Unit-5-competition大学英语泛读第4册第五单元课件.ppt

Unit 5. Motivation or unhealthy experience (competition),1,精选课件ppt,Unit 5. Motivation or unhealth,Pre-reading questions:,Today, we live in an increasingly competitive world. Competition takes place in every arena of our life-in our study, in our life, and even in our leisure activities.For some of us, we may even use whatever means we can think of to achieve our aims.But have we ever thought of for what purposes we compete against each other, and whether competition is good for us?,2,精选课件ppt,Pre-reading questions:Today, w,Competition or cooperation, that is a question!,3,精选课件ppt,Competition or cooperation, th,Economy and politics,4,精选课件ppt,Economy and politics4精选课件ppt,Cooperation and Openness for Mutual Benefit and Win-Win Progress At the BRIC Summit Brasilia, 16 April 2010,5,精选课件ppt,Cooperation and Openness for M,6,精选课件ppt,6精选课件ppt,Debate,1. Are you for or against competition? Why?For:Against:2. What effects does competition have on us and our society? Can you think of any example?Positive effects:Negative effects:,7,精选课件ppt,Debate 1. Are you for or again,3. What effects does competition have on children?,Positive effects:Competition can help children develop healthy attitudes about winning and losing;Competition can encourage growth and push a child to excel;Children benefit from competition as they learn about their ablities and limitations.,8,精选课件ppt,3. What effects does competiti,3. What effects does competition have on children?,Negative effects:Competition can harm a child if it causes physical or emotional injury, or both;Competition lowers the need to take care of others;Competition causes hostility, aggression, or makes a child unpopular;Competition is done just for parents benefit or vainglory.,9,精选课件ppt,3. What effects does competiti,Reading One:,Check your comprehension A:Check each of the questions with the information from the text P104,10,精选课件ppt,Reading One:Check your compreh,Check your comprehension B:,1. Competition plays such an important role in our culture that it is common to see even adults shouting and swearing on Sunday afternoons (when watching baseball games). This is ridiculous and I feel bad about it.2. From my own experience, I dont think that we can develop deep and full relationships by trying to compete and win against a common enemy.,11,精选课件ppt,Check your comprehension B:1.,3. If my success means that I have to do better than others, I dont think Ill ever have real satisfaction because I have to keep thinking of how to outdo others, which is very unpleasant and exhausting.4. Even when I reach the top position, I will not feel safe as all those below me will be waiting to outdo me and try to grab the position from me.,12,精选课件ppt,3. If my success means that I,5. I start to see that my confidence in my personal value and worth is dependent on how much better I am than so many others in so many activities.6. Only when we begin to realize that there is no such a thing as healthy competition can we begin to live more normal and richer lives.,13,精选课件ppt,5. I start to see that my conf,Check your vocabulary A:,outcome: result team spirit: enthusiasm about working in a team resolve: solve a difficulty in (the) light of: taking into consideration what is known, or what has been just said or found out in ones stead: in the position or role of sb or sth else self-esteem: self-respect,14,精选课件ppt,Check your vocabulary A: outco,Check your vocabulary B:,contradiction exclusive conditional: dependent on outweigh: be more important/valuable than incalculable: damage/ consequences induce: cause treadmill: monotonous/ tedious/ plodding work unjustifiable: unreasonable hysteria: abnormal excitement outweigh:,15,精选课件ppt,Check your vocabulary B: contr,Summary,What is a summary? It is a fairly brief restatement-IN YOUR OWN WORDS-of the contents of a passage. Strictly speaking, you simply report back what the other writer has said. It is not your job to make value judgments about the rightness or wrongness of what (s)he says. That would be a different kind of paper-a summary-response, a critique, or a position paper. While it is hard to give concrete guidelines for length, many good summaries are about 1/4 to 1/3 the length of the original.,16,精选课件ppt,Summary What is a summary? It,What are the steps in writing a summary?,I. Read through the whole piece-carefully. Annotate (underline, highlight, asterisk, star, flag things; comment in the margins) as you read. II. When you finish, look back for 1-2 sentences that state the authors main point. Write it/them down or place some special annotation in the margin of your book. This is the articles thesis statement. While it may appear early in the essay-the first paragraph or two (as you are taught to locate yours), it may not, in fact, be stated until the end of the piece (almost as if it were a conclusion).,17,精选课件ppt,What are the steps in writing,III. Reread the selection, dividing it into sections of thought. Each section may be one paragraph, but, more likely, each section will incorporate several paragraphs. IV. Write a sentence or two summarizing each section of thought. If you have trouble doing this, you might try writing a summary sentence for each paragraph and then revising where you see yourself repeating ideas.,18,精选课件ppt,III. Reread the selection, div,V. Write a first draft of your summary, including the following items: A. In the first sentence or two- 1. the authors name. 2. the articles or chapters name (perhaps even the magazines or books name in which the article or chapter appeared). 