第四册 Unit 6 The Pace of Life - 课件.ppt

Unit 6 The Pace of Life Text A: Old Father Time Becomes a Terror Step 1: New words check 1.amount to 2.be doomed to 3.eat into 4.in reality 5.set about Step 1: New words check 1. He became that country’s ruler both in name and _____________. 2. _________ new task 3. Building costs _________ six million dollars. 4. The whole project ______________ failure. 5. The fear ______________ my bone. Step 2: Lead-in How about you hour-by-hour log? Share your log with your deskmate’s, then find out the differences and similarities. Step 3: Text comprehension How about your hour-by-hour log? Share your log with your deskmate’s, then find out the differences and similarities. The structure of the text See Text Organization on page 204. Part one (paras 1-11) What are the three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today? para 2: Instead of liberating us, technology has enslaved us. para 7: Technology apart, a second reason …. the information explosion. para 11….another reason…rising prosperity Part one (paras 1-11) The author gives us some examples to show technology has enslaved us. What are they? 1) the motorcar (para 3) 2) the aircraft (para 4) 3) washing machines (para 5) 4) the laptop/ portable computer(para 6) Part one (paras 1-11) Why does the author say that our world is facing with the information explosion? para 8 Part one (paras 1-11) What does rising prosperity mean? para 11: ever-larger quantities of / more and more goods and services are produced, so people will buy more, travel more and play more. Therefore, people will suffer from the confusion of endless choice. Part Two (paras 12-18) How many people are not overstressed? Who are those people? Para 13: 1) people retiring early 2) unemployed people 3) people who may be only peripherally involved in the economy who don’t have this situation at all quotations and facts are used repeatedly to prove that not everyone feel time-stressed. You can find Michael Willmott in para 12, Paul Edwards in para 14, hou