1、LESSON 2 COMMUNITY SPIRITUNIT 10 CONNECTIONS目录页contentsActivate and shareIListen for understandingIIIIIFocus on functionSpeakActivate and shareWhat is a community?What do people do in a community?look after each other visit each other organise community celebrations respect elderly people live in si
2、ngle-family houses Activate and shareListen for understanding In what way do you think community spirit affects peoples health.It affects peoples health positively in that they dont feel lonely.They know they have other people to rely on and this helps them build a positive attitude towards life and
3、 its difficulties.Listen for understandingListen for understanding Dr.Smith is talking about how the community spirit of a small town called Roseto impacted on the residents health in a radio programme.Listen and answer the questions.1.What surprising facts did doctors discover about Rosetans in the
4、 1950s?2.What was the reason for the facts?Listen for understanding Listen again.Complete the table about the Roseto community in the 1950s and 1960s.Them talk about what happened to Rosetans in those years.Community lifeIn the 1950sListen for understanding was a very closely-knit community looked a
5、fter each other _ each other frequently organized _ households consisted of _ old people _visitedcommunity celebrationsthree generationswere respectedConsequencesIn the 1950sListen for understanding hardly a Rosetan below 65 _ people were dying _ rather than _ very little _experienced a heart attack
6、of old agefrom illnesscrimeCommunity lifeIn the 1960s younger Rosetans _ moved to _ rejected _Listen for understanding would not keep up the traditional lifestyletypical single-family housestraditional social bondsConsequencesIn the 1960sListen for understanding _ _ in 1971 the rate of heart attacks
7、 _ _is the same as thethe first heart attack of a Rosetan under 45 happened averageWhat have you learnt about community spirit from the small town of Roseto?Answer the questions.Listen for understanding 1.How did Rosetans live in the 1950s?Why did they have a low rate of heart attacks at that time?2
8、.How did the community change in the 1960s?What was the result?3.What do you think the findings of the research imply?Or what can we learn from the findings?Focus on function Mums hometown _.There werent _.They didnt live in flats but in _.The kitchen and toilet were _.Hometown and living conditions
9、 in the pastListen and complete the informationwas smallmany tall buildingsa sort of house with two small rooms outside the house They were close to _.They were _.They were just like _.Children _.Neighbours _.Relationships with neighboursListen and complete the informationtheir neighboursfriendly to
10、 each othera kind of big familyplayed together after schooloften visited each other Listen and imitatelikea bita kind of a sort of Vague Language Similar to something Mum always tells me her hometown is small,but this is _ a big city.Part of a categoryWe lived in _ house We were friendly to each oth
11、er,just like _ big family.Less in qualityIt was _ inconvenient.Talk Builderlike a bit a kind of a sort of likea sort of a kind of a bit For what purpose would you use vague language?Answer the question To make a statement less strong.When we dont know the name of something.To make things sound less factual.To talk about groups and categories.PurposesSpeak Introduce the community where you live with as much factual information as possible,using vague language where appropriate.Pair workVIHomeworkHomework
