unitlessonconsumersocietyPPT课件

1、Do you know this ?第1页/共20页What are most people working hard for?第2页/共20页In the consumer society, people are working hard to earn more money. When we earn more, we spend more. Because we spend more, we work even harder.第3页/共20页There is a growing tendency for us to be treated as consumers rather than

2、people. We are at the risks of becoming enslaved（奴役） to the “vicious circle”（恶性循环） of consumerism (消费主义消费主义 ).第4页/共20页Lesson1 Spend, Spend, Spend第5页/共20页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?globe trade, str

3、ess and lack of time,crime and violence, a shortened working week, work sharing, advertising, free time, drugsFast-readingTask I第6页/共20页1. Read the article and check your guesses.Answers: global trade, crime and violence, drugs第7页/共20页Match the paragraphs with the main ideasTask II paragraph 1 parag

4、raph 2 paragraph 3 paragraph 4 Its time to take the issues more seriously What is a spending circle A growing resistance to this consumer society The result of a spending circle第8页/共20页Careful-reading Read the first two paragraphs and answer the questions .1. Whats the spending circle that people ar

5、e trapped in like ?2. Whats the result then ?第9页/共20页Work harderEarn moreSpend more 1. Whats the spending circle that people are trapped in like ?第10页/共20页2. Whats the result then ? No increased happiness , but stress and less free time to be ourselves and enjoy being with our friends and families .

6、第11页/共20页 Read paragraphs 3-4 and answer the questions1What do the protest groups insist? ASome of our money should be given to the children. BSome of our money should be given to the students. CSome of our money should be given to the third world. DSome of our money should be given to the consumers

7、.2Which is right according to the last paragraph? ATo visit the shops more and more often. BTo support the people to spend more money. CTo encourage people to earn less money. DTo control advertisements, especially the ones aimed at children.第12页/共20页Post-reading: Sharing Lets share some views of th

8、e writer in the text.1. Many people in developed societies are trapped in a spending circle, which goes round and round and gets more and more complicated.2. In the spending circle, bigger and better houses and cars feel like a burden . 3. In the spending circle, people dont feel increased happiness

9、, but stress and less free time to be themselves and enjoy being with their friends and families.第13页/共20页4. People are still better off than those who wear rags and sleep on the streets or in vacant buildings.5. There is a growing resistance to this consumer society. 6. As a society, its high time

10、that we took these issues more seriously.7. People should insist that advertising is more controlled, especially advertising aimed at children.8. People should make sure that there are better ways for young people to use their free time apart from spending money.9. On a personal level, people ought

11、to visit the shops less and worry less about image.10. Above all, people should remember that “being” and “doing” are much more important than “having”. 第14页/共20页Voice your opinion Have a free talk about “Money is not the same as happiness.”第15页/共20页第16页/共20页SummaryTry to summarize the passage in 30-40 words.Suggested answer: According to the writer , many people today are trapped in a strange spending circle . And therefore they are not happy but suffer from more stress and have less free time to enjoy life . So its strongly suggested there should be some c