(共52张PPT)
Unit 1 Relationships
Lesson 3 So Close, Yet so far
1. To read and talk about social networking
2. To read for general understanding
3. To read for specific information and understanding words in context
4. To engage and expand on a reading circle role
Learning objectives
We can’t live without cellphones!
Warming up
What is your typical day with a cellphone
What roles do social networking and the Internet play in your daily life What do you use them for
Social networking and the Internet play an important part in my daily life. I chat with friends and watch videos.
2. How many online friends do you have Do social networking and the Internet help improve your relationships with others Give some examples.
So close, yet so far
Guess. What do these words refer to
Mark has 500 friends online and he spends a lot of time on the Internet. Predict what Mark will say about social networking and his relationships with others. Then read and check.
Suggested answers
He spends a lot of time chatting to his friends online.
He posts updates on social media.
He is always checking his phone when he is with other people.
He has too many friends to know them all well.
Read the plete the information about Mark. Then use examples to talk about how social networking has a affected Mark’s life.
Mark’s routine activities online
check through his social networking apps
read his emails and answer text messages
scroll through his friends’ posts and photos
download song after song, video after video
What social networking has done to Mark and Marks’s friends
Reasons Mark can’t drop social networking
afraid to miss some important notices, deadlines, appointments and invitations
his classmates and teachers may need to contact him at any time
drive them away
Read the text again and complete the following chart.
Facts about lonely Mark ★ Living in a(n) 1. ________ dorm with a couple of great roommates
★Having 500 friends online
★Phone and laptop always within 2. ________ distance
★Always posting updates on social media
★ 3. ________ through all his social networking apps after waking up in the morning
university
touching
Checking
Mark’s trouble brought by social media ★Distracted though attending 4. ________ and playing sports
★Obsessing over how many 5. ________ he has on his account, he can hardly remember the birthdays of some of his oldest mates.
★6. ____________ song after song, video after video, but not paying attention
★ Eager to get back to the 7. ________ world when feeling alone again
★Keeping delaying important things
parties
followers
Downloading
online
The negative effects of social media on Mark’s best friend and sister ★ During a dinner get-together, his 8. ________ soon left the table because of a phone call, some spent the dinner using their phones, ignoring the ones sitting right in front of them.
★On a family holiday, his sister managed to charge her phone and spend hours reading about her favorite 9. ________, ignoring the view outside.
best friend
popstar
Why can’t Mark stop using social media ★ Afraid of missing all the important appointments, 10. ____________ and news updates
★Needing it for his studies
invitations
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together
√
×
physically
mentally
Find evidence!
What social networking has done to Mark and Marks’s friends
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together
√
×
physically
mentally
set deadlines: 8 pm-10 pm for homework
7.50 pm: scroll through posts and photos
9.30 pm: download song after song, video after video
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together
√
×
physically
mentally
keep delaying important things in my real life: homework, tasks, connecting with my friends and family members in a meaningful way
have nothing to say when we meet
Impacts
Dominated
Depressed,
dissatisfied,
alone
Together
√
×
physically
mentally
a dinner get-together: my best friend took a call for 30 minutes; some kept texting friends online
a family holiday: my sister spent hours reading about her favourite popstar
Find the expressions or sentences in the text that tell you the information.
1. Mark is always close to his phone and laptop.
“My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance.”
2. He receives news from his friends online throughout the day.
“I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online.”
3. His phone is not helping his relationships with his friends.
“They say that phone bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.”
4. He has friends that he has known for years.
“…but I can’t remember that birthdays of some of my oldest mates.”
5. He is addicted to the Internet because it makes him feel excited and active.
“I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and aim to finish in two hours. At 7.50 pm, I’m still scrolling through my friends’ silly posts and photos. I download song after song, video after video, but I’m not really paying attention. The stimulation is in chasing after the next song rather than truly enjoying it.”
6. His friends did not concentrate fully when they were having dinner together.
“Some spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them.”
7. He and his friends can’t give up social networking.
“I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me at any time.
Suppose you are Mark. Talk about your life with your partner.
How does the cellphone impact Mark’s life Why can’t he drop his cellphone
Read the text again. Choose the correct meaning of the colloquial phrases.
Guessing the Meaning of Unfamiliar Words from the Context
When you come across a difficult word / phrase in a text, try to guess what it means first before looking it up.
decide what type of word it is, e.g. noun, verb.
try to work out the meaning from the context.
use a dictionary to check the exact meaning of the word.
Skill Builder
1 way beyond (line 13) = a short way past / a long way past
2 go cold turkey (lines 43 -44) = do something less frequently / stop doing something completely
3 booze (line 47) = alcoholic drinks / soft drinks
4 be hard-wired in (line 49) = be born with the character / work like a computer
1. Why does Mark say “They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.” Find examples from the text to illustrate how phones drive people further away.
