大学英语第二册课件：Unit 3 Active reading_2

1、ResourcesDeveloping the skills of reasoning and argument;Understanding the authors flow of thinking in building up his points.Appreciating the creation of tone through repetition, association and other stylistic devices. Picture descriptionPersonal information Chasing Escaping Personal data Video wa

2、tchingPicture descriptionChasing Look at the pictures and discuss the questions in groups. MorePicture descriptionpaparazziMoreWho are they? What are they doing?clickPicture description Photographers taking pictures. called paparazzi who follow famous people in order to take pictures to sell to news

3、paper or magazine. how much the pictures worth is depended on how negatively they portray the famous peoplePicture descriptionEscapingMoreHow do people respond to paparazzi? Are they happy with it? MoreWhy does she raise hand, wear glasses and look down?What happens to the car?Fatal accident? Why?cl

4、ick Princess Diana; avoid having pictures taken; chased by many journalists; escaping from paparazzi; car accident in Paris in 1998; Expressions you need What are the people doing? Why are they raising their hands? Why do they all wear dark glasses?Moreclick avoid having pictures taken; protect thei

5、r privacy; wear dark glasses to cover faces; raise hands to refuse; many journalists chase; escaping from paparazzi; car accident in ParisExpressions you needDo you have a bank card? What is it?Do you do this?Do you have your personal data in the bank? Is it safe? While you withdrawing money from AT

6、M doing this, what thing do you want to avoid most? Moreclickkey in his (PIN) number (密码) at a ATM (automated teller machine) withdraw money (取钱) deposit money (存钱), overdraw (透支) fill in a form ID card (身份证) credit card debit card (借记卡)Expressions you need Personal data refers to recorded informati

7、on of an individual including his or her name, address, email address, phone number, ethnicity (种族), nationality, origin (原籍), color, religious or political beliefs or associations (团体), age, sex , marital status (婚姻状况), family status, identifying number, finger prints, blood type, health care histo

8、ry including information on physical/mental disability, educational, financial, criminal, employment history.Personal dataPair work. Read the passage and tell your partner how many items are included in personal data.MoreWhat types of personal data are needed in the form? MoreclickA Register Form of

9、 a Freshmen新生入学登记表姓姓 名名性性 别别民民 族族籍籍 贯贯出生日期出生日期政治面貌政治面貌身份证号身份证号毕业学校毕业学校联系方式联系方式通讯地址通讯地址电话联系电话联系手手 机机MoreIs there any more personal data required in your universitys register form? Can you translate it into English?clickExpressions you needID card number, sex, date and place of birth, telephone number

10、, education, address, group membership, marriage status, hometown Video Watching Watch the video and complete the sentences with best answers:1. According to the speaker, your personal information is your _. A. dress B. money C. house2. The speaker suggests that if your identity if stolen you should

11、 _. A. forget it B. do something to defend yourself C. tell everyone about your storyBMoreS ScriptcriptBVideo watching3. We should create a culture of security for _. A. personal information B. information technology C. our countryAScripts of personal informationFormer Chairman Deborah Platt Majors:

12、 Lets treat our personal information as we would our cash. Lets safeguard it, whether were at home, whether its in our purse or our wallet, or at our office.Nicole M. Robinson: Your personal information is cash, and in the wrong hands it can destroy your life.Betsy Broder: The FTC plays a central ro

13、le in helping victims avoid and recover from identity theft. So we have developed substantial consumer education material thats available on our website, at /idtheft.MoreScripts of personal informationTom Karr: Identity theft is serious, but even if your identity has been stolen, and there ha

14、s been fraudulent accounts opened in your name, you can defend yourself and get those resolved in your favor. Sandra Penaherrera: There are times when you just do not want to finish and you just want to say, forget it, I cant do this anymore, but you have to find that way inside of you to just keep

15、going, because this is something that if you dont clear, it definitely affects the rest of your life.MoreScripts of personal informationFormer Chairman Deborah Platt Majors: What I want is for us to create a culture of security for our personal information, so that this crime, in the future, will be

