Unit 3 Things We Need.ppt

I. Match the pictures with the descriptions in the box below. II. Work in pairs. Ask about and explain the things above. Example A: What do you call a telephone that you can carry with you and use in any place? B: It’s a mobile phone. Background Information information overload 信息过载 “信息过载”这一术语由阿尔文?托夫勒（Alvin Toffler）在其1970年出版的畅销书《未来的冲击》（Future Shock）中提出并普及。它是指由于存在太多的信息而致使我们在理解问题和进行决策时很为难。 Background Information Barry Schwartz (1946-) 巴瑞?史瓦兹 美国心理学家，研究经济与心理学之间的关系。 经常为《纽约时报》撰写文章从心理学角度点评时事。2004年出版了《选择的困境》一书，该书中他的核心观点是：过多的选择令人纠结，过多的选择会降低幸福感。 Background Information Stanford University 斯坦福大学 斯坦福大学是美国的一所私立大学，被公认为是世界上最杰出的大学之一。于1891年由利兰?斯坦福创立，位于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福市，临近旧金山。斯坦福大学是全世界拥有资产最多的大学之一，它占地35平方公里，是美国面积第二大的大学。 2 We’ve never had so much choice. Take supermarkets for example. A local store could offer you 38 types of milk, and 154 flavours of jam. The average supermarket offers more than 30,000 products, with thousands more being added each year. In the words of one shopper, “Having so much choice makes you feel awful. If you carefully considered every aspect, you’d never get round to buying anything, ever.” gravity 地心引力 一切有质量的物体之间都会产生互相吸引的作用力。地球对其他物体的这种作用力，叫做地心引力。其他物体所受到的地心引力方向向着地心。这是由于地球自转造成的。地球自转会产生一个叫地转偏向力的力。在北半球它使物体在运动时方向向右偏；在南半球它使物体运动时方向向左偏。 New Zealand kiwi fruits 新西兰奇异果（猕猴桃） 2 From my shopping basket, he picks up a tray of six New Zealand kiwi fruits covered in clear plastic. “These probably caused three tons of carbon dioxide by being flown twelve thousand miles. To make things worse, this kind of plastic is almost impossible to recycle. What’s wrong with local apples?” 3 “Nothing”, I weakly reply, “I just prefer kiwis.” 4 “Hmm. Well, if you must have them, eat local ones — and buy them with no packaging.” 5 He looks at the bottles of water and cans of cola. Before he can say anything, I say, “I’m always careful to recycle those.” 6 “Well, that’s good, but the aluminium in those cans is bad. They must mine