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ird world. Trade unions demand that the government shorten the working week. They are also suggesting that people should share work and thus reduce unemployment. It’s high time that we took these issues more seriously. We ought to visit the shops less and worry less about image. 2. Ability goals 能力目標(biāo) Enable students to talk about social changes and learn what a consumer society is. 3. Learning ability goals 學(xué)能目標(biāo) Help students learn how to talk about social changes. Teaching important points 教學(xué)重點(diǎn) The meaning of consumer society. Teaching difficult points 教學(xué)難點(diǎn) Identify the writer’s point of view on consumer society. Teaching methods 教學(xué)方法 Discussing, listening amp。 reading。 Questionandanswer activity to get the detailed information。 recorder. Teaching procedures amp。 if not, you can look them up in the vocabulary list. ? Now, please read after me, and pay attention to word stress. Activity three: Discuss After reading, let the Ss discuss the question in Exercise 1 and then speak out their opinions. Possible statement: S1: I think inequality is the biggest problem. Because not everybody can benefit from the nation’s policy, the rich bee much richer while the poor bee much poorer. Consequently, problems like begging and homelessness are on the increase. T: OK, you’ve done very well. Are there anyone who’d like to tell us different opinions? S2: I think poverty is the biggest problem. Because of poverty, many people mit crimes. T: Well, what both of you said sounds reasonable. So much for the discussion. You can continue after class. Activity four: Deal with Exercise 2 Before listening to the tape, look at some new words based on the topic of listening. Check their meanings with the class. T: Before listening to the tape, let’s look at s ome new words based on the topic of listening. Please read them after me. Show the following words on the PowerPoint. household n. 一個家庭 graph n. 圖表 voluntary adj. 自愿的 abundant adj. 充足的 life expectancy 預(yù)期壽命 T: You will find household and graph in the Exercise 2 and life expectancy in Exercise 3. Now please look at the topics and graphs in Exercise 2 and try to remember the figures. I’ll give you 15 seconds. 15 seconds later T: Are you ready? Now listen to the tape and match the topics with the graphs below. You should pay more attention to the percent of each topic. Let the Ss listen and match the topics with the graphs below. Then check the answers. Activity five: Deal with Exercise 3 Give the Ss some time to read through the table and find out what information to listen for. Play the cassette twice for the Ss to listen and plete the table. Check the answers by having individuals say their answers and write them on the board. T: As the same, you have fifteen seconds to read the table and find out what information to listen for. 1