themselves too hard in fulfilling their purposes. In some sense, there is reason to be anxious and worried about the fact. Since the U.S. and European countries have covered a long way to reach the present high level of development, it is of course no easy job for some developing countries to achieve it in one jump 2. Structured writing Now try to write your own short composition of comparison. The topic has a detailed out line that you can follow Topic: Comparing the new welfare system with the old one Comparing points encourage a gradual shift away welfare, not so in the past 2. welfare clients, develop their ay irom to make money, not bleed the system for a few extra dollar 3. caseworkers help their clients, not like detectives 4. welfare clients, live a life of honesty, caseworker feel greatly relieved, not to increase their visits Homework 1. Finish the exercises in Section A 2. Prepare for Section B Section B The Information Superhighway Obiectives Students will be able to 1. grasp the main idea of the text 2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text 3. grasp the read ing skill--- Recognizing Paragraph Pattern Reading skills Recognizing Paragraph Patterns In our New Horizon College English series, we have been analyzing every Passage A better understanding of the main ideas of the read ing passages; 2. understand ing text from Unit 1, Book 1 up to now. This kind of practice is for three purposes: 1. coming to structure; 3. helping us construct well-organized paragraphs or short compositions Through Text Structure Analysis, we have become familiar with quite a few basic structures of a text such as Cause and Effect, Comparison and Contrast, Time Sequence, a Set of Sequential Actions, a General Point Supported by Details Examples /a List of Things, a Problem-Solution Pattern, etc Here is one more example from Passage A Example All these developing regions see advanced communications as a"way to leap over whole stages of economic development. Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly"work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. Modern communications"will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technology".(Para. 2) 1. What is the main idea of the paragraph? Advanced communications are seen as a way to leap over whole stages of economicthemselves too hard in fulfilling their purposes. In some sense, there is reason to be anxious and worried about the fact. Since the U.S. and European countries have covered a long way to reach the present high level of development, it is of course no easy job for some developing countries to achieve it in one jump. 2. Structured Writing Now try to write your own short composition of comparison. The topic has a detailed out line that you can follow. Topic: Comparing the new welfare system with the old one Comparing points: 1. encourage a gradual shift away from welfare, not so in the past 2. welfare clients, develop their talents to make money, not bleed the system for a few extra dollar 3. caseworkers help their clients, not like detectives 4. welfare clients, live a life of honesty, caseworker feel greatly relieved, not to increase their visits Homework 1. Finish the exercises in Section A. 2. Prepare for Section B. Section B The Information Superhighway Objectives Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea of the text; 2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 3. grasp the reading skill---- Recognizing Paragraph Pattern Reading Skills Recognizing Paragraph Patterns (I) In our New Horizon College English series, we have been analyzing every Passage A from Unit 1, Book 1 up to now. This kind of practice is for three purposes: 1. coming to a better understanding of the main ideas of the reading passages; 2. understanding text structure; 3. helping us construct well-organized paragraphs or short compositions. Through Text Structure Analysis, we have become familiar with quite a few basic structures of a text such as Cause and Effect, Comparison and Contrast, Time Sequence, a Set of Sequential Actions, a General Point Supported by Details / Examples / a List of Things, a Problem-Solution Pattern, etc. Here is one more example from Passage A: Example All these developing regions see advanced communications as a "way to leap over whole stages of economic development. Widespread access to information technologies, for example, promises to condense the time required to change from labor-intensive assembly "work to industries that involve engineering, marketing, and design. Modern communications "will give countries like China and Vietnam a huge advantage over countries stuck with old technology". (Para. 2) 1. What is the main idea of the paragraph? Advanced communications are seen as a way to leap over whole stages of economic