北师大版（2019）选择性必修第四册 Unit10 Connections Check Your Progress 精品课件(共18张PPT)

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Unit 10
CONNECTIONS
Workbook Check your progress
Use what you have learnt from the unit “Connections” to introduce the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation”, explain what community spirit is, tell the story of Anne of Green Gables, and discuss your experience of online connections with people around you.
Chen Yang is to give a presentation about the theory “Six Degrees of plete her presentation with the correct form of the words and phrases below.
network a random sample deliver the parcel release
package idea phrase
Many of you may be familiar with the _______ that all of us are connected to everyone else by an average of about six people. it was first mentioned in the 1920s by a Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy who discussed social _________.
idea
network
network a random sample deliver the parcel release
package idea phrase
In 1967, an American sociologist called Stanley Milgram tried using a new method to test the theory, which he called the “small-world problem”. The experiment involved ________________ of people who lived in America and giving them a parcel as well as the name, job and location of a stranger somewhere else in the country. The aim of the experiment was for the person to try to _________________ to this stranger by sending it to someone they thought might know them.
a random sample
deliver the parcel
network a random sample deliver the parcel release
package idea phrase
That person in turn did the same until the parcel reached the person it was supposed to.
Although hard to believe, it only took about five to seven people for the __________ to reach the person! The results were ________ and published by a magazine called Psychology Today and inspired the ____________, “Six Degrees of Separation”.
package
released
phrase
Li Zhen next explains what community spirit is through a story of a community called plete her story with the correct form of the words and phrase below.
household crime epidemic social bonds
frequently consequence closely-knit
Recently, I listened to a radio show which highlighted an interesting story about the power of community spirit. It was about a small town in America called Roseto. In the 1950s, heart attacks were an __________ in the USA, but researchers found Roseto had much lower rates of heart attacks than other places in the country.
epidemic
household crime epidemic social bonds
frequently consequence closely-knit
The town was very safe and had a very low __________ rate.
When they looked deeper into the reasons for this, they found that Roseto was a very _____________ community. ___________ typically consisted of three generations living together and the people visited each other ____________, respected elderly people and organized lot of community events.
Unfortunately, over the years the community changed as the younger generation rejected traditional ____________ and moved to outskirts of the town.
crime
closely-knit
Households
frequently
social bonds
household crime epidemic social bonds
frequently consequence closely-knit
As a ____________, health problems and crime increased. The link between health, happiness and community is really clear through this story.
consequence
What lessons can you learn from Roseto’s story What would you do for your community
Lessons I learnt: _______________________________________
______________________________________________________
Things I would like to do : _______________________________
______________________________________________________
Read Chen Xi’s summary of Anne of Green plete his summary with the correct form of the words below.
amazement bare comfort orphan reveal
proceed investigate sob dive
In the Anne of Green Gables, the main character Anne was an 11-year-old ___________. She was sent to a house belonging to Marilla and Matthew. When she arrived at the door, Marilla was frozen in _____________ as she expected to be sent a boy. Marilla told Anne that she could stay with them until the matter was _____________.
orphan
amazement
investigated
amazement bare comfort orphan reveal
proceed investigate sob dive
Anne was very emotional when she heard she might be sent back and ___________ to throw herself on chair and cry. Marilla and Matthew were unsure how to ___________ her but try their best. They told her there was no need to cry but Anne continued to be upset. Marilla made dinner for Anne, although she refused to eat as she had no appetite.
After dinner, Marilla took Anne to a bedroom to sleep. Anne found the room cold and ____________.
proceeded
comfort
bare
amazement bare comfort orphan reveal
proceed investigate sob dive
She even described the white curtains as “icy”. Anne began to _______ again as she got ready for bed. She then _______ under the blankets and pulled them over her head. Marilla came back to check on Anne and tidied her clothes. When she said “Good night”, Anne __________ herself from under the blankets and told her it was the worst night she ever had.
sob
dived
revealed
Li Zhen now talks to her friends about an interesting plete the dialogue with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Li Zhen: Something strange happed to me the other day. When I looked at my email inbox, I saw an email that __________ (send) to me from a woman whose name _______________ (not know) to me. I had no idea who she was!
Chen Yang: That doesn’t sound very strange! I ____________ (email) by lots of people I didn’t know last year when I was working on the school newspaper.
was sent
was not known
was emailed
Li Zhen: I know, but the strange thing was that this email _____________ (intend) to be read by someone else with the same name as me!
Chen Yang: Oh no! how could you tell
Li Zhen: Because in the email I ___________ (invite) to go to a school reunion for people who _________ (leave) school twenty years ago! Before I ____________ (be born)!
was intended
was invited
had left
was born
Chen Yang: Oh my! That’s funny. Did you reply to the email I’m sure the person who wrote the email would have been surprised that, at that moment, her email _________ (read) by a school girl!
Li Zhen: Yes, I wrote back to her and explained that her email ___________ (receive) by the wrong person. She wrote back to say that she was really sorry about the mistake and the email would now ___________ (resend) to the right person.
was read
was received
be resent
What have you learnt in this unit Reflect and complete the diary. Then share in groups.
UNIT DIARY
Useful words and expressions for me to talk about communities and people around me:
_________________________________________________________
Three impressive sentences I’d like to remember from this unit:
__________________________________________________________________
Three things I learnt about writing a news report:
________________________________
The parts I like / dislike about this unit:
_________________________________________
Reflect and complete the unit diary.