1、To sue or not to sue?The rise of the compensation culture To read and understand a text about compensation lawsuits To read for general understanding and answer questions To answer critical thinking questionsNot to sueTo sue If you are involved some cases,will you sue or not？Group Work 1:Read&Share
2、Read and find out answers to the following questions:Who sued whom?For what reason?Share with your group members.Lawsuits Reasons1Roslyn Darch sued a furniture store.2Hundreds of smokers sued the tobacco companies.Read the text.Answer the questions.1.What lawsuits are mentioned in the text?What are
3、the reasons for the lawsuits?She tripped over her own son running around the furniture store and broke her ankle.The companies were responsible for the terminal illnesses the smokers have developed because of smoking.Lawsuits Reasons3They had not had enough warming that a diet of burgers.Fries and m
4、ilkshakes would make them fat.4The parents of a 19-year-old English school girl sued her school.A group of overweight New York teenagers sued a giant fast-food company.She failed to get a top grade in a university entrance exam.Lawsuits Reasons5Sandra York sued a restaurant.6The reasons are various,
5、including poor weather,cancelled flights,lost luggage,not getting on with their travelling companion,and the fact that the locals dont speak English.She slipped on a soft drink spilt by herself.Millions of people complain to the British Tourists Authority.2.Why do some people think the Roslyn Darch
6、case was unfair?Some people think the Roslyn Darchs case is not fair:the amount of money is far too much for the injury suffered;its not the fault of the shop if a mother cant control her child anyway.3.What is the authors attitude towards compensation culture?The authors attitude towards compensati
7、on culture is that there should be penalties for excessive claims or there should be a limit on payouts.Group Work 2:Read&Discuss Read the passage again.Identify the writers opinions.Find evidence to support your answer.In these unreasonable suing cases,people actually shouldnt have sued.Group Work
8、3:Discuss&PresentAs readers,do we TOTALLY agree with the writer?Analyze the text.Identify the writers opinions.Make our own judgments.What are the good and bad effects of the compensation culture in a society?The good effects:there are ways to get compensated if anything happens to you that is again
9、st the law.The bad effects:people will find different reasons to claim even if they dont really deserve to receive any compensation.Staff at a famous company is used to dealing with requests for compensation following poor weather,一家著名公司的员工习惯于在恶劣天气下处理赔偿要求，一家著名公司的员工习惯于在恶劣天气下处理赔偿要求，deal with:to take t
10、he necessary action,especially in order to solve a problem 对付对付，应付，应付，处理处理eg Lucy is used to dealing with all kinds of people in her job.deal with:1)if a book,speech etc deals with a particular subject,it is about that subject 涉及涉及，论及，论及，探讨探讨(某个主题某个主题)2)to do business with someone or have a business
11、 connection with someone 和和(某人某人)做生意做生意eg The subject isnt very well dealt with in his latest book.Ill not deal with this shopkeeper at all.【语境应用语境应用】翻译下面句子。翻译下面句子。1)The man is hard to deal with._2)His latest work deals with the Second World War._3)Jack has been dealing with this shop for twenty yea
12、rs._4)It is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with the problems of traffic in big cities._处理大城市的交通问题变得日益困难。处理大城市的交通问题变得日益困难。这个人很难对付。这个人很难对付。他的新书论述了第二次世界大战。他的新书论述了第二次世界大战。杰克同这家商店做了杰克同这家商店做了20年的买卖。年的买卖。request vt.politely or formally ask for 请求请求,要求要求 n.an act of asking politely or formally for
13、something 请求请求,要求要求,邀请邀请eg I requested a taxi for 8 oclock.The man requested Tony to wait outside.She had made a request for the names of the students in that class.【归纳归纳】request sb.to do sth.请求请求某人干某事某人干某事request sth.from/of sb.向某人要求某物向某人要求某物request that-clause 请求请求(从句谓语动词用从句谓语动词用should动词动词 原形原形，sh
14、ould可以省略可以省略)make a request for.要求要求at ones request/at the request of sb.应某人应某人之请求之请求/要求要求be in great request 有需求有需求;极需要极需要upon/on request 一经一经要求；应要求；应要求要求【语境应用语境应用】单句填空。单句填空。1)This was an actual reply from a parent after I put out a _(请求请求)for volunteers for my kids lacrosse(长曲长曲棍球棍球)club.(2019全国卷全
15、国卷II)2)The singer sang one more song _ (应应的要求的要求)of enthusiastic fans.3)Price quotes on selected product categories will be sent _ request.所选产品类别的报价承索即寄。所选产品类别的报价承索即寄。at the requeston/uponrequest句型转换。句型转换。4)They requested us not to smoke in the office.They requested that we_ in the office.It was requested that we _ in the office.(should)not smoke(should)not smoke If you were involved in the cases mentioned in the text,would you sue or not?Give your seasons.
