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Unit6

Unit6ThePaceofLife

Ⅰ.SuggestedTeachingPlan

Objectives

Studentswillbeableto:

1.graspthemainideaandstructureofthetext;

2.learntodistinguishsupportingfactsfromopinions,andtousebothintheirownwritings;

3.masterthekeylanguagepointsandgrammaticalstructures;

4.conductaseriesofreading,listening,speakingandwritingactivitiesrelatedtothethemeoftheunit.

TimeAllotment

1stperiod

2ndperiod

3rdperiod

4thperiod

5thperiod

Pre-reading;

While-reading

（structure,PartI）

While-reading

（PartI,PartII）

While-reading

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