the Internet.(2) Last week, we did /conducted/ carri
7、ed out a survey among all the students in our school on the time they spent in sleeping every day.2. 描述调查的结果(1) From the above table, we can conclude that over 30%of the teenagers are addicted to computer games.(2) As is shown in the above table, Senior One students spend the least time in sleeping.
8、3. 描述数据反映的问题(1) 30% of the students questioned say they think it better not to have physical exercise, which shows/ mirrors/ reflects/ reveals that these students lack the awareness of keeping healthy.(2) Only seven percent of the students are interested in looking up new words in the dictionary, sh
9、owing/ mirroring/ reflecting that owing to their laziness, these students would rather be given everything by their teachers.4. 阐述个人观点或建议(1) As far as I am concerned, effective measures should be instantly taken to help students to spend more time on sleep.(2) From my own perspective, we should take
10、 action to help students to make good use of their study time.练习：假如最近你们班进行了一项主题为“我的理想职业”的调查。以下是你们小组成员的调查结果。请以“A Survey of Ideal Jobs”为题，根据表格内容用英语写一篇100词左右的调查报告。人名理想职业原因Mary时装设计师(fashion designer)喜欢漂亮的衣服，擅长绘画Kate园艺工（gardener)喜欢植物，想让城市变得更美Mike作家（writer)愿意与别人分享美妙的经历Tom厨师（cook）想为别人做美味、健康的食物youA Survey o
11、f Ideal Jobs_答案词汇运用1. majority 2. as high as 3. cut back on写作天地One possible version:A Survey of Ideal JobsRecently a survey has been carried out in our class in order to learn about students ideal jobs. Here are the members intentions and reasons in my team.Mary wants to be a fashion designer as she
12、 is fond of beautiful clothes and is good at drawing. Kate intends to be a gardener. Thats because she is interested in plants and hopes to make the city more beautiful by planting more beautiful flowers and trees. Mike, whose mind is full of imagination and creativity, wants to be a writer. He prefers to share some wonderful experiences with others. Toms goal is to be a cook, because he hopes to cook delicious and healthy food for others.As for me, I have been dreaming of being a teacher, in which case I can make contributions to childrens education.
