1. Unit 4 Turning Off TV: A Quiet Hour What might we do if we were forced to find other activities rather than watching TV?

2. Unit 4 Turning Off TV: A Quiet Hour 1. Useful Expressions 2. Text Interpretation 3. Word Family 4. Sentence Structure 5. Translation Practice 6. Reading Skill 7. Guided Writing 8. Homework

3.  Useful Expressions  时事  Educational circles 教育界 Current affairs/events  Extracurricular activities 课外活动  社会科学 Social science  Propose to sb 向某人求婚  使 … 分心 / 走神 Distract…from  违禁品 Prohibited products

4.  Useful Expressions  填补空白 / 弥补缺陷  成人教育 Fill a/the gap Adult education  Divorce love and duty 分割爱情与责任  利率 Interest rate  Heart failure  Disturb the peace 心力衰竭 扰乱治安  招待朋友 Entertain friends

5.  Useful Expressions  赤脚  被陷入 / 涉及 / 影响 / Be/get involved in Bare feet  Computer literacy 计算机知识  网卡 Network card  电子邮件 E-mail  Be typical of 为 … 特有，是 … 的特征  四大发明 Four Inventions

6. 1. Warm-up questions 2. Global analysis 3. Detailed reading 4. Picture talk 5. Inspiring quotations  Text Interpretation

7.  Content questions (75) 1. Warm-up questions  Related topics 1) What do you usually do as a pastime? 2) Do you like watching TV? 3) What is your favorite TV program? 4) What are the advantages and disadvantages of watching TV? 5) Do modern means bring out a better com. and understanding among people? 外教社 PPT

8. ◆ What type is the text? A narration B description C exposition D argumentation 2. Global analysis ◆ What pattern is the text organized in? A problem-solution B cause-effect C general-specific D time / sequence 记叙文 a movie 描述文 a picture 说明文 a lecture 议论文 a debate 问题 - 解决 因果 总-分总-分 时间 / 顺序

9. 2. Global analysis Alternative activities and advantages Activities Family talk Reading Active pastimes Reading aloud Free outdoor activities A more literate generation A better understanding Respective advantages Closer family ties No 1 3 2 4

10. 2. Global analysis Top sentences 1. What is the 1st paragraph about? 2. What is the topic sentence for Para 2? 3. What is the topic sentence for Para 3? 4. What is the topic sentence for Para 4? 5. What is the topic sentence for Para 5? 6. What is the topic sentence for Para 6? 7. What function does Sentence 1 in Para 2 serve? Refer to the previous and following pages.

11. 2. Global analysis Part division Main IdeasParasParts 22-5 36 Alternative activities and advantages Positive assessment The proposal of a quiet hour11

12. 1. I would like to propose that all TV broadcasting be prohibited by law. 2. Let’s take a serious, reasonable look at what the results might be if such a proposal were accepted. 3. Without the distraction of TV, they might sit... 4. It is well known that …in part by failure to com… 5. …get to know…, …come to control…(Note) 6. Freed from TV, forced to …they might … 3. Detailed reading

13. 7. The generation growing up with TV … 8. At first glance, the idea seems radical. 9. What will parents do without the e-baby-sitter? 10. Those of us thirty-five or older can remember... 11. …which … involved the listener’s imagination… 12. It wasn’t that difficult. 13. Honest. The truth is we had a ball. 3. Detailed reading

14. 4. Picture talk ① ④ ③ ②

15. 5. Inspiring quotations 1. Man is what he reads. 人如其所读。 3. Communication is what makes a team strong. 沟通造就一个团队的强大。 2. Reading makes a full man. 少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。 4. Laziness in youth spells regret in old age. 读书使人充实。

16. Worthy, educationist, currency, sociable, socialism, activist, action, forbid, ban, sensible, unreasonable, suggestion, distracter, concentration, factually, disturbing, sunrise, youth, amusement, entertaining, scarcely, illiterate, literature, productive, progressive, conservative, electrical, involvement, concern, imaginative, imaginary, image, inventive, IV. Enriching your word power (77-79)  Word Family

17.  They walked together. They took a walk together.  If they had free time and no TV, they might rediscover reading. With free time and no TV, they might rediscover reading.  I propose that all TV broadcasting be prohibited by law.  Sentence Structure

18. 1. To take this job would involve working on weekends frequently, but John didn’t mind. 2. It is well known that lung cancer is caused at least in part by smoking too much. 3. My grandparents said that the man who invented television had once lived in their neighborhood. 4. I propose that we go to find Prof. Smith in his office right after the meeting and invite him to our English evening.  Translation Practice 1. 2. 3. 4.

19. 5. Having been operated on twice for the disease, she was so weakened that she could barely stand up. 6. Educators think that the generation growing up with television spend so much of their time in front of the TV that they do not have enough time to study. 7. I do hope that you can come up with a better solution than this one. 8. At first glance the picture didn’t look very good, but after examining it carefully we found that it was indeed a masterpiece.  Translation Practice 5. 6. 7. 8.

20.  Context Clues for Word Meanings Ⅰ You can often figure out meanings for new words or expressions without using a dictionary by looking for context clues, including definition, restatement, general knowledge and other related information. (85-86)  Reading Skill

21.  Contraction: Avoiding Redundancy Redundancy is the adding of words or phrases that add nothing to the overall meaning because their senses have already been expressed. Redundancy in writing usually comes from these sources: 1) Wordy phrases; 2) Employing obvious qualifiers when a word is implicit in the word it is modifying; 3) Using two or more synonyms together. More in SFLEP PPT  Guided Writing

22. Review Preview Recitation Fast reading Dictation Learning journal  Homework End