新世纪大学英语综合教程4老师课件Unit2.PPT.pptVIP

Watch the video clip and answer the following question. Q: What changes could take place in our  future life with the advancement of  technology? Health be improved. Production be increased. Human labor be decreased. People’s mental horizon be broadened. Do you think technology makes your life easier? Could you give some examples? Is the advancement of technology always a good thing? What negative aspects do you think should be avoided when we develop science and technology? Environmental pollution, misuse or overuse of the human resources, wars, moral problems, and so on. Structure Analysis Part 1 (Para.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. Part 2 (Para.3-5) Technology and happiness are not necessarily closely correlated because people adapt to technological progress too quickly. Part 3 (Para. 6-9) The current comments on technology have mostly centered on the bad effects of technology on human relationships rather than particular, harmful technologies. Part 4 (Para.10) The most important impact of technology on people’s sense of well-being is in the field of health care. Part 5 (Para. 11) People in general claim that on a deeper level, technology cannot bring happiness to them, which is just contradictory to the fact that it has greatly improved people’s health and life expectancy. 1. In the second half of last century, gross domestic product per capita increased by 200 percent in US. 2. Media and leisure were turned into multibillion-dollar industries for the American spent less time on work and more time on entertainment. 3. Material and technological advances haven’t made Americans happier than before. 4. This is a unique phenomenon in US that with the increase of their income the percentage of people who feel