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国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说Unit5MoneyinOurLivesBook4国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说ThinkandDiscussViewingtheWorldExploringtheThemeAnalyticalListeningSharingYourIdeasEngagingFurtherListeningContentContent国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说ThinkandDiscussThinkandDiscussQuestionsQuestionsAmaninAlaskausesalaptopcomputerwhilesittingonasnowbank.1.Whatishappeninginthisphoto?Readthecaption.Doesthisactivitysurpriseyou?2.Thedesireformoneyistherootofallevil.Doesthisseemtruetoyou?Whyorwhynot?QuestionsQuestionsExampleAnswersInthisphoto,friendshavepinnedmoneytoaman’ssuitduringhisbirthdaypartyinNewOrleans,Louisiana.•ThisactivitydoessurprisemebecauseI’veneverseenthiskindofmonetarygift.Usuallythemoneyisputinanenvelope.•Thisactivitydoesn’tsurprisemebecauseI’veseenthiskindofmonetarygiftatweddings.Theguestspinmoneytothebride’sweddingdressinsomecultures.QuestionsQuestions1.Whatishappeninginthisphoto?Readthecaption.Doesthisactivitysurpriseyou?ExampleAnswers•Thesayingdoesseemtruetomebecausetoomanypeoplecommitcrimesformoney.•Thesayingdoesn’tseemtruetomebecausethereisnothingwrongwithwantingmoneyaslongaswedon’thurtanyoneinordertogetthemoney.Therearealsomanypeoplewhocommitcrimesforotherthings,forexample,love.QuestionsQuestions2.Thedesireformoneyistherootofallevil.Doesthisseemtruetoyou?Whyorwhynot?国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说ExploringtheThemeExploringtheThemeA|Lookatthephotosandthechartandreadthecaptions.Thendiscussthequestions.DifferentcurrenciesaroundtheworldMoneyinOurLivesToday,electronicmoneysuchascreditanddebitcardsisreplacingpapercurrency.Manyexpertspredictthattheworldwillonedayhaveacashlesseconomy.MoneyinOurLivesAspartofayearlytradition,agirlgivesachildmoneyinaredenvelope.Scientistsarestudyingmoneytoseehowitaffectsourlivesandourhappiness.MoneyinOurLivesManygovernmentsspendmoremoneythantheyhave.Publicdebtismoneythatisowedbyagovernment.Unfortunately,publicdebtisgrowing.Whendebtgetstoohigh,itcanthreatentheeconomyofacountry.PublicDebtPerPersonMoneyinOurLivesDiscussthequestions.1.Twentyyearsfromnow,howdoyouimagineyouwillpayformostthings?2.Whataresomeofthewaysthatmoneycanaffectpeople’shappiness?3.Whichcountryinthecharthasthelargestpublicdebtperperson?Whichcountryhasthesmallest?Doesanyoftheinformationinthischartsurpriseyou?MoneyinOurLivesExampleAnswersTwentyyearsfromnow,Iimaginewewillpayformostthingselectronically.Wewillprobablycontinuetouseplasticcards,butwemayalsobeabletouseourcellphones,orevenfingerprintoriris(虹膜)detectiondevicesthatcanidentifyusandgainaccesstoourbankaccounts.MoneyinOurLives1.Twentyyearsfromnow,howdoyouimagineyouwillpayformostthings?ExampleAnswersNothavingenoughmoneyforbasicnecessitiescanmakepeoplelesshappy.Ifpeoplearestressedoutandunhealthybecausetheycan’taffordtobuyenoughfoodfortheirfamily,oradequateclothing,housing,ormedicalcarecoverage,theywillnotbehappy.Ontheotherhand,peoplewhohaveenoughmoneyprobablywon’tbemuchhappieriftheygetmoremoney.Theymayfeelasenseofsecuritybyhavingextramoney,ortheymayfindsatisfactioningivingthemoneytosomeoneelsewhoreallyneedsit,butit’sprobablytruethatmoneycannotbuyhappiness.MoneyinOurLives2.Whataresomeofthewaysthatmoneycanaffectpeople’shappiness?ExampleAnswer1Japanhasthelargestpublicdebtperperson,andKenyahasthesmallestpublicdebtperperson.Theinformationinthechartdoessurprisemebecausethecountrieswiththelargestpublicdebtperperson—Japan,Singapore,andtheUnitedStates—seemlikecountriesthathaveenoughmoneyandwouldnotneedtoborrowmoney.MoneyinOurLives3.Whichcountryinthecharthasthelargestpublicdebtperperson?Whichcountryhasthesmallest?Doesanyoftheinformationinthischartsurpriseyou?ExampleAnswer2Theinformationinthechartdoesn’tsurprisemebecausethecountrieswithalotofdebtareusuallytheonesthatcan,intheory,affordtopaythemoneyback.Japan’seconomyhasn’tbeenespeciallystrongrecently,butingeneral,itisastableandwealthycountry.MoneyinOurLives3.Whichcountryinthecharthasthelargestpublicdebtperperson?Whichcountryhasthesmallest?Doesanyoftheinformationinthischartsurpriseyou?国际交流英语视听说国际交流英语视听说AnalyticalListeningAnalyticalListeningListening1Amanworksonamoney-printingmachineinGermany.Listening1ReginaSimmons雷吉娜·西蒙斯（人名）ElizabethDunn伊丽莎白·邓恩（人名）commitmentn.（为某种目的对钱、时间和人力等的）使用，花费LeafVanBoven利夫·万博文（人名）TomGilovich汤姆·吉洛维奇（人名）AngusDeaton安格斯·迪顿（人名）DanielKahneman丹尼尔·卡内曼（人名）ceasev.停止commercialbreakn.广告时间（电视或广播节目中插播广告的时间）Listening1UniversityofBritishColumbia:apublicuniversityintheprovinceofBritishColumbia,Canada.Itwasestablishedin1908,andhasbeenoneofCanada’sleadingresearchuniversities.不列颠哥伦比亚大学（加拿大）A|RankingInformation.Readthesituationsaboutmoney.Howhappydoeseachsituationmakeyou?Rankthemfrom1(thehappiest)to5(theleasthappy).Listening1___havingmoneyinthebank___spendingmoneyonitemsyouwant___givingmoneytootherpeople___earningmoney___receivingmoneyasagiftB|Discussion.Formagroupwithtwoorthreeotherstudents.CompareanddiscussyourrankingsfromexerciseA.Takeagroupvoteonwhichitemshouldberankednumber1andsoon.Thencomeupwithanewrankinglistforyourgroup.Listening1Listening1ExampleAnswersS1:Iranked“havingmoneyinthebank”asnumberonebecauseitgivesmeafeelingofsecurity,an