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3.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructures;
4.conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.
TimeAllotment
1stperiod
2ndperiod
3rdperiod
4thperiod
5thperiod
Pre-reading;
While-reading
(structure,PartI)
(PartI,PartII)
Post-reading
(factsandopinions)
Post-reading;
CheckonSs’homereading(TextB)
Theme-Related
LanguageLearningTask
Pre-readingactivities
1.TasksSsthefollowingquestionsontherecording:
(5minutes)
---Howdoesthesingertreathisdiary?
Why?
(Hetreatsitasafriend,towhomhecanpourouthisinmostfeelings.)
---Canweinferwhatattitudethesingertakestowardsthepaceoflifetoday?
(It’sunwiseforpeopletobealwaysinarush,somuchsothattheydon’thavetimeeitherforeachotherorforthemselves.)
2.Hour-by-hourlogs(20minutes)
1)Beforeclass,Ssareaskedtokeepanhour-by-hourlogoftheiractivitiesforthreeconsecutivedays.ItmaybeagoodideaforTtodothesame.ThelogmustbekeptinEnglish.
2)Inclass,Ssformgroupstodiscusstheirlogswitheachother.Theywillfindsimilaritiesanddifferencesinhowtheyspendtheirtime.
3)AfewSsgroupsreporttotheclassthesimilaritiesanddifferences.
3.Tmaymoveontothetextbysaying:
Weallseemtobesobusy.Butyouarestillcollegestudents,whatwillhappenwhenyoustepintotheworld,wheretherearemoreconcernsforeachofyou?
WillFatherTimebecomeaterrorforyou?
(1minute)
While-readingactivities
1.TdrawsSsattentiontoTextOrganizationExercise1,andthendictatestothemthemainideasofeachofthefourparts.(7minutes)
2.SsscanPartItounderlinethethreereasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.(ThetopicsentencesareinParas.2,7and11.)Theyshouldmakeanoteofthetransitionaldevicesusedhere.(6minutes)
3.TexplainsthelanguagepointsinPartIandPartII,andhasSspracticethem.(seeLanguageStudy)(30minutes)
4.SsscanPartIIItofindoutthethreereactionstotimefamine.(ThetopicsentencesareinParas.19,21and22).Theymustalsomakeanoteofthetransitionaldevicesusedhere.(6minutes)
5.Texplainsthelanguagepointsintheremainingpartsofthetext,andhasSspracticethem.(seeLanguageStudy)(25minutes)
6.Ssre-readthetext,circleallphrasescontainingahyphen,andthenexplaintheirmeanings.Tmayfirstofferanexample,suchas“ever-increasingquantitiesoftime”inPara.1.(20minutes)
Post-readingActivities
1.Opinionsandsupportingfacts(25minutes)
1)SsdoTextOrganizationExercise2individually.
2)Ssaredividedinto6groups;
eachgroupfindsoutsupportingfactsforoneopinioninWhile-readingTasks2and4(i.e.the3reasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday;
the3reactionstotimefamine).
3)Groupsreporttoclass.
2.ThelpsSsalongthroughsomeafter-textexercises.
3.TchecksonSs’homereading.(3minutes)
4.SsdoPartIV:
Theme-RelatedLanguageLearningTasks(1period)
5.TasksSstoprepareforthenextunit:
(2minutes)
1)dothepre-readingtask;
2)previewTextA.
Ⅱ.TextAnalysis
Inmanyways,thestyleofthispieceistypicalofacertainvarietyofjournalism.Itisclearlynotanewsstory,butnonethelessbelongswithinthepagesofanewspaper.Suchwritingfindsitshomeintheeditorialorcommentsectionwherejournalistsandotherscontributeregularoroccasionalcolumnsreflectingontopicalissues.Unlikenewsstorieswherereportersareexpectedtoconfinethemselvestothefacts,suchcolumnsareintendedtogivefreerangetotheexpressionofpersonalopinion.Atthesametime,particularlyinthemoreseriouspapers(andthepaperfromwhichthiscomes,theFinancialTimes,certainlybelongstothiscategory)thewriterisexpectedtodisplayhisfamiliaritywiththecomplexityoftheproblemunderdiscussion.Thisisfrequentlyachievedbyemployingconcession.Thus,herethewriter,havingoutlinedtheproblemofthepressureoftime,goesontoconcedethatnoteverybodyisaffectedtothesameextent.Hethendetailsthedifferencesthatexistbeforereturningtohismoregeneralpointandconcludingwithhissolution,anothercharacteristicingredientofsucheditorialarticles.Hisgeneralconclusionishardlynew,havingbeenadviceofferedbyphilosophersforasfarbackasonecarestogo,butgainsnoveltysetagainstthecontextofrecenttechnologicaldevelopments.
