Unit-6-The-pace-of-life公开课一等奖省优质课大赛获奖课件

Unit6ThePaceofLifeTextA:OldFatherTimeBecomesaTerrorFatherTimeisusuallydepictedasanelderlybeardedman,dressedinarobe,carryingascytheandanhourglassorothertimekeepingdeviceInvariousNewYear'sEvecustoms,FatherTime'simageisusedasthepersonificationofthepreviousyear(theOldYear),who"handsover"thedutiesoftimetotheBabyNewYear(theNewYear).Chronos(chron=time)在希腊神话中，依据苏格拉底之前哲学作品，柯罗诺斯听说是时间人格化。在当代希腊，他名字也有“年”意思，也能够拼成Chronus（拉丁语拼法）在希腊罗马马赛克艺术作品中，他被描述成一个转动黄道带人，名字是“伊恩”（Aeon，意为“永恒”）。而在近代艺术作品中，柯罗诺斯通常被描述为一位拥有修长灰色胡须,常以手执镰刀老人英明老人，是时间之父。现在一些英文单词词根就是起源于Khronos和chronos，这些词包含chronology,chronometer,chronic,anachronism,andchronicle.Theauthorpinsdownthecrux(症结)oftheproblemandputsforwardaremedyforthestresswefeel.24~284Theperceptionoftime-faminehastriggeredavarietyofreactions.19~233Noteveryoneistime-stressed,andinthecaseofAmericanstheyhaveactuallygainedmorefreetimeinthepastdecade.12~182Theauthorgivesthreereasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.1~111MainIdeasPara(s)PartsScanningScanpartoneandfindoutthreereasonswhywefeelsotime-pressedtoday.Andmakeanoteofthetransitionaldevicesusedthere.Technology1.2.3.Informationexplosion________________________________________________RisingprosperityTransitionaldevices:…apart,…asecondreason…(Para.7)____________________________________________________________________Thereisanotherreason…(Para.11)1.2.Themotorcarbringsmoretrafficproblemsthanitpromisestosolve.Theaircraftcreatesahighdemandfortime-consumingjourneysthatweneverdreamedof.1.______________________________________________________________________________________________Thewashingmachine,contrarytoourexpectations,multipliesthehoursspentonwashingandironing.______________________________________________________________________________________________BlankFillingTechnologyproducesthenewburdenofdealingwithfaxes,e-mailsandvoicemails.______________________________________________________________________________________________TechnologyeatsfurtherintoourtimebyforcingustohandlesoftwareglitchesoncomputersandfillingourheadswithuselessinformationfromtheInternet._________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.6.Insteadofmakingourliveseasier,technologygoessofarastocramextraworkintoourleisuretime.______________________________________________________________________________________________TrueorFalse1.Itisconvenienttosaywearealllackingintime.FItistoogeneraltosaywearealllackingintime.(

)2.About50percentofpeoplewilltellyoutheyneverhaveenoughtimetogetthingsdone.FAbout50percentofunemployedorretiredpeoplewilltellyoutheyneverhaveenoughtimetogetthingsdone.(

)TrueorFalse3.IntheU.K.,workinghourshaverisenonlyslightlyinthelast10years.T(

)4.Thegainsoffreetimewereunevenlydistributedonlybecausedifferentgroupsofpeoplegaineddifferentamountoffreetime.FThereisalsoagenderissuehere.(

)Table-completionReaction1Reaction2Reaction3Anattempttogainthelargestpossibleamountofsatisfactionfromthesmallestpossibleinvestmentoftime.Tryingtobuytime.Thegrowthofthework-lifedebate.Table-completionTroubleTransitionalDevicesLiberatingtimeisuselessifthehoursgainedareimmediatelydivertedtootherpurposes.Oneis…(Para.19)…also…(Para.21)Athirdreaction…(Para.22)1.Whatisthecruxoftheproblemtheauthorpointsout?Theauthorpointsoutthetimestresswefeelarisesnotfromashortageoftime,butfromthetoomanythingswetrytodo.2.Whatisremedyforthestressaccordingtotheauthor’sopinion?Apossibleremedyisthatweshouldunderstandtheproblemandrealizethatitisnotmoretimeweneed,itisfewerdesires.QuestionsandAnswersUsefulExpressions1.吞噬2.困于交通堵塞3.越洋购物旅行4.在大多数情况下5.使…摆脱eatintostuckintrafficjamsthetransatlanticshoppingexpeditioninmostcasesfreesb.from6.个人穿着打扮7.处理软件故障8.除去技术发展9.信息爆炸personalgroomingfixsoftwareglitchestechnologyaparttheinformationexplosion10.感到时间紧迫feeltime-pressed11.从世界各个角落fromeverycorneroftheworld12.

在整个世界学术界inthewholeworldofscholarship13.

在…推进下drivenonby14.

无休止选择endlesschoice15.适合用于applyto16.

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forecastinggroup17.

分配不均匀beunevenlydistributed18.抚养儿女nurtureoffspring19.

做有酬劳工作takepayingjobs20.家务杂活householdchores21.越做越大市场agrowthmarket22.家政服务conciergeservices23.更充分利用makebetteruseof24.工业革命industrialrevolution25.注定bedoomedtoTheGold-ThreadedRobeCovetnotagold-threadedrobe，Cherishonlyyouryoungdays！Ifabudopen，gatherit——Lestyoubutwaitforanemptybough.乐府Folk-song-styled-verse金缕衣

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劝君莫惜金缕衣，劝君惜取少年时。花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。ScanningScanthetext,circleallphrasescontainingahyphen,andthenexplaintheirmeaningsandhowtheyareformed.ever-increasingquantitiesoftime(Para.1)horse-drawncarriage(Para.3)time-consumingjourneys(Para.4)thelaptop-on-the-beachsyndrome(Para.6)feeltime-pressed(Para.7)ever-largerquantitiesofgoodsandservices(Para.11)betime-starved(Para.12)theLondon-basedHenleyCenter(P