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1、. . Unit 6 The Pace of LifeTeaching Plan1. 0bjectives1.1 Grasp the main idea and the structure of the text1.2 Learn to distinguish supporting facts from opinions, and to use both in their own writings;1.3 Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text1.4 Conduct a series of re
2、ading，listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit2. Time allotment (5 periods)1st period: pre-reading; while reading (Structure, Part I)2nd period: while reading (Part I, Part II)3rd period: while reading post-reading (facts and opinions)4th period: post-reading; Chec
3、k on Ss home reading (Text B)5th period: Theme-related Language Learning Tasks3. Cultural Notes3.1 Richard Tomkins: consumer industries editor of the Financial Times, where he has been a member of the editorial staff since 1983. He is currently based at the companys London headquarters, where he lea
4、ds a team of journalists covering the consumer goods sector and writes about consumer trends. Tomkins was born in Walsall, England, in 1952. His formal education ended at the age of seventeen. Before becoming a journalist, he was a casual laborer, a factory worker, a truck driver, a restaurant cashi
5、er, a civil servant, and an assistant private secretary to a government minister. He left government service in 1978 to hitchhike around the world, and on returning to the U.K. in 1979, joined a local newspaper as a trainee reporter. He joined the Financial Times as a sub-editor four years later. In
6、 this selection, he discusses the time squeeze that many people are experiencing and offers a way of combating the problem.3.2 Technology: general term for the processes by which human beings fashion tools and machines to increase their control and understanding of the material environment. The term
7、 is derived from the Greek words tekhne, which refers to an art or craft, and logia, meaning an area of study; thus, technology means, literally, the study, or science, of crafting. Many historians of science argue not only that technology is an essential condition of advanced, industrial civilizati
8、on but also that the rate of technological change has developed its own momentum in recent centuries. Innovations now seem to appear at a rate that increases geometrically, without respect to geographical limits or political systems. These innovations tend to transform traditional cultural systems,
9、frequently with unexpected social consequences. Thus technology can be conceived as both a creative and a destructive process. The Industrial Revolution brought a new pattern to the division of labor. It created the modern factory, a technological network whose workers were not required to be artisa
10、ns and did not necessarily possess craft skills. Because of this, the factory introduced an impersonal remuneration process based on a wage system. As a result of the financial hazards brought on by the economic systems that accompanied such industrial developments, the factory also led to the const
11、ant threat of unemployment for its workers. The factory system was achieved only after much resistance from the English guilds and artisans, who could see clearly the threat to their income and way of life. In musket making, for example, gunsmiths fought the introduction of interchangeable parts and
12、 the mass production of rifles. Nevertheless, the factory system became a basic institution of modern technology, and the work of men, women, and children became just another commodity in the production process. The ultimate assembly of a product - whether a mechanical reaper or sewing machine - was
13、 not the work of one person but the result of an integrated, corporate system. This division of labor into operations that were more and more narrowly described became the determining feature of work in the new industrial society, with all the long hours of tedium that this entailed. Technology has
14、always been a major means for creating new physical and human environments. It is possible to ask today whether technology will also destroy the global civilization that human beings have created.3.3 Stress in the workplace: It seems that more and more the most common complaint from the American wor
15、ker is that he or she is under a large amount of work related stress. This is no surprise as surveys show that companies expect each worker to do more with less and work longer doing it. With our fast paced world everyone wants something done instantly. We eat at fast food restaurants, we often stop
16、 at corner convenience stores, we carry beepers and cellular phones to stay in touch, we ship overnight, we all have deadlines and everyone is always in a rush It is no wonder that health problems among the American workers are on the increase. Stress has been shown to be one of the leading causes of health problems and under high stress conditions for an
