新世纪大学英语综合教程4 Unit 5 Lifestyles.ppt

Unit 5 Lifestyles 1. What kind of lifestyle do you live now? 2. Do you believe in the saying “a penny saved is a penny earned”? 3. What are some of the things that come to your mind when we talk about healthy lifestyles? Make a list of healthy lifestyles and share your answers with your group members. Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions. Get started-Discussion Healthy Lifestyles a. balancing study and play b. doing physical exercise every day c. d. … Study the following quotes about lifestyles and discuss in pairs what you can learn from them. Get started-Quotes Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion. — Jack Kerouac Interpretation: Trends and fads come and go quickly, and popular opinions of the day may not represent ever-lasting truth. Those who wish to accomplish something extra-ordinary must not be slavish to trends and fads or popular beliefs. Instead, they should break away from the “following the herd” mentality and be extraordinarily innovative. Get started-Quotes Click Picture We are living beyond our means. As a people we have developed a lifestyle that is draining the earth of its priceless and irreplaceable resources without regard for the future of our children and people all around the world. — Margaret Mead Interpretation: In this quote, Margaret Mead rightly points out that the American way of life has given rise to a wasteful society and that it is doing a lot of harm to the earth and hence to mankind as a whole. If we do not make changes in our lifestyles today, our children are doomed to suffer from lack of irreplaceable resources in the future. Get started-Quotes Click Picture Interpretation: In this quote, Chaplin points out the danger of seeking luxuries. Luxuries are not necessities. Many people work hard to seek luxuries in life — they purchase lu