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Trade Unions suggest that the government _______ the working shorten share week and people should _____ work. In addition, advertising controlled should be more __________. Above all, we should remember that being and doing are much _____ _____ having more important than _______.
Detailed reading 1). According to the writer, why are bigger and better houses and cars are burden for us? We don’t have time to enjoy them, and instead we spend most of the money we earn to pay for them.
• be oneself (L16-L17) • （人）处于正常状态,显得自然真诚 • better off (L18) • wear rags (L18) • resistance to sth. (L19) • come into being (L25) • It’s high time that … (L28) • apart from… (L31) • on a personal level (L32) • 从个人角度来说 • above all (L33)
2.有时，我们会储蓄一些钱或者将钱兑换成 不同国家的货币，希望能够赚取更多的钱 Sometimes we try to deposit a little or change our money into different countries’ currencies in the hope that we can make even more money. in the hope that+句子… in the hope of sth. 抱有…的希望 • 我希望她在家才给她打的电话。 • I called in the hope of finding her at home.
His family in not very well off.
• be better off 比较有钱, 比较宽裕 • 新法律会使家庭经济宽裕一些。 • Families will be better off under the new law.
• 5.There is a growing resistance to this consumer society. 抵抗(制); 反抗(对); • 停止武装抵抗 • put an end to armed resistance • 反对法律 resistance to the law • 示威群众对警方没怎么抵抗。 • The demonstrators ________________ offered little or no resistance to __________________________________
Fast reading
Q1: What is the main idea of the article?
A.To spend more money.
B. The vicious circle in consumer society.
C.We should take certain issues seriously.
2).What suggestions does the writer give? Which one do you agree or disagree? Advertising should be more controlled; make sure there are better ways for the youth to spend their free time; visit the shops less and worry less about images.
How do you translate these phrases and sentences? 消费循环
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3. Translation
a spending circle • go round and round 不断地循环 抗议团体 • protest groups • trade unions 工会 •
Language points
1.Many of us developed societies are trapped in a spending circle. (L1) be trapped in 被困住,被缠住 他们被困在发生火灾的大楼里了 They were trapped in the burning building. 他陷入了不幸的婚姻中。 He was trapped in an unhappy marriage.
3. As a society, it’s high time that we took these issues more seriously. 作为整个社会来讲,我们早应该认 真考虑这些问题了. 4. Above all, we should remember that “being” and “doing” are much more important than “having”. 最重要的是,我们应该记住“做人” 和“做事”比 “拥有”远远重要
Match the headlines with the paragraphs • The result of a spending circle • It’s time to take the issues more seriously. • What is a spending circle? • A growing resistance to this consumer society.
diverse reactions.
come into being 生存,存在
虚拟语气
• 1）. 当新的法律产生, 旧法律会立即 废除。 • When the new law comes into being, the old one will be abolished immediately. 2）. 我不知道新政策何时开始实行的。 I have no idea when the policy comes into being.
the police
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resist v. 抵抗,反抗;忍得住 抗拒疾病的能力 the power to resist disease 她抵制不了想偷东西的诱惑.
• She can’t resist the temptation to steal. • can’t help/resist doing sth. • 她真忍不住要笑。 • She could hardly resist laughing.
The +比较级，the+比较级
4.当然我们仍旧比那些穿这破衣烂
衫，睡在街道上或者空置的大楼里 的人的生活要好的多。
Surely we are still better off than
those who wear rags and sleep on the
streets or in vacant building… well-off 情况良好，尤指富裕。
global trade, stress and lack of global trade time, crime and violence, work violence sharing, a shortened working week, advertising, free time, drugs drugs
1. Protest groups are insisting that some of our money be given to the third world. 这些抵制组织坚持要我们的一部 分钱分给第三世界国家. 2. Trade unions demand that the government shorten the working week. 行业工会要求政府削减工作周.
2. Detail reading
1). According to the writer, why are
bigger and better houses and cars
are burden for us?
2.What suggestions does the writer give? Which one do you agree or disagree?
Summary--Read the text again and complete the passage: Many people aretrapped in a spending _______ circle. They work hard so that they can earn _____ money. When they have more more money, they spend _____. They have to more less even harder work ____ ______. Then they have ____ stress free time and increased _____.
我再问了她一次，以希望他会同意。 I asked him again in the hope
that he would agree. 3. The more money we earn, the less often we see it. (L6) The more we earn the more tax we have to pay… (L9)
6. 如果像这样的法律能够形成的话，社 会将需要做巨大的调整，而人们的反应也 一定会各有不同。（L25）
If laws such as these came into being, a
huge adjustment would certainly be
required and there would certainly be
Speaking Which of the writer’s views do you
agree and disagree with? Give
your reasons.
Homework
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Lesson 1 Consumer Society Language Points
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be trapped in (L1) in the hope that+句子 (L5) change…into… (L5-L6) the more…the less… (L6) go round and round (L10) on the one hand…on the other hand…(L10-11) • hand over (L15)
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Before you start
1. Look at the photos and the title of the article.Which three of the these things do you think will not be mentioned in the article?
Lesson 1 Consumer Society
How do you spend your pocket money?
Are you persuaded to buy more things because of attractive advertisements?
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