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5-6

Exercises

7-8

ListeningPractice

情景教学

9-10

应用能力提高（写作翻译练习）

教学目的

Oralpracticeisusedtoimprovestudents’spokenability.

Letthestudentstomastertheimportantwordsandexpressions.

Letthestudentsunderstandthetext.

Improvethestudents’listeninglevel.Letthestudentscommandsomeexpressionsusedforplanningschedules.

Letthestudentsknowhowtowritelettersofacceptanceordeclination.

教学重点

Someusageoftheexpressions.

Understandingandwritinglettersofacceptanceordeclination.

教学难点

Masterusefulexpressions

Mastertheformatandwordingoflettersofacceptanceordeclination

教学手段

教师讲授、语音教学与多媒体教学相结合

教案

UnitTwo

OurChangingLifestyle:

TrendsandFads

I.Organization

II．Leadingin

IntroductiontotheTopic（TrendsandFads）

Wouldyoufeelkindofshyshowingyourfriendspicturesofyourselffromseveralyearsago?

Why?

Weallhavepictureswe’dratherforgetbecausewelook“funny”—ourhair,ourclothes—whatwethoughtwas“cool”thenisalmostcertainlysillytolookatnow.Fashionchangessofastinthisworld;

whocankeepup,really?

Infact,whatyou’rewearingrightthisveryminutewillprobablybequiteoutofstyleinfiveminutesorso!

What’sapersontodo?

III．Exploring

Everyyear,wefindsomethingcominginandgoingoutoffashionineveryaspectoflife,fromhairstyletofood,musictolanguage,andevenwheretogoforaholiday.

Whatdoyouandyourclassmatesthinkoffashion?

Workinpairsandsaysomethingaboutitandthereasonwhypeopleliketofollowthelatestfashions.

IV.Newswords&

trendn.1.[C]afashionorstyle时尚；

时髦

e.g.Thereisatrendamongyoungpeopletostudyabroad.

2.[C]ageneraltendencyordirectioninthewayasituationischangingordeveloping倾向；

趋势；

趋向（+towards）

e.g.Thereisatrendtowardsmoremaleparticipationinhousework.

appear 

vi.1.becomeabletobeseen;

comeintosight出现；

呈现

e.g.Hesaidhewouldcome,buthedidn’tappear.

2.seem;

givetootherpeopleaparticularideaorfeeling似乎；

好像；

看来

e.g.Citypeopleappeartobehurryingallthetime.

desire 

n.[C;

U]astronghopeorwish愿望；

欲望；

心愿

（+forsth./todosth.）

e.g.Theyhadlittledesireforweatherortogetrich.

vt.（formal）wishorwantverymuch（正式）渴望；

想要

（+sth./todo/that-clause）

e.g.Wealldesirehappinessandhealth.

Ihavelongdesiredtomeetthem.

Shedesiresthatyoucomeatonce.

vain 

adj.1.fullofself-admiration;

thinkingtoohighlyofone'

sappearance,abilities,etc.自负的；

自视过高的

e.g.Sheisavainprincessandlooksdownuponanyoneelse.

2.withoutresult;

unsuccessful徒劳的；

无效的；

无结果的（invain）

e.g.Shetriedtocontrolherself,butinvain.

survive 

vi.continuetoliveorexist,especiallyaftercomingclosetodeath幸存；

活下来；

残存

e.g.Ican’tsurviveon$30aweek.

vt.continuetoliveorexistafter比……活得长；

经历……之后还存在

e.g.Somebuildingsandbridgescansurviveanearthquake.

Expressions

morethanjust:

notjust不仅仅

e.g.Survivaldependsonmorethanjustrighttreatment.

instyle:

fashionable时髦；

流行

e.g.Clothesinstyleusuallycostmorethantheyareworth.

outofdate:

notpopular,notusedanymore过时的；

不用的

e.g.Don’tlistentohim—hisideasareoutofdate.

getawayfrom:

escapefrom逃避；

逃离

e.g.Playingtennisallowsmetogetawayfrommyworkenvironment.

in/outoffashion:

popular/unpopular流行/不流行

e.g.Atpresent,TanggarmentsareinfashioninChina.

Peoplelaughedathimbecausehisclotheswereoldandoutoffashion.

andthelike:

andsomethingofthesamekind诸如此类；

等等

e.g.Afurniturestoresellsbeds,tables,chairsandthelike.

payattentionto:

fixthemindonsomething,especiallybywatchingorlistening留心；

注意

e.g.Peoplethoughthewasstupidandneverpaidattentiontohim.

comeandgo:

passordisappearquickly;

change来来去去；

忽隐忽现；

变化无常

e.g.Fashionscomeandgo,butthisstylehasalwaysbeenpopular.

makemoney:

earnorgetmoney挣钱；

赚钱

e.g.HecameallthewaytoChinajusttomakemoney.

V．Detailedstudyofthetext.

1.OurChangingLifestyle:

TrendsandFads（Title）

Meaning:

Ourlifestyleischangingallthetimeandtherearedifferenttrendsandfadsatdifferenttimes.

2.Itismorethanjustclothingandhairstylesthatareinstyleoneyearandoutofdatethenext;

it'

sawholewayofliving.（Para.1）

Notonlyclothingandhairstyles,butalsowholelifestyles,arechangingrapidly:

theycomeintofashiononeyear,andgooutoffashionthenext.Thistendencyhasbecomeawholewayofliving.

