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Unit 1 Sheng Min Lesson 1 Boomers Can’t be Lumped into a Single Generation Generational Characteristics of Western Countries Veterans+Silent Generation Silent generation: 1920 – 1945 2. Baby Boomers = ‘Stress’ Generation 1946 – 1964 3. Generation X, Options Generation From 1965 – 1978 4. Generation Y, Millennium Generation  After 1978 Your Generation Please discuss with your partners and find out the characteristics of your generation! Text Analysis Reading Comprehension What’s the real intention of the warning sounded by demographers, economists, sociologists, and psychologists? Why did the author describe the two couples in detail in Para 4 5? According to the author, what is the challenge for policy-makers? What’s the main purpose of the author writing this essay? Text Analysis Text Organization What’s the headings of each paragraph? How many parts can this text be divided into? What’s the main ideas of each part? Rhetorical Devices Rhetorical Question(反问句) Lesson 3  ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY Three possible organization patterns: Supporting our ideas Refuting opposing arguments Unit 2 Marriage and Family The Traditional American Family Extended family:大家庭,扩大的家庭(如数代同堂的家庭) Tradition Role of Parents The culture imposes set roles upon parents. Man: “breadwinner”—responsible for financial support of the home and family members. Woman: housewife—responsible for emotional support, child raising, and housekeeping. Modern American Family Nuclear family One-parent/ single-parent family Step family/ blended family Homosexual/ gay/ lesbian family Dink family Nuclear family核心家庭 A nuclear family is defined as a family group consisting of a father and mother and their children, all exclusively sharing living quarters. This is in contrast to the smaller single-parent family, and to the larger extended family. Homosexual family: This number would increase by at least another 594,000 if same-sex partners were included. Of all unmarried couples, about 1 in 9 (11.1%