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1、WritingI-10DevelopmentbyExample杨茜希农大外语学院课件仅供我们英语双学位同学使用，谢谢大家请勿挂网上哦Perhapsyou’veheardafriendcomplainlatelyaboutaroommate.“Tinaisaninconsiderateboor,impossibletolivewith,”shecries.Yournaturalresponsemightbetoquestionyourfriend’sratherbroadaccusation:“Whatmakesherso
2、terrible?Whatdoesshedothat’ssobad?”YourfriendmightthenrespondwithspecificexamplesofTina’sinsensitivity:sheneverwashesherdishes,shetiesupthetelephoneforhours,andsheplaysherradiountilthreeeverymorning.Bycitingseveralexamples,yourfriendclarifiesandsupportshergeneral
3、criticismofTina,thusenablingyoutounderstandherpointofview.Examplesinanessayworkpreciselythesamewayasinthehypotheticalstoryabove:theysupport,clarify,interest,andpersuade.Inyourwritingassignments,youmightwanttoassertthatdormfoodiscruelandinhumanpunishment,thatrecyc
4、lingisaprofitablehobby,orthatthecostofhousingisrisingdramatically.Butwithoutsomecarefullychosenexamplestoshowthetruthofyourstatements,theseremainunsupportedgeneralitiesormereopinions.Yourtask,then,istoprovideenoughspecificexamplestosupportyourgeneralstatements,to
5、makethembothclearandconvincing.Hereisastatementofferingthereaderonlyhazygeneralities:①OurlocallysupportedTVchannelpresentsavarietyofexcellenteducationalshows.Theshowsareinformativeonlotsofdifferentsubjectsforbothchildrenandadults.Theinformationtheyoffermakeschann
6、el19wellworththepublicfundsthatsupportit.Rewritten,thesameparagraphexplainsitspointclearlythroughtheuseofspecificexamples:②OurlocallysupportedTVchannelpresentsavarietyofexcellenteducationalshows.Forexample,youngchildrencanlearntheiralphabetandnumbersfromSesameStr
7、eet;imaginativeolderchildrencanbeencouragedtocreatebywatchingKids’Writes,ashowonwhichfourhostsreadandactoutstorieswrittenandsentinbyyoungstersfromeighttofourteen.AdultsmayenjoylearningaboutantiquesandcollectiblesfromaprogramcalledTheCollector;eachweektheshowfeatu
8、resanin-depthlookatbuying,selling,trading,anddisplayingcollectibleitems,fromDepressionglasstoteddybearstoShakerfurniture.Thosefolkswishingtobecomehandyaroundth
