Online Class Notes (Ally)

• do a mock test, find the difficult question types

With the increase of digital media online, role of the library has become obsolete. University should only procure digital media rather than constantly updating textbooks. Discuss both the advantages and disadvantages of this position and give your own point of view.

Should schools have strict rules on wearing uniforms. Do you agree or disagree?

Vocabulary

What have you been up to? – Wuzzup

I’m up to something – 我在搞什么东西

I feel like it.

I’m a highschool student in China and I want to have a deeper study in the future. I want to get a PTE score to hand to my university.

My name is Alex. I’m a high school student from Shanghai and I’m currently in grade 12. To pursue further education, I plan to study abroad in Australia for my bachelor’s degree. I will be attending Sydney University in mid-July, about which I’m very excited. As part of my application, my language test scores are very important. So this is why I chose to take the PTE test and I hope I can get a good score. 

My name(A) is Alex. I’m a high school student from Shanghai and I’m currently (ker-rent-lee) in grade 12. To pursue further(r-r) education, I plan to study abroad in Australia for my bachelor’s(a – r) degree. I will be attending Sydney University in mid-July, about which I’m very excited. As part of my application, my language test scores(or) are very important. So this is why I chose to take the PTE test and I hope I can get a good score. 

Statistics reflect vital information about the economy, the well-being of the population, and the environment. Society relies on statistics being visible, accessible and robust, and on statistically literate people making the best use of the information to determine future action. Statistical literacy, then, is the ability to accurately understand, interpret and evaluate the data that inform these issues.

Sta-TIS-tics reflect vItal information about the economy, the well-being of the population, and the environment. Society relies on statistics being visible, accessible and roBUst, and on sta-tis-ti-cally literate people making the best use of the information to determine future action. Statistical literacy, then, is the ability to accurately understand, interpret and evaluate the data that inform these issues.

In this area, it is a complex problem that people lose their job everyday. Some people think it’s because they have too much time on working.  In my opinion, I think it’s a good way to solve the problem because R1 and R2.

R1: It’s a

R2:

Unemployment is an important, world-wide problem, especially among the younger generation/population. Some people assert that shortening the working time can address this problem. Though their arguments are logical and valid, but they only skim the surface of the issue. In this aspect, I’m of the opinion that

Unemployment is an important, world-wide problem, especially among the younger generation/population. Some people assert that shortening the working time can address this problem. I agree with this assertion that it’s a good measure to lower the unemployment rate because it can provide more choices/job openings and also allow people to have more time to develop and improve themselves for better job opportunities.

Firstly, shortening the working time opens up lots of job opportunities.
Jobs are limited resource -> currently, workers take up almost all of this resource -> shorten time will free up resource -> rest of the people have jobs

Secondly, young people need to improve themselves for better work opportunities through more free time.
Young people don’t have exp -> need to improve -> shorten work time = more free time to improve -> better work ability -> better jobs/easier to find better jobs

• If the topic talks about a specific group of people, use it!!! in your intro
• use “however” sparingly
• 代词/替代语 和 specific vocab 要换着用
• R1/R2/Thesis opinion, topic question – whole logic, not one individual concept. Think about logic chain – don’t use background info/setting as the main sentence.

Arugments:

Template One:

Some people assert (argue/hold/suggest/claim that + （Topic）论题 as they believe (Paraphrasing Topic/Simple support)论题观点转述或简单说明… ,However logical and valid (reasonable) as their arguments may be, they only skim the surface of the issue.

As for me, I can hardly share this point of view, I’m of the opinion that ( Your opinion/choice of the side of argument )自己论点…

Firstly, Argument one (分论点一)，for the reason that… (分论点支撑信息), for instance … ( 例证), while, this is not my sole reason for my argument. ( 简单承接下一个观点)

Secondly, Argument two (分论点二)，the reason is evident, as … (分论点支撑信息)， for example … (例证)

To sum up (In conclusion), from what has been discussed above, we may safely arrive at the conclusion that (taking into all these factors, we may reasonably draw/come to the conclusion that … ) …summary of your point of view (总结自己观点)

报告类（Report）

Template One:

What factors lead to this phenomenon and what we can do to solve the problem have become a concern to many people/the society, in my perspective, the following reasons/factors/aspects should be take into consideration （Introduction of the topic and the background 背景及题目引入）…

The first reason (aspect) that can be seen by most people is that … for instance…, but it’s not the sole factor leading to the problem.

Another factor we must consider is that … for example … , the impact of this factor on the issue is very noticeable.

The third and very important reason is that … for example …, this factor is escalating the problem.

Considering the severity of this issue, we have no choice but to take stringent measures to address this problem …

The most important approach is that …

In the second place,

In addition … (总结并提出建议)

A text appears on screen with several gaps.

Fill in each gap from list of options given below.

Every year thousands of people travel to Britain in order to improve their standard of English. For many, however, this can be a (1) …….experience due to the fact that it involves (2) ……. a strange school, staying in sometimes unpleasant accommodation and living in an unfamiliar culture.

One (3) ……. to these problems is the Home-staymethod. With this, students are each assigned a teacher (4) ……. to their language requirements and interests. As well as giving individual tuition, the teacher (5) …….. the student with information about what activities are available locally and (6) ….… them on trips.

Students get between ten and twenty hours of tuition a week and are also expected to (7) …… in the family’s daily activities. The students speak English at all times and therefore learn how to use the language in everyday (8) ….. Home-stay programs usually (9) …… for up to four weeks. Although costs are higher than of regular language schools, students can feel (10) …… that they will be receivingtop-class language teaching in a safe and pleasant environment.

(1) a) sore b) aching c) sick d) painful

(2) a) attending b) going c) studying d)learning

(3) a) requirement b) answer c) argumentd) reaction

(4) a) expecting b) matching c) suited d)prepared

(5) a) advises b) provides c) offers d)suggests

(6) a) goes b) takes c) brings d) carries

(7) a) do b) join c) attach d) connect

(8) a) positions b) chances c) situationsd) occasions

(9) a) pass b) stay c) remain d) last

(10) a) confident b) reliable c)self-assured d) satisfactory

• look at prep/lack of prep
• Chinese only for the main meaning , don’t guess the exact meaning in Chinese
• finish looking at the whole sentence