LessonThemoderncity.pptVIP

Lesson 16The modern city T: Listen to the passage (or read it silently) and answer this question: What is the author’s main argument about the modern city? In the organization of industrial life, what has been completely ignored? What conception is modern city based on? Who may earn as much as possible? Industry has expanded without any idea of what? Has it considered the effects of a factory-imposed existence on individuals and their descendants? Have the great cities been built with any regard for us humans? What do the shape and dimensions of the skyscrapers depend on entirely? And what do they offer the tenants? How large were the buildings that were constructed? Are large masses of human beings are crowded in them? According to the writer, what kind of men like such a way of living? What don’t they enjoy? What don’t they realize? What kinds of edifices does the modern city contain? What are its dark, narrow streets full of? What noise is it torn by? And what is it thronged by? Has the modern city been planned for the good of its inhabitants? Have influence/effect on At lowest cost 不考虑 他讲个没完没了， 一点也不顾他人的感受 He talked and talked with no regard for the feelings of others. Per square foot of ground 由……组成 consist of Crowd-throng Throng to do sth Throng towards sw Crowd in/into/ round/through Affect-effect 1. 一个新颖的现代化的体育馆将在2007年底前建成。 2. 读了一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章后，我下决心戒烟。 3. 耐心对于一个幼儿教师来说特别重要。 4. 据报道，那间幼儿园的孩子很小就开始学游泳。 5. 从那时起，这座塑像一直是这个城市的象征。 6. 假如没有老师的亲切鼓励，我不可能取得这么大的进步。 1. 一个新颖的现代化的体育馆将在2007年底前建成。 2. 读了一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章后，我下决心戒烟。 3. 耐心对于一个幼儿教师来说特别重要。 4. 据报道，那间幼儿园的孩子很小就开始学游泳。 5. 从那时起，这座塑像一直是这个城市的象征。 6. 假如没有老师的亲切鼓励，我不可能取得这么大的进步。 1. A fantastic modern stadium will have been completed by the end of 2007. 2. After reading an article entitled Smoking and your Health, I made up my mind to give up smoking. 3. Patience is especially important for a kindergarten teacher. 4. It is reported that the children in the kindergarten are instructed in swimming at a very