investigating and reporting facts skills building 3: writing a report
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Investigating and reporting facts
Skills building 3:Writing a report
* Statement of the present situation * Background to the situation---what happened before * Causes of/ reasons for the situation * Details of the situation * Likely results of the situation---what may happen in the future * Recommendations for action to be taken * Reasons for the recommendations
A report will include all or some of the following points:
Step 3:
Writing a teacher’s report
He got involved with some friends playing computer games in an Internet cafe.
Report on Xu Jin stealing money from school
Statement of the situation Xu Jin stole some money from his classmates yesterday.
Background to the situation
Reasons for the situation He was addicted to computer games and needed more money ecause of this.
Details of the situation (Xu Jin’s reactions)
He told the truth and wrote a letter of apology.
Likely results of the situation
We should give him a second
chance.Recommendations for action to
be taken
Give his parents some
suggestions, for example,…
Unit 4
It is illegal to copy intellectual
property without permission.
Intellectual property is protected by
law.
Have you ever downloaded a song or a film from the Internet? Did you pay for the music or the film? Why do you think copying films and music without permission is a crime?
Part 1 the_________________________ of intellectual property
Part 2 the _________________protecting intellectual property
Part 3 the ________________ of piracy that we are facing
Part 4 possible ____________________
Definition and classifications
reasons for
current problems
solutions to problems
The main idea for each part of the text.
1. What does intellectual
property refer to?
2. How many kinds of
intellectual property are
there?
Para 1:
Intellectual property
Intellectual property--- ideas: inventions, writing, artwork, symbols and designs used in business
Industrial property copyright
inventions
trade marks
industrial designs
novels ,films,music,
artwork, architectural designs
Para 2:
If someone or a company
creates something or an idea,
the inventor or the creator
deserves to be paid for this.
1. Do you think it necessary to
protect intellectual property? Why or
why not?
Most people have copied music or video material, or downloaded it from the Internet, for private use. Some people copy material such as films to sell for commercial reasons.
Para 3:
What are the common ways in which people affect intellectual property rights?
Firstly, we must pay to download
music that is protected by
copyright.
Secondly, we should not buy
pirated CDs or download music
from websites that are offering
free music illegally.
Para 4:
As consumers, what can we
do to protect intellectual
property?
1. define: v. 定义define…as… 把……定义为……
definition: n. 定义 在这本词典里,“ reality”被定义为事情所处的状况 , 而不是想象的样子。 In this dictionary 'reality' is defined as 'the state of things as they are, rather than as they are imagined to be'.
2. apply: v. 适用 ; 应用
applied: adj. [before n.] 应用的
applied mathematics/science
applicant n. 申请人application: n. 适用 ; 应用;申请这一设计有许多应用之处。
The design has many applications.
apply常用短语 :
apply A to B: 将 A 应用于 B
apply to sb./sth.: 适用于……
apply to …for…: 向……提出申请……
我们应该把这一理论应用于实践。 We should apply the theory to practice.
这种教学方法对我的学生并不适用。 The teaching method doesn’t apply to my students.
我向这家公司申请了一份工作。I applied to the company for a job.
3. deserve: v. 应受 , 值得他们理所当然应该赢得那场比赛。 They certainly deserved to win that match.
我希望他们得到该受的惩罚。 I hope they get the punishment they deserve.
4. face: v. 面对
He ’ s faced with a very difficult choice.
他面临着一个艰难的选择。
be faced with: 面对
5. be known as…: 被称为…… ; 以……知名 ; 被认为是…
be known for…: 因为……而闻名be known to sb….: 为某人所知道
He is known as a famous writer.
他作为一个著名的作家而闻名。
He is known for singing well.
他因为唱歌唱得好而闻名。
It is known to us all that he is good at writing.
=As is known to us all, he is good at writing.
=What is known to us all is that he is good at writing.
众所周知,他擅长于写作。