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School of Foreign Languages 大学英语教学部,孙美娟 李东东,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,New Horizon College English,Section A Time-Conscious Americans Unit 1 Book2,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Business of the Day,Review,Text Analysis,Pre-reading Activities,Objectives,Post-Reading Activities,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Objectives （目标）: After learning the passage, students will be able to: understand cultural differences; understand main ideas and structure of the text; master key words; understand a writing skill: a general statement supported by specific details.,Key Point &Difficult Point:,Understand a writing skill: a general statement supported by specific details （写作技巧）.,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,HaiBao,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Cultural Differences(文化差异）,Duration: May 1 to Oct 31,2010,Expected visitors:70 million,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Festival,Cultural differences,Food,Cultural Differences,Time,Other aspects,Religion,Food,Dumplings,Pizza,hotdog,hamburger,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Festival,Valentines Day,Spring Festival,Mid-Autumn Festival,Christmas,Religion,Buddhism（佛教）,Christianity（基督教）,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Time,Attitudes towards time,Brainstorming,Time,early late fast important hardworking punctual promising,Life Work Hope Success Money Future,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Proverbs and expressions,Time flies. /Time has wings.光阴似箭，日月如梭。 Time and Tide wait for no man.岁月不待人。 “Do you love life？ Then do not waste time， for that is the stuff life is made of.“- Benjamin Franklin 你爱生命吗？如果爱就不要浪费时间，因为生命即是由时间组成的。 Live on borrowed time,to exist only because of good fortune; to live on when death was expected.,幸免于难; 将不久于世,The miners rescued in Wangjialing coal mine are living on borrowed time.,王家岭煤矿中获救的矿工幸免于难/逃过一劫。,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Time-conscious Americans,Whats Americans attitude towards time?,conscious,time-conscious,clothes-conscious safety-conscious,Time-conscious Americans,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Text Analysis,Main ideas and text structure,Writing skill,Detailed analysis of the text,New words and expressions,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Text Analysis,Part Three ：(para8) Saving time is regarded as a sign of,Part One：(Para12) Americans attitude towards time.,Part Two：(Para3,4,5,6,7) How do Americans save time?,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Words and Phrases,PHRASES,WORDS,1.device 2. elbow 3. acute 4. assess 5. competent,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,1. device,1. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices(line 31),Device: machine or tool for a special purpose, e.g. electric device, labor-saving device (节省劳力的设备或装置）,washing machine,Vacuum cleaner,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Labor-saving devices,dishwasher,electric potato peeler,juicer,microwave oven,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,2. elbow,2. City people always appear to be elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping.(line13),n. The joint where the arms bends.,v. Push sb. with elbows,e.g. The basketball player elbowed his way through the opponents.,那个篮球运动员,e.g. When I was ordering food in No.1 Dinning Hall,当我在一餐厅买饭的时候，后面的那个女孩用肘把我挤到一边。,the girl behind elbowed me out of the way.,从对手中挤出来。,3. acute,3. Many people have a rather acute sense of the shortness of each lifetime. (line8),+ e,a,+ cut,1) something,:sharp,2) somebody:,acute disease/illness 急性疾病,acute angle锐角,3) An acute shortage of sth. (water, money, food),In the southwest of China,目前在中国西南地区严重缺水。,a+sleep a+wake a+ware a+live,asleep awake aware alive,there is an acute shortage of water.,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Text Analysis,Part Three ：(para8) Saving time is regarded as a sign of,Part One：(Para12) Americans attitude towards time.,Part Two：(Para3,4,5,6,7) How do Americans save time?,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,（Para 1.) Americans believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, you are falling behind. (line1),They save time carefully. (line 3),2. Once the sands have run out of a persons hourglass, they cannot be replaced. (line8),It is a precious resource. (line6) Its like something of real value, like water, money or gold.,Part1: Americans attitude towards time.,Part One：(Para12) Americans and time carefully. Time is regarded as .,save,a precious resource,value,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Main Ideas,Part 1. Americans attitude towards time: They value and save time carefully and time is regarded as a precious source. (Para. 1-2) Part 2. How do Americans save time? (Paras. 3-7),Part3 (Para.8),2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,How do Americans save time? (Part 2 ),Para3: Everyone is in a rushoften under pressure.