unit-24-lesson-1-consumer-society.ppt

1、U24 Consumer Society，武威教初中，Do you know this？what are most people working hard for？in the consumer society，people are working hard to earn more money . when we earn more，we spend more。because we spend more。there is a growing tendency for us to be treated as consumers rather than people . we are at th

2、e risks of becoming enslaved(奴隶)to the ve恶性循环、globe trade、stress and lack of time、crime and violence、a shortened working week、worksharing、advertising、advertisingread the article and check your guesses。answers : global trade、crime and violence、drugs、match the paragraphs wis paragraph 1 paragraph 1 pa

3、ragraph 2 paragraph 3 paragraph 4，1 .whats the spending circle that people are traps，2 .Whats the result then？workharder、earn more、spend more、1。whats the spending circle that people are trapped in like？2 .Whats the result then？no increased happiness，but stress and less free time to be ourselves and

4、enjoy being with our friends and families。read paragraphs 3 Asome of our money should be given to the children . b some of our money should be given to the students . csome of our money should be geATO visit the shops more and more often . bto support the people to spend more money . CTO encourage p

5、eople to earn less money . dto control at Ts，spend、post-reading : sharing，lets share some views of the writer in the text 1。many people in developed societies are trapped in a spending circle，which goes round round and gets more and more complicated .2.in the spending circle，bigger and better houses

6、 and cars feel like a burden。3 .in the spending circle，people dont feel in But stress and less free time to be themselves and enjoy being with their friends and families .4.people are still better off than those who wear rags and sleep on the streets or in vacant buildings。5.there is a growing resis

7、tance to this consumer society，6 .as a society，its high time that we took these issues more seriously 7。people should in sist that advertising is more controlled，especially advertising aimed at children，8 .people should make sure that there are better ways for young people to use their free time apart from spending money。9 .on a personant People ought to visit the shops less and worry less about image。10 .above all、People should remember that“being”and“doing”are much more important than“having”、voice your opinionsuggested answer : according to the