5 Pair works 本章教学主要采用的方法和手段，如课堂讲授、分组讨论、课堂讨论等 思政元素 在写作话题、素材的讨论和选择上，本单元将引入思政元素的写作材 料，从而培养具有高度政治敏感度和政治素质、能够讲好中国故事的复合 型外语人才。 This unit would include careful-chosen writing topics from China Daily for ethical education to enable students with qualified ability to well tell the stories of China 思政话题：功勋 EthicaL-education Topic:Medal of the Republic Unit 6 Nature and Thought L.Teaching Objectives At the end of the unit you will be able to 1.become familiar with some principles and methods of developing definition in paragraph writing. 2.know how to avoid some pitfalls in constructing paragraphs of definition: 3.be able to write paragraphs developed by definition according to the instructions given. II.Teaching Contents Part 1 1.Definition 2.There are two basic ways to define a word or term:to use a single sentence,and to write a paragraph or even an essay. There are many ways to define a word or term with a sentence Three defin on by synonyms,defin ion by 3.Able to organize a paragraph by definition Part2 1.Pitfalls and strategies 2.Avoid circular definition,inadequate differentiation,try to relate the term to something familiar or already known,either positively or negatively;to be more specific,give our readers 9 9 5. Pair works 本章教学主要采用的方法和手段，如课堂讲授、分组讨论、课堂讨论等。 思政元素： 在写作话题、素材的讨论和选择上，本单元将引入思政元素的写作材 料，从而培养具有高度政治敏感度和政治素质、能够讲好中国故事的复合 型外语人才。 This unit would include careful-chosen writing topics from China Daily for ethical education to enable students with qualified ability to well tell the stories of China. 思政话题：功勋 Ethical–education Topic: Medal of the Republic Unit 6 Nature and Thought I. Teaching Objectives At the end of the unit you will be able to 1. become familiar with some principles and methods of developing definition in paragraph writing; 2. know how to avoid some pitfalls in constructing paragraphs of definition; 3. be able to write paragraphs developed by definition according to the instructions given. II. Teaching Contents Part 1 1. Definition 2. There are two basic ways to define a word or term: to use a single sentence, and to write a paragraph or even an essay. There are many ways to define a word or term with a sentence. Three basic ones are definition by synonyms, definition by class, and definition by negation. 3. Able to organize a paragraph by definition Part 2 1. Pitfalls and strategies 2. Avoid circular definition, inadequate differentiation; try to relate the term to something familiar or already known, either positively or negatively; to be more specific; give our readers