新编大学英语 3 Unit3 教案.doc

Unit 3 Social Problems I. Introduction to the topic 1. ask the students to list some words of social problems crimes: robbery, rape, theft, bicycle-stealing, shoplifting, murder, smuggling, drug taking and trafficking, corruption, bribing, juvenile delinquency (少年犯罪), drunken driving, fake products, trafficking (拐卖)of children and women, prostitution, gambling, domestic violence etc. robber robbery rob murderer murder murder burglar burglary burgle shoplifting shoplift thief theft steal smuggler smuggling smuggler briber/ bribee bribery bribe swindler swindle swindle other social problems: overpopulation, bad working condition, illiteracy, racial discrimination, high divorce rate, teen-pregnancy, gambling, inflation, food shortage, child abuse (虐待), pollution, traffic jams, extinction of animal species, unemployment, layoffs, housing, homelessness, clean water supply, transportation, poverty, generation gap, beggars (children and adults), widening gap between rich and the poor, graffiti （在公共场所，建筑物的墙上涂画或写字）littering etc. 2. social problems in China: public security, impact on traditional moral standards, overpopulation, housing, clean water supply, transportation, littering, theft, robbery, murder, mugging, rape, pollution, smuggling, fake products, trafficking of children and women, bribery, corruption, graffiti, gambling, prostitution, domestic violence, layoffs, bird flue, unification of Chinese mainland and Taiwan, sexual harassment, gas explosion of coal mine, medical bill scandal , AIDS, internet addiction , internet security, soaring medicine price, internet obscenity, internet swindle, child labor, rural/migrant labor etc. 3. possible causes: poverty, unemployment: theft, robbery, murder, beggars, etc. high divorce rate: juvenile delinquency lack of communication: mental problems of various kinds, generation gap pollution, littering: worsening environment the problem of old age: 10% of the population are over the age of 60. Th