unit3lifeinE-era1(第三单元网络时代的家庭生活).pptVIP

综合教程 1 Unit 3 Life in E-era Lectured by Cui Jing ;Unit 3 Life in E-era; Part A;Teaching Outline;1. What is the red device in the first picture used for? ; Study the pictures and discuss the questions below in  small groups.; Is the Internet Really Killing Family Life? Grandma’s on the Xbox, Mum’s following family news on Twitter and Dad’s talking to the kids on Skype… So the answer is no. ;X;; As you sit updating your Facebook status, Grandma attempts another personal best on Kinect, and little Jane shoves her new iPad in your face, society is collapsing around us.;Facebook是创办于美国的一个社交网络服务网站，于2004年2月4日上线。主要创始人为美国人马克扎克伯格。Facebook是世界排名第一的照片分享站点，每天上传八百五十万张照片。截至2012年5月，Facebook拥有约9亿用户，是全球第一大社交网站。;;; (1) Researchers who have been studying the family from the days before the web had already described how family life was weakening because of the rise of individualism. Divorce was already on the increase before email, instant messaging and Facebook. Families were even then eating fewer meals together. ;;; (2)It’s a hidden trait of the adults of one modern era to point the finger at a technology they don’t understand and blame it for the next generation’s behaviour that they can’t control. ;;;Translate the following sentence. A dropped cigarette is being blamed for the fire.; “But but but,” I hear you protest, “what about the children? They’re learning bad things online!” Yes and they used to hang out on street corners and learn bad things there too. Now that we’re so scared of one another in real-life that we won’t pop next door for a cup of sugar in case the man had a gun, the web is our way out of cages.;;; (1)The web isn’t killing family; If anything, it’s saving it. We live in an increasingly transient world, where the need to make a living has given rise to mass migration to urban cent