Unit5competition大学英语泛读第4册第五单元.ppt

Unit 5. Motivation or unhealthy experience (competition) Pre-reading questions: Today, we live in an increasingly competitive world. Competition takes place in every arena of our lifein our study, in our life, and even in our leisure activities. For some of us, we may even use whatever means we can think of to achieve our aims. But have we ever thought of for what purposes we compete against each other, and whether competition is good for us? Competition or cooperation, that is a question! Economy and politics Cooperation and Openness for Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Progress At the BRIC Summit Brasilia, 16 April 2010 Debate 1. Are you for or against competition? Why? For: Against: 2. What effects does competition have on us and our society? Can you think of any example? Positive effects: Negative effects: 3. What effects does competition have on children? Positive effects: Competition can help children develop healthy attitudes about winning and losing; Competition can encourage growth and push a child to excel; Children benefit from competition as they learn about their ablities and limitations. …… 3. What effects does competition have on children? Negative effects: Competition can harm a child if it causes physical or emotional injury, or both; Competition lowers the need to take care of others; Competition causes hostility, aggression, or makes a child unpopular; Competition is done just for parents’ benefit or vainglory. …… Reading One: Check your comprehension A: Check each of the questions with the information from the text P104 Check your comprehension B: 1. Competition plays such an important role in our culture that it is common to see even adults shouting and swearing on Sunday afternoons (when watching baseball games). This is ridiculous and I feel bad about it. 2. From my own experience, I don’t think that we can develop deep and full relationships by trying to compete and win against a common enemy. 3. If my success means that I