1. Active English Series Band 3 (Units 3-4)
Tang Jinlan
The Institute of Online Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University

2. Session 1: The “Sweatshops” in the US
Time: 9:00- 9:50 a.m
Objectives
Reviewing the key words and phrases in Units 3-4 , CE3
Practice your reading skills: skimming, scanning, inferring and summarizing
Practice your speaking skill
Tasks
1. Words and phrases
2. How much do you know about sweatshops in the US (part 1)?
3. How did the US government react to the "sweatshops" (part 2)?

3. Task 1: Words and phrases

4. Task 1: Words and phrases (1)
Kentucky is one of the most _________ ____________ areas in the US. (economically depressed)
________________ work opportunities remain very limited. (Legitimate)
Lion takes _______ ______________ of its labor ______. (full, advantage, pool)
The chemicals, which is ________ ___ causing cancers, would _______ ___ her clothes. (suspected of , cling to)

5. Task 1: Words and phrases (2)
These factories are located in some of the most ______ and __________ communities in America; in __________ areas of the Appalachian mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee. (rural, impoverished, isolated)
The department of Labor and the White House ________ to condemn such practices. (teamed up)
In addition, it has not agreed to _______ that its contractors _____ ____ periodic inspections. (demand, submit to)

6. Task 1: Words and phrases (3)
Because the Department of Defense has not agreed to _______ ___ the code, the job of stopping public-sector sweatshops falls to the Department of Labor. (adhere to)
They include a milder, less _______climate; _______to a wide variety of fish and shellfish. (extreme, access)
In combination, such changes may _____ the suitability of coastal areas for ________ and ________, and , in some cases, _____areas less productive than they are at present. (alter, settlement, agriculture, render)

7. Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)?

8. Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(1)?
Why is no one interested in buying land in Beattyville?
What are the main commercial activities there?
Who provides legitimate job opportunities there?
What is Lion Apparel?
Who is Carol Shelton? Use your own words to summarize her situation.
What is formaldehyde? What is used for ?
What 's wrong with the employment practices at Lion Apparel ? Please list three factors.
Who is Joyce Bennett? Use your own words to summarize her situation.

9. Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(2)?
Why is no one interested in buying land in Beattyville? (too rocky for commercial farming, too remote and isolated for development)
What are the main commercial activities there? (Selling illegal alcohol and marijuana at a reasonably low price)
Who provides legitimate job opportunities there? (a private prison and a data processing center)

10. Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(3)?
What is Lion Apparel? ( a company that operates sew factories)
Who is Carol Shelton? Use your own words to summarize her situation.(48 years old, nine years working there, low wage, exhausted, back pain, fired for refusal to do a job that might hurt her back)
What is formaldehyde? What is used for ? (a chemical used to keep fabric stiff and free of creases.)

11. Task 2: How much do you know about “sweatshops” in the US (part 1)---(4)?
What 's wrong with the employment practices at Lion Apparel ? Please list three factors. (Low wages, dangerous working conditions, intimidation when workers try to join the Union.)
Who is Joyce Bennett? Use your own words to summarize her situation.(58 years old, stitch collars on navy uniforms, never made more than minimum wage, supplement income with food stamps)

12. Task 3: How did the US government react to the "sweatshops" (part 2)?

13. Task 3: How did the US government react to the "sweatshops" (part 2) ---(1)?
Please answer the following questions:
What's the "No sweat" campaign about?
What happened to federal contractors if they violate wage laws or safety and health codes?
Was the code applied to government apparel manufacturers?
Who has charged Lion Apparel 32 times in the past 12 years?
Who was Arleenna Lawson? What happened to her?

14. Task 3: How did the US government react to the "sweatshops" (part 2)---(2)?
What's the "No sweat" campaign about?(Require retailers and manufacturers to submit to periodic independent inspection of their workplace conditions)
What happened to federal contractors if they violate wage laws or safety and health codes? (they will lose the contracts)
Was the code applied to government apparel manufacturers? (Yes)
Who has charged Lion Apparel 32 times in the past 12 years? (OSHA)
Who was Arleenna Lawson? What happened to her? ( a worker at Lion's plant in West Liberty, she suffered from an allergic reaction to the formaldehyde in the fabrics she sewed at work)

15. Session 2: Facing up to sea rise
Time: 10: :50 am
Objectives
Recognizing the rhetorical structures of the text
Practicing the use of discourse markers
Tasks
4. How is the text structured?
5. The use of discourse markers

16. Task 4: How is the text structured ?

17. Task 5: The use of discourse markers

18. Session 3: The world of business
Time: 11: :50 am
Objectives
Finding out specific information from the text and synthesizing it in the discussion
Practicing your critical reading skill
Tasks
6. How can a business "make-over" happen?
7. What makes a millionaire?
8. What are the differences?

