Unit3TaskWritingaformalletter Skillsbuilding1 changingorcorrectingatext Let sfirstdoaninterestinggamecalled Chinesewhisper Thekey Thesentencethat themanwholaughslastlaughsthebest isausefulmotto Conclusion Whenweareaskedtopassinformation weusuallymakemistakes Weneedto 1correctgrammaticalerrorsandspellingmistakes2makechangestotheinformationinthetext3changethestyleorthetone Tipsforlistening ReadthequestionsorinstructionscarefullyListencloselywhenspellingisgivenPayattentiontowordsorphrasesthatexpresscontradiction suchasNo Idon tthinkso That snotright AndIthinkitshouldbe Step1 confirminginformation 1WhatdoesGMstandfor 2WhatisGMfood 3Isitthesameasnaturalfood ListenandmakenotesaboutGMfood Skillsbuilding2 conductingadiscussion Howtoaskforpeople sopinionse g Whatdoyouthink Don tyouthinkso Doyouagree Isthatyouropiniontoo Howtointroducenewideasintothediscussione g Anotherargumentisthat Don tforget Ontheotherhand Wecanalso Butwhatabout Step2 reportingbacktoasciencejournal Instep1 we velearnedalotaboutGMfood first let sinviteastudenttosaysomethingbrieflyaboutGMfood Then youcandiscusswithyourgroupmembersandfinishstep2 Feedbackofstep1 2 Nowthatwehavefinishedstep1and2 youmusthavelearnedalotaboutGMfood Nowcomesournexttask PrepareaninterviewbetweenastudentandthescientisttotalkaboutGMfoodusingthevocabularyofpartBonpage55 ThenfinishpartCandDafterclass Skillsbuilding3 writingaformalletter Thebasicelementsandformatofaformallettere g youraddress thedate receiver sname jobtitleandaddress formalgreeting formalending yournameandsignature Skillsbuilding3 writingaformalletter Someusefulphrasestostartandendaformalletter Start Withreferenceto Thankyoufor Inreplyto Iamwritingtoinformyou End Iwouldbegratefulifyoucould Ihopeyouwould Ilookforwardtohearingfromyousoon Ifyourequireanyfurtherinformation Labelthedifferentpartsoftheletter Step3 writingaletteraboutGMfood ReadthefirstletterandaskstudentstolistthemainpointsaboutGMfood ReadthesecondletterandaskstudentstolistthemainpointsaboutGMfood Combinethepointstogetherwhatwe velearnedfromStep1 2 thenfinishPartBonpage57 Youcandiscusswithyourgroupmembers 1 itwouldshowthatthemajorityofpeople majorityn 多数 多半a themajorityof cn un inthemajority占大多数Themajorityofhisbooksarekeptupstairs 他的大部分藏书在楼上 Theproposalwaspassedbyamajorityof66 提议以超过66票通过minority反义词 少数 2 Toconclude Iurgeyoutoseektheopinions urge v 催促 主张 要求 n 冲动urgentadj 紧急的 紧迫的urgesb todosth 力劝某人做某事urgesb intodoingsth 力劝某人做urgethatsb should do要求某人做urgesth on uponsb 对人主张haveanurgetodosth 渴望做某事urgeagainst极力反对 3 ScientistsadmitthatfewtestshavebeenperformedonGMfood perform v 表演 履行 执行performern performancen performapartin在 中扮演角色performduty尽职责performanexperiment做实验putonaperformance演出 4 Theverygenesthatmakecropsresistanttopests resistant adj 抵抗的 反抗的resistv 抵制 抵抗resistancen 反抗 抵抗力resistern 抵抗者resistibleadj 可抵抗的Thismetalresistsrust 这金属防锈 Theseedlingsareresistanttocoldweather 这些秧苗有抗寒力 5 Sofar researchhasbeenlimitedto limit v 限制 限定 n 限制 界限withinlimits适度地 节制地withinthelimitsof在 的范围之内thelimitofone spatience忍耐的限度setalimittosth 确定限度limitsb to doing sth 限制某人做某事There salimittowhatonecando 一个人的能力是有限的 Homework Writeaformallettertotheheadofficeofthesupermarketchain Youmaymention YouropinionsaboutGMfoodTheprosandconsofGMfoodAnyconcernsyourgroupbroughtupinstep2 partDWhatdoyouthinkthesupermarketshoulddo Bye bye