大学英语教材2三单元sectionA课件

Section A Journey through the odyssey years
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To talk about odyssey years To further understand the text To apply the phrases and patterns To master the essay writing skill
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Why does everything during this stage remain temporary? (Para. 8)
Tips Because new guidelines for this new phase haven’t been established yet.
Section A
J o u r n ey t h ro u g h t h e o d ys s e y ye a r s
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Warming-up activities Text study Language application Summary
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3. What is special feature of Generation Z?
It is also known as the Net or the Internet Generation. In the US and other Western nations, it is a common name for the people born from the mid-1990s or early 2000s through to the present. This generation has spent their entire life with the World Wide Web and high-tech gadgets.
1. What is the key insight in The Odyssey, a long poem by the Greek author Homer?
The essentials of the journey are not only outward struggles against tremendous difficulties, but, more importantly, inward struggles leading to personal growth. His journey is the one of selfdiscovery and of combating his own arrogance and pride from his young rebellious heart. It makes sense to borrow The Odyssey from Greek mythology to describe the rebellious years young people usually go through.
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Based on the reading, what are the so-called “odyssey years”? (Para.4)
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They are recognized as a new life stage that comes after high school graduation, continues through college and leads to starting a family and having a career.
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What are some of the characteristics of this phase? (Para. 10)
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Characteristics of the phase include delaying marriage and spending more years independently before settling down with a career and family.
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Part I — (Para. 1)
Explains how the traditional way
labeled previous life stages: childhood, adolescence, adulthood ____________________________ and old ages.
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How did parents feel toward their grown children whose lives are moving away from their expectations.(Para. 7)
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What did young people used to do after college? (Para.3)
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They would find a job leading to a career and then start a family.
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Part III — (Paras. 3-5) Introduces a new life stage, the odyssey years, using comparison and contrast.
Specifically, Paragraph 3 describes what young people used to do after college. ___________________________________
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Part II — (Para. 2)
This transitional paragraph claims that the way of viewing different life stages _______________________________ is changing.
What difficulties do you have to confront in your age groups? (Para.1)
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• To study hard and obtain my bachelor degree; • To build on our interests;
• To improve our fitness level.
Cultural background
2. What does “Generation Jones” mean?
A term used to describe the generation born right after World War II in 1945 through 1965. It’s usually identified with “baby boomers”. Key characteristics assigned to these members are less optimism, distrust of government, and general cynicism.
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How is young people’s assumption of adulthood in the past different from that at present? (Para.5)
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Previously, young people would move away from home, become financially independent, find the right spouse and start a family; whereas young people today are different because they delay marriage, child bearing, and even employment.
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J o u r n ey t h ro u g h t h e o d ys s e y ye a r s
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Unit 3 Section A
Journey through the odyssey years
FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY
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Discovery of a new life stage
young people’s Paragraph 4 presents ________________ assumption of adulthood people today ___________________________________. the image of Paragraph 5 compares ________________ young people today in the past and present. ________________
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How do some young people in their odyssey years react to their parents? (Para. 6)
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They often resent the pressure they’re feeling and keep a distance from their parents or even run away from home. Many also resort to computer games, iPods, iPhones, or iPads.
Tips The parents feel more anxious. They get upset to see their grown children’s lives are moving away from their own expectations and they don’t even detect a clear direction in their children’s lives.
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Part IV — (Paras. 6-10)
This part exclusively deals with the
characteristics of the odyssey years such as young people’s rebellious reaction parents’ feelings ________________, toward the growing children, no new