Because he does not talk to his friends face-to-face when he attends parties or plays sports. Examples: I obsess over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can't
remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates. /His friends spent the dinner bent over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them.
2. How do you understand “We are hard-wired in, but we’re more disconnected than ever.” Why does Mark say we are more disconnected than ever
Mark suggests that young people today have been brought up with social networks and that they are an important part of our lives which we can't live without. However, our addiction to social networks can lead to a loss of friendships or meaningful relationships due to less face-to-face contact in real life.
Where am I What am I doing If you’re one of my 500 friends online, you’ll always be the first to know. My phone and laptop are never out of touching distance, so I’m constantly posting updates on social media—whether I’m having a coffee, on my way to school, watching TV... even when I’m in the shower. As soon as I open my eyes in the morning, I check through all my social networking apps, read my emails and answer text messages.
out of... 超出
检查、核对
在洗澡
through:从…一端至另一端;穿过;贯穿;透过…看到;隔着…听到;自始至终;从头到尾;
across:从…一边到另一边;横过;在…对面;在…对过;在(身体某部位)上;
past:过去的; 昔日的; 刚过去的; 刚结束的; 从前的; 以往的;
over:强调方向性,不与物体表面接触。还有“超过”的意思,常常指数量上的超过。
一……就……
超出接触距离
Language Points
I do the same thing all over again while I’m having breakfast. I live in a university dorm with a couple of great roommates. I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online. Yet the truth of the matter is: I feel lonely.
associated with的关联更加紧密一些,比较正式一些
related to的关联不是非常紧密,更加口头话一点。
a couple of+复数名词
= a few +复数名词
几个,一对
与……交往、联系
感到孤独
lonely & alone
1、词义不同:alone的意思是独自的,独立的,单独地。 而Lonely的意思是寂寞的,孤寂的。
2、词性不同:alone可以作形容词,也可以作副词,而lonely只可以作形容词,修饰人时意思是“孤独的”;修饰地方时,意思是“偏远的,荒凉的”。
3、用法不同:alone作形容词时只可以作表语,不可以作定语,而lonely可以作表语,也可以作定语。
while引导时间状语从句,是“当… ”的意思。从句中的谓语动词必须有延续性或者表示某种状态。比如:
He left while she was sleeping soundly.
I’m barely the only person who feels this way. According to research, over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”. I’m way beyond a shy or reserved person, but I’m wired up every day, like most of my friends. On the surface, I have an active social life. I attend parties and play sports but I’m always distracted.
merely: 仅仅;只不过
hardly:几乎不,用于can/could之后,表示刚刚
barely:仅仅,刚刚几乎不
rarely:罕有;很少;不常
三分之二
当attend意为“出席,参加”时,其多指出席会议、参加学术活动、听课等。
e.g. to attend a wedding/funeral
当attend是这种含义时,其后通常接to,即attend to sb/sth。
e.g. The staff will helpfully attend to your needs.
根据
参加
几乎没有
形式宾语
远远超出
矜持的人
我每天都上网
在表面上
They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, my mind is always a million miles away.
I obsess over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.
由于我的缘故
实际上
沉迷于……
Social networking dominates my life in so many ways. Sometimes I set deadlines for myself: I will start doing my homework at 8 pm, and aim to finish in two hours. At 7.50 pm, I’m still scrolling through my friends’ silly posts and photos. Before I know it, it’s 9:30 pm and I still haven’t moved an inch from the sofa. I download song after song, video after video, but not really paying attention. The stimulation is in
注意
aim to do sth. 有目的去做某事
tak aim at:瞄准
with the aim of: 为……目标
without aim:无目的
dominate: 指在能力、影响、职位或级别上高的人对相对低的人以任何方式进行统治或起支配作用。
滚动浏览
支配
以很多方式
chasing after the next song rather than truly enjoying it. My friends try to drag me away from my phone, but as soon as I’m alone again, I’m desperate to get back to the online world and the intense activity that it provides.
渴望
be desperat to ,程度比较重
long for 渴望
look forward to doing 盼望做
追逐
而不是
脱离
I constantly feel depressed, dissatisfied and alone. Since I spend so much time socialising online, I keep delaying things that are important in my real life: homework, tasks, connecting with my friends and family members in a meaningful way. It’s funny that my friends and I chatter away online so much, but we end up having nothing to say when we meet.
