Unit 24

Society

北师大高中英语第八模块北师大高中英语第八模块

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What do you think of the following What do you think of the following pictures?pictures?

What are the problems ?What are the problems ?

What can we do to help them?What can we do to help them?

Social problems:Social problems:

begging, discrimination, begging, discrimination, violence, drugs, homelessness, violence, drugs, homelessness, inequality, poverty, racism, inequality, poverty, racism, unemployment, abortionunemployment, abortion

Ex 1 What do you think are the biggest Ex 1 What do you think are the biggest problems in Western countries? Put problems in Western countries? Put them in order of importancethem in order of importance..

Ex 2 Listen to a radio news report about changes in British society. Match the topic with graphs below.

a) percent of households with carsb) percent of households with computers

c) percent of women who work

d) percent of 16-18 year olds in fulltime education1

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19811981 20012001

Average income of British Average income of British family per weekfamily per week

￡￡ 326326 ￡￡ 550550

Life expectancy for men Life expectancy for men and womenand women

men 70men 70

women 74women 74

men 75men 75

women 79women 79

unemploymentunemployment 1.7 million1.7 million Less than 1 Less than 1 millionmillion

Number in full time further Number in full time further educationeducation

550,000550,000 1,300,0001,300,000

Number of crimes (England Number of crimes (England and Wales)and Wales)

280,000280,000 520,000520,000

Ex3 Listen again and complete the table

Ex 4 Key words: Describing trends

To rise, to climb, to go up, to rocketto double/triple, to be on the increase

To fall, to go down, to decline, to be on the decrease

To go up and down

Have students look at the Key Have students look at the Key Words. Check that they Words. Check that they understand the differences between understand the differences between some of them, e.g. between some of them, e.g. between “rocket” and “climb”.“rocket” and “climb”.

Have two students read out the Have two students read out the sample dialogue.sample dialogue.

Students work in pairs, taking turns to Students work in pairs, taking turns to say true or false statements about say true or false statements about trends in British society. Go round and trends in British society. Go round and monitor the activity, helping and monitor the activity, helping and correcting where necessary.correcting where necessary.

Each student then says one of their Each student then says one of their sentences for the class to hear and say sentences for the class to hear and say if it is true or false.if it is true or false.