全新版大学英语综合教程3第一单元课件

1、,Unit One Changes in the Way We Live,1,Text A Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life,2,Pre-reading Activities,3,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,Brain Storming,City Life vs. Country Life Which life is better, in yours opinion, living in the countryside or living in the city? Why?,4,Unit 1: Changes in t

2、he way we live,Brain Storming,City Life vs. Country Life The glamour of cities: Beijing London New York Paris Rome,New CCTV Building,The Ferris Wheel (The London Eye),The Brooklyn Bridge/ The Statue of Liberty,Eiffel Tower/ Arc de Triomphe,Colosseum (罗马古竞技场）,5,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,Brai

3、n Storming,City Life vs. Country Life The glamour of rural life: Pastoral scenes Wildness Agriculture Urbanization De-Mechanization,6,Group Work,Brain Storming,Try to figure out advantages and disadvantages of city life and country life respectively.,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,7,Brain Stormi

4、ng,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,City Life,Advantages: Better education Better health care Higher living standard Stunning entertainment Convenient transportation More working opportunities,Disadvantages Noise Air pollution Heavy traffic Overpopulation High crime rate/ divorce rate Fierce compe

5、tition and stress Indifference in interpersonal relationship,8,Brain Storming,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,Rural Life,Advantages: Fresh air Peaceful life Healthy food less pressure Self-sufficiency More leisure time Closer personal relationship,Disadvantages Low income Underdeveloped Remote &

6、backward Hard manual labor Inconvenience in life Not well-informed of the outside world,9,Are you content with your current life? Is there anything you want to change? Whats your attitude towards changes in your life? Do you welcome them, hate them, or dread them?,Pre-reading Tasks,Unit 1: Changes i

7、n the way we live,Discussion Changes,10,American Attitudes in Changes Americans might be a nation most used to changes who believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, youre falling behind. Traditions can be a guide, but not necessarily superior. Better and better ways can be found. Lif

8、e is in constant change. Its neither the strongest nor the most intelligent of a species that will survive, it is those who are most adaptable to changes. This pursuit of perfection leads to Americans positive attitude towards change and results in a nation of people committed to researching, experi

9、menting, and exploring.,Pre-reading Tasks,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,Reading,11,Chinese I Ching The I Ching (Wade-Giles) or “Y Jng” (pinyin), also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts. 易一名而含三義：易簡一也；變易二也；不易三也。,Pre-readi

10、ng Tasks,Unit 1: Changes in the way we live,Reading,12,易 (y) used as an adjective, means “easy” or “simple”, whilst as a verb it indicates “change” or “the exchange or substitution of one thing for another”. 經 (jng) here means “classic” (i.e. text). The I Ching is a “reflection of the universe in mi

11、niature”. The word “I” has three meanings: ease and simplicity, change and transformation, and invariability. Thus the three principles underlying the I Ching are the following: Simplicity the root of the substance. The fundamental law underlying everything in the universe is utterly plain and simpl

12、e, no matter how abstruse or complex some things may appear to be. Variability the use of the substance. Everything in the universe is continually changing. By comprehending this one may realize the importance of flexibility in life and may thus cultivate the proper attitude for dealing with a multi

13、plicity of diverse situations. Persistency the essence of the substance. While everything in the universe seems to be changing, among the changing tides there is a persistent principle, a central rule, which does not vary with space and time.,Pre-reading Tasks,Reading,易簡一也；變易二也；不易三也,13,Change by Bar

14、ack Hussein Obama Jr.,Change Has Come To America If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.,14,Change

15、 by Barack Hussein Obama Jr.,Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voic

16、es could be that difference. Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America. Its the answer that led those whove been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about wh