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UnitOneChangesintheWayWeLiveTextAMr.DohertyBuildsHisDreamLifePre-readingActivitiesUnit1:ChangesinthewayweliveBrainStormingCityLifevs.CountryLifeWhichlifeisbetter,inyours’opinion,livinginthecountrysideorlivinginthecity?Why?Unit1:ChangesinthewayweliveBrainStormingCityLifevs.CountryLifeTheglamourofcities:•Beijing•London•NewYork•Paris•RomeNewCCTVBuildingTheFerrisWheel(TheLondonEye)TheBrooklynBridge/TheStatueofLibertyEiffelTower/ArcdeTriompheColosseum(罗马古竞技场）Unit1:ChangesinthewayweliveBrainStormingCityLifevs.CountryLifeTheglamourofrurallife:•Pastoralscenes•Wildness•Agriculture•Urbanization•De-MechanizationGroupWorkBrainStorming•Trytofigureoutadvantagesanddisadvantagesofcitylifeandcountryliferespectively.Unit1:ChangesinthewayweliveBrainStormingUnit1:ChangesinthewayweliveAdvantages:•Bettereducation•Betterhealthcare•Higherlivingstandard•Stunningentertainment•Convenienttransportation•MoreworkingopportunitiesDisadvantages•Noise•Airpollution•Heavytraffic•Overpopulation•Highcrimerate/divorcerate•Fiercecompetitionandstress•IndifferenceininterpersonalrelationshipBrainStormingUnit1:ChangesinthewayweliveAdvantages:•Freshair•Peacefullife•Healthyfood•lesspressure•Self-sufficiency•Moreleisuretime•CloserpersonalrelationshipDisadvantages•Lowincome•Underdeveloped•Remote&backward•Hardmanuallabor•Inconvenienceinlife•Notwell-informedoftheoutsideworld•Areyoucontentwithyourcurrentlife?Isthereanythingyouwanttochange?•What’syourattitudetowardschangesinyourlife?Doyouwelcomethem,hatethem,ordreadthem?Pre-readingTasksUnit1:ChangesinthewayweliveDiscussionChangesAmericanAttitudesinChangesAmericansmightbeanationmostusedtochangeswhobelievenoonestandsstill.Ifyouarenotmovingahead,you’refallingbehind.Traditionscanbeaguide,butnotnecessarilysuperior.Betterandbetterwayscanbefound.Lifeisinconstantchange.It’sneitherthestrongestnorthemostintelligentofaspeciesthatwillsurvive,itisthosewhoaremostadaptabletochanges.ThispursuitofperfectionleadstoAmerican’spositiveattitudetowardschangeandresultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,experimenting,andexploring.Pre-readingTasksUnit1:ChangesinthewayweliveReadingChineseIChingTheIChing(Wade-Giles)or“YìJīng”(pinyin),alsoknownastheClassicofChanges,BookofChangesandZhouyi,isoneoftheoldestoftheChineseclassictexts.易一名而含三義：易簡一也；變易二也；不易三也。Pre-readingTasksUnit1:ChangesinthewayweliveReading易(yì)usedasanadjective,means“easy”or“simple”,whilstasaverbitindicates“change”or“theexchangeorsubstitutionofonethingforanother”.經(jīng)heremeans“classic”(i.e.text).TheIChingisa“reflectionoftheuniverseinminiature”.Theword“I”hasthreemeanings:easeandsimplicity,changeandtransformation,andinvariability.ThusthethreeprinciplesunderlyingtheIChingarethefollowing:Simplicity–therootofthesubstance.Thefundamentallawunderlyingeverythingintheuniverseisutterlyplainandsimple,nomatterhowabstruseorcomplexsomethingsmayappeartobe.Variability–theuseofthesubstance.Everythingintheuniverseiscontinuallychanging.Bycomprehendingthisonemayrealizetheimportanceofflexibilityinlifeandmaythuscultivatetheproperattitudefordealingwithamultiplicityofdiversesituations.Persistency–theessenceofthesubstance.Whileeverythingintheuniverseseemstobechanging,amongthechangingtidesthereisapersistentprinciple,acentralrule,whichdoesnotvarywithspaceandtime.Pre-readingTasksReading易簡一也；變易二也；不易三也ChangebyBarackHusseinObamaJr.••It’stheanswertoldbylinesthatstretchedaroundschoolsandchurchesinnumbersthisnationhasneverseen,bypeoplewhowaitedthreehoursandfourhours,manyforthefirsttimeintheirlives,becausetheybelievedthatthistimemustbedifferent,thattheirvoicescouldbethatdifference.•It’stheanswerspokenbyyoungandold,richandpoor,DemocratandRepublican,black,white,Hispanic,Asian,NativeAmerican,gay,straight,disabledandnotdisabled.Americanswhosentamessagetotheworldthatwehaveneverbeenjustacollectionofindividualsoracollectionofredstatesandbluestates.Weare,andalwayswillbe,theUnitedStatesofAmerica.•It’stheanswerthatledthosewho’vebeentoldforsolongbysomanytobecynicalandfearfulanddoubtfulaboutwhatwecanachievetoputtheirhandsonthearcofhistoryandbenditoncemoretowardthehopeofabetterday.•It’sbeenalongtimecoming,buttonight,becauseofwhatwedidonthisdateinthiselectionatthisdefiningmomentchangehascometoAmerica.