Unit 1 Section A 英语课件.ppt

Time-Conscious Americans Aims today To know the main ideas of each paragraph To understand the general structure of the text To get the features of writing in the text What can we do to time? Budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it, charge for it. How do we know everyone in the U.S. is in a hurry? Detail 1：city people always…hurrying…seeking…elbowing… Detail 2: racing through daytime meal Detail 3: drivers… What’s the difference between the new arrivals and Americans ? New arrivals: By what devices do we save time? Faxes Phone calls Emails How the final agreements are signed in America? Normally in person, but people are meeting increasingly on television screens, conducting “teleconference” In some countries, people deal with important business in person. ( ) Telephone service in America is very efficient. ( ) What’s the function of telephone in America? To conduct business To chat with friends To make or break social appointments To say “thank you” To shop To obtain information II. Structure Analysis __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ Assignment 1.摘抄出A, B课文中所有的副词，查出其中文意思(写在作业本上，下周读写课带来） 2.记忆A课单词，下节课听写 Dictation brief 2. leisure 3. assess 4.fulfill 5.competent 6. generally 7. significance 8. obtain 9. budget 10.increasingly 11. whereas 12. skillful 13. acute 14. replace 15.restless 16.device 17, be under pressure 18. nothing but 19. be due to 20.result in 5分/个 Summarize the passage using the tips below. 1. concerned about time 2. consider time a precious resource. 3. always in a rush 4. exchange smiles or brief conversations 5. use quite a few labor-saving devices 6. mo