Unit 2 Social Problems

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Unit 2 Social Problems
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Part 1. Pre-reading task

• Discussion
• 1. What social problems have been revealed
  according to the passage?
• 2. What other social problems do you think
  exist in China?
• 3. In your point of view, what should our
  government do in order to narrow the gap between
  rich and poor?

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Social Problems

• Lay-offs ??,??
• Juvenile delinquency ?????
• Corruption ??,??
• Bribe ??
• High divorce rate
• Mental problems
• AIDS

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Part 2 Listening in task

• Discussion
• 1. What crimes do you know?
• 2. What do you think rank the highest in China?

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Crimes

• Armed robbery ????
• Rape ??
• Hijack ??
• Kidnap ??
• Computer crime ????
• Murder ?? Economic crime
• Racketeering ????,??
• Drug traffic ????,????
• Smuggle ??

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Listening Task One Smuggling

• Listen to the passage and answer the
  questions and then fill in the blanks with the
  information you hear.
• smuggle v. ??
• crossing n.??
• suspicious adj.???
• analyze vt. ?? ??

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• Answer
• A young man comes to the
  border on___his bicycle__ with two large bags
  ___over_ his shoulders. The border guard is
  __suspicious___ of the sandbags. He
  __checks___the contents and has the sand
  __analyzed__, but he can find ___nothing_but pure
  sand. So the young man is allowed to _ride__
  across_the border. When the young man appears a
  second time the next __week_, the guard, still
  suspicious, does a __thorough examination_, but
  still he can find nothing __but sand__ . This
  _happens_ every week for three years until the
  young man no longer _appears__ at the border
  crossing. Many months later the guard meets the
  young man in an expensive café. He asks him,
  Just___between_ you and me, what were you
  _smuggling_ for three years? The young man
  answers, _bicycles_.

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Listening Task Two Bye-bye, bully!

• Listen to the dialog and fill in the blanks.

bully n.????? vt.??,?? coward n.????
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• Bye- bye bully!
• Se-Jin John, do you mind if I ask you something
  ?
• John No, what is it?
• Se-Jin You seem nervous, Is that big guy still
  bullying you ?
• John Yeah. Today he wanted me to give him some
  money. He even pushed me when I said no.
• Se-Jin Thats terrible! You have to talk to the
  teacher about this .
• John I thought about that, but Im afraid that
  everyone will think that I am a coward.
• Se-Jin Your safety is more important than what
  other people think.
• John But telling the teacher could make things
  worse. The big guy warned me not to.
• Se-Jin Of course he did! He does not want to get
  in trouble. Look, if youre still worried, tell
  the teacher not to mention your name when she
  talks to him.
• John Good idea. But I think I can deal with him
  on my own.

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Part 3 Speaking Out Task

• Discussion
• What to do with those bullies?
• Additional task
• listen to the short monolog to see what is the
  speakers idea about bullies.
• telltale ?????,????
• globalization ???