Unit 11 Conflict And Compromise Reading club 2课件（共24张） 2024-2025学年高二英语北师版（2019）选择性必修4

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Unit 11
Conflict and compromise
Reading club 2
To read and understand a text about compensation lawsuits
To answer critical thinking questions
Learning objectives
Not to sue
To sue
or
Lead-in
If you are involved some cases, will you sue or not？
What will you do when you encounter these situations
Pre-reading
Group Work 1 Read & Share
Read and find out answers to the following questions:
Who sued whom
For what reason
Share with your group members.
While-reading
1. What is the genre of the article How did you find it
A. Narrative (记叙文)
B. Expository essay (说明文)
C. Argumentative essay (议论文)
Not to sue
To sue
or
While-reading
Lawsuits Reasons
1 Roslyn Darch sued a furniture store.
2 Hundreds of smokers sued the tobacco companies.
Read the text. Answer the questions.
1. What lawsuits are mentioned in the text What are the
reasons for the lawsuits
She tripped over her own son running around the furniture store and broke her ankle.
The companies were responsible for the terminal illnesses the smokers have developed because of smoking.
Lawsuits Reasons
3 They had not had enough warming that a diet of burgers. Fries and milkshakes would make them fat.
4 The parents of a 19- year- old English school girl sued her school.
A group of overweight New York teenagers sued a giant fast-food company.
She failed to get a top grade in a university entrance exam.
Lawsuits Reasons
5 Sandra York sued a restaurant.
6 The reasons are various, including poor weather, cancelled flights, lost luggage, not getting on with their travelling companion, and the fact that the locals don’t speak English.
She slipped on a soft drink spilt by herself.
Millions of people complain to the British Tourists Authority.
2. Why do some people think the Roslyn Darch case was unfair
Some people think the Roslyn Darch’s case is not fair: the amount of money is far too much for the injury suffered; it’s not the fault of the shop if a mother can’t control her child anyway.
3. What is the author’s attitude towards compensation culture
The author’s attitude towards compensation culture is that there should be penalties for excessive claims or there should be a limit on payouts.
Group Work 2: Read & Discuss
Read the passage again.
Identify the writer’s opinions.
Find evidence to support your answer.
In these unreasonable suing cases, people actually shouldn’t have sued.
Group Work 3: Discuss & Present
As readers, do we TOTALLY agree with the writer
Analyze the text.
Make our own judgments.
Critical thinking
If you were involved in the cases below, would you sue or not Give your reasons.
What are the good and bad effects of the compensation
culture in a society
The good effects: there are ways to get compensated if
anything happens to you that is against the
law.
The bad effects: people will find different reasons to claim
even if they don’t really deserve to receive
any compensation.
1. request vt. politely or formally ask for 请求, 要求
n. an act of asking politely or formally for something
请求, 要求, 邀请
eg I requested a taxi for 8 o’clock.
The man requested Tony to wait outside.
She had made a request for the names of the students in
that class.
Learning points
【归纳】
request sb. to do sth. 请求某人干某事
request sth. from / of sb. 向某人要求某物
request that-clause 请求……(从句谓语动词用 should＋动词原形，should可以省略)
make a request for... 要求……
at one’s request / at the request of sb. 应某人之请求/要求
be in great request 有需求; 极需要
upon/ on request 一经要求；应要求
【语境应用】单句填空。
This was an actual reply from a parent after I put out a ________ (请求) for volunteers for my kids’ lacrosse (长曲棍球) club. (2019全国卷II)
2) The singer sang one more song _______________
(应……的要求) of enthusiastic fans.
3) Price quotes on selected product categories will be sent
__________ request.
所选产品类别的报价承索即寄。
at the request
on/upon
request
句型转换。
4) They requested us not to smoke in the office.
→They requested that we_______________________ in the office.
→It was requested that we ______________________ in the office.
(should) not smoke
(should) not smoke
1. (感知原句) Perhaps it's not surprising that Roslyn Darch of Houston felt annoyed when she tripped over a little kid running around a furniture store,and broke her ankle.
休斯敦罗斯林·达奇在一家家具店被一个跑来跑去的小孩绊倒,摔断了脚踝,她对此感到恼火,这也许并不奇怪。
分析:it's not surprising that...“……不足为奇”。
尝试仿写
人们待在家里时压力更大不足为奇。
_______________________people are more stressed at home.
It's not surprising that
仿 写 经 典 句 式
2. (感知原句) Others would say that it's good to see the law taking the side of the individual against the big corporations, for a change.
其他人会说,作为一种改变,看到法律站在个人一边反对大公司是件好事。
分析:it is/was+adj.+to do sth..
尝试仿写
带上地图和移动电话是明智的。
________________ a map and a mobile phone.
It's wise to take
仿 写 经 典 句 式
3. (感知原句) Whatever you think, the compensation culture which has emerged in recent years is spreading, and it will affect all of us.
不管你怎么想,近年来出现的补偿文化正在蔓延,而且将影响我们所有人。
分析:whatever引导让步状语从句。
尝试仿写
无论他做出什么决定我都会支持的。
________________________, I would support it.
Whatever decision he made
仿 写 经 典 句 式
If you were involved in the cases mentioned in the text, would you sue or not Give your seasons.
Homework