上外版综合英语1 Unit 6 is an only child a lonely child

Unit6IsanOnlyChildaLonelyChild?•Childrentodayaretyrants.Theycontradicttheirparent,gobbletheirfood,andtyrannizetheirteachers.----SocratesPre-readingActivities-Audiovisualsupplements3Watchavideoclipandanswerthefollowingquestions.Areyoufromaone-childfamily?Canyouimaginelivingwithsomanybrothersandsisters?Doyoufeellonely?2.Whatisthechildren’srelationshipinthevideo?Andwhat’stherelationshipbetweenthewomanandthechildren?1.Theyarebrothersandsistersinonebigfamily.Andthewomanistheirnewgoverness.ThisvideoisfromafamousmovieTheSoundofMusic.Maria:Gretl:Maria:Marta:Maria:Gretl?Areyouscared?…You’renotfrightenedofathunderstorm,areyou?Youjuststayrightherewithme.Wherearetheothers?Theyareasleep.Theyarenotscared.Oh,no?Look.Alright,everybody.Uphereonthebed.Really?Well,justthisonce.Comeon.Now,allwehavetodoistowaitfortheboys.Louisa:Maria:Youwon’tseethem.Boysarebrave.Youboysweren’tscared,too,wereyou?VideoScript1Friedrich:Maria:Friedrich:Maria:Maria:Oh,no.Wejustwantedtobesurethatyouweren’t.That’sverythoughtfulofyou,Friedrich.Itwasn’tmyidea.ItwasKurt’s.Kurt!That’stheoneIleftout.GodblessKurt.Whydoesitdothat?Maria:Marta:Maria:Marta:Well,thelightningsayssomethingtothethunder,andthethunderanswersback.Thelightningmustbenasty.Notreally.Thenwhydoesthethundergetsoangry?Itmakesmewanttocry.VideoScript2Maria:WhenanythingbothersmeandI’mfeelingunhappy,Ijusttrytothinkofnicethings.Children:Maria:Whatkindofthings?Oh,well,letmesee.Nicethings…Daffodils!Greenmeadows.Skiesfullofstars…Raindropsonrosesandwhiskersonkittens…Brightcopperkettlesandwarmwoolenmittens.Brownpaperpackagestiedupwithstrings…Theseareafewofmyfavoritethings.VideoScript3•Eversincetheadoptionofthe“OneCouple,OneChild”policy,Chinahassucceededinslowingdowntherapidexpansionofherpopulation.•Buteverycoinhastwosides,andsodoesChina’spopulationpolicy.•CarryoutadebateonthetopicofIt’sreasonabletohaveonlyonechildinfamilyDebateTipsmoreloveandattentiongoodeducationmoreopportunitieslessfinancialburden…spoiled“littleemperors”self-centeredlackofindependenceLonely…1.Whatisthisexpositivetextconcernedwith?Thistextisconcernedwiththeprosandconsof.Inotherwords,thetextdealswiththetypicalofnothavingasecondchild.Thetextdiscussestheminantone.Textanalysishavingonlyonechild_______________________advantagesanddisadvantages_________________________________objective___________GlobalReading-Textanalysis12.Whatisthewriter’sanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild?Itgoesasfollows:“…thereisnosimpleanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild.Thecircumstancesaffectingeachsetofparentsareunique,andwhatisappropriateforonefamilymaynotbeforanother.Theimportantthing,intheend,istomakeadecisionthatbothyouandyourspousefeelconfidentabout.”GlobalReading-Textanalysis21.Dividethetextintoparts.StructuralanalysisParagraph(s)Mainidea12-3Itputsforwardtheissueofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild,andmentionsparents’concernwhetheranonlychildnecessarilymeansalonelychild.Twocommonargumentsagainsthavingonlyonechildinthefamilyarepresented.Structuralanalysis1Paragraph(s)Mainidea4-56Theauthorcitesspecificfiguresandfactstoshowthatdespitethedisadvantagesmanyparentsstillchoosetohaveonlyonechild,andhealsopointsoutsomecausesoftheirdecision.Theauthorbrieflystatestheadvantagesofhavingasinglechild.Structuralanalysis2Paragraph(s)Mainidea7Itconcludesthatthereisnosimpleanswertothequestionofwhetherornottohaveasecondchild,andthattheimportantthing,intheend,istomakethedecisionthatacouplebothfeelconfidentabout.Structuralanalysis32.Somewordsusedatthebeginningofaparagraphmakeiteasierforthereadertounderstandthecoherenceofthewholetext,suchasAnotheratthebeginningofParagraph3,DespiteofParagraph4,andUnfortunatelyofParagraph7.Canyouexplainhowtheyfunction?Structuralanalysis4Structuralanalysis5“Despitethesearguments…”preparesreadersforsomethingagainsttheirexpectations,i.e.manyparentsstillchoosetohaveonechildalthoughthedisadvantagesofdoingsohavejustbeenclearlypresented.Theword“Another”usedatthebeginningofParagraph3impliesthatatleastoneargumenthasbeenpresentedearlier.Structuralanalysis5“Unfortunately”tellsreadersthattherefollowssomethingdisappointing,i.e.theauthorfailstoprovideadefiniteanswertothequestionsraisedatthebeginningofthetext.Backgroundinformation•Familytypes:1.Nuclearfamily:afather,amotherandtheirchild/children2.Single-parentfamily:amother/afather,child/children3.Blendedfamily:whenadivorcedorwidowedparentremarries4.Complexfamily:parentsandchildrenlivetogetherwithotherfamilymembersunderthesameroof.5.Extendedfamily:afamilyunitwhichincludesgrandmothers,grandfathers,auntsanduncles,etc.inadditiontoparentsandchildren•Maslow’shierarchyofneeds:马斯洛需求层次理论Vocabulary•Issue•Compareissue,problem,andquestion•Demanding•Concern•Prosandcons•Otherwordsorphrasesthatmean“支持”“反对”“优势”“劣势”“优点”“缺点”•Spoil•cite•Interact•Inter-•Decline•表示上升、下降的词汇•Comparepercentandpercentage•Compareelderandelderly•Overwhelming•elect•Prime•Compareprimeandprimary•Equivalent•Compareequivalentandequal•Comparearise,riseandraise•Favoritism•找出表示“一”“二”“三”“四”“五”“六”的前缀，如bi-(两，双），并举例Sentencestructure•Pleasediv