3.Almostnothinginmodernlifegetsawayfromtheinfluenceoffashion…（Para.3）

Almosteverythinginmodernlifeisinfluencedbyfashion…

4.…food,music,exercise,books,language,movies,furniture,andevennamesgoinandoutoffashion.（Para.3）

…almostanything,includingfood,music,exercise,books,language,movies,furniture,andevennames,canbepopularatcertaintimesandstopbeingpopularatothertimes.

5.IntheUnitedStates,evenpeoplecanbe"

in"

or"

out"

.（Para.4）

IntheUnitedStates,evenpeoplecanbeinfashionoroutoffashion.

6.Americansenjoyfollowingthelivesoffamouspeople:

actors,sportsheroes,well-knownartists,politicians,andthelike.（Para.4）

Americansenjoylearningaboutthelifestylesoffamouspeople,suchasactors,sportsheroes,well-knownartists,politiciansandsoon,andtrytoleadasimilarlife.

7.In1981,forexample,anunknownelderlywoman"

appeared"

inaTVadvertisementinwhichshelookedataverysmallhamburgerandcomplainedloudly,"

Where'

sthebeef?

"

（Para.4）

In1981,forexample,anunknownelderlywomanwasonTVinanadvertisement.Inthisadvertisement,shelookedataverysmallhamburgerand,feelingdissatisfied,saidloudlyandangrily,"

8.Suddenlysheappearedinmagazinesandnewspapers,andonTVshows.（Para.4）

Suddenlyshebecamesopopularthathernameappearedinmagazinesandnewspapers,andshewasinvitedtotakepartinTVprograms.

9.However,thiskindoffamedoesnotlastlong.（Para.4）

However,thesekindsofpeoplebecomewellknownandarewidelytalkedaboutforonlyashorttime.

10.Whatcausessuchfadstocomeandgo?

（Para.5）

Whydosuchfadschangesoquickly?

11.Althoughclothingdesignersinfluencefadsinfashionbecausetheywanttomakemoney,thisdesireformoneydoesn'

texplainfadsinotherareas,suchaslanguage.（Para.5）

Clothingdesignersstartnewfadsintheareaoffashionbecausetheywanttoearnmoney,butfadsinotherareas,suchasfadsintheareaoflanguage,arenotcausedbypeople'

sdesiretoearnmoney.

12.Forexample,whyhaveteenagersinthepasttwenty-fiveyearsused—atdifferenttimes—thewordsgroovyorawesomeinconversationinsteadofsimplysayingwonderful?

Forexample,whyhavetheyoungpeopleusedthewords"

groovy"

awesome"

atdifferentperiodsoftimeinthepasttwenty-fiveyearswhentalkingtoothersandnotsimplyused"

wonderful"

whichhasthesamemeaning?

13.Accordingtoanexpertinpopularculture,peoplewhofollowfadsarenotfoolishorvain…（Para.5）

Anexpertwhostudiespopularculturesaysthatpeoplefollowfashionableinterestsoractivitiesneitherbecausetheydon'

thavegoodsensenorbecausetheythinktoohighlyofthemselves…

14.…theysimplywanttobepartofsomethingnewandcreative.（Para.5）

…theysimplywanttotakepartinnewandoriginalactivities.

15.FadsarenotlimitedtotheUnitedStates,however.（Para.6）

However,fadsexistnotonlyintheUnitedStates,butalsoinothercountries.

16.Fadsarecommoninanycountrythathasastrongeconomy（e.g.Britain,Japan,andGermany）.（Para.6）

Fadsarecommoninanydevelopedcountry,suchasBritain,Japan,andGermany.

17.…mostAmericansseemtofeelthatsomethingiswrongifthereisn'

tfrequentchangeintheirlives.（Para.6）

…itseemsthatformostAmericans,theirlivesshouldoftenchange;

otherwise,theyfeelthereissomethingwrong.

18.Asocialtrend,however,survivesalongtimeandbecomesatruepartofmodernculture.（Para.7）

Butasocialtrendcontinuestoexistforalongtimeandthenbecomesarealpartofmodernculture.

19.Whoknowswhatchangesinlifestylewillhappennext?

（Para.8）

Itishardtotellwhatchangesinlifestylewillhappennext.

Thisisarhetoricalquestion;

arhetoricalquestionisonlyaquestioninformandactuallyisaverystrongaffirmativeornegativestatement.Itdoesnotrequireananswer.Sotheabovequestionsimplymeans:

"

Nooneknowswhatchangesinlifestylewillhappennext."

GETTINGTHEMESSAGE

Readthequestionsandcompletetheanswersaccordingtothetext.

1.FadsacommonintheUnitedStatesbecauseC.

A.Americansarefoolishandvain

B.therearemanyteenagersthere

C.Americanswanttoseechangesintheirlives

D.Americansareeasilyinfluencedbypeoplefromothercountries

2.ThedifferencebetweenafadandatrendisthatC.

A.afadlastslonger

B.afadismoreimportant

C.atrendlastslonger

D.atrendwillneverchange

3.TheelderlywomanintheTVadvertisementbecamepopular,andthisexampleshowsthatB.

A.Americanslikeoldpeopleaswellasyoungpeople

B.Americanssometimesliketofollowthelivesofordinarypeople

C.Americansenjoyfollowingthelivesoffamouspeople

D.American