Lesson1ConsumerSociety

1、U24 Consumer Society,Lesson1 Spend, Spend, Spend,Vocabulary,deposit,taxpayer,signature,currency,consumer,govern,accumulate,ownership,burden,rag,vacant,resistance,adjustment,diverse,come into being,The price increases were passed on by the firm to the _.,consumers,He _ a sum of money in the bank each

2、 month.,deposits,currencies,The president declared that a new _ would be issued.,currency,n. & v.,Think it over before you put your _ on the check.,signature,tax,He is a _.,taxpayer,govern,They are all the buildings of _.,统治，治理,governments,accumulate,accumulation,China has undoubtedly _ over Yuan Mi

3、ngyuans cultural relics.,ownership,The _ on her back seemed to be crushing her to the earth.,burden,重担，负担,The beggar was dressed in _.,rags,破旧衣服,a vacant house,Several candidates had been competing for position long before the leadership became _ .,vacant,未住人的，空置的,(工作)空缺的,The pig is not willing to s

4、ubmit without _ to the couple.,resistance,resist v.,反抗 n.,resistant adj.,The GDP _ of China is very remarkable.,8%,adjustment,_shapes,triangle,rectangle,square,circle,semi-circle,diverse,3G (The 3rd Generation) network has _ in china.,come into being,形成，存在,H&M,shopaholic,1. Look at the photos and th

5、e title of the article. Which three of these things do you think will not be mentioned in the article?,Before you start,globe trade, stress and lack of time, crime and violence, a shortened working week, work sharing, advertising, free time, drugs,Ex 2 Read the article and check your guesses.,Match

6、the paragraphs with the main ideas,Read to learn,paragraph 1 paragraph 2 paragraph 3 paragraph 4,Its time to take the issues more seriously What is a spending circle A growing resistance to this consumer society The result of a spending circle,Fast-reading,Choose the best answers according to the te

7、xt. Why do people change their money into different countries currencies? A. They hope to make even more money. They hope to buy goods in lower prices. They hope to live easily and happily. They hope to go abroad in a simple way.,A,2.What do the protest groups insist? Some of our money should be giv

8、en to the children. Some of our money should be given to the students. Some of our money should be given to the third world. D. Some of our money should be given to the consumers.,C,Which is RIGHT according to the last paragraph? To visit the shops more and more ofen. To support the people to spend

9、more money. To encourage people to earn less money. To control advertisements, especially the ones aimed at children.,D,Careful reading Fill the blanks,trapped,earn more money,spend more,even harder,deposit,currencies,signatures,tax,govern,complicated,ownership,burden,hand over,increased,stress,bett

10、er off,rags,vacant,resistance,high,took,controlled,aimed at,apart from,personal,less,less,being,doing,having,Language points and useful expressions,1. be trapped in 2. deposit sth. in sth. 3. in the hope that 4. on the one hand 5. on the other hand 6. hand over 7. be well off 8. come into being 9. t

11、akeseriously 10. be aimed at 11. above all 12. wind sb. up,1. 陷入，被困 2. 把存入 3. 希望 4. 一方面 5. 另一方面 6. 交出 7. 富裕，有钱 8. 形成，存在 9. 认真对待 10. 目标是，针对 11. 首先，最重要的是 12. 故意惹恼某人,Group Discussion,Find out the views of the writer in the text.,1. Many people in developed societies are trapped in a spending circle, wh

12、ich goes round and round and gets more and more complicated.,2. In the spending circle, bigger and better houses and cars feel like a burden .,3. In the spending circle, people dont feel increased happiness, but stress and less free time to be themselves and enjoy being with their friends and families.,Which of the writers views do you agree and disagree with? Give reasons.,Finish the e