Agenda Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Extended Exercises Checkpoint UNIT GOALS 1 Explain the benefits of leisure activities 2 Describe hobbies and other interests 3 Compare your use of leisure time 4 Discuss risk taking personality 5 Write about a leisure activity 3 3 3 Lesson 1 Lead in Listening Speaking Reading Writing 3 Lead in TV Documentary The Work Obsession Part 1 Part 2 3 Part 1 Exercise A Exercise B Exercise A Check if the information applies to Robin Cohen Chad Emrick or both Robin Cohen Chad Emrick 1 works twelve to fourteen hours a day 2 works from early morning until late at night 3 loves the job 4 keeps changes of clothing in the office 5 showers at work 6 showers at the gym 7 doesn t take any days off Exercise B Check the statements that are true about workaholics according to Bryan Robinson 1 Anyone who works really hard is probably a workaholic 2 Workaholics are similar to alcoholics in some ways 3 Children of alcoholics and those of workaholics each display different symptoms 4 Depression and anxiety are typical problems children of workaholics have in adulthood 3 Part 2 Exercise A Exercise B Exercise A Check if the information applies to Robin Cohen Chad Emrick or both Robin Cohen Chad Emrick 1 takes vacations 2 never takes vacations 3 works long hours 4 is obsessive about work 5 only interacts with people about work 6 includes time for family or friends 7 doesn t engage in non work activities 8 is willing to work fewer hours if necessary Exercise B Circle the letter of the statement that best summarizes what each person says in this part of the report 1 Robin Cohen a It s hard for me to find the time to do all the things I want to do in my life b My goal is to spend a lot more time away from work than at work c Sure I work long hours but I also make sure I do a lot of great things away from work 2 Chad Emrick a Some people love having free time apart from work to do whatever they want but I prefer being useful all the time at work b I would love to be able to have free time to watch TV or fix things in my garage but my work really demands all my time c Some people like to watch TV or fix things in the garage in their free time but I think those are boring people 3 3 Listening Part 1 Talk About R overexcited 非常激 动的 发狂的 After weeks of frenetic activity the job was finally finished There was frenetic trading on the Stock Exchange yesterday myriad n a great and varied number of 无数 And now myriads of bars and hotels are opening up along the coast Myriads of followers joined Gandhi s cause scenario n a description of a possible course of action or event 描述 推测 剧情说明 There are several possible scenarios to this event He outlined several convincing scenarios for the outbreak of a nuclear war be concerned that 关注 挂虑 Today s lesson is concerned with punctuation This story is concerned with a Russian family in the 19th century have something at one s fingertips 手头有 随时可供使用 对 了如指掌 You d better ask David he s got the whole subject at his fingertips He has all the latest statistics at his fingertips 3 Exercises Exercise A Exercise B Exercise A Check whether each statement is true T or false F 1 Technology has changed the way teens spend their free time 2 Dave is having an instant message conversation watching a movie playing a video game and talking on the phone all at once 3 Sara is only involved in one activity instant messaging 4 Sara is not afraid to do yoga 5 Teens today often prefer to do only one thing at a time rather than several things at once 6 Most leisure time activities teens engage in today are physically challenging T T T T F F Exercise B Choose one of the following topics to write about Write a paragraph of at least four to five sentences l What is your favorite leisure activity and what benefits do you get from it l Do you enjoy taking risks Explain why or why not and provide examples 3 3 Text B Warm up Text Comprehension Exercises Warm up 1 Are you satisfied with the amount of leisure time you have in your life Why or why not 2 To what extent does the new technology influence people s leisure activities Text B New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time We are working longer hours taking fewer and shorter vacations and when we do go away we take our cell phones PDAs and laptops along And we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e mail voice mail cell phones and the Internet are destroying any idea of privacy and leisure Text B Since the Industrial Revolution people have assumed that new laborsaving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually creatively and socially exploring the arts keeping up with current events spending more time with friends and family and even just goofing off But here we are at the start of the 21st century enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history and nothing could be further from the truth The very tools that