1、College English,Book One,Warm-up Questions,1. What do you often do in your free time during your summer vacation? 2. At what time do you watch TV? How long?,Warm-up Questions,3. Do you have a generation gap with your parents? 4. How do you think to solve this problem?,Unit 4 Turning Off TV: A Quiet

2、Hour,Outline,Introduction,Text Analysis,Language Points,Useful Expressions,Homework,Introductory Remarks,Television, since its first prevalence over radio in the 1950s, has played a more and more important role in peoples lives. As a matter of fact, it has become so much a part of human life that a

3、modern world without television is unimaginable. Some people even say that life without television is not worth living.,Introductory Remarks,But on the other hand, some argue against TV. They think TV is taking up too much of a persons time and making him lazy, not to mention its harmful influence u

4、pon him. The author of this article is raising his voice against TV, urging viewers to turn off their sets and enjoy a precious quiet hour, an hour without the distraction of TV.,Introduction,The advantages of watching TV The disadvantages of watching too much TV More active pastimes instead of watc

5、hing TV,Introduction,The advantages of watching TV Be great fun to watch TV,The advantages of watching TV,Be the easy and enjoyable way of entertainment,The advantages of watching TV,Learn about the latest news from all over the world,Michael Phelps,The advantages of watching TV,Get a good education

6、 at home through special classes on TV,The advantages of watching TV,Be the electronic baby-sitter,TV Program of CCTV-9,CHINA TODAY07:00 am DIALOGUE07:30 am WORLD WIDE WATCH08:00 am CULTURE EXPRESS08:30 am CCTV NEWS09:00 am LEARNING CHINESE09:15 am NATURE Controlling American free time (para 6),Text

7、 Appreciation,What activities are suggested to do after turning off TV?,People can have a family talk,They might sit around together after dinner and actually talk to one another. ( para.2),Profits of family talk,They might avoid their problems: such as generation gap, divorce, and some forms of men

8、tal illness by talking.(para.2).,People can have a family discussion,Using the quiet hour , discuss our problems, tell each other what is disturbing us. (para.2),Profits of family discussion,They might know each other better than before. (para.2) They might love each other better than before.(para.2

9、),People can have a family walk,They might take a walk together and see the neighborhood with new, fresh eyes.(para.3),People can take a ride,They might take a ride together to watch the sunset . (para.3),People can have a family story hour,The quiet hour can become a story hour. (para.5) Listening

10、to a mother or father tell a story is a different form of reading. (para.5),Profits of a family story hour,Story from mother or father can bring the whole family closer.(para5) Parents and children become both happy and relaxed in the activity.,People can have a family reading hour,With free time an

11、d no TV, children and adults might rediscover reading . (para.4),Profits of family reading,Reading is a good entertainment itself. A more literate new generation could be a product of the quiet hour.,Text Structure,Text Structure,Part I ( Para 1 ):,Part I I( Para 2 5 ):,Part III( Para 6):,The author

12、 proposes that every evening, for 60 to 90 minutes, all television broadcasting in the U.S. be prohibited by law.,The author mentions some problems caused by watching too much TV and suggests some activities to fill the time when turning off TV.,People could have more fun if they turned off TV for o

13、ne or two hours every day as they did in the past.,3 minutes for you to scan the text,With free time and no TV, children and adults would be better-educated by means of reading.,Globe Reading.2-part2.2,propose that all television broadcasting in the United States be prohibited for sixty to ninety mi

14、nutes,Less family communications were resulted from the distraction of TV.,Families could discover more active pastimes,Argument,Support I,Support II,Support III,Support IV,Conclusion,Reading good stories aloud can bring family closer and force TV networks come up with quality programs.,An hour with

15、out the distraction of TV is not radical at all.,Directions: Find specific details to support the following argument.,Blank Filling,Text Comprehension,True or False (for the first part) The author proposes to stop the television broadcasting on evening news in the United States.,The author proposes

16、to stop the television broadcasting right after the early evening news in the United States.,2. The time suggested by the author to turn off the TV is 90 minutes.,The time suggested by the author to turn off the TV is 60 to 90 minutes.,( F ),( F ),Text Comprehension,Discussion: Read the text and sum

17、marize the benefits of turning off TV for an hour. (for the second part),Text Comprehension,Questions and Answers (for the third part),Why does the author think that it might be radical to Americans at the first glance? How long has the TV controlled the Americans life? What is the purpose of the ex

18、ample in the last paragraph?,Language Points,1. worthwhile 2. current 3. prohibit 4. propose 5. pastime 6. free from 7. literate 8. come up with 9. involve 10. Remember feet? 11. See the neighborhood with fresh, new eyes? 12. It wasnt so difficult. Honest. The truth is we had a ball.,Language Points

19、,1. worthwhile: adj . good enough for the time or effort needed, valuable,This book is worthwhile the money.,我認為這是一份值得干的工作。,I think it is a worthwhile job.,There are many worthwhile programs on TV.,電視里有許多值得看的節(jié)目。,Language Points,2. current 1)a.-of the present time the current issue of a magazine ;the

20、 current year; current affairs; current prices of 2) a. generally accepted or in fashion.,The current belief is that human beings evolved from monkeys.,3) n. stream of flowing water, air, gas. The cold currents of air from Siberia influence the climate of China.,Language Points,3. prohibit vt. -forb

21、id (by law, rule ) Prohibit sb ( from ) doing sth.,該航班禁止吸煙。,Smoking is prohibited on this plane.,Her parents prohibit her from going out at night. Children are prohibited from buying cigarette.,Language Points,4. propose vt. suggest; put forward for consideration,老師建議我們每天花半小時朗讀。,Our teacher proposes

22、 reading aloud for 30 minutes every day. Pattern:,that (should) do propose doing to do,Language Points,proposal: n. plan or schedule,His proposal to put off the meeting was rejected.,Note: propose 后常跟虛擬形式的賓語從句。動詞要求用原形。類似的動詞還有：suggest, demand, request, ask, move, insist, urge, require, order, command

23、,advise, desire, recommend, maintain, vote, etc. This is chiefly used in very formal English.,Language Points,5.,pastime: n. anything done to pass time pleasantly,Most people view playing cards as a pastime while some take it as a way to make money.,打高爾夫球是他最喜歡的娛樂活動。,Golf is his favorite pastime.,Lan

24、guage Points,pastime think of (a plan, an answer, a reply, etc.),He can always come up with an excuse for being late.,是鮑博提出了解決這個問題的一個切實可行的辦法。,It was Bob that came up with a practical solution to the problem.,Language points,9.involve: vt.,To apply for university study involves taking the College Ent

25、rance Examination.,學(xué)英語當(dāng)然每天得做一些聽、說、讀、寫的練習(xí)。,Learning English necessarily involves doing some listening, speaking, reading and writing every day.,2. cause to be mixed up (in sth.),他不想把弟弟卷入這件事中去。,He doesnt want to involve his brother into this business.,1. have as a part or result,Language points,10. Re

26、member feet? It means :do we ever remember that we can travel on foot ? It implies: the Americans are so used to traveling by car or other vehicles that they seem to have forgotten they can travel on foot ?,Language points,11.See the neighborhood with fresh ,new eyes? It means : see the neighborhood

27、 as if for the first time. It implies : people are easy to take things which they are familiar with or they have owned for granted, so the author asked us to see the place where we live in new perspective and even gratefully.,Language points,12.It wasnt so difficult. Honest. The truth is we had a ba