Advanced English

Unit 8

An Interactive Life

Teaching Points I. Background information II. Introduction to the passage III. Text analysis IV. Rhetorical devices V. Questions for discussion

I. Background Information 1. Broadway 2. Peter Jennings 3. Newsweek

II. Introduction to the Passage

1. Type of literature: -- a piece of exposition

Introduction to the Passage 2. The purpose of a piece of

exposition: to inform of explain 3. Ways of developing the thesis of

a piece of exposition: --comparison, contrast, analogy,

identification, illustration, analysis, definition, etc.

Introduction to the Passage 4. The central thought or thesis

III . Effective Writing Skills 1. making effective use of specific

verbs 2. using elliptical and short, simple

sentences to achieve certain effect

IV . Rhetorical Devices 1. metaphor 2. simile

V. Text Analysis

VI . Special Difficulties 1. Paraphrasing some sentences 2. Some computer terms

VII . Questions for Discussion 1. What will an interactive life of the future

be like? Describe some of its possible features.

2. Why should a person step into the past to get an idea of what the future might bring?

3. How would Peter Jennings become obsolete?

4. What is called “fake interactive”? 5. Why would video telephony mean an end

of anonymous phone calls?

VIII. Exercises P.