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Unit 1 Cultural relics Using Language,1. A VW Passat can go faster than 100 kms an hour. 2. I think its the best car for a family. 3. I think driving a car is wrong because it causes damage to the environment. 4. I dont like public transport because its so crowded. 5. I know that driving a car spoils the air in Beijing. 6. The Beijing Olympic Games will be the best ever. 7. It will be very hot when the Olympic Games are being held. 8. More countries than ever before will be coming to take part in the Olympic Games,A fact or an opinion?,F: 1,5,7,8 O:2,3,4,6,Task 1: Read the passage and find out: 1. What is a fact ? A fact is anything that can be proved. 2. What is an opinion ? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. 3. What is an evidence? An evidence is true information which must be facts rather than opinions.,A fact or an opinion?,Reading,Task 2: Now read a mans story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion? Give your reasons.,I think it is an opinion that the Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine because Jan Hasek did not see what was in the boxes. He listened to other peoples ideas of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion.,Something exploded at midnight.,1. Some German soldiers were putting boxes in the mine. 2. The entrance to the mine was closed.,The Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine.,Task 3: Read the story again and fill in the table.,care about 关心，在意 rather than 而不是 by the light of 借着 to my surprise 令我惊讶的是 the entrance to 的入口 be buried in 被埋在,Some phrases:,A fact is anything that can be proved. 事实是可以证明的信息。 (1)prove vt .证明,证实 prove +n. / pron. Can you prove your courage to us ？ 你能向我们证明你的勇气吗？ prove+n.+(to be)+n./adj.证明是 The fingerprints on the knife proved him (to be) the murderer. 这把刀上的指纹证明他是谋杀者。,useful expressions, prove +that宾语从句 Can you prove that you are not telling lies? 你能证明你没在撒谎吗？ (2) vi./vt. 被发现是，结果是，表现出（自己）是 prove (oneself)+(to be) adj./n./介词短语, 此时无被动 式,无进行时 The rumor(谣言) proved (to be ) false. 谣言被证明是假的。 He proved a very sincere friend. 他证明自己是一个非常真诚的朋友。,Now you are going to hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room.,1. Listen to Part A and write down where the Amber Room was lost. 2. Listen to Part B and write down how the Amber Room was lost.,At sea.,In a fire.,Listening,help German soldiers,big wooden boxes,were full of treasure,went out to sea,was attacked,everyone died,he was saved by a German ship,Part A,Many trucks,The German soldiers,large boxes,art treasure,the castle was on fire,honey,the Amber Room,important visitors,something explode,Part B,Speaking,Discuss in pairs which person gave the best evidence, using the information in the former section. The following expressions may help you.,Do / Dont you think that? Would you consider? Why / Why not? Do you have any idea about? How do you know that? Are you sure that he / she was telling the truth?,Dont be shy!,What do you think? What do you think of.? Whats your idea / opinion of? What would you say? How do you feel about? Who do you think was? What are your reasons for saying that?,Tips for an informal class debate 1. There must be a question with two possible answers. 2. There must be a chairperson. 3. There must be two sides in the class: “for” or “against” the question. 4. Each side takes turns to debate and gives reasons for their opinion. 5. In the end there should be a class vote. 6. The chairperson says which side wins and why.,Do you think it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them?,for,against,Debate,Paragraph 1: State the question. Paragraph 2: Give the ideas that agree with the question and the reasons. Paragraph 3: Give the ideas that disagree with the question and the reasons. Paragraph 4: Give your opinion and the result of the class vote.,Write a report on your debate, using the following guidance.,Our class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them. Those who agreed with it had three reasons. First, Second, Third, Those who disagree also had three reasons. First, .Second, Third, We had a class vote. Those who .with the question won. In my opinion, .,The question of the debate,The ideas that support the question and the reasons,The ideas that disagree with the question and the reasons,The result of the class vote,Our class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them. There were two sides of opinions about it. 27% students were for it. They held their view for the following reasons. Firstly, its a persons nature to keep valuable things. Secondly, the owners had died, so it should belong to the person who found it. Besides, the person had spent a lot of money and time in searching for it, (so he/she deserved to keep it.),On the contrary, 73% students were against it. They thought that a person couldnt protect it well. Meanwhile, the laws say treasures belong to the country. Moreover, they also thought that its dangerous to keep it by a person. Whats more (in addition), they thought more people could enjoy it if it was given back to the government. Personally, I agree with the second view. And how about you?,Personally, I agree with the second view, for cultural relics belong to the human beings, not a single person.,By Shen mingjun,Those who agree that if you find cultural relics you can keep them had three reasons. First, they said that time and money had been spent looking for them so the finders deserved them. Second, nobody would look for lost relics if they could not keep them. Third, there are so many old relics that it does not matter if one or two belong to those who find them.,Our class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them.,【参考范文】,Those who disagreed also had three reasons. First, they said all cultural relics are valuable for finding out about the past. Second, it is dishonest to take things that do not belong to you. Third, every cultural relic belongs to the country and not any one person.,We had a class vote. Those who disagreed with the question won. Personally, I also believe Cultural relics dont belong to a single man; they belong to the whole world and the human beings.,
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