(line11) always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others racing through daytime meals working time is considered precious,specific Details,General statement,1. They save time in .,their daily life,Specific details,general statement,General statement It refers to an introduction of the writers general opinion about the issue in question.,Specific details This part, as the main body of writing, serves to make the statement above more convincing.,New Horizon College English,Specific details,Specific details,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,3. They may miss leisurely business chats in a restaurant or coffee house.,(Para4) 1. Many new arrivals to the States will miss the opening exchanges of a business call, for example.,2.They will miss the ritual interaction that goes with a welcoming cup of tea or coffee that may be a convention in their own country.,specific Details,S,S,S,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,4. Normally, Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk;,5. they do not take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course while they develop a sense of trust.,2. They save time in .(Para.4),General statement,7. They assess their partners professionally rather than socially.,S,S,G,G,specific Details,6. Americans start talking business quickly.,conclusion,doing business,Location of a general statement, , , , . . ,Beginning,Middle,End,Beginning & End,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,In China, what do people do when they conduct business?,Assignment: write a paragraph about Chinese peoples way of doing business. Try to write it with a general statement supported by specific details and reasons.,Cultural Differences,clues: drink, meals, establish or strengthen the relationship,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,You invite him to drink some tea or coffee-only a ritual interaction. You invite him to a restaurant or coffee house to have leisurely business chats.,Americans do not assess their visitors in such relaxed surroundings over extended small talk,Assess and probe professionally rather than socially.,Comparison& Contrast,How do people of some other countries do business?,How do Americans do business?,Whats the difference?,If you pay a business call on sb, you usually begin with an opening exchanges.,much less do they take them out for dinner, or around on the golf course.,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,(Para5)Consequently, we work hard at the task of saving time. We produce a steady flow of labor-saving devices; we communicate rapidly through faxes, phone calls or emails rather than through personal contacts, which though pleasant, take longer - especially given our traffic-filled streets ,Printer :打印机,Copier:复印机,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Key words in paragraph 6 and paragraph 7,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,(para6)In America, too, a final agreement will normally be signed in person. However, people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting “ teleconferences ” to settle problems not only in this country but also - by satellite - internationally.,Para 6:teleconference,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Almost everyone uses the telephone to conduct business, to chat with friends, to make or break social appointments, to say “Thank you,” to shop to obtain all kinds of information.,Para7: telephone,(Para7) The U. S. is definitely a telephone country.,3. They produce a flow of to save time . (Para.4),labor-saving devices,specific details,General statement,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Main Ideas,Part 1. Americans attitude towards time: They value and save time carefully and time is regarded as a precious source. (Para. 1-2) Part 2. How do Americans save time? (Paras. 3-7),Part3 (Para.8),2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,(Para8)In the U. S., however, it is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem, or fulfill a job successfully, with speed .,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Main Ideas,Part 1. Americans attitude towards time: They value and save time carefully and time is regarded as a precious source. (Para. 1-2) Part 2. How do Americans save time? (Para. 3-7),Part3 Saving time in work or life is regarded as (Para.8),a sign of skillfulness or being competent.,Whats the result of being late?,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Review,1. Main ideas and writing skill,2. Culture notes,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Main Ideas,Americans value and save time carefully. Time is regarded as a precious resource. Americans try every means to save time. They save time in their daily life and business. They produce a flow of labor-saving devices to save time. Saving time is regarded as a sign of skillfulness or being competent.,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,writing skill,General statement,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Post-reading activities,The time-consciousness Change of Chinese People,Oral Report,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,writing skill,How do people of some other countries do business?,How do Americans do business?,Whats the difference?,Comparison& Contrast,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Culture Notes,Cultural Differences Cultural Shock(文化冲击）,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Recommendations,撞车 Crash,通天塔 Babel,2010.04,SIAS UNIVERSITY,Culture notes,In the