3. the authors thesis statement.Heres an example: In our excerpt from The Idea of a University, John Henry Newman argues that the real purpose of a university education is to help students become wise, enable each one to understand as much as possible of the world in which (s)he lives and to see clearly how each piece of knowledge relates to each other piece of knowledge.,19,精选课件ppt,V. Write a first draft of your,B. Next, your summary sentences for each paragraph or section. Put them in the same order that the author presents the essay, because you are, after all, simply reporting back what (s)he says. C. You should make every effort to put the authors ideas into your own words-to avoid plagiarism. However, you may occasionally want to quote a point directly from the author. Thats okay; just be sure to place quotation marks around what you have borrowed and cite your page number. D. Occasional supporting details, if and only if they are the most significant ones.,20,精选课件ppt,B. Next, your summary sentence,VI. Check your draft against the original piece for accuracy. VII. Revise the summary to smooth out its choppiness. In other words, link your section summary sentences together with good transitional words or phrases (like in addition, moreover, on the other hand, however, finally). VIII. Proofread and spellcheck.,21,精选课件ppt,VI. Check your draft against t,Reading Two:,toxic substance/ fume/ emission/ waste/ reaction/shock syndromeAs social networking grows increasingly pervasive, more employers are utilizing these sites to screen potential employees. pervasive social problems普遍的社会问题Last week， China unveiled stellar growth figures for its economy. 中国上周公布了强劲的经济增长数据。 graceful as a swan 像天鹅一样优雅；举止端庄；姿态优美 graceful bearing 风采,22,精选课件ppt,Reading Two:toxic,Check your comprehension B:,1. You knew that one had healthy self-esteem when he/she could enjoy competing in a hobby which he/she was not very good at.2. A true competition is one in which you dont know for sure whether or not youll be able to achieve your aim.,23,精选课件ppt,Check your comprehension B:1.,3. For many of us, competition is an additional ingredient that keeps our life interesting, makes us alert and active, and enables us to become more creative and productive.4. It can become a good part of our life and exerts a great(negative) infuence on how we live.5. Parents must also set an example of how to compete pleasantly in their own lives.,24,精选课件ppt,3. For many of us, competition,Check your vocabulary:,ervasive computing 普遍计算技术 adaptable 适应性强的 self-contained adj. 设备齐全的；独立的；沉默寡言的 defective manipulate utensils promote sabotage sbt:, sbt: vt. 妨害；对采取破坏行动 vi. 从事破坏活动 n. 破坏；怠工；破坏活动 nacissistic graceful oval face toxic stellar performer. in the move to在向.发展的过程中在短短的几年内，他们公司发展成了华尔街最优秀的公司之一，（在这个发展过程中）为其它公司树立了榜样。Substandard/ outstanding performer 表现欠佳/优秀的员工,25,精选课件ppt,Check your vocabulary: pervasi,hu,26,精选课件ppt,26精选课件ppt,Reading Three: Competition is Healthy, But it Can Get Out of Hand,Will Rogers World Airport:Is a big airport in Oklahoma City.“I think we gave a scare”, she means colloquially and humorously that their yards are as bright as the airport, and could be seen as competition for its business.,27,精选课件ppt,Reading Three: Competition is,Wal-Mart,an enormous “inexpensive department store” chain that is ubiquitous/pervasive/omnipresent across America. Its philosophy is to bring lots of inexpensive goods to consumers efficiently.It has been criticized greatly since every time a Wal-Mart comes to a town, all of the smaller merchant shops cannot compete and go out of business. This is bad for the economy overall.,28,精选课件ppt,Wal-Martan enormous “inexpensi,Mary Poppins,One of Walt Disneys musical films.It is a combination of live action and animation.It introduces to us a practically perfect magical nanny- Mary Poppins, who always dispenses useful but perhaps too-sweet/simple advice. 欢乐满人间,29,精选课件ppt,Mary PoppinsOne of Walt Disney,Reading Three:,Check your comprehension B:1. Competing can be fun, but we may be overenthusiastic and unreasonable about it.2. Candidates who sit in a test performance in order to join certain bands can get undeniably violent and aggressive.,30,精选课件ppt,Reading Three:Check your compr,3. Feel free to find a gift of yours, develop is, and embarrass those who dare to challenge you.4. If competition isnt fun and people find themselves feeling extremely worried about an event they are competing in, then why not stop going through it?,31,精选课件ppt,3. Feel free to find a gift of,Check your vocabulary:,disrespectful outdo audition responsibility scared dread gripes vicious depress ironic,32,精选课件ppt,Check your vocabulary: disresp,Reading Four:,Check your vocabulary A: take on subject sb to at full speed at all costs pitagainst in charge step in disservice distorted,33,精选课件ppt,Reading Four:Check your vocabu,Check your vocabulary B:,downplay realms ostracism paralysis impose ethic ethnic temperament temper steeraway from,34,精选课件ppt,Check your vocabulary B: down,35,精选课件ppt,35精选课件ppt,36,精选课件ppt,36精选课件ppt,此课件下载可自行编辑修改，供参考！感谢您的支持，我们努力做得更好！,37,精选课件ppt,此课件下载可自行编辑修改，供参考！37精选课件ppt,