1、UNIT 11 CONFLICT ANDCOMPROMISELESSON 1 LIVING IN A COMMUNITY目录页contentsPre-readingIPost-readingIVFast ReadingIIGrammar VIIIIntensive Reading HomeworkPre-readingPre-readingWhat are they doing?Pre-readingloud noise made by neighbours bad smells from neighbours fish tankcant read without plugging your
2、ears can rarely get a full nights sleepto be driven mad by neighbours Have you ever experienced a neighbourhood conflict?What do you think might cause conflicts between neighbours?Fast ReadingFast ReadingLook at the headings of the two articles.Can you predict what the stories are about？Drummer Hits
3、 the RoadGrandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many Intensive ReadingIntensive Reading1.Why did the neighbours complain about Ma Ming?2.What did the community council do?Why did they take action?Read“Drummer Hits the Road”.Answer the questions.Because he often held parties at night and drummed late
4、at night.They took a vote,gave Ma Ming a warning and told him that he ought to cease drumming or leave the property.Because after such a chorus of complaints,they had to take action.Intensive Reading3.Where is Ma Ming now?What is his attitude towards the conflict?Read“Drummer Hits the Road”.Answer t
5、he questions.Now he is in a hotel in Shanghai.Ma Ming felt that they were prejudiced against him.Hes bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as“noise”.Otherwise he didnt really mind having to leave the flat.Intensive Reading4.What do you understand by the title“Drummer Hits the Road”?R
6、ead“Drummer Hits the Road”.Answer the questions.The drummer starts a journey to look for a proper house to stay.Intensive ReadingPeople involvedTime The eventBackgroundConflictresultRead“Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many”.Complete the table.Intensive ReadingPeople involvedTime James McKay,8
7、0-year-old retired tailor,a peaceful person;Laurene,McKays wife;Keith Smith,30 years old,a keen gardener and a fish collectoron Saturday evening Intensive ReadingThe eventBackground1.Smith moved into the flat.2.Water fell onto the McKays balcony from Smith watering his plants and cleaning his fish t
8、anks.3.The McKays couldnt get rid of the smell of the fish.Intensive ReadingThe eventConflict1.Keith Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both theMcKays and the cake got all wet through on James McKays birthday.2.James McKay hit Smiths head with his walking stick and was put in
9、to jail.Intensive ReadingThe eventresult1.Smith is not going to take things further with the police.2.He also promised to change his ways from now on.3.A large crowd of supporters sang“Happy Birthday”to James McKay as he left the police station.He was happy.Intensive ReadingChoose a role from either
10、 report,e.g.Ma Ming,one of Ma Mings neighbours,James,Laurene or Smith.Tell the story from that persons perspective.And others listen carefully and guess the role.Ma Mingone of Ma Mings neighboursJamesLaureneSmithIntensive ReadingCauses&Conflictsto hold parties at night to hit someone over the head t
11、o drum late at night to throw water over the balcony to be wet throughResultsto spend Saturday night in a cellto be driven mad to be in trouble to take action to give a warningto be driven to an act of violenceFind the people who did the following.Write sentences accordingly.Intensive ReadingFind th
12、e people who did the following.Write sentences accordingly.Example Ma Ming often held parties at night and his neighbours were being driven mad being exposed to such noise._Post-readingPost-readingDo you think the conflicts were well-resolved in the two reports?What other ways can you think of to de
13、al with the conflicts?I think there had been other opportunities of resolving the conflicts in a more peaceful manner.Another way to deal with Ma Mings conflict:he negotiates an agreement with the community council on a couple of hours he could drum during the day.Smith and McKays conflict could be
14、dealt with differently if the McKays had made their complaints to Smith earlier and Smith had changed his ways of doing things.Post-readingHow serious were the two conflicts?Find and underline the expressions that describe the intensity of the conflicts in the two reports.Example they were being dri
15、ven mad being exposed to such noise.wed be as wet as if we had showered with our clothes on!Post-readingHow serious were the two conflicts?Find and underline the expressions that describe the intensity of the conflicts in the two reports.Drummer Hits the Road:They couldnt relax or read a book withou
16、t plugging their ears.One neighbour also claimed that Ma Ming had a bad influence on his teenage son.after such a chorus of complaints.Post-readingHow serious were the two conflicts?Find and underline the expressions that describe the intensity of the conflicts in the two reports.Grandpa Arrested Af
17、ter One Shower Too Many:.hitting 30-year-old Keith Smith over the head with his walking stick.he had been driven to this act of violence.He could no longer tolerate it.we dared not go onto our balcony.I have never seen him move so fast and I couldnt stop him.He was up there in a flash.Post-readingCommunicate effectively Offer helpMelt the“ice”Make friendsUnderstand each otherNear our heartsIn harmonyTogether we canYou and meVIHomeworkHomeworkPlease write a passage entitled“How to deal with a neighbourhood conflict?”with no more than 150 words.
