新概念所选课文及讨论议题.docVIP

新概念所选课文及讨论议题 *Lesson 1 Finding fossil man 发现化石人Topics for discussion 1? What is the oldest piece of writing you know about? What is it about, and when was it written? 2? Describe the oldest object you have ever seen. Where was it? When was it made? 3? Do you think it is important to preserve a) stories from the past, b) old customs and traditions, c) historical buildings and artifacts ? Why? /Why not? * Lesson 5 Youth 青年Topics for discussion 1? Is there ‘a problem of youth ’in this country? If so, tell us about it. 2? Is there a problem of age in this country? If so, whose problem is it, and what difficulties does it create? 3? Are there conflicts in this country between different groups, such as between the old and the young, the urban and the rural, the educated and the uneducated? Do you see yourself as belonging to any such group? If so, do you understand those people who belong to the opposite camp? *Lesson 8 Trading standards 贸易标准Topics for discussion 1? The text discusses differences in trading standards between America and Europe. Are there differences between the trading standards of countries in Asia that make trading difficult? If so, what are they? 2? Why is it important to have regulations controlling the standards and quality of products? Think, for example, of electrical goods, cars and medicines. 3? ?Trading between all the countries in the world would be so much easier if there were just one global unit of currency.? What do you think? ?*Lesson 10 Silicon valley 硅谷Topics for discussion 1? ‘Computer companies have experienced as much failure as they have success.’ What do you think? 2? What are just some of the many things that computers do for us now? Do they perhaps do too much? Do we rely on them too much? What do you think? 3? ‘The Internet will become as much a part of everyday life as television.’ What do you think? *Lesson 12 Banks and their customers 银行和顾客Topics for discussion 1? In many countries nowadays, people buy things in a