新视野英语教程第二册Unit2-OurChangingLifestyleTrendsandFads研讨.ppt

* * * * * * * * * * language study In the United States, even people can be “in” or “out”. Americans enjoy following the lives of famous people: actors, sports heroes, well-known artists, politicians, and the like. “in” or “out”: in fashion or out of fashion 流行/不流行 and the like: and the people or things of the same kind 诸如 此类 language study But Americans also pay a lot of attention to people who have no special ability at all. In 1981, for example, an unknown elderly woman appeared in a TV advertisement in which she looked at a very small hamburger ………. elderly: old 上了年纪的(委婉表达方式) language study What causes such fads to come and go? Although clothing designers influence fads in fashion because they want to make money, this desire for money doesn’t explain fads in other areas, such as language. come and go: keep changing/not keep the same 变化无常 e.g Fashions come and go, but this style always remains popular. 潮流变来变去，但是这种款式却始终受到欢迎 language study According to an expert in popular culture, people who follow fads are not foolish or vain; they simply want to be part of something new and creative. follow: if you follow sth, you take an interest in ti and keep informed about what happens 关注；追踪；对…感兴趣e.g 人们关注足球是因为他们发自内心地喜欢足球。 People follow football because they truly like it. language study ….. most Americans seem to feel that something is wrong if there isn’t frequent change in their lives. =sth goes wrong/ there is sth wrong …..出问题 language study A social trend, however, survives a long time and become a true part of modern culture. The use of personal computers, for example, is a trend; a fad, on the other hand, could be the use of certain types of computer games. Vt 在….中幸存下来 另一方面 【补充】 on the one hand: 一方面 on the other hand: 另一方面 for one thing: 首先 for another thing: 其次 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Warm-up Questions: 1 Can you suggest something fashionable (时尚的) among young people?