16、 diminished greatly.Text organisationText explorationText evaluation Understanding text Interpreting Insights into the text Critical thinkingText organizationA low danger to top warns of a severe threatGuardedElevatedHighLowdangerSeverethreatThe writer is creating an atmosphere of fear Color alert:

17、threat levelsParas 1-2Paras 3- 4Paras 5-7Paras 8-9Paras 10-11Low danger(paras 1-2)Not scary if people try to sell me things.Does not matter if Amazon knows about you to sell you books.BackBackText organizationGuarded(paras 3-4)My face is scanned by a camera of a salesperson.A salesperson may know ab

18、out me by scanning my face with a camera.BackBackText organizationElevated(paras 5-7)Information might be collected by sb. unknown who can do anything he/she likes.A tool like databases to support credit cards can also be a weapon.BackBackText organizationHigh(paras 8-9)Identity theft occurs with pe

19、rsonal data more and more widely known Who collects personal data is unknownBackBackText organizationSevere threat(paras 10-11)No balance between convenience and peril.Things like universal identifier lead to worse thingsBackBackText organizationText explorationUnderstanding text 1. Discuss in group

20、s. What is the word “numbers” in the title referred to? The many numbers we are identified by with credit cards, identity card, accounts, etc. Those numbers are so important that it is by our numbers that we are known by people.clickMoreUnderstanding text2. Check the following reasons for which the

21、writer objects personal information being collected. Find evidence in the text to support your points. According to the writer, it is unknown (1) when _, (2) about what _, (3) by whom _, (4) where_, (5) why_, and (6) how_ personal information is collected and used. So it is dangerous.Moreby whomPara

22、 5: Is it scary if the camera doesnt belong to a salesperson?Para 6: or anyone in current possession;The party might be ethical, might. where Para 6: information moves everywhere; to a place where the owner ;Para 9: the greater the number of places where it may be found; Para 11: wherever I amwhyPar

23、a 8: But it might be a problem if its neither. howPara 6: can do whatever he or she likes with it; Para 10: There are worse things than identity theft, . Sample answersInterpreting Understanding writers stylistic devices Form five groups in the whole class and each group is to do one task:Group One:

24、 Find more examples of Repetition from the text.Group Two: Find more examples of Association and Passive structure from the text.Group Three: Find more examples of Negative words and phrases from the text.Group Four: Find more examples of Parallel structures from the text.Group Five: Find more examp

25、les of Vague or non-specific words or phrases from the text.clickclickclickclickclick Understanding writers stylistic devices Group One: RepetitionThat party might be ethical might ; that a tool are tools theyre tools; So its not a problem; And its not a problem But it might be a problem ; use of th

26、e information my information is known The more information ; we dont yet know We dont yet know. BackBackUnderstanding writers stylistic devices Group Two: Association and passive structureAssociation: weapons with credit cards death and ruin with universal identifiersPassive structures: my informati

27、on is known information is correlated can be linked to meBackBackUnderstanding writers stylistic devices Group Three: Negative words and phrases weapon, problem, theft, perpetrate, fraud, damage, died, ruined, worse, peril BackBack Understanding writers stylistic devices Group Four: Parallel structu

28、res The more widely my information is known, the greater the number of places where it may be found, and the more likely that theft will occur. The more information is correlated to a single identifier, the more damage an instance of identity theft may cause. BackBack Understanding writers stylistic

29、 devices Group Five: Vague or non-specific words or phrasesmight, probably, may, sooner or later, anyone in current possession, whatever he or she likes, worse things, wherever, vague, but apparently near BackBackText EvaluationInsights into the textWork in groups and discuss the questions, each gro

30、up with one question only. 1 Do you think the passage is effective in creating a feeling of fear? ? 2 Does the writer explain why organizations collect so much personal information? ? 3 Does the writer describe a specific, current threat? ? 4 Does the writer suggest that the danger is growing? ? 5 D

