英专 Is an Only Child a Lonely Child

Unit6IsanOnlyChildaLonelyChild?Pre-readingQuestionsAreyoutheonlychildinyourfamily?Howdoyoufeelastheonlychildorasoneofthechildreninthefamily?Eversincetheadoptionofthe“OneCouple,OneChild”policy,Chinahassucceededinslowingdowntherapidexpansionofherpopulation.Doyouthinkit’sreasonabletohaveonlyonechildinfamily?OverallComprehension1.Whatisthisexpositivetextconcernedwith?Thistextisconcernedwiththeprosandconsofhavingonlyonechild.Inotherwords,thetextdealswiththetypicaladvantagesanddisadvantagesofnothavingasecondchild.Thetextdiscussestheminanobjectivetone.2.Whatisthewriter’sanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild?StructuralAnalysisPara.1Itputsforwardtheissueofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild,andmentionsparents’concernwhetheranonlychildnecessarilymeansalonelychild.Para.2-3Twocommonargumentsagainsthavingonlyonechildinthefamilyarepresented.Para.4-5Theauthorcitesspecificfiguresandfactstoshowthatdespitethedisadvantagesmanyparentsstillchoosetohaveonlyonechild,andhealsopointsoutsomecausesoftheirdecision.StructuralAnalysisPara.6Theauthorbrieflystatestheadvantagesofhavingasinglechild.Para.7Itconcludesthatthereisnosimpleanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild,andthattheimportantthing,intheend,istomakethedecisionthatacouplebothfeelconfidentabout.StructuralAnalysisSomewordsusedatthebeginningofaparagraphmakeiteasierforthereadertounderstandthecoherenceofthewholetext,suchasAnotheratthebeginningofParagraph3,DespiteofParagraph4,andUnfortunatelyofParagraph7.Canyouexplainhowtheyfunction?StructuralAnalysisTheword“Another”usedatthebeginningofParagraph3impliesthatatleastoneargumenthasbeenpresentedearlier.“Despitethesearguments…”preparesreadersforsomethingagainsttheirexpectations,i.e.manyparentsstillchoosetohaveonechildalthoughthedisadvantagesofdoingsohavejustbeenclearlypresented.“Unfortunately”tellsreadersthattherefollowssomethingdisappointing,i.e.theauthorfailstoprovideadefiniteanswertothequestionsraisedatthebeginningofthetext.DetailedReading–Para.11.Whatisthedilemmathatmanycouplesarefacedwith?2.Whatistheconcernthatweighsheavilyonthemindsofmanycouples?LanguageWork1.dilemman.asituationinwhichitisdifficulttodecidewhattodo,becauseeachchoicehasitsadvantagesanddisadvantagesEx.Manywomenarefacedwiththedilemmaofchoosingbetweencareerandfamilycommitments.Collocation:beinadilemmaEx.我不知道是接受还是不接受这份工作。I’minadilemmaaboutthisjoboffer.LanguageWork2.issuen.asubjectorproblemthatisoftendiscussedorarguedaboutEx.Unemploymentisnottheissue—therealproblemisthedeclineinpublicmorality.Ex.Ijustgotaraise,somoney’snolongeranissue.Collocation:raisetheissueEx.Weshouldraisetheissueofdiscriminationwiththecouncil.Synonyms:subject,problem3.demandingadj.needingalotofability,effort,orskillEx.Climbingisphysicallydemanding,whilestudyingismentallydemanding.LanguageWork4.keenadj.interestedinsth.oreagertodoitEx.Johnisakeenphotographer.Collocations:bekeenonsth./bekeentodosth.Ex.Daniel’sverykeenontennis.Ex.She’soutofhospitalandkeentogetbacktowork.Synonyms:interested,eagerDerivation:keennessn.LanguageWork5.theprosandcons:theadvantagesanddisadvantagesEx.Beforewemakeadecision,wemustweighuptheprosandcons.Ex.Afterhours’discussion,everybodyatthemeetingcouldseeclearlytheprosandconsoftheproposal.LanguageWork6.concernedadj.worriedaboutsomethingEx.Concernedparentsapproachedtheschoolabouttheproblem.Collocations:beconcernedaboutEx.Rosshasneverbeenparticularlyconcernedaboutwhatotherpeoplethinkofhim.beconcernedforEx.Rescuersareconcernedforthesafetyoftwomentrappedinthemine.beconcernedthatEx.He’sconcernedthathewon’tgethismoneyback.Derivations:concernn.&v.concerningprep.DetailReading–Para.2-31.Whatdoesthewriterthinkoftheissueofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild?2.Whatisthemainideaofthethirdparagraph?LanguageWork1.concernn.afeelingofworryaboutsth.important;sth.thatworriesyouEx.Hismainconcernistobeabletoprovideforhisfamily.Collocation:concernabout/overe.g.Thereisgrowingconcernabouttheeffectsofpollutiononhealth.concernforsb.e.g.Agovernmentspokesmanexpressedconcernforthelivesofthehostages.LanguageWork2.stigman.amarkofshameordisgrace;ashamefulfeelingorreputationEx.Thereisastrongstigmaattachedtosuicide.Ex.离异和单亲家庭在过去是令人感到羞耻的。Inthepastdivorceandsingleparenthoodcarriedastigma.3.attimes:sometimesbutnotusuallyEx.AttimesIwonderifit’sworthalltheeffort.Comparison:atnotime,atalltimesParaphrase:1.Manysingle-childparentsfeelastigmaassociatedwiththeirdecisiontohaveonlyonechild.(Para.2)Manysingle-childfamilieshaveastrongsenseofshameintheirdecisiontohaveonlyonechild.2.…thismayleadtothechildfeelinglonelyattimes,…?(Para.2)…suchasituationwillprobablyresultinthechildhavingasenseoflonelinessfromtimetotime,…?LanguageWork4.siblingn.(fml)abrotherorsisterEx.Mostyoungsmokersareinfluencedbytheireldersiblings’smokinghabits.5.negotiatev.discusssth.inordertoreachanagreement,esp.inbusinessorpoliticsEx.Unionleadershavenegotiatedanagreementforashorterworkingweek.Collocation:negotiatewithEx.Thegovernmentrefusestonegotiatewithterrorists.Derivations:negotiationn.negotiableadj.LanguageWork6.interactv.1)(people)talktoeac