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Unit 10 Connections Lesson 2 Community Spirit Period 1 Warming-up What is a community? What do people do in a community? look after each other visit each other organise community celebrations respect elderly people live in single-family houses ————————————— Pre-listening Work in groups and discuss. In what way do you think community spirit affects people’s health? Sample: It affects people’s health positively in that they don’t feel lonely. They know they have other people to rely on and this helps them build a positive attitude towards life and its difficulties. While-listening 1. What surprising facts did doctors discover about Rosetans in the 1950s? They discovered that there was hardly a Rosetan below 65 who’d experienced a heart attack. 2. What was the reason for the facts? The reason was that Roseto was a very closely-knit community. Listen and answer the questions. While-listening Listen again and complete the table. While-listening In the 1950s In the 1960s Community life was a very closely-knit community looked after each other _ each other frequently organised _ _ households consisted of _ old people _ younger Rosetans _ _ _ moved to _ _ rejected _ _ Consequences hardly a Rosetan below 65 _ _ people were dying _ rather than _ very little _ _ in 1971 the rate of heart attacks _ _ visited community celebrations three generations were respected experienced a heart attack of old age from illness crime would not keep up the traditional lifestyle typical sing-family houses traditional social bonds the first heart attack of a Rosetan under 45 happened is the same as the average Post-listening 1. How did Rosetans live in the 1950s? Why did they have a low rate of heart attacks at that time? 2. How did the community change in the 1960s? What was the result? 3. What do you think the findings of the research imply? Or what can we learn from the findings? Answer the questions. Post-listening 1. How did Rosetans live in the 1950s? Why did they have a low rate of heart