英语课件文档Unit 8 Honesty (writing)

Unit8Honesty:IsItGoingoutofStyle(4)WritingWangDuqinDoesitpaytobehonest?Isitprofitabletobehonest?Canyouprofit/benefitfrombeinghonest?Canhonestydoanygoodtoyou?Isitworthwhiletobehonest?Ifyes,why?Ifno,whynot?Discussion

Workingroups,shareyourstoriesanddiscusswhetheritpaystobehonest.Thenreport.TimetoreportWhat’syourargument?Itpaystobehonest.Itdoesn’tpaytobehonest.Meanstosupportyourargument?ResearchfindingsExamplesFamoussayingsAccordingtoarecentpoll,61percentofAmericanhighschoolstudentshaveadmittedtocheatingonexamsatleastonce.Thereareotherindicationsthathighschoolcheatingisontherise.AcaseinpointisstudentsinNewYorkStatewhofacedcriminalmisdemeanorchargesforpossessingandsellingadvancecopiesofstateRegentsexaminations.Forinstance,theDepartmentofPsychology…launchedacampaignto…InthecaseofLincoln,thestoryistrueCanyounamesomefamoussayingsconcerninghonesty?MoreusefulexpressionsTake,forexample,theemergencysituations…Consider…Asanillustration,……isoftencitedasanexample.Famoussayingsconcerninghonesty墨子，战国思想家：志不强者智不达，言不信者行不果程颐，宋朝哲学家:人无忠信，不可立于世。鲁迅：诚信为人之本孔子：人而无信，不知其可也I

donotseewhatuseamancanbeputto,whosewordcannotbetrusted.ConfuciusOnlythosewithastrongwillcanbehighlyintelligent,andonlythosewhokeeptheirwordcanachievetheirgoal.MoZiHonestyisthefoundationofhumanbeings.LuXun.Amanwithoutfaithcannotsucceedintheworld.ChengYi.Famoussayingsconcerninghonesty“Honestyisthebestpolicy.IfIloseminehonor,Ilosemyself.”WilliamShakespeare“Honestyisthefirstchapterinthebookofwisdom.”ThomasJefferson“Ifyoutellthetruthyoudon’thavetorememberanything.“MarkTwain“Onewordoftruthoutweighsthewholeworld.”AlexanderSolzhenitsyn索尔仁尼琴：片言真理胜过整个世界。莎士比亚：诚实为上策。如果我失去我的荣誉，我失去了我自己。杰斐逊：诚实是智慧之书的第一章节。马克吐温：如果你讲真话，就不用去记住任何事情了。WritingstrategiesHowcanwebegin?Howcanwestateourargument?Nowfirst,let’sreviewthestrategiesappliedinthetext.Howtobegin/tointroducethetopic?Readthefirstparagraphandtellhowitisbegun.Accordingtoarecentpoll,61percentofAmericanhighschoolstudentshaveadmitted...Weintroducethetopicwithfindingsfromaninvestigation.Accordingtoapoll/survey/investigation/research,…2008.5.22HowtostateorrefuteanargumentManyeducatorsfearthatanincreaseintheuseofstateexamswillleadtoacorrespondingriseincheating.Acaseinpointis…Butweretheymorehonest?Acluetowhy…liesin…Perhapsthistellsusthatpeopleneedto…StatementofanargumentUsingexamplestosupporttheargumentQuestionstorefutetheargumentIntroductionofanalysisofthecaseSummaryoftheanalysisDraftingStep1Step2Step3Step4Step1Workingroups,discusstodecideonyourargumentandchoosewaystosupportyourargument.Step2Dividethetaskintoseveralparts,forexample,introductionofthetopic,statementofargument,examples,proverbsandsayings,conclusion.Step3Eachwriteapartandthenworktogethertoworkoutanessayoutofthedifferentpartsyouwrite.Step4TheleaderofeachgrouporanothermemberpresentyourwritingwiththeclassSharingTimetopresentyourgroupwork.AssignmentWriteyourownessayon“Doesitpaytobehonest?”.Youcanchangethetitle.Payattentionwhoisyourreader,pleaseandwhatyouaregoingtodowithyouressay.SubmityourwritingbeforeFriday.Sample:ItPaystoBeHonestAlthoughhonestyisbelievedtobeavirtue,therearestilldishonestpeopleinoursociety.Forexample,somebusinessmensellfakeproducttotheirconsumers;somestudentscheatintheexams.

Dishonestpeopleareshort-sighted.Thosewhosellfakeproductsmaymakemoneyatfirst,butconsumerswon’tbuytheirproductsanymore.Asaresult,theywilllosetheirfortuneorevenbesenttoprison.Bycontrast,honestpeoplegainalot.

Thosewhoalwaystelltruthorkeeptotheirpromisenotonlyletotherstrustthembutgainrespectfromotherpeopleaswell.Suchpersonsaresuretohavealotofgoodfriends.Becausetheyaretrustableandrespectable,everyoneiseagertomakefriendswiththem,Besides,itiseasierforapersonwithagoodrecordtogetagoodjob.