19. Task 6: How can a business "make-over" happen?

20. Task 6: How can a business "make-over" happen? (1)
Read the text carefully and then answer the questions below.
What is wrong with Watkins Eurocare Auto Service?
What hinders its growth according to the text?
What should be done to turn the business around according to Fuller?

21. Task 6: How can a business "make-over" happen? (2)
What is wrong with Watkins Eurocare Auto Service? (It is losing money)
What hinders its growth according to the text? (failure to attract new customers; the small size of the shop)
What should be done to turn the business around according to Fuller? (Increase revenue by at least 25%; keep building a good relationship with old customers; attract new customers; increase the shop's size)

22. Task 7: What makes a millionaire?

23. Task 7: What makes a millionaire? (1)
Please discuss the following questions in groups:
What leads the direct path to riches, according to Stanley?
On what factors do millionaires build their empires?
What do you need to pay attention to when you are choosing a career?
How do you respond to the comment "There is no point in working hard at university!" ?
Mr. Sonner made his money from manufacturing clothing in Tennessee. Remember the exploitation of workers in Kentucky and Tennessee in unit 3 of CE3, what questions would you ask him?

24. Task 7: What makes a millionaire?(2)
1. What leads the direct path to riches, according to Stanley? (hard work, focus, goal-setting, and discipline)
2. On what factors do millionaires build their empires? (creativity, drive, and common sense)
3. What do you need to pay attention to when you are choosing a career? (choose a career that matches your talents and interests)

25. Task 7: What makes a millionaire?(3)
4. How do you respond to the comment "There is no point in working hard at university!" ?
5. Mr. Sonner made his money from manufacturing clothing in Tennessee. Bearing in mind the exploitation of workers in Kentucky and Tennessee in unit 3 of CE3, what questions would you ask him?
(How much do you pay for your workers? Do you allow your workers to join the Trade Union? How much attention do you pay to health and safety in your factories?)

26. Task 8: What are the differences?

27. Task 8: What are the differences? (1)
Questions for discussion:
What is one thing that most US workers feel about their jobs?
What are two reasons that employees at Kingston Technology enjoy working there?
What marks the significant difference between Kingston Technology Corporation and most other companies?

28. Task 8: What are the differences (2)?
1. What is one thing that most US workers feel about their jobs? (They feel unrewarded for their contributions)
2. What are two reasons that employees at Kingston Technology enjoy working there? (Generosity and appreciation)
3. What marks the significant difference between Kingston Technology Corporation and most other companies? (The attitude of the founders: they think employees as people who share in the work, in the decisions, in the frustrations and satisfactions, and therefore in the profits.)

29. Session 4: Harvesting the sea
Time: 1:00 - 1:50 pm
Objectives
Finding out specific information from the text and synthesizing it in the discussion
Practicing your critical reading skill
Tasks
9. The world fishing  a gloomy picture
10. How did the "cod collapse" happen ?

30. Task 9: The world fishing  a gloomy picture

31. Task 9: The world fishing  a gloomy picture (1)
Please discuss these questions in groups:
Why is the world fishing industry in such a gloomy situation? Make a list of reasons to support this view.
What can be done to save the situation, according to the text?

32. Task 9: The world fishing  a gloomy picture (2)
Why is the world fishing industry in such a gloomy situation? Make a list of reasons to support this view.
What can be done to save the situation, according to the text?
(The answers can be found in the learners' workbook pp )

33. Task 10: How did the “cod collapse” happen?

34. Task 10: How did the “cod collapse” happen? (1)
Questions 1-3 are based on "The cod collapse" (pp53-55 in the textbook, unit 4, ER 3).
Why does the author say that nearly all the fisherman should feel guilty for the "calamity"?
Why do scientists have to take responsibility for the disaster?
Why did Canadian politicians hesitate to lower the fish quotas of its fishermen, in the late 1980s?
Question 4 is based on the text on pp of ER3, learners' workbook.
According to Mr. Derry, why did the restaurant chain decide to remove the three at-risk fish species from the menu?

