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1、Unit3City——KatherineWHATISTHECITY?Cityisacentralareaofpolitics,economy,culture,transportation,communicationsetc.CitiesoftheworldWhatproportionoftheworld'spopulationlivesincities?a)Over80%.b)Abouttwo-thirds.c)Aboutathird.d)Abouthalf.PS:Accordingtodatacolle
2、ctedbytheUN,53%oftheworld'spopulationliveincities,whilst47%liveinruralareas.Whichistheworld'slargestcapitalcity?01TokyoFujiyama02WhichistheEurope'snoisiestcapitalcity?Athens雅典03Whichistheworld'soldestcapitalcity?Damascus大马士革PS:DamascusisthecapitalofSyria(
3、叙利亚）.04Whichistheworld'shighestcapitalcity?LaPaz拉巴斯PS:LaPazisthecapitalofBolivia(玻利维亚）05Whichwasthefirstcitytoreachapopulationofonemillion?RomePage25Hedging=toavoidansweringaquestion, ormakingastatement,inadirectway.a)Itseemsthatmostpeopleenjoylifeintheco
4、untry.b)Itappearsthatveryfewpeoplewholiveinacitywouldprefertoliveinthecountry.c)Theresultsfromthefirstsurveyseemtosuggestthatmostpeoplearehappytostayinthecountry.d)Ontheotherhand,thesecondsurveywouldseemtoshowthatmostpeoplewholiveinthecountrywouldpreferto
5、movetothecity.e)Olderpeoplearenotbelievedtobeashappywithcitylifeasyoungerpeople.Butthereislittleevidenceinthesurveystobackthisup.FFFFTHedgingUsinghedgingexpressionstodistanceyourselffromfactsoropinionsthatyoucannotprovearetrue.Hedgingwithverbs:useverbssuc
6、hasseem,appear,suggestitseemsthat…itappearsthat…sourcesseemtosuggest…theresultswouldappeartoshow…Tofurtherdistanceyourselffromtheanswerorstatement,usewould:itwouldseemthat...itwouldappearthat...Passive:Usethepassivewithverbssuchasthink,recognise,believe,r
7、eportandknowtoshowthatanopinionisnotnecessarilyyourown.itiswidelyrecognisedthat…therearenotbelievedtobe...itisnotknown...ithasbeenreportedthat...Nounphrases:Usenounphrasestoexplainyourattitudetothereliabilityofastatement.Strongevidence:thereisno/littledou
8、bt,thereislittle/nodiscussionFairlystrongevidenve:thereissomeevidence/thereissomediscussion/thereissomedoubtUnreliablestatement:thereislittle/noevidenceRewritethesestatementsusingthewordsinbrackets.a)Mostyoungpeople
