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giáo trình writing level 2 cúng cấp kiến thức và bài tập có liên quan, giúp sinh viên nâng cao kiến thức và kĩ năng viết Tiếng Anh But and yet have similar meanings: They both signal that an opposite idea is com¬ing. But is preferred when the two clauses are direct opposites. When the second clause is an unexpected or surprising continuation because of information given in the first clause, yet is preferred. (But is acceptable for both meanings; yet for only one meaning.)
WRITING TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DUY TÂN KHOA NGOẠI NGỮ BỘ MƠN: ANH VĂN KHƠNG CHUN GIÁO TRÌNH WRITING LEVEL Mã môn học: ENG 167 Giảng viên biên soạn: Th.S Võ Nguyên Dạ Thảo LƯU HÀNH NỘI BỘ Đà Nẵng, năm 2018 7'TABLE OF CONTENTS Tables of contents Pages Chapter 1: WRITING A SENTENCE BASED ON A PICTURE Lesson 1: Compound sentences (with conjunctions) Lesson 2: Compound sentences (with conjunction adverb) 10 Lesson 3: Adverbial clauses (time, place) 17 Lesson 4: Adverbial clauses (manner, distance, frequency) 22 Lesson 5: Adverbial clauses (reason, result) 28 Lesson 6: Adverbial clauses (purpose, concession, contrast) 34 Lesson 7: Review test 39 Chapter 2: RESPONDING TO A WRITTEN REQUEST Lesson 8: Explaining a Problem 45 Lesson 9: Making Suggestion and Requests 47 Lesson 10: Commands and Soft Commands 50 Lesson 11: Review 52 Chapter 3: WRITING AN OPINION ESSAY Lesson 12: Developing the thesis statement 57 Lesson 13: Using connectors between key ideas 60 Lesson 14: Making outline from key ideas 68 Lesson 15: Review 71 CHAPTER 1: WRITING SENTENCES Lesson 1: Compound sentences (with conjunctions) Lesson 2: Compound sentences (with conjunction adverb) Lesson 3: Adverbial clauses (time, place) Lesson 4: Adverbial clauses (manner, distance, frequency) Lesson 5: Adverbial clauses (reason, result) Lesson 6: Adverbial clauses (purpose, concession, contrast) Lesson 7: Review test LESSON 1: COMPOUND SENTENCES (WITH COORDINATOR) A-LANGUAGE FOCUS I Structure A compound sentence is two or more independent clauses joined together A compound sentence can be formed as follows: Independent clause, + coordinator + independent clause II Coordinators There are seven coordinators, which are also called coordinating conjunctions You can remember them by the phrase FAN BOYS (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) The following sentences illustrate the meanings of the seven FAN BOYS coordinators To add a reason for Japanese people live longer than most other nationalities, for they eat healthful diets To add a similar, equal idea and They eat a lot of fish and vegetables, and they eat lightly To add a negative equal idea nor They not eat a lot of red meat, nor they eat many dairy products Note: Nor means “and not.” It joins two negative independent clauses Notice that question word order is used after nor To add an opposite idea but Diet is one factor in how long people live, but it is not the only factor To add an alternative possibility or However, people should limit the amount of animal fat in their diets, or they risk getting heart disease To add an unexpected or surprising continuation yet Cigarette smoking is a factor in longevity, yet Japanese and other long-lived Asians have a very high rate of tobacco use To add an expected result so Doctors say that stress is another longevity factor, so try to avoid stress if you wish to live a longer life Note: - There is a comma after the first independent clause - But and yet have similar meanings: They both signal that an opposite idea is coming But is preferred when the two clauses are direct opposites When the second clause is an unexpected or surprising continuation because of information given in the first clause, yet is preferred (But is acceptable for both meanings; yet for only one meaning.) Compare: I want to study art, but my parents want me to study engineering, (direct opposite) I am very bad at math, yet my parents want me to study engineering, (surprising continuation after “I am very bad at math”) B-LANGUAGE PRACTICE Use correct coordinator: 1.Jaewon was cold, _ he put on a coat Maria tried to read a novel in French, _ it was too difficult To get from Vancouver to Victoria, you can fly, _ you can ride the ferry I bought a bottle of wine, _ we drank it together The waiter was not very nice, _ the food was delicious I went to buy a Rolling Stones CD, _ the shop didn't have it Anna needed some money, _ she took a part-time job There's so much rain lately! Maybe it's because of El Nino, _ maybe it's just coincidence Julie has a guitar, _ she plays it really well 10 The concert was cancelled, _ we went to a nightclub instead C-PRACTICE IN TOEIC I Building Language a- Give nouns, verbs or coordinators which may be used to describe pictures 1-6 Compare with your friends b- Complete the following pictures 1-6 with the given words: talking so and stops so listening and sold The girl wants to get off, so the bus………………… An agreement has been reached, ……… ………….they are shaking hands The merchant uses ice, ………….he can keep the fish fresh The man is listening to the information, … he is taking notes The clothes are ………on the street, and a woman is choosing an item The businessman is ……… to the woman, and she is …………… carefully to what he is saying II Tactic Practice Put the words in the correct order stopped/ got/ girl/ off / school bus/ the/ the/ and listening to/ is/ the woman/ the man/ and/ explaining/ her/ is got/ the girl/ medals/ for/ the/ gold/ she/ won/ races/ three/ all come to/ the teacher/ talk/ wants to/ students/ so/ they/ class kinds/ many/ of clothes/ are/and /on for sale/ them/ there are/ labels writing/ down/the information/ the man/can’t/ or/ he/ is/ it / remember Make sentences about the pictures with the suggested words set up/ for/ come ………………………………… ……… late/ wait/ so ………………………………… ……… ………………………………… ……… ………………………………… ……… ………………………………… ……… expensive / but / buy ……………………………………… …………………………………… sunny/ so/ open ………………………………… ……… 10