全新版大学英语综合教程3第一单元

1、. Unit OneUnit One Changes in the Way We Live Changes in the Way We Live .Text A Text A Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream LifeMr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life.Pre-reading Activities. City Life vs. Country LifeWhich life is better, in yours opinion, living in the countryside or living in the city? Why?.

2、City Life vs. Country LifeThe glamour of cities:BeijingLondonNew YorkParisRomeNew CCTV BuildingThe Ferris Wheel (The London Eye)The Brooklyn Bridge/ The Statue of LibertyEiffel Tower/ Arc de Triomphe Colosseum(罗马古竞技场）. City Life vs. Country LifeThe glamour of rural life:Pastoral scenesWildnessAgricu

3、ltureUrbanization De-Mechanization .Group Work Try to figure out advantages and disadvantages of city life and country life respectively. City LifeAdvantages:Better educationBetter health careHigher living standardStunning entertainmentConvenient transportationMore working opportunitiesDisadvantages

4、NoiseAir pollutionHeavy trafficOverpopulationHigh crime rate/ divorce rateFierce competition and stressIndifference in interpersonal relationship. Rural LifeAdvantages:Fresh air Peaceful life Healthy food less pressure Self-sufficiency More leisure time Closer personal relationshipDisadvantagesLow i

5、ncomeUnderdeveloped Remote & backward Hard manual labor Inconvenience in life Not well-informed of the outside world . Are you content with your current life? Is there anything you want to change? Whats your attitude towards changes in your life? Do you welcome them, hate them, or dread them?.Am

6、erican Attitudes in Changes Americans might be a nation most used to changes who believe no one stands still. If you are not moving ahead, youre falling behind.Traditions can be a guide, but not necessarily superior. Better and better ways can be found. Life is in constant change.Its neither the str

7、ongest nor the most intelligent of a species that will survive, it is those who are most adaptable to changes.This pursuit of perfection leads to Americans positive attitude towards change and results in a nation of people committed to researching, experimenting, and exploring.Chinese I ChingThe I C

8、hing (Wade-Giles) or “Y Jng” (pinyin), also known as the Classic of Changes, Book of Changes and Zhouyi, is one of the oldest of the Chinese classic texts.易一名而含三義：易簡一也；變易二也；不易三也。.易 (y) used as an adjective, means “easy” or “simple”, whilst as a verb it indicates “change” or “the exchange or substitu

9、tion of one thing for another”. 經 (jng) here means “classic” (i.e. text). The I Ching is a “reflection of the universe in miniature”. The word “I” has three meanings: ease and simplicity, change and transformation, and invariability. Thus the three principles underlying the I Ching are the following

10、:Simplicity the root of the substance. The fundamental law underlying everything in the universe is utterly plain and simple, no matter how abstruse or complex some things may appear to be. Variability the use of the substance. Everything in the universe is continually changing. By comprehending thi

11、s one may realize the importance of flexibility in life and may thus cultivate the proper attitude for dealing with a multiplicity of diverse situations. Persistency the essence of the substance. While everything in the universe seems to be changing, among the changing tides there is a persistent pr

12、inciple, a central rule, which does not vary with space and time. 易簡一也；變易二也；不易三也. http:/is.Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because t

13、hey believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the worl

14、d that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.Its the answer that led those whove been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend i