新世纪大学英语综合教程4第四册unit2_Technology_and_Happiness.ppt

life expectancy: Women still have a longer life expectancy than men. boom: Structure Analysis Paragraph.1-2 Material and technological advances do not really bring happiness to people in the developed countries. Though Americans now are wealthier than they were in the middle of the last century, they are not happier than they used to be. Picture Electric appliances 电子装置 electric iron 电熨斗 Smoke Exhauster 吸油烟机 Water dispenser Soya-bean milk Grinder juice extractor humidifier 湿润器 vacuum? cleaner 吸尘器 Video Pressure cooker (electric) rice cooker Blank Filling Microwave oven 微波炉 Role Play Electric magnetic oven (electromagnetic oven ) Induction（感应） cooker 电磁灶 Household Gas Stove 1.人们想象中的未来世界 2.多米诺牌演示人类科技发展史 After Reading * * * * L/O/G/O * * * * * * * * * Unit 2 Man and Technology Text A Technology and Happiness PassageTranslation 1 Vocabulary 2 Sth about the topic 3 After Reading 4 Contents Paragraph one Paragraph two PassageTranslation Paragraph one In the 20th century, Americans, Europeans, and East Asians enjoyed material and technological advances that were unimaginable in previous eras. In the United States, for instance, gross domestic product per capita tripled from 1950 to 2000. Life expectancy soared. The boom in productivity after World War II made goods better and cheaper at the same time. Things that were once luxuries, such as jet travel and long-distance phone calls, became necessities. And even though Americans seemed to work extraordinarily hard, their pursuit of entertainment turned media and leisure in to multibillion-dollar industries. 在20世纪，美国人、欧洲人以及东亚人沉浸在物质与科技进步带来的喜悦中，而这种进步在过往时代是不可思议的。以美