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Activities and discuss
After students have worked out the main ideas for the different parts, to further strengthen the comprehension, ask students to answer the following question and fill in the chart according to the proposal.
How can Real Cine excite the viewers' five senses?
Sense Things needed Effects in Real Cine sight special VR headsets Viewers can see a world of 3D animation all around them. sound special VR headsets Viewers can hear the sounds clearly all around them. smell small opening in the headset Smells are given out. tough special gloves Viewers can tough people and objects in the film. taste a straw sensor Special food and drink chemicals are places into the viewers' mouth.
2. Then check the answers as a class. If time allows, organize a class presentation. Ask students to discuss and use the information in the chart above to give a brief presentation about virtual reality and Real Cine.
3. Present the following sentences to students. Ask them to read each one and think about the characteristics of the language used in this article.
I believe you will be amazed by the Real Cine experience, and will agree that this is an extraordinary technology that must be developed further.
Viewers will be surprised at how real it feels.
Real Cine works by making the viewers feel that they are actually in the film.
I am sure you will agree that Real Cine provides a fantastic opportunity for the film-making industry.
Ask students:
As a decision maker, do you think you would finally be persuaded to invest or develop Real Cine? Why or why not?
What do you think of the language used in these sentences?
Tell them that the purpose of a business proposal is to plan or suggest a new idea. The goal is to help the customers or the investors make their decisions. Therefore, clear and persuasive language is often used.
4. Ask students to read the Reading strategy. Tell students that a successful business proposal needs to be objective and that detailed information and convincing facts or examples together with the passive voice are frequently used to achieve this purpose. Therefore, when reading a business proposal, they can focus on these features.
5. Ask students to read the article again and underline the sentences using the passive voice in the passage. Give some explanations why the passive voice is used. This will help students get a better understanding of how to write a proposal.
6. Have students complete Part D. The meanings of the words in Part D should not be difficult for students to identify after they have read through the passage several times. Ask students to refer to the text as they complete Part D. This exercise can help students understand the