Unit 6 The pace of life May. 2006 OLD FATHER TIME BECOMES A TERROR Richard Tomkins.

Unit 6 The pace of life

May. 2006

OLD FATHER TIME BECOMES A TERROR Richard Tomkins

OLD FATHER TIME BECOMES A TERROR

• Before Reading

• Global Reading

• Detailed Reading

• After Reading

Before Reading

As the pace of life in today’s world grows ever

faster, we seem forever on the go. With so much to

do and so little time to do it in, how are we to cope?

Richard Tomkins sets about untangling the problem

and comes up with an answer.

• Before Reading

• Global Reading


• After Reading


Global Reading

1.Part Division of the Text

2.Further Understanding For Part 1 Scanning For Part 2 True of False For Part 3 Table-completion For Part 4 Questions and Answers

Part Division of the Text

Parts Lines Main Ideas

1 1~47

2 48~83

3 84~106

The author gives three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today.

Not every one is time-stressed, and in the case of Americans they have actually gained more free time in the past decade.

The perception of time-famine has triggered a variety of reactions.

Part Division of the Text

Parts Lines Main Ideas

4 107~124The author pins down the crux( 症结 ) of the problem and puts forward a remedy for the stress we feel.

Global Reading



ScanningScan part one and find out three reasons why we feel so time-pressed today. And make a note of the transitional devices used there.

1. __________________

2. __________________

3. __________________ Transitional devices:

1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

TechnologyInformation explosion

Rising prosperity

…apart, …a second reason…(Para.7)

There is another reason…(Para.11)

Global Reading



1. It is convenient to say we are all lack of time. ( )

2. In the U.K., working hours have risen only slightly in the last 10 years. ( )

True or False

T

FIt is too general to say we are all lacking in time.

3. About 50 percent of people will tell you they never have enough time to get things done. ( )

True or False

F

About 50 percent of unemployed or retired people will tell you they never have enough time to get things done.

4. The gains of free time were unevenly distributed only because different groups of people gained different amount of free time. ( )

True or False

F

There is also a gender issue here.

Global Reading



Table-completion

Reaction 1

Reaction 2

Reaction 3

An attempt to gain the largest possible amount of satisfaction from the smallest possible investment of time.

Trying to buy time.

The growth of the work-life debate.

Table-completion

Trouble

Transitional Devices

Liberating time is useless if the hours gained are immediately diverted to other purposes.

1. One is …(Para. 19)

2. …also…(Para. 21)

3. A third reaction…(Para. 22)

Global Reading



1. What is the crux of the problem the author points out?

The author points out the time stress we feel arises not from a shortage of time, but from the too many things we try to do.

Questions and Answers

2. What is remedy for the stress according to the author’s opinion?

A possible remedy is that we should understand the problem and realize that it is not more time we need, it is fewer desires.


• Before Reading

• Global Reading


• After Reading


Detailed Reading　 Explain the difficult structure and the language points after global reading.

Teach different usages of difficultwords, and make sentences with them. Introduce several translating skills.

• Before Reading

• Global Reading


• After Reading


Speaking tasks　Would之假设意义1. Would you marry someone from

another country?

2. Would you tell a dying friend that he or she is dying?

3. Would you want to travel to the past or to the future?

4. Would you want to visit another planet?

5. What would you do if you were ten years younger than now?

6. What would you do if you were given an extra 100 Yuan by a bank ATM?

7. What would you do if your doctor told you that you had six months left to live?

Speaking tasks　Would之假设意义

8. What would you do if you saw your sister’s husband having dinner in a restaurant with another woman?

9. What would you do if the Third World War happened?

10.What would you do if you were not at college?

Speaking tasks　Would之假设意义

Homework

Make ten sentences with” would” and hand in next time.

Finish the exercises.

Go over what we have learned today.

Unit 6 The pace of life May. 2006 OLD FATHER TIME BECOMES A TERROR Richard Tomkins.

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