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Unit 2
1 Work in pairs to check the statements which are true for you. Give a description of what you are doing now. Example
A: Do you need at leas two alarm clocks to get you up in the morning?
B: No, I always get up early in the morning to practise my English in a corner on campus. What about you? A: Survey
1. I need at least two alarm clocks to get me up in the morning. 2. I always leave writing essays until the last minute.
3. The best thing about my life as a student is the partying. 4. I take part in every protest on campus.
5. I think I may be studying the wrong subject.
6. I came to college to get an education, I‘m not thinking about what job I‘d like. 7. I‘m crazy about the Beatles.
8. I think no one has ever improved on the miniskirt. 9. I‘m not interested in politics.
10. I feel young people can change the world. Life in the sixties Social affairs Cultural affairs Presentation
2 Social affairs
Listen to a recording about social affairs in the US during the 1960s and complete the sentences. Social affairs
The 1960s began with the election of the first president born in the 20th century –John Kennedy. For many Americans, the young president was the symbol of a 1) ________ of hope for the nation. When Kennedy was murdered in 1963, many felt that their hopes died, too. This was especially true of young people, and members and supporters of 2) ________ groups.
A time of 3) ____________ and hope soon began to look like a time of anger and violence. More Americans protested to demand an end to the 4) ________ treatment of black citizens. More protested to demand an end to the war in Vietnam. And more protested to demand full 5) ________ for women.
By the middle of the 1960s, it had become almost impossible for President Lyndon Johnson to leave the White House without facing 6) __________ against the war in Vietnam. In March of 1968, he announced that he would not run for another term.
In addition to President John Kennedy, two other 7) ___________ leaders were murdered during the nineteen sixties. 8) ________ rights leader Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. Several weeks later, Robert Kennedy—John Kennedy‘s brother—was shot in Los Angeles, California. He was campaigning to win his party‘s 9) ____________ for president.
Their deaths resulted in 10) _______ in cities across the country. 3 Cultural affairs
Listen to recordings about cultural affairs in the US during the 1960s and finish the tasks. Bob Dylan 鲍勃·迪伦
（美国民谣歌手、作曲 家、诗人） Allen Ginsberg 艾伦·金斯堡
（美国先锋派诗人) Timothy Leary 蒂莫西·李瑞 (美国心理学家）
4 Listen to Part I and answer the questions.
1. What values did parents teach their children in the 1950s? A belief in God, hard work and service to their country. 2. How did young people rebel against their parents? Letting their hair grow long and by wearing strange clothes. 3. What were the main topics of Bob Dylan‘s songs? Social unrest.
4. What did ―Do your own thing‖ mean? Do whatever you wanted, without feeling guilty.
Listen to Part 2 and decide whether these statements are True or False. ? 1 Hippies longed for more love and personal freedom in America. ? 2 Timothy Leary urged young people to avoid drugs. ? 3 People who use L-S-D see strange, colorful images.
? 4 All the Americans got engaged into the social revolution.
? 5 Women in the 1960s fought only for the same chances as men to get a good education and a good job. Comparison
Work in groups to discuss the topic.
Based on what you‘ve got about the life in the 1960s and life today, how do you think the life of young people has changed?
In the 1960s, young people got themselves involved in seeking freedom and justice while young people today are mainly concerned about how to improve their chances of being competitive in the employment market. Text organization
Read the text quickly and fill in the flow chart to understand the structure of the text. Text Organization Topic
College: special?
Students in the 1960s Students today Conclusion
College isn‘t special any more.
A general idea about college in the 1960s a place to experience exciting & stimulating life
Supporting idea 1 College: a place to fight for freedom and justice Supporting idea 2
College: a place to taste real freedom A general idea about college today a place which produces no passion Supporting idea 1
College: a mere place to increase chances of getting a good job Supporting idea 2
College: a place not different from the real world
Comprehending the text
Work in groups. Group 1 read Paras. 1-4 to check the true statements about the 1960s. Group 2 read Paras. 5-7 to check the true statements about the UK today. Comprehending the text
Group 1 read Paras. 1-4 to check the true statements about the 1960s.
1. students at the University of California, Berkeley did not protest. 2. students in Europe and the US spent a lot of time protesting. 3. there was violence on university campuses in Europe.
4. students and workers went on strike together in France.
5. the UK Prime Minister had to resign because of student protests. 6. students discovered a sense of freedom on campus.
Group 2 read Paras. 5-7 to check the true statements about the UK today.
7. more young people than ever go to university. 8. most students fail to complete their studies.
9. international students are more interested in lifestyle than quality of courses. 10. students need their parents for financial help.
11. students don‘t contact their parents as often as they used to. 12. students don‘t enjoy university life as much as they used to.
Expressing contrasting information
Work in groups to find out examples of contrasting techniques in the text. ―College isn‘t special one‖ is an opinion piece of writing which discusses college life in the 60s and now.
To express the idea that student life has changed, the author adopts the following 3 techniques:
? Words suggesting the change ? Questions
? Comparative structure Words suggesting the change:
These days political, social and creative awakening seems to happen not because of college, but in spite of it.
Yet college education is no longer a topic of great national importance.
Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious.
Gone are the days when a son or daughter rang home once or twice a term.
Questions:
Where’s the passion today? What’s the matter with college?
So why aren‘t they true for the students of today? Comparative structure:
Instead of the heady atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more serious.
In an uncertain world, many children rely on their parents‘ support much longer than they used to.
Text evaluation
Work in groups and discuss the questions, each group with one question only.
1. What do you think is the purpose of a university education? Should it be an end in itself
or a means to an end?
2. What factors influenced your choice of university and the course you are doing?
3. If you had the chance to continue your studies abroad, what factors would influence your
choice of destination?
4. Why do young people protest more than old people?
5. Do you think today‘s young people in China are very different from the previous
generations?
Summarizing Talking point
Employment opportunities
Student life Summarizing
Summarize the text by filling the blanks.
What are the most important issues for students today? Is the university 1) ________ really such a different place compared to what it was 40 years ago?
For the students in the 1960s, going to college was the most 2) ________________________ experience of their life. They took part in 3) ________ and launched 4) _________ against the establishment with their new and 5) _____________ commitment to freedom and justice. Going to college also meant their first 6) ________ of real freedom. They could discuss the meaning of life, read their first 7) ____________ book and see their first indie film. Summarizing
In contrast, the students today don‘t have the 8) _________ for college life that they used to. Today, college is seen as a kind of small town from which people are 9) ________ to escape. Instead of the 10) ________ atmosphere of freedom which students in the 1960s discovered, students today are much more 11) __________. College has become 12) ___________________, an opportunity to improve their 13) __________ of being competitive in the 14) ______________