《新交际英语 听力教程4》教师用书Unit 7 Economy and Trade.docx

Unit7EconomyandTrade

Session1

Session1

Overview

Contents

Listeningfocuses

Speakingfocuses

Topic1:Whatiseconomics?

Listeningforgist

Topic2:Theparadoxofvalue

Listeningforgist

Listeningforspecificinformation

Listeningforlanguage

Makingandexplainingdecisions

Topic3:AnIntroductiontoAdamSmith’sTheWealthofNations

Listeningforgist

Listeningforspecificinformation

Listeningforlanguage

Explainingacourseofaction

Topic4:Rethinkingprogress-thecirculareconomy

Listeningforgist

Listeningforspecificinformation

Listeningforlanguage

Talkingaboutconditions

Topic1Whatiseconomics?

(1’26”278words)10mins

Task1Warm-up

Teachingtip:

Aquickcheckofseveralstudents’answerswillsufficetoleadinthetopic.Noneedtospendmuchtimehere.

Task2Listeningforgist

Keys:

Toexplainwhyresourcesarescarce.

Economicsisastudyofhowoursociety,asawhole,usesitsresources.

Notesonlanguageandbackground:

scarcity:theconditionorfactofbeingdeficient

Xbox:ahomevideogameconsoledevelopedbyMicrosoft

Scripts:

Okay,sowhatiseconomics?Economicsstartswiththeword“scarcity,”butwhatisscarcity?Scarcityistheideathatwecan’thaveeverythingwewant.Asmuchaswe’dliketohave,there’relimitsthatkeepusfromhavingeverything.Whataretheselimits?Scarceresources.Whyaretheseresourcesscarce?Becausethey’rehardtofind.Moneyisagreatexample.Let’ssayyouwantaphoneandalaptop,butyoudon’thaveenoughmoneytobuyboth.You’reforcedtochoosebetweenthetwo.Evenifyouhaveenoughmoneytobuyboth,you’llstillhavetochoosebetweenbuyingthosethingsorbuyingotherstuff.WhatI’mtryingtosayisthatyoucanneverhaveenoughmoney,whichmakesitascarceresource.Timeisanotherscarceresource.Supposeyouneedtowork,butyoualsowanttoplayyourXbox.Youcangotoworkoryoucanplayvideogames,butyoucan’tdobothatthesametime.Ofcourse,you