35. Task 10: How did the “cod collapse” happen? (2)
Questions 1-3 are based on "The cod collapse" (pp53-55 in the textbook, unit 4, ER 3).
1. Why does the author say that nearly all the fisherman should feel guilty for the "calamity"?(Because they misreported their catches, destroyed the cod on breeding grounds, dumped tons of unwanted fish overboard to rot on the ocean floor and used high-tech-equipped ships to catch entire schools of fish.)

36. Task 10: How did the “cod collapse” happen? (3)
2. Why do scientists have to take responsibility for the disaster? (Because they consistenly overestimated the size of the stocks. Whey they made decisions, they relied on what was favorable economically, rather than what was conservative ecologically.)
3. Why did Canadian politicians hesitate to lower the fish quotas of its fishermen, in the late 1980s?(Because they were afraid that lowering quotas of fishermen would lower the income of fishermen, create more unemployment and cause more fishing plants closure.)

37. Task 10: How did the “cod collapse” happen? (4)
Question 4 is based on the text on pp of ER3, learners' workbook.
4. According to Mr. Derry, why did the restaurant chain decide to remove the three at-risk fish species from the menu?
a) The boycotting of the three fish species will give time for the fish to reproduce their stocks.
b) Other restaurants will follow suit before it is too late.

38. Session 5: Listening to a speech
Time: 2:00 - 2:50 p m
Objectives
Practicing listening for information
Tasks
11. Listen to a story
12. Why is there a need to invest in human resources?

39. Task 11: Listen to a story

40. Task 11: Listen to a story (1)
Please answer the following questions:
1. What is the title of the story?
2. Does the mother work?
3. How many children does she have?
4. Where and when do they play?
5. What game do they play?
6. What happened to the mother?
7. What did the mother tell the neighbour?

41. Task 11: Listen to a story (2)
Please answer the following questions:
1. What is the title of the story? (Taking a break)
2. Does the mother work? (Yes)
3. How many children does she have ? (Three boys)
4. Where and when do they play? (In the back yard, after dinner one summer evening)
5. What game do they play? (Cops and robbers)
6. What happened to the mother? (She fell to the ground.)
7. What did the mother tell the neighbour?(She told the neighbour not to reveal the secret. )

42. Task 12: Why is there a need to invest in human resources?

43. Task 12: Why is there a need to invest in human resources? (1)
Who did the speaker go to see in Shanghai?
What are the three issues that the speaker wants to discuss?
Why do more and more foreign companies employ Chinese nationals in key positions?
What advantages does training offer?
What is the key to success, according to the speaker?

44. Task 12: Why is there a need to invest in human resources? (2)
1. Who did the speaker go to see in Shanghai? (Mr. Smith, the managing director of a major international corporation)
2. What are the three issues that the speaker wants to discuss? (Employing local employees in senior management positions; the importance of providing ongoing training to employees; the need for communication)
3. Why do more and more foreign companies employ Chinese nationals in key positions? (More familiar with the local market conditions; save costs)

45. Task 12: Why is there a need to invest in human resources? (3)
4. What advantages does training offer? (improves the skills and efficiency of our workers; helps to motivate the work-force; helps the company develop: a company cannot grow unless it can attract new customers or clients --- and keep old ones happy.)
5. What is the key to success, according to the speaker? (communication)

46. Session 6: Presenting a speech
Time: 3:00 -3: 50 pm
Objectives
Reviewing what has been learned in unit 3 of IE 3 and CE 3
Practicing giving speeches
Practicing introducing a place of interest
Tasks
13. Give a speech
14: Introduce a place of interest

47. Task 13: Give a speech

48. Task 13: Give a speech Topics for giving a speech:
Why do we need to employ local people in senior positions in business corporations?
Why should we stop giving Lion Apparel contracts?
(In preparing for topic 2, please refer to unit 3, CE 3 textbook, p40 for reference)

49. Task 14: Introduce a place of interest
You can choose one from the following:
1. the Summer Palace
2. Xi'an
3. Nanjing
4. Beijing

50. Thank you!