新视野大学英语unit_1-1.ppt

Unit 1 Time-conscious Americans Teaching arrangements Warm-up activities Read for main idea: ----- a general analysis of the text; ----- text structure analysis Key words study Language use. time-conscious Americans Are you safety conscious? Are you a cautious person in terms of protecting yourself from dangers? Do you often double-check your locks? Do you make it a policy not to speak to strangers? Do you always put your cash in a safe place? Have you ever been put into any danger Translate the sayings of time 岁月不等人。 一寸光阴一寸金。 Time is life and when the idle man kills time, he kills himself. （时间就是生命，懒人消耗时间就是消耗自己的生命） 光阴似箭。 Time lost cannot be won again.时光流逝，不可复得。 Time past cannot be called back again.时间不能倒流 Once the sands have run out of a person’s hourglass, they cannot be replaced. Read for the main idea in a text; in a paragraph What is the topic that the essay centers on? ---- how American culture is different from other cultures in their treatment of time. Americans’ attitudes towards time (Para 1-2) how Americans save time (Para 3-7) In daily life; in business life What are their labor-saving and time-saving devices Culture differences between American and other nations in terms of time. (Para 8) Structure Analysis Deduction (演绎法) General idea : Americans are time-conscious and they want every minute to count. Specific aspects: 1. Americans save time in their daily life. They are always in a rush and under pressure. (Para. 3) 2. Americans save time in their business talk. (Para. 4) 3. Americans work hard at the task of saving time by producing labor–saving devices. (Para. 5-7) Contrast (对照法) The new arrivals’ attitudes towards time: 1. It is considered impolite to work too quickly. 2. The importance of an assignment is given by the passage of time. Americans’ attitudes towards time: 1. It is taken as a sign of skillfulness or being competent to solve a problem or fulfill a job with speed. 2. More time and energy is general