unit 5 大学英语精读第六册

Unit4Howcouldanythingthatfeelssobadbesogood?Doyouagree?Wehavetallerbuildings,butshortertempers,widerfreeways,butnarrowerviewpoints,wespendmore,buthaveless,webuymore,butenjoyitless…Beforereading:Lead-InMakeacomparisonbetweenlifeinthepastandatpresent,suchaseconomy,science,family…Whatdoyouthinkofthesechanges?II.During

Reading:SkimmingGooverthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph,whichsentencecansummarizethemeaningofthepassage?Whatstructuredoesitfollow？Underlinethekeywords.Para.1strategy,difficult,whatcanbedone(topic,problem,solution)Para.2discontented,becausebetterPara.3marriage,highexpectations(example)Para.4complaints,divorce,(example)Para.5civilrightsmovement(example)Para.6paradox,improvement,acceleratingdemandsPara.7anotherproblemtemporaryPara.8troubled(problem),because(reason)participativemoodPara.9ThisparticipativephenomenondetailsPara.10Theproblemisthat,redesign,accommodatethenewdemandsPara.11itwillhavetoadoptstrategiessolutionPara.12raisethelevelofdiscontent(solution)Para.13MakebigchangesPara.14newformsPara.15explorationofhumanpotential,makeithappenStructureProblem:LifetodayisdifficultCause(analysis):HighexpectationsacceleratingchangeparticipativemoodSolutions:1.Raisethelevelofdiscontent2.MakebigchangesSummaryofthetext

Weallagreethatmanythingstodayarechangingforthebetter.However,weareneversatisfiedwiththesechanges.Onthecontrary,wearemoreandmorediscontented.Theproblemisthat,asthingsgetbetter,ourexpectations

risehigher,andthisseemsnevertoend.Whatcanwedowiththisproblem,then?Inhisessaytheauthorarguesthattheanswerliesindevelopingapproachesthatareasnewandparadoxical

astheproblemsweface.

Paradox:

Aseeminglycontradictorystatementthatmaynonethelessbetrue

Morehaste,lessspeed.Thechildisthefatherofman."Theswiftesttravelerishethatgoesafoot."(HenryDavidThoreau,Walden)"Somedayyouwillbeoldenoughtostartreadingfairytalesagain."(C.S.Lewis)"Warispeace.""Freedomisslavery."

"Ignoranceisstrength."(GeorgeOrwell,1984)Find

outtheparadoxinthepassage.1.Peoplearediscontentednotbecausethingsareworsethanever,butbecausethingsarebetterthanever.Marriage:highexpectations---highdivorceratefunctional---affectionalsurvivalandsecurityneeds---Thefamilyhasbecomeaphysicalandeconomicliabilityratherthananasset.(L20)Tosomeextentithasbeenthesuccessofmarriagethathascreatedthediscontent.(L40)Civilrightsrevolution:2.Societyisenabledtofeelthatconditionsarerotten,becausetheyareactuallysogood.(L50)sentencesL56L70L94L104L114VocabularyAdoptstrategiesparadoxical,discontented,statistics,collapse,desirable,appealing,scarcely,liability,asset,affectional,brutality,desertion,intimacy,tension,accelerating,temporary,stability,consistency,incidence,cliché,accommodate,engender,consultant,increment,mobilize,resistance,evoke,productivity,transcend,potential,fulfill,frontierPost-readingDoyouagreewiththeauthor?

Why

aretoday’speopleunhappy?Howtoliveahappylifeinmodernlife