Unit 10 Period 4 Lesson 2 Community Spirit （课件）-【步步高】2023-2024学年高二英语选择性必修第四册（北师大版2019）

Unit 10 CONNECTIONS Period 4 Lesson 2 Community Spirit 1 By the end of this period, you will be able to: 1.listen and talk about community spirit; 2.listen for understanding and detail; 3. listen for specific information and understand words in the context; 4.practice using vague language; 5.talk about your own community. What is a community? What is a community spirit? What can we do in a community? Lead-in A community is a group of people living in a particular local area; A community spirit is the desire to be friendly with and help other people who live in the same community. What can we do in a community? respect elderly people look after each other beautify the community environment help the people in need organize community celebrations visit each other community spirit do some voluntary work In what way do you think community spirit affects people’s health? 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. Listen for understanding. 1.Where is the interview taking place? _________________________________________________________ 2.What’s the interview about? _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ Predict the content of the interview according to the instructions and the exercises or notes. The interview is talking about how the community spirit of a small town called Roseto impacted on the residents’ health. In a radio programme. Pre-listening 1.What surprising facts did doctors discover about Rosetans in the 1950s? 2. What was the reason for the facts? There was almost no death from heart attack even though it was an epidemic then in the USA. Besides, there was very little crime. The reason for its low rate of heart attacks was the community itself. While-listening Activity 1: Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions. Activity 2: Listen to the interview again and complete the table about the Roseto community in the 1950s and 1960s. In the 1950s In the 1960s Community life •was a very ______ community •looked after each other •_____each other •frequently organized ________ •households consisted of _____ •old people ____________ •younger Rosetans would not __________ •moved to typical ______ •rejected ___________ Consequences •hardly a Rosetan below 65 ___ •people were dying _____rather than _______ •very little _________ •the first heart attack of a Rosetan under 45 happened in___ •the rate of heart attacks is_________ In the 1950s Community life •was a very ___________ community •looked after each other •______each other •frequently organized ____________________ •households consisted of ______________ •old people _____________ Consequences •hardly did a Rosetan below 65 _______________________ •people were dying _________rather than __________ •very little _____ community celebrations closely-knit visited three generations were respected of old age from illness crime experience a heart attack In the 1960s Community life •younger Rosetans would not keep up ___________________ •moved to typical __________________ •rejected _____________________ Consequences •the first heart attack of a Rosetan under 45 happened in_____ •the rate of heart attacks is____________________ the traditional lifestyles single-family houses traditional social bonds the same as the average 1971 Focus on function: Vague Language What is the dialogue about? ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— The dialogue is a conversation between Linda and her grandfather about how life was like in her mother’s hometown. Predict the content of the dialogue according to the information given. Pre-listening 1. What information did Linda get from her mother about the hometown? A. It is small. B. It is big like a city. C. It is inconvenient. 2. What was the relationship between neighbors at that time? A. They brought inconvenience to each other. B. They were friendly to each other. C. They seldom visited each other. 3．What will grandpa probably do this afternoon? A．He will visit some neighbors. B．He will stay at home and welcome some old friends. C．He will show Linda around his hometown. √ √ √ While-listening Activity 1: Listen to the dialogue and choose the best answers. Mum’s hometown ______________. There weren’t __________________. They didn’t live in flats but in ______________________________. The kitchen and toilet were_________________. were small with two small rooms many tall buildings outside the house 1.What was her mother’s hometown and living conditions like in the past? Hometown and living conditions in the past Activity 2: Listen to the dialogue again and fill in the blanks. They were close to ____________. They were ____________. They were just like ______________. Children ________________________. Neighbours ______________________. neighbors a big family friendly played together after school 2.What were the relationships with neighbors in the past? often visited each other Relationships with neighbours Activity 3: Listen again and fill in the blanks with expressions that the speakers used. Vague Language Similar to something Mum always tells me her hometown is small, but this is ________ a big city. Part of a category We lived in _________ house … We were friendly to each other, just like _________ big family. Less in quality It was _____ inconvenient. like a bit a kind of a sort of like a sort of a kind of a bit Talk Builder For what purpose would you use vague language? Purposes To make a statement less strong. When we don’t know the name of something. To make things sound less factual. To talk about groups and categories. Activity 4: Answer the question below. Introduce the community where you live with as much factual information as possible, using vague language where appropriate. Pair work Introduction to your community Living conditions Relationships with neighbours Post-listening null 129781.18 129964.055 97699.68 $$Ten point four. Mom always tells me her hometown is small, but this is like a big city. Well, IT wasn't like this when your mom was here. A town was more than there were many two buildings back then. We didn't live in flats. We live in a sort of house with two small rooms, not like the big houses today. The kitchen and toilet were outside the house. We share them with our neighbors. That was not convenient, was IT? No, IT was a bit convenient. But we didn't feel that at the time, actually, we were close to our neighbors. We were friendly to each other, or just like a kind of family . that's cool. It's great to live in a closely net community. Yes, the children played together after school, and neighbors often visited each other. You know, some old neighbors are still my best friends, although we live far away. now. You mean the friends who are coming this afternoon? Are they all your old neighbours? Yes, you can ask them to tell you your momma childhood stories. great. Ten point three. Good morning, doctor smith. Welcome to our program. Or we notice that you have paid quite a few visits to a small town called roseta. We know that you are involved in a research project there. Would you please tell us more about IT? Of course, actually my research was based on an earlier study of the lifestyle in retto. In the one thousand nine hundred fifties, heart attacks were an epidemic in the U. S. A. But doctors found there was hardly below sixty five d experience. Ed, people were dying of old day rather than allness. Additionally, there was very little crime. This was a very safe, small town. That's amazing. What were the reasons? According to an earlier study about a researchers found the reason for the low rate of receptors, heart attacks with the community itself, the seta was a very closely community. If people, they looked after each other, they visited each other, and frequently organised community celebrations. In rector, almost all households consisted of three generations. Old people were respected. The social network they enjoyed protected them from the pressure of the modern world. Then what was the situation in later years? In the nineteen sixties, Younger sentence would not keep up the traditional lifestyle. They moved to typical single family houses on the outskirts of the town. They rejected traditional social bonds. What has happened since then? Well, the consequences of the change followed quickly. The first heart attack of a rosa town under forty five happened in one thousand nine, and seventy one today. The rate of heart attacks in roseta is the same as the average. Wow, that surprising.