1、1 Book 3 Unit 1 Changes in the Way We Live 2pre-readingnWarming-up questionsnCultural background3Warming-up Questionsn1. Is your life undergoing any major changes? How do you cope with those changes?n2. Do you see any changes taking place in the life of Chinese people? How do you view those changes?

2、4Warming-up Questionsn3. Do you prefer to live in the city or countryside?n4.Have you ever found any contentment and frustration living in the city of Shanghai?5Warming-up Questionsn5. Why do city people buy apartments or houses in the suburbs, even in the countryside while so many migrant workers m

3、ove from the country to the city?6Warming-up Questions7Warming-up Questions8BackgroundnFarmers, ranchers, and American traditions:nUnited States history cannot fully be understood without studying its rural life and agricultural heritage. nAgriculture fueled the social and economic engine which buil

4、t the nation, which generated state and local governments, which stimulated and regulated pioneering, farming, land tenure, and the trading of agricultural commodities. nThe farm family was the basic social unit molding American life for nearly 200 years. Agriculture has transformed the American cou

5、ntryside and provided its rural strength.9BackgroundnFarmers, ranchers, and American traditions:nThe following quotation from the former U.S. president Clinton can well illustrate a nostalgic and idealized view of the country and farmers:10BackgroundnFarmers, ranchers, and American traditions: “Sinc

6、e our earliest days as a Nation, farmers have tilled the rich soil of this great land, feeding their families, our country, and people around the world. While America has changed from an agricultural to an industrial society, the American farm has remained a vital thread in the fabric of our national life. Farmers and ranchers exemplify the values on which our country was founded - hard work, faith, family, and devotion to community and to the land - and they have made American agriculture a leading global industry and a source of prid