Unit 2 Social problems

Part 1. Pre-reading task

what social problems have been revealed according to the passage?

what other social problems do you think exist in China?

In your point of view, what should our government do in order to narrow the gap between rich and poor?

Social problems1. Lay-offs2. Corruption 3. Bribery 4. High divorce rate5. Mental problems6. AIDS7. Juvenile delinquency

Part 2: Listening in task

Discussion: what crimes do you know? What do you think rank the highest in China?

Crimes Rape Armed robbery Hijack Kidnap Computer crime Murder blackmail

Listening task one: smuggling

Listen to the passage and answer the questions and fill in the blanks with the information you hear.

smuggle: 走私 border: 边界suspicious: 怀疑的

1.  why does the border guard stop the young man?2.  what does the guard do?3.  what does the guard do when the man comes the second time?4.  how often and for how long does the young man keep crossing the border?

Questions

Listening task 2: Bye-bye, bully!

bully 恶霸 Coward 胆小鬼

Part 3: Speaking out task:Discussion: what to do with those

bullies?

Additional task: listen to the short monolog to see what is the speaker’s idea about bullies.

 

what’s the suggestion given by the Asian student? Does the American student accept the suggestion?

tell-tale: 告发者 chicken: coward collectivism individualism 集体 个人主义 globalization

Part 1: Visual task

piracy: 盗版 pirated: 盗版的rampant: 猖獗的override: be more important than sth.rub shoulders with sb.: meet sb.combat: fight againstjeopardize: put in danger

Part 4 ： Listening in task 2burglary

Burglary preventioniron doorsteel barinstallbeacon ：灯塔 , 灯标