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1、Longing for a New Welfare System,Unit 3,Stage 1: Warming-up Activities,Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities,Stage 3: After-Reading Activities,Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice,Warming-up Activities,Group work Questions for thought and discussionBackground information Enriching your vocabularyC
2、omparing the following words,Group work,Go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read.,Questions for thought and discussion,Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the followi
3、ng questions .,Background information,social welfare：Public assistance programs, commonly called “welfare”, provide cash or in-kind benefits for particular categories of the financially needy. The U.S. welfare system operates on both the federal and state levels. The federal welfare program is known
4、 as Social Security that provides benefits or assistance for child care, disability, food and medical. The state welfare programs, on the other hand, provide assistance to both individuals and local communities with state schooling and social insurance. U.S. welfare programs grew significantly in th
5、e decades following World War II, but increases in welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into question the extent and quality of public assistance.,In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced welfare expenditures and suggested turning responsibility for welfare funding over to th
6、e states. The cuts in federal funding that took effect during the Reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the responsibility for maintaining funding levels on the states and, in some cases, on the larger cities. The result has been a widening of the already existing disparities in social
7、 services spending between states, and between cities and regions within a state. Social welfare is an integrated part of a countrys social policy. The website offers definitions of such concepts as welfare and welfare state and discussions on welfare systems of other countries (in addition to the U
8、.S.).,Enriching your vocabulary,Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences.,He finds it hard to live on his state pension. He wont be able to draw / receive his pension until hes 65. I pay a higher rent
9、 / more rent than the other tenants because my room is bigger. The old lady rented us her spare room for $50 a week.,抚恤金,养老金,租金,出租,Against his fathers advice, Peter opted for business. I dont think that politician can drum up much support with all his speeches. Manufacturers are offering big discoun
10、ts to drum up business. Jane plays drums in a local rock band.,选择,得到,招徕生意,打鼓,There were a few sticky moments during the meeting. His hands were sticky with jam. Its very sticky in New York in August. The government is trying to keep a low profile on this issue. There are a growing number of women in
11、 high-profile positions. The actor is photographed in profile, smoking a cigarette.,僵局,粘糊糊的,闷热,姿态,引人注目的,从侧面,Being unemployed entitles you to free medical treatment. She read a poem entitled “The Apple Tree”. Compensation of injured workers has cost the company a lot. She received $50,000 in compensa
12、tion for a lost eye.,使你有权,题目为,补偿,补偿,a man of liberal views a liberal donation Theres a gun in practically every American home. Practically, this book is more difficult than that one. Detectives have finally tracked down the killer.,开明的,慷慨的,almost; nearly,实际上,侦探们,The walls were pasted with pictures o
13、f movie stars. When I put wallpaper up I got paste all over my hands and clothes. I paid the bill and he gave me a receipt. Please sign this form to acknowledge receipt of the money.,贴满,浆糊,收据,收到,They received a large donation to the school. Theres an insect crawling down your sleeve. The traffic was
14、 crawling along at ten kilometers per hour. Have you got a bit of cord that I can tie this parcel up with?,捐款,爬,缓慢向前移动,绳子,He needed four strong screws for fixing the cupboard to the wall. He screwed the handle to the door. His brakes failed on a slippery road. I hereby certify that the above informa
15、tion is true and accurate.,螺丝钉,用螺丝钉固定,刹车,证明,Bids for building the bridge were invited from big firms throughout the country. Her bid for re-election was unsuccessful. An anonymous letter alerted police to the possibility of a terrorist attack at the airport. You must be alert to possible dangers.,出价
16、，投标,an attempt to obtain sth.,使警觉,警惕,Two helicopters have already been shot down. She has long been a champion of free speech. She is the world champion for the third year in succession. The car leaked oil all over the drive. Air leaked out of the balloon. He leaked the names to the press.,直升机,拥护者,冠军,漏,漏，渗,泄漏,Three US state governors have put themselves forward as presidential candidates. There wasnt enough evidence to convict him. Faced with the evidence, he had to confess. They were charged with taking money under the table. They had been deeply involved in the crimes.,
