《新视野英语教程(第三版)》教学资源book4Unit7-Section B.ppt

CONTENTS Introduction Questions and Answers The following questions are open-ended without no right and no wrong answers. 1. What do you think about the trend that more and more people prefer to be single? 2. What would you to choose, to be single or to get married? 3. Can you tell the reason? Intensive Reading Years ago, Kris Osborns father gave him a bit of advice: If you go and chase after women, youll never meet quality women. You only find quality women if you do well in your own life. At 32, Osborn is working hard. He became a general assignment correspondent at CNN Headline News in July. Hes still single, however. Can the quality women be far behind? Para. 3-5 There are many single persons like Osborn in the US. Right now, more than 27 million Americans live by themselves — nearly 10% of the population. These figures actually distort the real picture, though; when you add in the single people who are living together — everyone from college kids in dorms to young singles sharing apartments to unmarried couples — there are many more people who fall under the heading of single in America. Their ranks increased from 38 million in 1970 to 82 million in 2000. These findings are not surprising. They reflect a 30-year trend in America to marry later in life, divorce, or never get married at all. Being single no longer means that someone is immature, unsettled in life, or irresponsible. Questions such as When are you going to get married and settle down? belong to the past, not to the reality of America today. Para. 6-9 Zoe Woodland, a 27-year-old receptionist at Hill Air Force Base near Salt Lake City, has heard the question before. Her response? Oh, when Im 55. Thats my standard answer, she says. Actually, I imagine myself still single at 88, playing bridge, and hitting the slopes in the winter. Harry Rudnick, a retired teacher in San Francisco, is 88 and agrees that single life suits him just fine. If I go out with