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For or against building a McDonald’s

Fast reading

Skim the passage and find the answers to the following questions.

1. What’s the main idea of the whole passage?

2. What’s the writer’s opinion about building a McDonald’s restaurant in part 1?

3. What about the opinion in part 2 ?

Time limit

1. Read part1,and find out the reasons for building a McDonald’s and learn the writing structure(写作结构 )

I am for building a McDonald’s for three reasons.

First, McDonald’s provides food that is _____________________________ and it is also _______. Second, McDonald’s will be concerned about providing ________for the cars. Last but not least ( 最后但同等重要 ), it means ___________

for our area that needs jobs_______.

is of high quality, safe and healthycheap

parkingmore work

badly

for

Careful reading : Read the passage for detailed information

I am for building a McDonald’s for three reasons. First, McDonald’s provides food that is _____________________________ and it is also _______. Second, McDonald’s will be concerned about providing ________for the cars. Last but not least(最后但同等重要 ), it means _______ for our area that need jobs _____.

writing structure(写作结构 )

About healthy

food

1.high levels of________________.

2.always the same

About transport

(cars)

1. There will be___________________.

2. Cars that park at McDonald’s will_______________________________

About job 1.In America, McDonald’s doesn’t allow workers’ unions ( 工会） to ________in its restaurants

2.Workers may not be treated________.

2.Read part 2,and find out the reasons building a McDonald’s

against

fat, sugar and salt

petrol fumes( 气体）

prevent other cars from moving quickly

fairly

operate

have an effect

What can we say if we support something?

I am for doing sth. First...Second… …Last but not least…

I am excited about doing…

I think we should do sth.

In my opinion, I support the idea of doing…

What can we say if we don’t support something?

I am against doing something. First… …Last…

I am worried about doing sth.

I don’t think it is a good idea to do sth.

Useful expressions（句型）

3.In part 1, the writer believes “many young people will be only too happy to work for McDonald’s”, because _____A McDonald’s makes a promise to young people that they will be treasured.B McDonald’s food is of high quality, safe and healthyC McDonald’s is a good neighborD McDonald’s can provide parking for cars

5. In part 2, what do workers’ unions(工会） do in America?

4.Compared to McDonald’s food, why is local Chinese food healthy?

They speak up for (speak to support) the workers.

only, all too happy to do something

Because local Chinese food is full of fresh vegetables and fresh meat and fish.

1.Translate the following sentence:

In America, McDonald’s does not allow workers’ unions

to operate in its restaurants and these are people who

speak up for the workers.

在美国，麦当劳不允许工会在它餐馆里施加影响，而工会是替工人说话的组织。

2.Guess meaning from context:Which of the following has the closest meaning to the phrase “nothing but” in part 1? ( )A not at all B only C not important

3. Paraphrase:

Which sentence in part 2 can be replaced by the following one?

B

There is a problem of all those cars that try to park and prevent other cars from moving quickly through the our town.

He likes eating nothing but Chinese food.

All those cars try to park and this will cause a problem that other cars can’t pass though the town without delay.

Summarize : What can we learn from this passage?

1.Different people have different opinions about the same matter.

2.A donkey means one thing, a driver means another. （仁者见仁智者见智）

3. Every coin has two sides.4.We should learn to look at things from diff

erent aspects( 方面 ).

Jining Chemical Industrial Park( 济宁化工园区 ) is being built in Huji town( 胡集镇 ). Some people strongly support the idea of building it but some people are a little worried about it. As a citizen （市民） of Jinxiang, what’s your opinion?

Have a discussion in groups and write down your opinions.

Group work

I am for doing sth.I am excited about doing…I think we should do sth.In my opinion, I support the idea of doing…

provide more work make more money

I am for building Jining chemical Industrial Park. First…Second… …Last…

I don’t think it is a good idea to build Jining Chemical Industrial Park. First… Second…Last but not least…

I am against doing somethingI am worried about doing sth.I don’t think it is a good idea to do sth.

take up farmland crowded ,noisy pollute

Nowadays, most factories are environmentally-friendly （环保） . They will take some measures to avoid the problems, and we will benefit more from（受益于） building the Industrial Park.

My opinion

Write a short passage to explain why you are for building the Jining Chemical Industrial Park or why you are worried about building it .

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