1、Unit 2 Lets talk teens Integrated skills (I) Identify problems of parent-child relationships with signal words Problems Signal words Contrast Signal words Also known as “signpost words” or “road sign words”, they show the reader the direction of the writers thought, signal the connection between ide
2、as, and indicate the course of events in a text. _, _, but _ _ _. She studies hard as her mum wishes her mum always pays too much attention to her grades and is never satisfied Rebeccas problem: She feels upset because her mother pays too much attention to her grades. _, but _ _. He is lonely and ea
3、ger for parents love busy and do not spend much time with him they are always Simons problem: He feels lonely because his parents spend little time with him. _, but _. She desires adventure her parents protect her too much. Lauras problem: She feels unhappy because her parents protect her too much.
4、Contrast Addition Example Explanation Summary Comparison Reason Straight-ahead road sign words Detour road sign words Contrast but on the other hand by contrast unlike on the contrary however whereas Comparison in a similar fashion similarly equally in the same way just as likewise in like manner by
5、 the same token Addition and plus also additionally besides furthermore moreover whats more in addition whats worse/worse stsill as well as Example like such as for instance for example to illustrate a case in point to name just a few Explanation namely in other words that is (to say) to put in anot
6、her way or rather to put it more simply to put it differently since because for due to for this reason thanks to lead to as a result therefore consequently thus Reason Summary to sum up briefly conclusively in short in conclusion in summary all in all on the whole in brief Reason Many teenagers had
7、never known poverty. Consequently, they could not understand why their parents work so hard and spend so little time with them. Parents, on the other hand , could not understand how some of their children could be indifferent, even hostile, to such practical things as formal education and preparatio
8、n for work. Contrast Practice Addition A computer is often called a “thinking machine,” and in many ways it is just that. Computers perform difficult and time-saving mathematical computations, through logic and reasoning. In addition, computers run other machines and answer questions. Also, they are
9、 used to guide astronauts on take-off. Comparison The sex of the instructor affected the extent of active student participation. In classes taught by men with roughly equal proportions of male and female students, male students were responsible for about 75% of all class discussion. Similarly, with women as instructors, female student participation rose from 25% to 42%; by contrast, male participation slipped from 75% to 58%. Contrast Reading Writing Signal words Rephrase Prioritize Underline Read Read actively Write clearly
