全新版大学英语 综合英语4 Unit 6 课件

Unit6ThePaceofLifeTextAOldFatherTimeBecomesaTerror海峡学院大学英语教研组Post-readingWhile-readingPre-readingContentsTextAOldFatherTimeBecomesaTerrorTextorganizationCulturalbackgroundWarm-upactivitiesPre-readingTextAOldFatherTimeBecomesaTerrorWarm-upActivities1.Lookatthefollowingcartoonandairyouropinions.2.DiscussionNamesomeaspectstoshowthatthepaceofourlifeisfasterthanbefore.Whydoesourlifeturnfaster?Discusswithyourpartnertoseeiftechnologyhasmadeourlifeeasierormoreburdensome?Warm-upActivitiesCulturalBackgroundRichardTomkins,consumerindustrieseditoroftheFinancialTimes,wherehehasbeenamemberoftheeditorialstaffsince1983.FinancialTimesincludesbusinessandfinancialnewsandanalysis.Toknowitbetter,logonthefollowingwebsite:(s)MainIdeas11~11212~18Theauthorgivesthreereasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.Noteveryoneistime-stressed,andinthecaseofAmericanstheyhaveactuallygainedmorefreetimeinthepastdecade.TextOrganizationPartsPara(s)MainIdeas319~23424~28Theperceptionoftime-faminehastriggeredavarietyofreactions.Theauthorpinsdownthecrux(症结)oftheproblemandputsforwardaremedyforthestresswefeel.GR_part1_1.1ScanningScanpartoneandfindoutthreereasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.Andmakeanoteofthetransitionaldevicesusedthere.Technology1.2.3.__________Informationexplosion__________________Risingprosperity______________Transitionaldevices:…apart,…asecondreason…(Para.7)_______________________________Thereisanotherreason…(Para.11)___________________________1.2.TextOrganizationTextOrganization1.Whatisthecruxoftheproblemtheauthorpointsout?Theauthorpointsoutthetimestresswefeelarisesnotfromashortageoftime,butfromthetoomanythingswetrytodo.2.Whatisremedyforthestressaccordingtotheauthor’sopinion?Apossibleremedyisthatweshouldunderstandtheproblemandrealizethatitisnotmoretimeweneed,itisfewerdesires.QuestionsandAnswersGR_part1_2.1BlankFillingFactsarevaluableasevidencethatenhancesthepersuasiveforceofanargumentativepaper.Instatingthefirstreason,theauthorlistsanumberoffactstotrytoconvincethereadersoftheunfavorableeffectstechnologyhashadonourlives.Nowcouldyoufindsomemoresupportingfactsapartfromtheonegivenbelow,andputthemdown?TextOrganizationGR_part1_2.2Themotorcarbringsmoretrafficproblemsthanitpromisestosolve.Theaircraftcreatesahighdemandfortime-consumingjourneysthatweneverdreamedof.1.______________________________________________________________________________________________Thewashingmachine,contrarytoourexpectations,multipliesthehoursspentonwashingandironing.______________________________________________________________________________________________BlankFillingTechnologyproducesthenewburdenofdealingwithfaxes,e-mailsandvoicemails.______________________________________________________________________________________________TechnologyeatsfurtherintoourtimebyforcingustohandlesoftwareglitchesoncomputersandfillingourheadswithuselessinformationfromtheInternet._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2.3.4.5.6.Insteadofmakingourliveseasier,technologygoessofarastocramextraworkintoourleisuretime.______________________________________________________________________________________________TextOrganizationGR_part2_1.1TrueorFalse1.Itisconvenienttosaywearealllackingintime.FItistoogeneraltosaywearealllackingintime.()2.About50percentofpeoplewilltellyoutheyneverhaveenoughtimetogetthingsdone.FAbout50percentofunemployedorretiredpeoplewilltellyoutheyneverhaveenoughtimetogetthingsdone.()TextOrganizationGR_part2_1.2TrueorFalse3.IntheU.K.,workinghourshaverisenonlyslightlyinthelast10years.T()4.Thegainsoffreetimewereunevenlydistributedonlybecausedifferentgroupsofpeoplegaineddifferentamountoffreetime.FThereisalsoagenderissuehere.()TextOrganizationGR_part3_1.1Fillinthechartwithavarietyofreactionsprovokedbytheperceptionofthetimefamineandthetroublewithallthesereactions.Payatten