格列夫游記英文PPT.ppt

1、Development by comparison and contrast,By group 1,When we compare one thing with another ,we show the similarities; when we contrast one thing with another we show dissimilarities. That is the difference between comparison and contrast.,Sample 1,Why so many graduates gravitate into business instead

2、of into teaching? Part of the reason is the ever widening pay gap between these two professions, a secretary, an office clerk or a bank employee can earn monthly income as high as RMB2,000 ,and when one is promoted to the position of a business executive or manger, the salary is even higher; but a c

3、ollege graduate with master degree can only get salary of RMB1,000per month for his teaching job. No wonder, college graduates are attracted into more lucrative fields.,Sample 1,The theme of this paragraph is why so many graduates choose to do business. This paragraph uses the method of contrast to

4、explain that because of the widening salary gap so many students prefer doing business to teaching,Sample 2,The heart of an electronic computer lies in its vaccum tubes or transistors. Its electronic circuits work thousand times faster than the nicer cells in the human brain. A problem that might ta

5、ke a human being a long time to solve can be solved by a computer in one minute.,Sample 2,In this paragraph ,in order to emphasise the speed of computer is fast, the author make a contrast between human brain and computer.,Sample 3,There was a boy in love with a pond, rich in sunny hours and summer

6、days. Sun and summer are still what they always were, but the boy and the pond changed. The boy, who is now a man, no longer find much time for idle drifting. The pond has been annexed by a great city. The swamps where herons once hunted are now drained and filled with houses. The bay where water li

7、lies quietly floated is now a harbor for motor boats. In short, everything that the boy loved no longer exists-except in the mans memory of it. annex aneks 并吞 swamp swamp 沼澤；濕地,Sample 3,In this paragraph, the author contrasts the surroundings which the man lives in with that where the man lived when

8、 he was a boy. It talks about the pond, the swamps, the bay. The paragraph describes the beautiful scenery when the man was a boy and the city which the man lives now by using the method of contrast ,this paragraph lets us see the change of the boys living surroundings, and shows the mans cherishing

9、 of his happy childhood life.,Just as there are distinct differences between being a small fish is a big pond and a big fish in a small pond , so it is with working as a subordinate in a large enterprise and presiding in a small firm. With the former, you can derive a deep sense of satisfaction from

10、 being a member of a well-known organization .You have the opportunities of learning from experienced executives and knowing about the standard working process. With the latter ,you have greater responsibilities and your decisions may bring immediate effect . Normally you are exposed to various expe

11、riences and expected to do a great many thing without much help or guidance.,Sample 4,This paragraph out the difference between being a small fish in a big pond and a big fish in a small pond . Each two reasons are given to illustrate each others benefits. Using the method of the contrast, this para

12、graph makes us see the differences immediately and obviously.,There are two ways of presenting similarities or dissimilarities:,Block presentation (subject-by-subject pattern) Alternating presentation (the point-by-point pattern),You should consider developing your paragraph by comparison and contra

13、st when you are describing two or more things, which have something, but not everything, in common. You may choose to compare either point by point (X is big, Y is little; X and Y are both purple.) or subject by subject (X is big and purple; Y is small and purple.). Consider, for example, the follow

14、ing paragraph:,Although the interpretation of traffic signals may seem highly standardized, close observation reveals regional variations across this country, distinguishing the East Coast from Midwest and the West Coast as surely as dominant dialects or political inclinations. In Washington, a flas

15、hing red traffic light instructs drivers to careen even more wildly through intersections heavily populated with pedestrians and oncoming vehicles. In startling contrast, an amber light in Chicago warns drivers to scream to a halt on the off chance that there might be a pedestrian within 500 meters

16、who might consider crossing at some unspecified time within the current day. In my hometown in Montana, finally, traffic lights (along with painted lines and posted speed limits) do not apply to tractors, all terrain vehicles, or pickup trucks, which together account for most vehicles on the road. I

17、n fact, were any observant American dropped from an alien space vessel at an unspecified intersection anywhere in this vast land, he or she could almost certainly orient him-or-herself according to the surrounding traffic patterns.,This paragraph compares traffic patterns in three areas of the United States. It contrasts the behavior of drivers in Washington, D.C., in Chicago and in Montana, in order to make a point about how attitudes in various places inform behavior. People in these areas have in common the fact that they all drive; in contrast, they drive differently