新世纪大学英语综合教程4老师课件Unit2.PPTPPT格式课件下载.ppt

1、Unit 2 Man and Technology,Text A Technology and Happiness,Contents,Topic Preview,Video Clip,Topic Preview,Please look at the pictures and answer the following questions.,Picture 1,Picture 2,Picture 3,Picture 4,Picture 5,1.What association do the previous pictures bring to you?#Advanced science and t

2、echnology:#Picture 1-information technologyPicture 2-Birds Nest of Beijing Olympic GamesPicture 3-Shenzhou 7:#Manned SpaceshipPicture 4-sharkskin like swimsuitPicture 5-the gigantic bridge spanning Hangzhou Bay,Company Logo,Watch the video clip and answer the following question.,What changes could t

3、ake place in our future life with the advancement of technology?#,Video Clip,Q:#What changes could take place in our future life with the advancement of technology?#,Health be improved.Production be increased.Human labor be decreased.Peoples mental horizon be broadened.,Do you think technology makes

4、 your life easier?#Could you give some examples?#Is the advancement of technology always a good thing?#,Yes:#convenient telecommunication and transportation,comfortable household appliances,working environment without the limitation of time and space,and so on.,What negative aspects do you think sho

5、uld be avoided when we develop science and technology?#Environmental pollution,misuse or overuse of the human resources,wars,moral problems,and so on.,True or False,Structure Analysis,Questions and Answers,Blank Filling,Further Understanding,Structure Analysis,Part 1（Para.1-2）Material and technologi

6、cal advances do not really bring happiness to people in the developed countries.Though Americans now are wealthier than they were in the middle of the last century,they are not happier than they used to be.Part 2（Para.3-5）Technology and happiness are not necessarily closely correlated because people

7、 adapt to technological progress too quickly.,Part 3（Para.6-9）The current comments on technology have mostly centered on the bad effects of technology on human relationships rather than particular,harmful technologies.Part 4（Para.10）The most important impact of technology on peoples sense of well-be

8、ing is in the field of health care.Part 5（Para.11）People in general claim that on a deeper level,technology cannot bring happiness to them,which is just contradictory to the fact that it has greatly improved peoples health and life expectancy.,1.In the second half of last century,gross domestic prod

9、uct per capita increased by 200 percent in US.2.Media and leisure were turned into multibillion-dollar industries for the American spent less time on work and more time on entertainment.3.Material and technological advances havent made Americans happier than before.4.This is a unique phenomenon in U

10、S that with the increase of their income the percentage of people who feel happy has fallen slightly since the early 1970s.,True or False,Read the first part of the text and make your judgement about whether the following sentences are true or false according to paras.1-2.,1.In the second half of la

11、st century,gross domestic product per capita increased by 200 percent in US.2.Media and leisure were turned into multibillion-dollar industries for the American spent less time on work and more time on entertainment.Americans pursuit of entertainment turned media and leisure into multibillion-dollar

12、 industries even though they seemed to work extraordinarily hard.3.Material and technological advances havent made Americans happier than before.4.This is a unique phenomenon in US that with the increase of their income the percentage of people who feel happy has fallen slightly since the early 1970

13、s.Similar data revealing this phenomenon have been found in most developed countries.,T,T,F,F,In what sense is Richard Easterlins paper a truly groundbreaking work?#,2.What is the relationship between money and happiness according to Richard Easterlin?#,Questions and answers,Read the second part of

14、the text and try to answer the following questions.,3.How usually does a lottery winners sense of well-being change?#,Why do people tend to take technological innovations for granted?#,In what sense is Richard Easterlins paper a truly groundbreaking work?#,The topic his paper is concerning has seldo

15、m been examined by other economists and social scientists.,2.What is the relationship between money and happiness according to Richard Easterlin?#,At least after a certain point,money cant buy happiness.,Questions and answers,Read the second part of the text and try to answer the following questions

16、.,Why do people tend to take technological innovations for granted?#,Technology develops very fast,any miraculous innovation will soon become common or frustrating when it doesnt work well,and its hard for people to remember what things were like before without the technological innovation.,Questions and Answers,3.How usually does a lottery winners sense of well-being change?#,Usually he is very happy,but soon the excitement will disappear,and his sense of well-being will become the same as before.,Specific bad te