学术英语 社科,Academic English for Social Sciences,4,We live in a world today that is increasingly more complex. Why are the living conditions of our times so different from those of earlier times? How will our lives change in the future? These are the questions that lead us to the study of sociology.,The Study of Society and People,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,Unit Contents,Lead-in,Text A,Text B,Listening,Speaking,Writing,Lead-in,Task Listen to a talk twice and complete the following notes.,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,1 The questions the speaker raises in the talk are: a Why does everyone _ ? b Why cant people _? c Why is she spending her money _? d Why doesnt the government _? e Why is the state _in a _? f What about that _? 2 Sociologists study _, look for _ _.,need an SUV,carpool,on lottery tickets,invest more in public transportation,running a lottery,convenience store,cup of premium coffee you bought,social patterns that many people share,organized and governed,root causes of such social patterns in the way society is,Text A,Critical reading and thinking Difficult sentences English language for academic purpose,Specialized vocabulary Collocations Formal and informal English Signpost language,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,Text Analysis How do the authors develop the text?,Tragic mass murder at Columbine High School Ethnic cleansing War in Kosovo How do the authors describe the world we live today in? awash with change, marked by deep conflicts, tensions, social divisions; marked by the destructive onslaught of modern technology,1 Introduce the topic of sociology by using the example.,Text A,Critical reading and thinking of Text A,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,Text Analysis 2 Explain what is sociology, including definition, scope, nature and having no connection with marriage. e.g. In the Middle age and for centuries after ward (Para. 6),How do the authors develop the text?,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,2 Explain what is sociology, including definition, scope, nature teach us to try to identify general patterns of behavior and be systematic in explaining the social influences on these patterns.,How do the authors develop the text?,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,2 Explain what is sociology, including definition, scope, nature “think ourselves away” from _.,them anew,The study of sociology,How to think sociologically?,the imagination,the familiar routines of our daily lives in order to look at,Task 2 Answer the following questions.,Text A,Suggested answers,Critical reading and thinking,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,1 How does the author describe the world we live in today? 2 Why does the author raise the three questions in Paragraph 2? 3 Why do people fall in love according to the authors? 4 Why did men and women marry in the Middle Ages?,The author describes that the world we live in today is intensely worrying, yet full of the most extraordinary promise for the future.,The author wants to show us what is the prime concern of sociology.,Because love expresses mutual physical and personal attachment two individuals feel for one another.,Mainly in order to keep property in the hands of family or to raise children to work the family farm.,Task 2 Answer the following questions.,Text A,Suggested answers,Critical reading and thinking,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,5 Where did romantic love make its first appearance? 6 How were the relations between husband and wife among aristocratic groups?,Its first appearance made in courtly circles.,The relations are cool and distant.,Task 2 Answer the following questions.,Text A,Suggested answers,Critical reading and thinking,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,7 What is basic to the sociological outlook? 8 What are the differences between ordinary people and sociologists in explaining the mass murder at Columbine High School?,Understanding the subtle yet complex and profound ways in which our individual lives reflect the contexts of our social experience is basic to the sociological outlook.,Ordinary peoples explanations focus on the social causes of violence in the United States, whereas sociologists can bring an even deeper understanding. For example, sociologists might study other mass murders and consider if there was a pattern in the group characteristics.,Task 3 In Paragraph 12, the authors roughly explain how a sociologist would study the Columbine High School massacre. Suppose you were a sociologist, work in pairs and examine the case. You may:,Text A,Suggested answers,Critical reading and thinking,Unit 4The Study of Society and People,1 Se