感觉沮丧
和……联系
dissatisfied: dis(否定前缀)+satisfied(满意的)
结束
引导原因状语从句
不满意的
It is/ has been +一段时间+since从句:自从……以来已经(多久)了
end up doing sth. 结束做某事
A few days ago, I went out for a dinner get-together with some friends. My best friends left the table for 30 minutes because he had to take a call. Some spent the dinner bending over their phones, texting friends online but ignoring the ones who sat right in front of them. And the extraodinary thing is nobody thought this was rude; it’s just how life is nowadays. On a family holiday last summer, my sister spent all
忽视
ignore是个及物动词,其含义为“忽视;对…不予理会;佯装未见;不予理睬”,其第三人称单数是ignores,现在分词是ignoring,过去式是ignored,过去分词是ignored。其通常是指假装没有看见或听到某事,多用于描述故意地忽视。
接电话
弯腰
her time complaining that she needed to charge her phone. When it was charged, she just spent hours reading about her favourite popstar; not once did she lift her head to enjoy the view outside her window.
charge sb with ...ing有时指“说某人犯了……”,有时指“把……的任务交给某人”。charge sb to do指“命令某人做某事”。charge后可接双宾语,表示索(价);
charge表示“为了……取费”时,常与介词for连用,偶然也把表示物品或服务的词做宾语。
in charge of表示“管理……”,in/under the charge of表示“被……管理”。
充电
What is really worring is that no one I know, including myself, could go cold turkey. I can’t even imagine going without social networking for a week—think of all the important appointments, invitations and news updates you would miss! Alcoholics who want to quit drinking can avoid booze, but how do we give up our phones After all, I need it for my studies because my teachers and classmates need to contact me at any time.
想象
imagine doing: 想象做某事
above all 首先
after all 毕竟
lose contact with : 与...失去联系;
be in contact with : 与...在接触中;
酗酒者
主语从句
约会
表语从句
毕竟; 居然; 终究; 竟然;居然;
联系
任何时候
So, that’s the problem with social networking. We’re hard-wired in , but we’re more disconnected than ever.
我们被网线连接,但人与人却比以往更加疏远。
【课本原句】
I do the same thing all over again while I’m having breakfast.
while在本句中是一个从属连词,引导一个表示时间的状语从句,意为“当……的时候”。
while作连词时的主要用法:
(1)“当……的时候”,引导时间状语从句。这时,从句的谓语动词通常用进行时态。
(2)“但是,可是”,用作并列连词,表示对比,用于连接两个并列句,放在两个并列句之间。
(3)“虽然;尽管”,表示让步,引导让步状语从句。
while作连词时:
她一边做饭,一边留意睡在摇篮里的婴儿。
She was cooking __________________ an eye on her baby sleeping in the cradle.
我们知道,通常妇女在家里做所有家务,而男人则外出工作。
We know usually women stay at home and do all the housework _______________ to work.
while she was keeping
while men go out
【课本原句】
I have a never-ending flow of messages and updates from all the people I associate with online.
associate with sb. 与某人联系;与某人共事
associate A with B 把A与B联系起来
be associated with... 与……有关,与……有联系
in association with 与……合伙(合作)
我根本没想到你会在这地方。
I’ve never ____________________ this place.
人们常把他与电话的发明联系在一起。
He is most often _________________ the invention of the telephone.
associated you with
associated with
【课本原句】
..., over two-thirds of young people find it easier to make friends online than it is “in real life”.
it的用法
当复合宾语中的宾语是不定式、动名词、宾语从句时,往往把这类宾语放在补足语后面,而用it作形式宾语,放在宾语补足语之前,其基本结构为“动词+it+宾语补足语+不定式(动名词或从句)”。该句型中的it作形式宾语,常用的动词有think,believe,make,find,consider,feel,enjoy,hate等。
我发现学英语非常有趣。
I found _____ very ________________ to study English.
他非常清楚地表示他对那门学科不感兴趣。
He made ________________ he was not interested in that subject.
it
interesting
it clear that
it用作形式宾语的几个特殊结构:
1. 动词 + it + that从句。例如:
我认为他会准时来的。I take it (that) he will come on time.
2. 动词 + it + when (if)从句。例如:
如果你帮助我们完成这项工作,我们将不胜感激。
We’d appreciate it if you help us with the work.
3. 动词 + prep. + it + that从句。
能用于此结构的有see to (确保,负责),look to (依靠,指望),insist on (坚持), stick to (坚持),depend/ rely on (依靠,指望),answer for (负责,担保)等。例如:
注意千万不要再迟到。 See to it that you’re not late again.
4. 动词 + it + 介词短语 + that从句
用于此结构的动词有take it for granted,bring it to sb.’s attention,owe it to sb.等。例如:
我认为他会帮助我们的。I took it for granted that he would help us.
it用作形式宾语:
1. They want to make _____ clear to the public that they do an
important job.
