人教版高中英语选修8：Writing (1)

人教版高中英语选修8

1 Writing—Discussion：an argument

本单元的写作任务是辩论性议论文。一般包括四段：

第一段——说明辩论的主题；

第二段——表明正方的观点及其理由；

第三段——表明反方的观点及其理由；

第四段——陈述自己的观点。

(有时也可以分为三段：第一段说明辩论的主题；第二段表明正方和反方的观点及理由；第三段表明作者自己的观点。) 人教版高中英语选修8

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介绍讨论的主题(开头句)：

1．We had a discussion about whether it is necessary to...

2．We’ve had a survey on...

3．I’m writing to tell you about a discussion we have had about...

过渡句：

1．Opinions are divided on this issue.

2．Opinions are mainly divided into two groups.

3．Different people，however，have different opinions/think quite differently on this matter.

介绍正方观点：

1．45% of the students hold the view that...For one thing，...For another thing，...

2．60% of the students are for the idea.

介绍反方观点：

On the contrary/However/As the old saying goes，each coin has two sides.Nearly half of the

students think that...On one hand，...on the other hand，... 人教版高中英语选修8

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假设你是李华，最近你班就“人类是否应该开展克隆研究”进行了讨论。请根据讨论结果，写一封100词左右的信给某英文报社的编辑来报道此事。

赞成的理由 反对的理由 你的看法

1.挽救濒危动物；

2.再造人体器官，用于移植。 1.引起基因不良变异；

2.克隆人导致伦理道德混乱。 ……

注意：开头已给出，不计入总词数。

人教版高中英语选修8

4 审题

写作要求是阐述“人类是否应该开展克隆研究”的讨论结果，写作时应注意下面几点：

1．确定文体：这是一篇议论文。写作时要注意议论文的写作特点。

2．主体时态：文章应以一般现在时为主。

3．主体人称：由于是关于“人类是否应该开展克隆研究”的话题，所以人称应该以第三人称为主。 人教版高中英语选修8

5 谋篇

第一段：说明讨论的话题——人类是否应该开展克隆研究；

第二段：说明正方和反方的观点及理由；

第三段：表明自己的观点。 人教版高中英语选修8

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必备词汇

1．执行carry out 人教版高中英语选修8

7 2．支持in favour of/be for

3．也，又，还as well as

4．反对be against/object (to)

5．引起bring about

6．引起伦理问题raise ethical problems

7．处理deal with/do with

关键句式

1．克隆对拯救濒临灭绝的动物有用。

Cloning is useful for saving the endangered animals.

2．克隆有助于研究许多疾病的治疗方法。

Cloning is helpful in researching into the cures for many diseases.

3．克隆可能会提高生命质量。

Cloning might improve the quality of life. 人教版高中英语选修8

8 4．克隆可能会有一些坏的身体影响。

Cloning might have some bad physical effects.

5．我个人认为，政府应该认真对待、严密监控克隆问题。

Personally，government should deal with cloning carefully and monitor it closely.

6．我们理解得不够。

We don’t understand enough.

7．克隆在将来会给这个世界带来什么影响？

What effects will cloning have on the world in the future?

句式升级

1．请把第一、二句话按下面括号内的提示词合成一句话。

(1)Cloning is not only useful for saving the endangered animals，but also helpful in researching into

the cures for many diseases.(not only...but also...)

(2)Cloning is helpful in researching into the cures for many diseases as well as useful in saving the

endangered animals.(as well as) 人教版高中英语选修8

9 2．请把第三、四句话按下面括号内的提示合成一句话。

(1)Cloning might improve the quality of life，but it might have some bad physical effects.(并列句)

(2)Although/Though cloning might improve the quality of life，it might have some bad physical

effects.(主从复合句)

3．请把第六、七句话按下面括号内的提示合成一句话。

(1) We don’t understand enough the question what effects cloning will have on the world in the

future.(同位语从句)

(2)We do not understand enough what effects cloning will have on the world in the future.(宾语从句)

用适当的过渡词语，把以上词汇和句式，再加上联想内容，组成一篇100词左右的英语短文。

参考范文人教版高中英语选修8

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Dear Editor，

Recently our class has had a discussion about whether the clone research should be carried

out.

Some of the students are in favour of the clone research.They say cloning is helpful in

researching into the cures for many diseases as well as useful for saving the endangered

animals.Cloning human cells in a lab could offer perfect organs for patients to transplant.However，others are against it.Although cloning might improve the quality of life，it might bring about some

genetic changes，and have some bad physical and psychological effects.It also might raise ethical

problems.

Personally，cloning should be dealt with carefully and monitored closely by the

government.Because we do not understand enough what effects cloning will have on the world in

the future.

Yours，

Li Hua