B2U5 Quick Fix Society Warm-up.pptVIP

Quick Fix Society Book 2 Unit 5 Iceberg principle Women have outgrown the jump-onto-the-chair-at-the-sight-of-mouse era. * * Warm-up Questions: What does “quick fix” mean? 2. Do you have any doubts about the fast paced society? 3.What aspects reflect “quick fix society”? transportation and communication eating habits and consumption habits entertainment working style “Fix” means solution. “Quick fix” in this essay means quick. It refers to the lifestyle of modern people who are impatient to get everything done and want to find the quick solution to everything. E.g. 1. Conversion of sexist English into nonsexist English is not a quick fix. 将性别歧视的英语转变为非性别歧视的英语不是权宜之计。 2. Long waiting times were a symptom of a much bigger problem. There could be no quick fix. 等候时间之漫长的现象其实折射出了一个更深层次的问题。这个问题不可能速战速决。 quick fix: a repair to sth. or an answer to a problem that happens quickly, but may work for only a short time; ways of getting things done quickly e.g. There is no ~ for stopping pollution. We live in a fast-paced society.?Walking slows us down.? —Robert Sweetgal Life is getting faster, no doubt about it. We rush everything: we eat fast food, have quickie sex, drive like maniacs, and compete hard for fast-paced jobs. We wish to slow down and slack off, but were afraid well fail. —Library Journal Review Quotes Location: Lancaster County, PA The heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country is located in south central Pennsylvania 1 1/2 hours west of Philadelphia. Most of the Amish Country attractions are in Lancaster County, and almost all of the local Amish people live here as well. Pennsylvania Dutch Town Amish Amish, 美国宾夕法尼亚州的再洗礼派门诺会教徒 The Amish are a religious group who live in settlements in 22 states of the U.S. and Ontario, Canada. The oldest group of Old Order Amish, about 16,000—18,000 people live in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Amish stress humility, family and community, and separation from the world.