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Unit 1 Section A Time-Conscious Americans Teaching Plan (4 periods) Objectives Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea of the text(Americans value time and save it carefully.) 2. master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text; 3. conduct a serious of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Lesson procedure Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Warm-up exercises Cultural differences Global reading Detailed reading Summary of the text After reading Section B Warm-up exercises 1.Why do Americans like visiting fast-food restaurants? 2.??Do you like fast-food? If you do, what’s the reason for this liking? 3.??Are you time-conscious? State your idea on time. 4.??Life is fast-paced today. Besides eating fast-food, people also use different kinds of time-saving devices, such as: fax, e-mail and mobile phone. What do you think of these time-saving devices? Cultural Differences Students and teachers need to be aware that the ethnocentric attitudes of writers are precisely the way cultural conflict is encouraged. Why is understanding a culture always the others’ responsibility? It is not possible that each culture could be made aware of different conventions? Both sides must work at rising above cultural differences and be willing to compromise…and, in both cases, most likely neither side has access to the cultural conventions of the other so blaming is not the answer. Educating is. Global Reading Outline of the Text: Time is very precious to Americans. Many foreigners have the impression that everyone in the U. S. is likely to be in a rush and under pressure. They are always in a hurry when they walk, eat or do some shopping. They don’t like smiles, short conversations and small exchanges with strangers, since they consider these to be a waste of time. Leisurely business chats, which are quite common in some other countries, don’t exist here, because Americans start talking business ve