新视界大学英语综合教程3 unit5.ppt

Talking point
Warming up
Skimming
Digging
Critical thinking
Language in use
Unfamiliar words
Interpreting
Warming up
➊ Do the questionnaire.
Warming up
Warming up
➋ Work in groups of three or four and discuss the questions.
1 Who is the most social?
2 What is your idea of a social animal?
3 What is the most antisocial thing you ever did?
Warming up
➊ Look at the title of the passage and choose the meaning of a lonely person which is closest to your own idea.
(a) someone who has no friends
(b) someone who has no time for other people
(c) someone who finds it difficult to relate to other people
(d) someone who doesn’t like spending time in other people’pany
(e) someone who prefers new technology to real people
Warming up
Watch the video clip and discuss the question.
Skimming
◇Browse the passage within 8 minutes to get a rough idea about it.
◇Answer the questions of Activity 2 and 3 on page 99.
Task
Skimming
➋ Check (✓) the claims that the writer makes about Americans today.
The claims the writer makes about Americans today are: 1, 5, 6 and 8.
Skimming
➌ Answer the questions.
1 How have the relationships that Americans have with their neighbours changed in recent years?
People used to feel they had to be actively nice to their neighbours and see them regularly, but now they try hard not to disturb their eighbours or take up their time.
2 In what way are Americans “pulled” as well as “pushed” to being isolated?
Americans are pulled (attracted) towards isolation by an image of themselves as self-reliant people able to stand on their own two feet, and pushed (forced) to it by lack of time to socialize.