新视野大学英语第4册PPT课件4-3.ppt

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words Group work Go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions . Background information social welfare：Public assistance programs, commonly called “welfare”, provide cash or in-kind benefits for particular categories of the financially needy. The U.S. welfare system operates on both the federal and state levels. The federal welfare program is known as Social Security that provides benefits or assistance for child care, disability, food and medical. The state welfare programs, on the other hand, provide assistance to both individuals and local communities with state schooling and social insurance. U.S. welfare programs grew significantly in the decades following World War II, but increases in welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into question the extent and quality of public assistance. Enriching your vocabulary Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences. Vocabulary Comparing crude raw uncooked caseworker social worker hip tail buttocks waist thigh limb leg knee spine rib marrow spinal cord vocal cords appliance equipment facilities instrument apparatus device Homework Learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. Go over the text and try to get the main idea of the text. Analyze the structure of the text. Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Reading Skills: Text structure analysis: Reading-Centred Activities 2. Detailed Reading Task Language points Simulated writing Summary of the text After-Reading A