Unit 2 Social problems

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Unit 2 Social problems
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Part 1. Pre-reading task

• what social problems have been revealed
  according to the passage?
• what other social problems do you think exist in
  China?
• In your point of view, what should our
  government do in order to narrow the gap between
  rich and poor?

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Social problems

• 1. Lay-offs
• 2. Corruption
• 3. Bribery
• 4. High divorce rate
• 5. Mental problems
• 6. AIDS
• 7. Juvenile delinquency

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Part 2 Listening in task

• Discussion
• what crimes do you know? What do you think
  rank the highest in China?

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Crimes

• Rape
• Armed robbery
• Hijack
• Kidnap
• Computer crime
• Murder
• blackmail

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Listening task one smuggling

• Listen to the passage and answer the questions
  and fill in the blanks with the information you
  hear.
• smuggle ?? border??
• suspicious???

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Questions
1.  why does the border guard stop the young
man? 2.  what does the guard do? 3.  what does
the guard do when the man comes the second
time? 4.  how often and for how long does the
young man keep crossing the border?
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Listening task 2 Bye-bye, bully!

• bully ??
• Coward ???

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Part 3 Speaking out task

• Discussion what to do with those bullies?
• Additional task listen to the short monolog to
  see what is the speakers idea about bullies.
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• whats the suggestion given by the Asian
  student?
• Does the American student accept the suggestion?

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• tell-tale ???
• chicken coward
• collectivism individualism?? ????
• globalization

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Part 1 Visual task

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piracy ?? pirated??? rampant ??? override
be more important than sth. rub shoulders with
sb. meet sb. combat fight against jeopardize
put in danger
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Part 4Listening in task 2
burglary
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Burglary prevention

• iron door
• steel bar
• install
• beacon??,??