31、oes the writer say whom we should be frightened of? ? 6 Are you more worried about personal information being collected after reading the passage? ? TransTransTransTransTransTransText evaluation1 Do you think the passage is effective in creating a feeling of fear? Sample answer:Yes.: (1) stylistic d

32、evices and writing techniques are used to create an atmosphere of fear. (2) from clear and specific such as Amazon, salesperson to vague and general like worse things. (3) from low danger to warns of peril which is vague, sensed, near like a horror film in which danger is sensed but not sure what, w

33、here and when.No.: Unconvinced by the writers fears. BackBackText evaluation2 Does the writer explain why organizations collect so much personal information? Sample answer:It is left fairly vague (typical of the writers chosen style here), but some information is given: (1) Amazon wants to target co

34、nsumers with books they are likely to be attracted to, (2) The credit card companies want to make shopping easy.BackBackText evaluation3 Does the writer describe a specific, current threat? Sample answerYes. Identity theft, but the main emphasis is on what comes next with even more organized and dev

35、eloped forms of information collection and storage. The threat is not very precise as yet since the full implications are unknown.BackBackText evaluation4 Does the writer suggest that the danger is growing?Sample answer lYes, in the final three paragraphs. For example, “I havent mentioned identity t

36、heft yet,” (in Para 9); l“The morethe greater and the more likely ” (Para 9); l“Identity theft is much fear There are worse things than identity theft, ” (Para 10); l“We dont yet know how to balance ” (Para 11)BackBackText evaluation 5 Does the writer say whom we should be frightened of? Sample answ

37、er No, only of vague hostile forcesBackBackText evaluation6. Are you more worried about personal information being collected after reading the passage? Sample answerYes Nervousness seems the natural reaction, but (1) taking adequate precautions, (2) the writer is indulging in scare-mongering (3) doe

38、s not matter if someone can gain access to our address, hobbies and bank balance (4)large quantity of information available makes its detailed analysis less probable. BackBackText evaluationCritical thinking1. What sort of information does your school have about you? 2. Do you think its legitimate f

39、or shops to automatically collect personal information?3. Do you think its legitimate for other organizations to collect personal information? Which ones? Why?4. How worried are you that criminals could obtain your personal information?5. Which is more frightening, a paper record or a computer datab

40、ase? Why?clickclickclickclickclickText evaluationCritical thinking1 What sort of information does your school have about you? Sample answer where students come from, their parents, their school grades membership, age .BackBackText evaluation2. Do you think its legitimate for shops to automatically c

41、ollect personal information? Sample answer Opinion against: invasion of their privacy; Other opinions: content as long as it does not go too far. Writers opinion: in the case of a reputable company (like Amazon) trying to get to know its customers better, it is not offensive, but when it comes to co

42、mpanies selling our data to other organizations, we are likely to become less happy about it. BackBackText evaluation3. Do you think its legitimate for other organizations to collect personal information? Which ones? Why? Sample answerPositive: (1) It might be of great benefit if a hospital has full

43、 records of our health and of any problems we have; (2) An airline might keep a record of our travelling patterns so they can email us offers on those routes.Negative: (1) There might be other people who we do not want to know of our movements. (2) If this information is in the hands of insurers or

44、employers, it might be less beneficial and cost us many opportunities. BackBackText evaluation4. How worried are you that criminals could obtain your personal information? Sample answerConsiderations are given to: the size of the risk, the amount of damage which might be done the place where the ris

45、k is most severe .BackBackText evaluation5. Which is more frightening, a paper record or a computer database? Why? Sample answerPaper : in one place and takes time to access. Less probable to enter a building and change information on a paper document than puter databases: Information on computer da

46、tabases can be accessed from anywhere and sorted far more quickly. Hacking might also be more probable. BackBackSummarisingTalking pointRole playSummarizing The writer tries to create a feeling of fear in order to warn readers of the threat involved in the ever-increasing amounts of data on people b

