——求助信

Unit5ReadingforWriting

AletterofaskingforhelpWhatareyourbiggestproblemswithlearningEnglish?vocabularywritingpronunciationgrammar…teachersfriendsparentsonlinesources…Whomdoyouaskforhelpwhenyoumeettheseproblems?speakinglisteningreadingcultureWangLepostedathread(發帖)onanonlineforum.Whatisanonlineforum/blog?AnonlineforumisanInternet-basedplacewherepeopleexchangeideasandopinionsaboutoneproblem.Whatareincludedinanonlineforum/blog?poststarter/blogger樓主originalpost

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Readthepostsquicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.Whostartsthisblog?Whorespondstoit?3.Whatistheblogmainlyabout?WangLeLiuWen,JiaXin,LiRuiProblemswithlearningEnglish.Hi!I'vebeenstudyingEnglishsinceprimaryschool.IusedtogethighmarksinEnglish,butnowI'mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.WhenIlistentonativeEnglishspeakerstalkinginavideo,Icancatchonlyafewwords.Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.Anyadvice?1.Readandfindoutwhat’stheirproblems.Topicsentence2.Findsupportingdetailsoftheseproblems.SupportingdetailsSupportingdetailsareusuallyexamplesorfactsthatareusedtodescribeorexplainthetopicsentence.Theycanmakeyourdescriptionorexplanationmorevividandconvincing.ListeningtoEnglishradioprogrammershelpsmegetusedtohowfastnativespeakerstalk.IalsorepeatwhatIheartohelpmyselftoexperiencethefeelingofthelanguage.SometimesIevenrecordmyvoicesoIcanlistentomyselfandcomparemypronunciationwiththeradiohost's!MybiggestheadacheishowtobepoliteinEnglish.It'ssomucheasiertojustsay"Openthewindow!",butinEnglishthatcansoundreallyterrible.IhavetothinkaboutwhoI'mtalkingtoandthendecidewhethertosay,"Openthewindow,please!"or"Couldyouopenthewindow,please?"orevenlonger"Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?"SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceYeah,that'sreallyhard!Ithinkitalldependsonwhoyou'retalkingto.IfI'mtalkingtoaclosefriend,Icanuseshortrequests,like“Openthewindow”—ourrelationshipiscloseandwe'reequals,soIonlyneedafewwordstobridgethegapbetweenus.ButifI'mtalkingtosomeonewhoisn'tveryclosetome,Imustmakemyrequestlonger—andImustmakeitaquestion,notademand,e.g.,"Couldyouopenthewindow,please?"IfI'mtalkingtosomeoneseniortome,thenIshouldsay,"Wouldyoumindopeningthewindow,please?"Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem—therearejustSOMANYnewwords!Ican'tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead,andIcertainlycan'trememberhowtousethemallproperly.HELP!SupportingdetailsTopicsentenceReadthepostsandfillinthetable.NameProblemAdviceJiaXin'sadviceLiRui'sadviceYouradvicetroublewithlisteningtonativeEnglishspeakershowtobepoliteinEnglishrememberingnewvocabularylistentoEnglishradioprogrammesrepeatwhatyouhear,recordyourvoiceandcomparetotheradiohost’suseshortrequestsforclosefriendsuselongerrequestsforpeoplewhoarenotsocloseusemorepolitephrasesforpeopleseniortoyouCreateyourownwordbank:carryasmallnotebookwithyoueverywhere,andaddnewwordswhenyoulearnthem,learnwordchunks(詞塊)insteadofsingleword,learnwordformation(構詞法)LiuWenJiaXinLiRuiReading

ButnowI'mhavingalotoftroublewithmylistening.

Mybiggestheadacheis

howtobepoliteinEnglish.

Forme,vocabularyismybiggestproblem.Findoutthesentencesareusedtoexpressproblems.Expressions

Icanneverquitegetthemainidea.

Ican’tkeepallthenewvocabularystraightinmyhead.

Icertainlycan’t

rememberhowtousethemallproperly.ReadforUsefulExpressions

ProblemIhavetroublewithsth/(in)doingsth.Mybiggestheadache/problemis…我最頭疼的是……isabigdifficulty/challenge/struggleforme.Ireallyhavenoideahowto..Igetconfusedabouthow/what…Ifinditdifficult/challenging/demandingformeto…Whattroubles/bothersmemostis...最困擾/煩惱我的是…AdviceIfIwereyou,Iwould…Doing…wouldbeawisechoice.Itisofgreatimportance/benefitto...Theideaof…worksbestforyouifyouapplyittoyourdailylife.Itishighlyrecommendedthatyoushoulddo...,whichhelpsyou…Youaresupposedto….Onlyinthiswaycanyou…You’dbetter…sothatyoucan…Writealetterofaskingforhelp——如何寫一封求助信Dear…,

…(Para.1)…(Para.2)

…(Para.3)

Yours(sincerely),

LiHua請求幫助，表達期盼并感謝具體說明困難表明寫信目的ReadingforStructure

求助信I’mwritingtoaskyouafavor.我寫信是想請你幫個忙。Ihavemetmuchdifficultyin...在…方面我遇到許多困難。I’mwritinginthehopeofyourassistancetodo...I’mwonderingwhetheryoucangivemesomeconstructiveguidanceindoing…Para.1起首句theopeningsentenceReadingforWriting

建設性的指導

Para.2描述困難

Ihavetrouble/difficultyindoing…,because…Couldyoupleasedomeafavorto…,as/because…Whattroubles/bothersmemostis…,since/as…Whendoing...,Ifinditchallenging/hardformetodo…Mybiggestheadacheis...,which…我在……方面遇到困難/請求幫助+原因/條件(某種情況)/結果Iamlookingforwardtoyourearlyreply.Anyofyourhelpwouldbegreatlyappreciated.Iwouldappreciateitifyoucouldgivemesomesuggestions.Yourattentiontothisletterwouldbehighlyappreciated.I’dbegratefulifyoucouldgivemeahand.Lookingforwardtoyourkindreply.Iwouldbegratefulifyoucouldreplytomeatyourearliestconvenience.Para.3結束語theclosingsentence假設你是高一學生李華，正在忙著備戰

期末考試，但是發現很難集中精力學習，請給你的英國朋友Alex寫一封郵件，向他求助。內容包括：1.你的困難；2.尋求幫助。Writing

Dear

Alex,

Occupiedinpreparingformyfinalexamination,Ifinditchallengingto

devotemyselftostudy.Therefore,I'mwritinginthehopeofyourassistance.

Tobeginwith,Ihavetroublein

having

limitedtimetoexercise,whichiscausedbyspendingtoomuchtimeonhomework.

What’smore,thehighexpectationfromtheteachersandmyparentsisabigstruggleforme.ThemoreIthinkofit,themorestressed

Ifeel.Lastbutnotleast,whatbothersmemostisthat

I

often

perform

poorly

inEnglishexams,

nomatterhowhardIwork.

Iwouldbegratefulifyoucouldreplytomeatyourearliestconvenience.

Yours,

Li

HuaDear

Alex,

___________,Ifinditchallengingto__________.Therefore,I'mwritinginthehopeofyourassistance.

Tobeginwith,Ihavetroublein

_________,whichiscausedby________.

What’smore,__________isabigstruggleforme.Lastbutnotleast,whatbothersmemostisthat_______________________.

Iwouldbegratefulifyoucouldreplytomeatyourearliestconvenience.

Yours,