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Unit 11
Conflict and Compromise
Lesson 1
Living in a Community
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Talk about the conflict you have ever experienced.
Read two newspaper reports and find out the key information about conflicts.
Talk about, act out and resolve different kinds of conflict.
Learning objectives
What kind of community do you live in
Lead-in
How do you like your community
Are there conflicts in your community
What are they doing
Pre-listening
loud noise made by neighbours
bad smells from neighbour’s fish tank
can’t read without plugging your ears
can rarely get a full night’s sleep
to be driven mad by neighbours
Have you ever experienced a neighbourhood conflict What do you think might cause conflicts between neighbours
Pre-reading
Use reading strategies to predict what might have happened.
Read the headlines and the leads of the two newspaper reports.
About the headline: how to understand “Hits” & “Shower”
About the lead: Who What When Where Why How
Pre-reading
Skim the passage and fill in the blanks.
While-reading
lead: the main facts of the news report
who: Ma Ming and his neighbours
what: packed his bags and moved out
where: his rented flat
why: complaints about disturbing the peace
headline:
lead: the main facts of the news report
who: James Mckay and Keith Smith
what: James spent Saturday night in a cell after hitting Keith over the head with his walking stick
where: in a cell/in jail When: Saturday night
why: James got wet just once too often
headline:
hit the road/trail
informal/ to begin a journey
one shower too many
exaggeration/ get wet too often
Conflicts
Read the passage and choose the best answer.
1. Why didn't James get to blow his birthday candles out
A. He was too forgetful to blow them out.
B. His neighbour prevented him from blowing them out.
C. His candles were wet through because of his neighbour.
D. He ran out of the room before blowing his candles
While-reading
2. What was the result of James’ conflict with his neighbour
A. His neighbour was arrested.
B. His neighbour took many requests.
C. He got much support from other neighbours.
D. He lost the friendship.
3. What is the main idea of Lesson 1 "Living in a Community"
A .The importance of communication in a community.
B . The conflicts and compromises people face in a community.
C .The characteristics of a harmonious community.
D . The role of leaders in a community.
While-reading
(1) Why did the neighbours complain about Ma Ming
He often held parties at night, but the biggest problem is his tendency to drum late at night.
(2) What did the community council do Why did they take action
They took a vote, gave Ma Ming a warning and told him that he ought to cease drumming or leave the property. Because after such a chorus of complaints, they had to take action.
Read “Drummer Hits the Road”. Answer the questions.
While-reading
(3) Where is Ma Ming now What is his attitude towards the conflict
Now he is in a hotel in Shanghai. Ma Ming felt that they were prejudiced against him. He’s bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as “noise”. Otherwise he didn’t really mind having to leave the flat.
(4) What do you understand by the title “Drummer Hits the Road”
The drummer starts a journey to look for a proper house to stay.
While-reading
Read “Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too plete the table.
While-reading
People involved Time The event Background
James McKay, 80-year-old retired tailor, a peaceful person; Laurene, McKay’s wife;
Keith Smith, 30 years old, a keen gardener and a fish collector
On Saturday evening
Smith moved into the flat.
Water fell into the McKay’s balcony from Smith watering his plants and cleaning his fish tanks.
The McKays couldn’t get rid of the smell of the fish.
The event Conflict
Result
Keith Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and the cake got all wet through on James McKay’s birthday.
James McKay hit Smith’s head with his walking stick and was put into jail.
Smith is not going to take things further with the police.
He also promised to change his ways from now on.
A large crowd of supporters sang “Happy birthday” to James McKay as he left the police station. He was happy.
Present a self talk on what happened based on your notes.
Read the two reports and find out the causes and results.
Ma Ming
1.often held parties at night
...
His neighbors
1.rarely got a full night’s sleep
...
Conflicts ( how )
...
Development
Outcome
how
Ma Ming
3.had to pack his bags
4.moved out of his rented flat
5.lived in a hotel in Shanghai
Development
Outcome
Ma Ming
1.often held parties at night
2.drum late at night
His neighbors
1.rarely got a full night’s sleep
2. couldn't relax or read a book without plugging their ears
The community council
1.took a vote
2.came to a resolution
3.gave Ma Ming a warning
Drummer Hits the Road
how
5.promised to
change;
8.had the most
exciting
birthday
9. left the station
cheerfully
Development
Outcome
Smith
1.moved into the flat
2.watered plants
3.cleaned fish tanks
Mckay
1.got wet as if he had
showered
2. could hardly get rid of the smell of fish
4.emptied a
larger tank
3. to blow birthday candles
4.were wet through
5.moved fast
6. hit
7. spent Saturday night in a cell
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
Do you think the conflicts were well-resolved in the two reports What other ways can you think of to deal with the conflicts
I think there had been other opportunities of resolving the conflicts in a more peaceful manner.
Another way to deal with Ma Ming’s conflict: he negotiates an agreement with the community council on a couple of hours he could drum during the day.
