Using Language
Reading and listening
Reading this passage and think about the difference between a fact and an opinion.
1
What is a fact?
What is an opinion?
What is evidence?
The facts given by the eyewitness is called evidence.
A fact is anything that can be proved.
An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved.
2
Now read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a act or an opinion? Give your reasons.
I think it is
it is an opinion that what id in the boxes is gold or the Amber Room because Jan Hasek did not see what was in the boxes. He listened to other people’s ideas of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion.
Read the story again and fill in the table.
Name
Job
Place
Time
What he heard
What he saw
What he believes
Jan Hasek
A miner
April, 1945
Czech
Republic
1 Some German soldiers put wooden
boxes in the mine.
2 The entrance to the mine was closed.
Something explored at midnight.
The Amber Room and some gold were buried in the mine.
3
Listen to Part A and write down where the Amber Room was lost.
Listen to Part B and write down how the Amber Room was lost.
At sea.
In a fire.
Now you are going to hear another two people talk about what happened to the Amber Room.
4
Part A
NAME
Hans Braun
Job
a sailor
Place
Konigsberg
One night during the war
He was told to ___________________ put some ________________ onto the ship.
____________________________________________________________.
The ship ______________. On the voyage, the ship ____________ and sank. Almost _____________.
He had to swim three kilometres before ___________________________.
help German soldiers
big wooden boxes
The soldiers said that the heavy boxes were full of treasure
went out to sea
was attacked
everyone died
he was saved by a German ship
Listen to the tape again. Stop after each part and fill in the blanks.
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Hello, I’m Hans Braun, an old German sailor. During the war my ship was at Konigsberg. One night I was told to help our soldiers put some big wooden boxes onto my ship. They were very heavy and the soldiers said they were full of treasure. The ship went out to sea. On our voyage, our ship was attacked and sank. Almost everyone died. I had to swim three kilometers before I was saved by a German ship. Nobody had time to save the boxes. They must still be buried in the sand. Now a group of people who are searching for the Amber Room have asked me to help them find the ship.
Part A: Hans Braun’s story
Part B
NAME
Anna Petrov
Job
a maid
Place
Konigsberg
One night in 1941
___________ came to the castle with __________. __________________ took the boxes into the castle.
She heard that a special ___________in the castle was shown to________________.
At the end of August, 1944
She heard _________________, and she saw __________________. She found some melted pieces of something that looked like _______
The soldiers told her that the melted pieces could have come from _______________.
Many trucks
The German soldiers
large boxes
art treasure
the castle was on fire
honey
the Amber Room
important visitors
something explode
Part B: Anna Petorv’s story
Hello, my name is Anna Petrov. I was a maid at the castle in Konigsberg between 1940 and 1945. One night in 1941 many trucks came to the castle with large boxes. The German soldiers took the boxes into the castle. Later we heard that a special art treasure in the castle was shown to important visitors. Perhaps it was the Amber Room but I never saw it. Then at the end of August. 1944. I heard something explode. When I looked outside I saw that the castle was on fire. The next morning I found some melted pieces of something that looked like honey. Russian soldiers later told me it was amber and it could have come from the Amber Room.
1. agree with
(1).
同意某人
/
某人的话
/
某人的观点
/
意见
/
看法
/
决定等词
eg;
sb /sb’s words/ what sb said/ opinion / view/ idea / decision
I agree with all of what you said.
(2).
与
…
保持一致
The verb must agree with the subject in person and number.
(3).(
气候
.
食物等
)
适合某人
Bananas do not agree with me.
Language points
agree on
就
…
达成一致的协议或取得一致的意见,
主语常是协商一件事的人们或单位
They agreed on the date for the meeting
agree to
(to
是介词
)
表示同意某事
,
后面接建议
/
提
/
办法
/
计划
/
安排
/
条件等词
eg: plan / suggestion / proposal/ arrangement
/ terms(
条件
/
条款
)…
He has agreed to our suggestion about the holiday.
agree to do sth
同意做某事
He agreed to lend his bike to me.
We agreed to start early.
(1) It is certain that Mr Black will support your proposal, for he always ___ whatever you say.
A. agrees with B. agrees on
C. agrees for D. agrees to
(2) Father didn’t ___ us to use his computer.
A.agree B. hope C. allow D. let
(3) The climate here doesn’t agree___ me.
A. to B. on C. with D. for
I __________ what he said.After a further discussion, both sides _________the date for the wedding.They didn’t _________ each other on that point.At last the teacher _________ give him another chance.You and I ________ this point.They might not _________ his opinions.She can’t _______ your demands.
agree with
agreed on
agree with
agreed to
agree on
agree with
agree to
2. trial n.
审判;审讯;试验
Trial
by jury is a fundamental right.It was a very complicated
trial
that went on for months.She’s going on / standing
trial
for fraud.
She rather than you is right .
rather than
常用于以下结构中
:
宁愿
…
而不愿
would do A rather than do B
would rather do A than do B
prefer to do... rather than do ...
rather than
连接两个主语时
,
谓语动词的单复数应该与
rather than
之前的一个保持一致
.
3. rather than
而不是,连接两个并列成分
Rather than___ on a crowded bus, he always prefers___ a bike.
ride, ride B. riding, ride
C. ride, to ride
D. to ride, riding
I would rather __ at home than ___ out on such a day.
stay, go
B. to stay, to go
C. going, to go
D. to stay, to go
C
A
4. evidence n.