47、eing collected. With various stylistic devices, the writer _ readers along his thought-path step by step to the _ that collecting personal information places people _ because we dont know who collects it for what purposes. And neither do we know where the information goes and how it is _. According

48、to the writer, _ is much feared in society, leadspointin perilusedidentity theftMoreListen to the passage and fill in the blanks. Summarisingbut there are _ things than that. And the danger is growing though it is _, not certain. There is no _ yet between the convenience of the world and the peril t

49、hat we sense _ of all that information in the databases which can be employed as a _ as well as a tool. worsevaguebalancein the presenceweaponTalking pointWork in pairs. Read the strange laws on (P37) and discuss the following questions. 1. Which of the laws do you think are easy to obey? 2. How can

50、 the government make sure people obey these laws? 3. What laws would you like to introduce in your town or region?clickclickclickTalking point1. Which of the laws do you think are easy to obey? The 1st and 3rd laws are easy to obey. The 5th is a little inconvenient, but easy enough. The 4th depends

51、on where you come from. - British eat little garlic so able to cope, - garlic-loving French seriously affected, - for some Chinese they find law restrictive for they use a lot garlic in cooking. The 2nd law seems impossible to obey if there is to be a rail service!BackBackTalking point2. How can the

52、 government make sure people obey these laws? Difficulties (sample answer)Even with CCTV ( closed circuit television 监控录像头) watching every beach and clothes line (for Law 1 and 5) Without garlic-scanners that law (Law 4) might be a problem. The Texan law seems beyond enforcement.BackBackTalking poin

53、t3. What laws would you like to introduce in your town or region? (sample answer) pets dropping in public places, putting their bags on seats in crowded places, walking slowly down the middle of crowded streets, Can you add any more strange laws?BackBackRole playWork in pairs and perform the tasks a

54、ccording to the following scenario.ScenarioRole A: You have a complaint to make for the broken sofa you bought a week ago. The shop agrees to refund the money in full. But you have to fill in a form with your personal information. You dont want to give them the data in detail feeling that it is inva

55、sion of your privacy and afraid that the shop will sell the information to other organizations.MoreRole playWork in pairs and perform the tasks according to the following scenario.ScenarioRole B: The manager (Role B) tries to persuade you to complete the form and get back the money by claiming that:

56、 (1) the shop is a reputable one; (2) they wont reveal the information to any third party; (3) they would like to get to know their customer better and establish good and stable relationship, etc.Information relatedDifficult sentencesWords to noteLanguage in usePreview Difficult sentences“If weve le

57、arned one thing from terrorists, not to mention action movies, its that a tool is also a weapon. Globally accepted credit cards and the databases that support them are tools for taking the friction out of commerce. Thats another way of saying that theyre tools for extracting money from people with m

58、inimum effort on everyones part.” “not to mention action movies”是插入语，是插入语，在译文中的位在译文中的位置可用破折号处理。用置可用破折号处理。用“换句话说换句话说”翻译出翻译出 “Thats another way of saying ”的补充含义。 TransAnalsDifficult sentences1.“ The more widely my information is known, the greater the number of places where it may be found, and the mo

59、re likely that theft will occur.” 2. “The more information is correlated to a single identifier, the more damage an instance of identity theft may cause.” The words “more” and “greater” in the first sentence are adverbs to indicate that the situation gradually increases, while the words “more” in th

60、e second sentence can be regarded as determiner (限定词) meaning a greater amount of. 上述两句均属于语法中的成比例比较。该句型用于两个比较部分相互制约，而这成比例递增或递减，通常前者表示条件，后者表示结果。TransAnals Ex.More1. 我的信息流传得越广，可以找到它的地方就越多，发生盗窃的可能性就越大。2. 与一个身份被盗的人相关的信息越多，身份盗窃案所造成的破坏就越大。BackBackComplete the sentences with proper words to form comparativ