Smith and McKay’s conflict could be dealt with differently if the McKays had made their complaints to Smith earlier and Smith had changed his ways of doing things.
Post-reading
How serious were the two conflicts Find and underline the expressions that describe the intensity of the conflicts in the two reports.
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many:
... hitting 30-year-old Keith Smith over the head with his walking stick ...
... he had been driven to this act of violence ...
He could no longer tolerate it.
... we dared not go onto our balcony ...
I have never seen him move so fast and I couldn’t stop him. He was up there in a flash.
So how should we solve conflicts in reality
Post-reading
I think there had been other opportunities of resolving the conflicts in a more peaceful manner.
Another way to deal with Ma Ming's conflict: he negotiates an agreement with the community council on a couple of hours he could drum during the day.
Smith and McKay's conflict could be dealt with differently if the McKays had made their complaints to Smith earlier and Smith had changed his ways of doing things.
Communicate effectively
Offer help
Melt the “ice”
Make friends
Understand each other
Near our hearts
In harmony
Together we can
You and me
What do you think we should do to avoid neighbourhood conflict
Post-reading
1. pack vi. & vt.打包;收拾(行李);装(箱)n. 包,包裹
教材原句p.30 Ma Ming,drummer for the rock band “Storm”,had to pack his bags. 摇滚乐队“暴风雨”的鼓手马明不得不收拾行李。
I haven’t packed my suitcase yet. 我的行李箱还没收拾好呢。
He packed a bag with a few things and was off.他装了几件衣物就走了。
【归纳拓展】
pack up 将(东西)装箱打包;收拾行李
pack sth away(用后)收拾好某物
a pack of 一包;一帮;一群
Learning points
完成句子
(1) It’s time that you (装箱打包). If you don’t hurry up,you will miss the plane.
(2) He used to smoke (一盒)cigarettes a day.
(3)[词汇复现]In the canteen,students (收拾好)their knives and forks after dinner.
(4)[词汇复现]The parcel (包起来)was examined carefully.
packed up/should pack up
a pack of
pack away
packed up
2. arrest vt. 逮捕,拘捕;吸引;抑制;阻止 n. 逮捕;拘留
The police really arrested a thief last night.
昨天晚上警方确实逮捕了一个小偷。
【归纳拓展】
arrest one’s attention 吸引某人的注意力
arrest sb for sth 因某事逮捕某人
be arrested in connection with the attack 因与袭击案有关被捕
place/put sb under arrest 逮捕某人
make several arrests 逮捕几个人
the power of arrest 逮捕权
单句语法填空
(1) Her friend I referred to just now (arrest)for robbing a bank.
完成句子
(2) The picture on the wall (吸引了我的注意力).
(3) Yesterday afternoon the police ________________________ ________________________(把那个小偷逮捕了).
was arrested
arrested my attention
put/placed the thief under arrest
或arrested the thief
3. unsuspecting adj. 无提防之心的,无疑心的;未料到的,未猜想到
【词语积累】
unsuspectingly adv. 信任地 suspect v. 猜想,觉得;怀疑 n. 嫌疑犯;可疑分子 suspected adj. 被怀疑的;不可信的;
【归纳拓展】
suspect sb of sth/doing sth 怀疑某人(做了)某事
suspect sb to be 怀疑某人是……
suspect sb to have sth 怀疑某人有某物
The emperor suspected him of having stolen the jewel.
单句语法填空
(1)The man (suspect) of murder sat in the chair shivering.
(2) (suspect)the truth of the document,she refused
to sign it.
(3)If you suspect someone doing an action of this kind,you can report to the owner of the grocery.
(4)To our amazement,she should suspect him (be)a dishonest person.
(5)She threw a surprise party for the (suspect) orphan.
(6)He was sitting (unsuspecting)near the woman who was sobbing.
suspected
Suspecting
of
to be
unsuspecting
unsuspectingly
Keith Smith, a keen gardener and fish collector, moved into the flat above the McKays two weeks ago. He often sent much water 1._____ his balcony, which always ended up on the McKays’ floor, and even on the McKays. What's worse, sometimes Smith cleaned his fish tanks and poured the waste water on the balcony,which also 2._________(shower) down on the McKays’ clothes. And they could hardly get rid 3._____ the smell of fish. Last Saturday was James’ birthday. They were celebrating at home in the evening, James was about4. _________ (blow) his birthday candles out 5.________ the water from above got them and the cake wet through.Immediately, he jumped up, moved to the upstairs 6. _______(quick) in a flash and hit Smith over the head with his 7.________ (walk) stick.
8. ________ (arrest) by the police, James had to stay in a cell for a whole night. After he left the police station,many 9___________(supporter) welcomed him and sang him “Happy Birthday", which made him feel 10._________(excite).From then on,his neighbour also changed his habits.
over
showered
of
to blow
when
quickly
walking
Arrested
supporters
excited
Exercise
Please write a passage entitled “ How to deal with a neighbourhood conflict ” with no more than 150 words.
Homework