unit7-Text-A-How-Well-Can-We-Listen

UNIT7RelationshipsandCommunication1.Pre-readingActivitiesStep1.Warm-upquestionsStep2.QuotesStep1.Warm-upquestion:Dotheykeepgoodrelationshipwitheachother?Nolistening1.See,listen,andbesilent,andyouwillliveinpeace.多看多听少多嘴，你会太平过日子。2.Thewisemanisalwaysagoodlistener.智者善听人言。3.Tomakeenemies,talk;tomakefriends,listen.要成仇敌，多讲；要成朋友，多听。Step2:Quotes2.While-readingActivitiesStep1:PartDivisionoftheTextStep2:furtherunderstandingForPart1QuestionsandAnswersForPart2SkimmingandScanningForPart3TrueorFalseForPart4QuestionsandAnswersPartsPara.Mainideas12342-415-78Theriseoftheissue:peoplecomplaintsaboutothers’notlistening;thepossibleconsequenceoftheproblemTheanalysisofthereasonsforthefailureincommunication:misunderstandingresultingfrompoorlistening.HowwecanbegoodlistenersConclusion:restatementoftheimportanceoflistening.Step1:PartDivisionoftheText(1)1.Howdoestheauthorbeginthetext?Thethreeparallelrhetoricalquestions,allbeginningwith“Howoften”,actuallyimplythatfailureinlisteningmayleadtogreatharm.Theauthorbeginsthetextbyputtingforththecommonphenomenonthatpeoplecomplainaboutothers’notlisteningtothem.2.Whatpurposedothethreeparallelquestionsserve?Step2:ForPart1QuestionsandAnswersForPart2SkimmingandScanning1.ScanParagraphs2~4andprovideasummaryforeachparagraph.Paragraph2Paragraph3Paragraph4A:Goodlisteningmaycontributegreatlytosuccessfulcommunication.B:Differencesinopinionormisunderstandingmayleadtohumanconflicts.Partofsolutiontothemistoavoidthemisunderstanding.C:Technologyandopportunitymaynotnecessarilyfacilitatehumancommunication,andthereforetheyarenotthekeyfactorsforgoodcommunication.Somethingiswrongwiththeirlistening.B-C-AF1.Whenitcomestolistening,physicaldistractionstendtobemoredifficulttoovercomethanmentaldistractions.Mentaldistractionsaremuchmoredifficulttoovercome.()F2.Aspeaker’sthinkingisusuallyfasterthanalistener’sthinking;therefore,weshouldspeakslowlyandclearlywhencommunicatingwithothers.Alistener’sthinkingisusuallyfasterthanaspeaker’s;therefore,weshouldbepatientandattentivewhenwelistentootherstalking.()ForPart3TrueorFalseForPart4QuestionsandAnswersThetextendswiththesentence:“Whenwehearpeoplecomplainthatnoonelistenstothemornooneunderstandsthem,weshouldbeabletoprovideanacceptableexplanation.”(1)TranslatethesentenceintotheChinese.(2)Whatis“theacceptableexplanation”?(3)Whatistheporposetowritethesentenceintheendofthetext?（1）当听到有人抱怨没人听他们说话或没人理解他们的时候，我们应该能够给他们一个合理的解释。（2）listeningisveryimportant.(3)Torestatethetheme3.Post-readingActivitiesHowdoestheauthordevelopthetheme?Flowchart:Theriseoftheissue(people’scomplaints)Thereasons:differencesinopinion;misunderstandingFurtherreason:lackofgoodlisteningHowtobeagoodlistenerConclusion4.HomeAssignment.1.Writing:MobilephoneintheClassroom(todevelopyourideasacording“flowchart”)2.Gooverthetext.