2. People in the West make it a rule _____ (buy) Christmas presents for their friends.
3. Many people think it important ______ students should learn English well at school.
4. The two girls are so alike that strangers find _____ difficult to tell one from the other.
5. I hate _____ when people speak with their mouths full.
6. The chairman thinks it important _____ they should say sorry to the
old man.
it
to buy
that
it
it
that
【课本原句】
They say that phones bring people closer together but in reality, ...
reality n. 现实;真实;事实;实际经历,见到的事物
in reality 实际上;事实上 reality show 真人秀
virtual reality 虚拟现实 social reality 社会现实;社会实体
sense of reality 真实感 come into reality 实现;成为现实
实际情况是没有足够的钱花在这个项目上。
______________ there is not enough money to pay
for this project.
她觉得在这严峻的生活现实中,她很难生活下去。
She feels it difficult to live in the harsh ______________.
【词汇拓展】
realistic. adj. 现实的
real adj. 真实的
realism n. 现实主义realist n. 现实主义者
The reality is that
realities of life
【课本原句】
I obsess over exactly how many followers I have on my account, but I can’t remember the birthdays of some of my oldest mates.
obsess vt. 使迷恋;痴迷,迷恋 vi. 挂牵;念念不忘
obsess sb. 使某人迷恋
sb. be obsessed with/by ... 某人迷恋上了……
obsess over sth. 对……担心,挂念某事
他迷上了电脑。
He _____________________ computers.
大多数记者梦寐以求的就是要写出最撼动人心的新闻报道来。
The need to produce the most exciting newspaper story _________
most journalists.
is obsessed by
obsesses
【课本原句】
Since I spend so much time socialising online, I keep delaying things that are important in my real life...
delay vi. & vt. 推迟,延期
n. 延迟,拖延,耽搁,被耽搁或推迟的时间
without delay 立即,马上
delay doing sth. 推迟做某事
delay sth./ sb. 推迟某事/耽搁某人
飞机起飞推迟了两个小时。
There was a _______ of two hours _________ the plane took off.
对不起,我没有及时给你回信。
I’m sorry to _____________________ your letter.
have delayed answering
delay
before
【课本原句】
On a family holiday last summer, my sister spent all her time complaining that she needed to charge her phone.
complain vt. & vi. 抱怨;不满;发牢骚
complaint n. 抱怨;申诉;投诉
complain about/ of sb./sth. 抱怨某人/某事
complain to sb. about sth. 就某事向某人投诉,向某人抱怨某事
make a complaint against... 对……投诉
我要就这件事向经理投诉。
I’m going to _______________________ about this.
“这不公平。”她抱怨道。
It’s not fair”, she ___________.
complain to the manager
complained
【课本原句】
..., not once did she lift her head to enjoy the view outside her window.
本句中的not once...是一个含有否定副词not的状语,它后面的谓语部分的助动词did需提前,放到主语she的前面。
在以never,hardly,scarcely,rarely,barely, seldom,not until,nor,little, nowhere,hardly...when,no sooner.. .than,by no means,under no circumstances等开头的句子中,主谓要倒装。这些都是表示否定或半否定意义的词或词组。
他们刚走,公共汽车就来了。
No sooner ________________ than the bus arrived.
我以前从未见过他。
Never before _______________ him.
had they left
have I met
完成句子:
1. 在那个时候,我想这几乎不可能。
____________ I think it possible at that time.
2. 我们不但应该不怕困难,而且要尽最大努力克服困难。
_______________ we not be afraid of difficulties, but we should try our best to overcome them.
3. 直到半夜雨才停。
____________ midnight did it stop raining.
4. 你很难发现两个钟或表的时间完全一样。(seldom)
____________ you find that two clocks or watches exactly agree.
5. 这种方法决不会产生令人满意的结果。(means)
________________ this method produce satisfactory results.
Hardly did
Not only should
Not until
Seldom do
By no means will
【课本原句】
...think of all the important appointments, invitations and news updates
you would miss!
appointment n. 预约,约定
appoint vt. 任命;委派;确定(日期、时间、地点等)
an appointment with sb. 与某人的约定
keep an appointment 赴约,履约
by appointment 通过预约的方式,按照约定
one’s appointment as... 担任(职务等)
appoint sb. as/ to be… 任命某人为……
appoint sb. to do sth. 委派某人做某事
完成句子:
1. 她给儿子约了看医生的时间。
She _____________________________ her son to see the doctor.
2. 我约了3点钟看牙医。
I’ve got a dental ______________ at 3 o’clock.
3. 他被委派填补那个空缺。
He ___________________ the vacant post.
4. 我儿子读书的学校任命了一位新校长。
They have __________ a new head teacher at my son’s school.
5. 她最近被任命为委员会成员。
She has recently __________________ the committee.
6. 他们任命他为英格兰队队长。
They ____________________ captain of the English team.
made an appointment for
appointment
was appointed to
appointed
been appointed to
appointed him (as)