SECTION A
In this section, you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task after the mini-lecture. When the lecture is over, you’ll be give a two minutes to check your notes, and another 10 minutes to complete the gap-filling task.
Now listen to the mini-lecture.
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a maximum of THREE words. Make sure the word (s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically acceptable. You may refer to your notes.
Audience
Audience is a very important concept for writing.
The audience influences the content, structure, style,
etc of your writing. You need to analyze your audience
in terms of
1. Your social relations
Through writing, you are making social
(1) ______ with other members of the society.(1)______
2. Their (2)______of your subject (2)______
This analysis is particularly valuable in (3) (3)______
______writing.
3. Their (4) ______ to the subject and your(4)______
position in the writing
This analysis is extremely important in (5) ______(5)______
writing.
1) To those who agree, (6) ______ the importance (6)______
of your position;
2 ) To those who are neutral or undecided, address
their (7)______ as directly and fully as possible; (7)______
3) To whose who disagree, try to find out why
they disagree. There may be two reasons for their
disagreement:
—lack of information
—personal, poetical, or (8)______reasons(8)______
For the former, give them relevant information as
(9)______as possible.(9)______
For the latter, you need to show your (10) (10)______
of them and address them accordingly.