延边大学《大学英语》课件-Unit6(Book4)D.pptxVIP

延边大学大学英语BOOK4Unit6 ;Unit 6 ;Text A: Old Father Time becomes a Terror;Objectives;Background;Before becoming a journalist, he was a casual laborer, a factory worker, a truck driver, a restaurant cashier, a civil servant, and an assistant private secretary to a government minister. He left government service in1978 to hitchhike around the world, and on returning to the U.K. in 1978, joined a local newspaper as a trainee reporter. ;He joined the Financial Times as a sub-editor four years later. In this selection, he discusses the time squeeze that many people are experiencing and offers a way of combating the problem. ;sound byte: a very brief excerpt from a speech or statement broadcast on television or radio quality time: time spent in active social interaction with another person, especially with ones young child. ;Discussion;2、The author makes mention of “stress envy” in para.14.What do you think are the possible sociological motivation behind it?;3、Do you agree with the author that all time-liberating techniques in relieving the widespread sense of time famine are doomed to failure? Is cutting back on human desire the ultimate solution? Why or why not?;Text Structure;Parts;Language Study; Language Study;Language Study;Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study;Language Study;Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study; Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Language Study;Content Questions; Content Questions; Content Questions;9、How much free time has the average American gained since the mid-1960s?How are the gains distributed between the sexes? 10、What is meant by the