根据;证据
one or more reasons for believing that sth. is or is not true:
1 The police have found no
evidence
of a terrorist link with the murder.
2 There is growing / mounting / increasing
evidence
that people whose diets are rich in vitamins are less likely to develop some types of cancer.
5. explode vi.
爆炸
to (cause to) burst violently:
1 A bomb
exploded
at one of London’s
busiest railway stations this morning.2 He was driving so fast that his car tyre
exploded
.
8. entrance n.
入口
a door, gate, etc. by which you can enter a building or place:
There are two
entrances
— one at the front and one round the back.
7. to one’s surprise/ amazement / joy/ delight /sorrow/ excitement / disappointment
使 某人惊讶
/
高兴
/
难过
/
兴奋
/
失望的是
…
6. by
the light of the moon
借助月光
Speaking
Discuss in pairs which person gave the best evidence, using the information in the former section. The following expressions may help you.
Do / Don’t 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?
1
What do you think?
What do you think of..?
What’s 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?
I think / don’t think that…
Sorry, I agree / don’t agree with you.
In my opinion…
It can be proved.
That can’t be true.
I don’t believe…because…
I think…is telling the truth because…
Write down the reasons for your choice.
It can be proved that _____________
gave the best evidence because ________
___________________________________
___________________________________
____________________.
Anna Petrov
she saw
something that could have come from the Amber Room and she has nothing to gain from her story
2
3
Share your ideas with another group and choose the one with the best reasons. Present your discussion to the class.
1. Lead-in
We have talked about what we should do to protect the cultural relics; now we’ll learn a letter from a German newspaper. The writer gives his opinion about what should be done with the cultural relic that has been found.
Reading and writing
2. Fast reading for general ideas and then fill in the table.
What’s being
talked about?
What is Johann’s
opinion?
What are Johann’s reasons for not returning it to Russia?
Some people are searching for the Amber Room.
He doesn’t agree that it should be returned to Russia, or to any government.
The search has cost them a lot of time and money.
3. Discuss the following questions in turn and think of some reasons for your ideas.
Questions for the discussion
1) Who do you think the Amber Room belongs to?
2) What should you do with things you have found even if the search cost you time and money?
3) Do you agree with Johann’s idea?
4. An informal class debate
Tips for an informal class debate
There must be a question with two
possible answers.
There must be a chairperson.
There must be two sides in the class “for”
or “against” the question.
Each side take turns to debate and gives
reasons for their opinion.
At the end there should be a class vote.
The chairperson says which side wins and why.
Do you think it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them?
Debate
for
against
Chairperson: Let’s look at this question: Who do you think that the Amber Room belongs to? Do you agree with Johann Weber?
S1: No, I don’t. ……………I’ll return it to……
S2: I’m not sure. I think I’d keep it for myself.
S1: No, you wouldn’t. Cultural relics belong to the whole world……not yours……
S2: You are right. ……
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.
The class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them.
Those who agreed that if you find cultural relics you can keep them had three reasons. First, …………Second,…………………………………………………Third,……………………………………………………
The question of the debate
The ideas that support the question with reason
Those who disagree also had three reasons. First, ……….Second,……………………………………Third, …………………………………………
We had a class vote. Those who …………. with the question won. The debate changed the minds of some people who had originally………… Johann Weber’s ideas.
The ideas that disagree
with the question with reasons
The result of the class vote
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, they said nobody would look for lost relics if they could no keep them. Third, they said that there are so many old relics that it does not matter if one or two belong to those who find them.
The class had a debate and discussed whether it is right for whoever finds valuable cultural relics to keep them.
Those who disagreed also had three reasons. First, they said all cultural relics are valuable for finding out about the past. Second, they said that it is dishonest to take things that do not belong to you. Third, they said that every cultural relic belongs to the country and not any one person.
We had a class vote. Those who disagreed with the question won. The debate changed the minds of some people who had originally supported Johann weber’s ideas.
1. think highly / much / well of…
=sing high praise for…
看重;器重
think little / nothing of…
The headmaster
thought highly of
me for my good performance.
The little boy was
well thought of
by them.
Language points
They
think highly of
him.
他们很敬重他。
No, not really! I think only the professor
really understands it. But I know the
government
thinks highly of
it.
不,并不真懂。我想只有教授本人才真
正懂得。但我知道政府对他的发明评价
很高。
2 informal adj.
(of situations) not formal or official, or (of clothing, behaviour, speech) suitable when you are with friends and family but not for official occasions:
非正式的
1.We had an
informal
meeting.
我们做了非正式的会晤。
2.These words are
informal
.
这些词是非正式用语。
3 debate
n. (a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people take part:
争论;辩论
vi. to discuss a subject in a formal way:
争论;辩论
After a long
debate
the bill was passed.
经长时间的辩论,议案获得通过。
4.
take turns to do sth =
take turns (at) doing sth=
do sth by turns
轮流做某事
in turn
依次
,
一个一个地
by turns
轮流
,
交替
The nurses took turns to watch the patient.
We kept watch by turns.
Homework
Finish off the Workbook exercises.
Learn all the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.