新思维英语第一册 unìt11.pptVIP

Lead in 1. Spot Dictation 1) driving 2) crazy 3) automobile 4)million 5) mortgage 6) cherished 7) qualities 8) pathfinder 9) choices 10) recreation 2. Picture Description: omitted Text A Consolidation Exercises Text Comprehension 1. True or False Statement 1) T 2) F 3) F 4) T 5) T 2. Question Answering 1) Like all addicts we see we have a need for our addiction and we are blind to all reason. We are fascinated by cars to an extent that is simply not healthy. 2) Cars on MTV are a special example of our car fixation. They are put there to give the music an aura of sex and glamour. 3) Supercars are used by their owners to show off their wealth. 4) Car makers have simply supplied whatever the car buyer was prepared to pay for in that particular market. 5) The biggest strain used to be the weekly shopping but we order online and get it delivered, by road. 3. Paraphrase 1) If you don’t believe that people’s dependence on cars is a real problem, you can just watch music videos on MTV for 15 minutes and count how many cars appear in it. I am sure that there are more cars than guitars. 2) The purpose of driving a luxurious car somewhere is not that one wants to get there faster, if so, one can drive an old cheap motorbike which ordinary working people can afford. The real reason for driving expensive cars is that a person wants to show off what he/she has. 3) Though we are living in the world in which car culture is overwhelming, cars are still under our control. The advantages of cars are obvious to everyone. Text Analysis 1) Two types of cars are mentioned in the text. They are a supercar and a ten-year-old 250cc motorbike. 2) Cars are indispensable from people’s life now. 3) Cars should go back to being a means of transport instead of a way of showing off and the design and development of cars should be carefully made. 4) The text can be divided into four parts: part one (Para. 1-2) elaborates that people are addicted to cars; part two (Par