大学全新版英语听说教程3unit2.pptVIP

UNIT 2Coincidence PartA_1_a What is coincidence? Give an example to illustrate it. Have you ever experienced or read about an amusing case of coincidence? If yes, what is it? How do people react to coincidences? How important are they in human life? Can coincidences be explained? Why or why not? What can coincidences do? Are they mostly beneficial or harmful? What do you think can be the causes of coincidences? Do you think coincidences are beyond chance? PartA_1_b Additional Question for Discussion Do you think there is a cause-and-effect relationship between events that share some similarities? Why or why not? PartA_1_demo_a 6. What do you think can be the causes of coincidences? Do you think coincidences are beyond chance? I think coincidences can be caused by different things, but none of them would be supernatural. I think chance is probably the best word you can use when you talk about a coincidence. When you try to find out about the nature of a so-called coincidence, what you will learn often has less to do with what you look at than how you look at it. So coincidences are rare and beyond chance. PartA_1_demo_b PartA_2 Coincidence refers to the phenomenon in which two or more events which are similar or related happen to take place at the same time or place. It’s / What a coincidence that … Coincidence is not rare. It happens around us every day. It so happened that three of our classmates were born on the same day. PartA_2 Compared with non-coincidental events, coincidences are rare. Coincidence is the result of pure chance / our memories. The human mind tends to look for patterns in events / remember events that match but forget events that don’t match. Speak of the devil and he will appear / the devil comes. No coincidences, no stories. Everything under the sun is possible. PartA_2 Coincidences make great stories / very good topics for small talk. Coincidences make life more interesting / amusing / colorful. Coincidences tend to stay in our memory