Transcript Opinion!

Section
B
Parent Talk
Distinguishing Between
Facts and Opinions
Listening Practice-
Numbers
It is very important to tell the difference between facts
and the writer’s opinions in the course of reading. Then
what are facts? And what are
opinions?
Facts — What really happened; objective (客观的)
Opinions — Ideas, feelings, judgements or belief
from facts; subjective (主观的)
Example 1:
Sandy sat there quietly.
Fact? Opinion?
Fact!
Sandy’s sitting there is objectively an action.
The writer didn’t make any comment on it,
nor did you.
Example 2:
It’s probably that awful music that wakes me up
every morning.
Fact? Opinion?
Opinion!
Why?
Because the writer has shown his feeling or judgment
on the music by the word awful. Is the music really
awful? It depends! Even you may not think in that way!
The biggest difficulty in
distinguishing fact from opinion:
When you agree with the writer’s opinions, you
may take those subjective things for granted, that is,
you may mistake the opinions for facts!
Example:
He’s so good looking, smart and funny.
Fact? Opinion?
Opinion!
Why?
Maybe you also think the same as the writer that he
is good looking, but it doesn’t mean other people
will accept this idea. “Good looking”, “smart” and
“funny” are just the judgements of the writer and
not necessarily the truth!
Can you distinguish between
facts and opinions here?
fact?
opinion?
a. Although there are many alarmist (危言
耸听）speeches made to the contrary
(相反), in fact, man completely controls
nuclear power plants.
Opinion!
b. The amount of money invested (投资)
annually (每年) by this government, on
environmental issues alone, is $2m.
Fact!
c. It is clear that the only reasonable
solution to return to nature is to tap
(开发) nuclear power.
Opinion!
d. Fossil (化石) fuels (燃料) provide a safe
alternative (选择) for nuclear power.
Fact!
Read Reading B
and
finish the exercises at page 37
Test Yourself
Dictation
You are going to hear 5 sentences. Each will
be read three times. Write down the
sentences according to the dictation.
Test Yourself-----Dictation
Key
1. Green Waves is a fictional
name for a musical group
made up by the writer for
use in this story.
Back
Test Yourself-----Dictation
Key
2. French Lilac Blue is a
fictional name for eye-liner
make-up made up by the
writer.
Back
Test Yourself-----Dictation
Key
3. As had happened before, she
didn’t know what to have for
breakfast, so she quickly took
a glass of milk and ate a piece
of toast while she was
standing by the sink.
Back
Test Yourself-----Dictation
Key
4. During lunch, she visited her
boyfriend, Jackson, at an ice
cream shop near where he
worked.
Back
Test Yourself-----Dictation
Key
5. Sandy smiled at her friend, “I’m
happy for you. I think you need to
stop thinking about Jackson so
much; if your parents find out,
you’ll have a huge problem.”
Back
Numbers
• Cardinals
• 1. Directions: Listen carefully. You will hear ten
sentences. In each sentence there is a cardinal number.
Remember the number and write it down.
• 1. 2
• 6. 89
• 2. 40
• 7. 75
• 3. 15
• 8. 33
• 4. 38
• 9. 88
• 5. 50
• 10. 4
Numbers
• Cardinals
• 2. Directions: You will hear five telephone numbers.
Listen carefully and write them down. Use a “-”after
the first three digits, for example, 387-1024
• 1. 753-1929
• 2. 664-1392
• 3. 406-3239
• 4. 558-8966
• 5. 167-6752
Numbers
• Ordinals
• 1. Directions: Listen carefully. You will hear ten
sentences. In each sentence there is an ordinal
number. Remember the number and write it
down in the blank.
1. Teachers’ Day in China is on the ___ of September.
2. Canada is the ___ largest country in the world.
3. James came in ___ in the test.
4. Labor Day in the United States is on the ___ Sunday of
September.
5. The Nile is the ____ longest river in the world.
6. July the ___ is the Independence Day of the United
States.
7. The ___ Olympic Games were held in Atlanta, U,S,A.
1. 10th
6. 4th
2. 3rd
7. 26th
3. 11th
8. 12th
4. 1st
9. 15th
2nd
10. 5th
5.
Numbers
• Ordinals
• 2. Directions: Listen carefully. Repeat the sentence you hear.
Then listen again, and write the sentence down. Check your
answer when you hear the sentence for the 3rd time.
• 1. The game will be on the 27th of April.
• 2. Did he say 2nd or 22nd?
• 3. Sally came in 3rd in the game.
• 4. The First National Games were held in Beijing.
• 5. Mothers’ Day in the United States is on the 2nd Sunday in
May.
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Apply reading skill to do Reading C
and
finish the exercises