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Questions for video-clip
1. Where and when did the Industrial Revolution begin? 2. What are the three factors preparing Britain for the change? 3. What happened after the spinning mule was turned into a time-and-labor saving device? 4. Following the textile industry, what demand did manufacturing create?
Keys to T&F
• 1. T • 2. F Americans’ pursuit of entertainment turned media and leisure into multibillion-dollar industries even though they seemed to work extraordinarily hard. • 3. T • 4. F Similar data revealing this phenomenon have been found in most developed countries.
Unit 2
Technology and Happiness
James Surowiecki
Teaching Purpose
• Enable students to have an insightful understanding of the relationship between technology and happiness. • Enable students to appreciate the passage by applying some reading skills. • Practice English writing and oral English. • Familiarize students with some CET-4 vocabulary. • Cultivate Students’ critical thinking: to see things from two sides.
Part Division
Technology and Happiness
Para.1-2
Para.3-5
Para.6-9
Para.10
Para.11
Global Comprehension
Parts
1
Para(s).
Main Ideas
The author’s viewpoint on the relationship between technology and happiness
3~5
3
6~9 (why)
The negative effects of technology have been focused on _____________________. human relationship The most important impact of technology on people’s sense of well-being is ______________________. in the field of health care
Questions for video-clip
5. How did work and economy change in Britain? 6. List the inventions mentioned during the Industrial Revolution. Eli Whitney’s _______, 1763; Charles Babbage’s_____________, 1834; the first_________; _______; and _________.
Contents
Pre-reading Global Reading Detailed Reading ading
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2
3 4
Teaching steps
Step I Warming-up activities 1. Brainstorming 2. Reading Practice 3. Video-watching 4. About the author Step II Text study 1. Part Division 2. True or False 3. Detailed Study (Questions, Blank Filling, Difficult Sentences ) 4. Language Points Step III Further Development 1. Proverbs and Quotations 2. Group Discussion: A Technological Invention Step IV Assignment 1. Translation Exercise 2. Reciting 3. Writing
Answers to the questions
1. Britain; In 18th century 2. Domestic peace, economic health and the availability of critical iron and coal resources in Britain. 3. Textile and loom factories essentially replaced home spinning and weaving. 4. There was unprecedented demand for new machines, mechanical components, processed materials and skilled labor.
1~2 (intro)
2
Technology and happiness are not necessarily closely correlated because (Why) people adapt to technological progress too quickly _____________________________________
Answers to the questions
5. Work became increasingly specialized, mechanized and urbanized. An agriculturebased economy evolved into an industrial one. 6. Eli Whitney’s cotton gins 轧棉机, 1763; Charles Babbage’s mechanical computer, 1834; the first steam carriage; steam ship; and steam locomotive.
True or False (Paras 1-2)
• 1. In the second half of last century, gross domestic product per capita increased by 200 percent in US. ( ) • 2. Media and leisure were turned into multibilliondollar industries for the American spent less time on work and more time on entertainment. ( ) • 3. Material and technological advances haven’t 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 1970s. ( )
Reading Practice
• Read Text B &Finish the comprehension task on P46
Video-clip
• This clip is a brief introduction to the Industrial Revolution. Watch the video and try to answer the following questions.
James Surowiecki
In 2004, he published The Wisdom of Crowds, in which he argued that a diverse, independent and decentralized分散的 group of people, under the right conditions, makes the smartest choices.
4
10 (why)
Global Comprehension
Parts Para(s). Main Ideas
The author’s conclusion about the relationship between technology and happiness.
5
11 (Conclusion)
Great Happiness …?
Listen and respond P30
Technology: Bad?
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