Althoughnotanewsstory,thearticleneverthelessshareswithnewspaperreportingingeneralatasteforseekingsupportfromtheuseofdirectquotationsfromanumberofdifferentpeople.Thesequotationsareprovidedtogetherwiththenameofthepersonandbackgroundinformationonthem.Thesedetailsaddhumaninterestandsupporttheargumentbyreferencetotheutterancesofsomeonewhowouldappeartobeinapositiontoknow.AsthequotationsrecordspokenratherthanwrittenEnglish,thetoneoflanguageisoftencolloquial.Thefrequentpepperingofanarticlewiththistypeofdirectquotationstandsincontrasttowhatisusualinamorepurelyacademicessay.
Ⅲ.CulturalNotes
1.RichardTomkins:
consumerindustrieseditoroftheFinancialTimes,wherehehasbeenamemberoftheeditorialstaffsince1983.Heiscurrentlybasedatthecompany’sLondonheadquarters,whereheleadsateamofjournalistscoveringtheconsumergoodssectorandwritesaboutconsumertrends.TomkinswasborninWalsall,England,in1952.Hisformaleducationendedattheageofseventeen.Beforebecomingajournalist,hewasacasuallaborer,afactoryworker,atruckdriver,arestaurantcashier,acivilservant,andanassistantprivatesecretarytoagovernmentminister.Heleftgovernmentservicein1978tohitchhikearoundtheworld,andonreturningtotheU.K.in1979,joinedalocalnewspaperasatraineereporter.HejoinedtheFinancialTimesasasub-editorfouryearslater.Inthisselection,hediscussesthetimesqueezethatmanypeopleareexperiencingandoffersawayofcombatingtheproblem.
2.Technology:
generaltermfortheprocessesbywhichhumanbeingsfashiontoolsandmachinestoincreasetheircontrolandunderstandingofthematerialenvironment.ThetermisderivedfromtheGreekwordstekhne,whichreferstoanartorcraft,andlogia,meaninganareaofstudy;
thus,technologymeans,literally,thestudy,orscience,ofcrafting.
Manyhistoriansofsciencearguenotonlythattechnologyisanessentialconditionofadvanced,industrialcivilizationbutalsothattherateoftechnologicalchangehasdevelopeditsownmomentuminrecentcenturies.Innovationsnowseemtoappearataratethatincreasesgeometrically,withoutrespecttogeographicallimitsorpoliticalsystems.Theseinnovationstendtotransformtraditionalculturalsystems,frequentlywithunexpectedsocialconsequences.Thustechnologycanbeconceivedasbothacreativeandadestructiveprocess.
TheIndustrialRevolutionbroughtanewpatterntothedivisionoflabor.Itcreatedthemodernfactory,atechnologicalnetworkwhoseworkerswerenotrequiredtobeartisansanddidnotnecessarilypossesscraftskills.Becauseofthis,thefactoryintroducedanimpersonalremunerationprocessbasedonawagesystem.Asaresultofthefinancialhazardsbroughtonbytheeconomicsystemsthataccompaniedsuchindustrialdevelopments,thefactoryalsoledtotheconstantthreatofunemploymentforitsworkers.
ThefactorysystemwasachievedonlyaftermuchresistancefromtheEnglishguildsandartisans,whocouldseeclearlythethreattotheirincomeandwayoflife.Inmusketmaking,forexample,gunsmithsfoughttheintroductionofinterchangeablepartsandthemassproductionofrifles.Nevertheless,thefactorysystembecameabasicinstitutionofmoderntechnology,andtheworkofmen,women,andchildrenbecamejustanothercommodityintheproductionprocess.Theultimateassemblyofaproduct---whetheramechanicalreaperorasewingmachine–wasnottheworkofonepersonbuttheresultofanintegrated,corporatesystem.Thisdivisionoflaborintooperationsthatweremoreandmorenarrowlydescribedbecamethedeterminingfeatureofworkinthenewindustrialsociety,withallthelonghoursoftediumthatthisentailed.
Technologyhasalwaysbeenamajormeansforcreatingnewphysicalandhumanenvironments.Itispossibletoasktodaywhethertechnologywillalsodestroytheglobalcivilizationthathumanbeingshavecreated.
3.Stressintheworkplace:
ItseemsthatmoreandmorethemostcommoncomplaintfromtheAmericanworkeristhatheorsheisunderalargeamountofworkrelatedstress.Thisisnosurpriseassurveysshowthatcompaniesexpecteachworkertodomorewithlessandworklongerdoingit!
Withourfastpacedworldeveryonewantssomethingdoneinstantly.Weeatatfastfoodrestaurants,weoftenstopatcornerconveniencestores,wecarrybeepersandcellularphonestostayintouch,weshipovernight,weallhavedeadlinesandeveryoneisalwaysinarush...
ItisnowonderthathealthproblemsamongtheAmericanworkersareontheincrease.Stresshasbeenshowntobeoneoftheleadingcausesofhealthproblemsandunderhighstressconditionsforanextendedperiodoftimestresscanresultinserioushealthproblemsandevenprematuredeathinanindividual!
Whileacertainamountofstressisgoodforapersonandbuildscharacter,extendedstressnotonlycauseshealthproblemsbutreduce
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