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课件网) UNIT 10 UNIT 10 CONNECTIONS To revise the vocabulary presented in the unit To complete spaces in four short texts with the unit target lexis and structures To complete the Unit Diary for this unit and reflect on what you have learnt Use what you have learnt from the unit “Connections” to introduce the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation”, explain what community spirit is, tell the story of Anne of Green Gables, and discuss your experience of online connections with people around you. Chen Yang is to give a presentation about the theory “Six Degrees of plete her presentation with the correct form of the words and phrases below. network a random sample deliver the parcel release package idea phrase Many of you may be familiar with the _____ that all of us are connected to everyone else by an average of about six people. It was first mentioned in the 1920s by a Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy who discussed social _____. idea networks network a random sample deliver the parcel release package idea phrase In 1967, an American sociologist called Stanley Milgram tried using a new method to test the theory, which he called the “small-world problem”. The experiment involved _____ of people who lived in America and they were given a parcel as well as the name, job and location of a stranger somewhere else in the country. The aim of the experiment was for the person to try to _____ to this stranger by sending it to someone they thought might know them. a random sample deliver the parcel network a random sample deliver the parcel release package idea phrase That person in turn did the same until the parcel reached the person it was supposed to. Although hard to believe, it only took about five to seven people for the _____ to reach the person! The results were _____ and published by a magazine called Psychology Today and inspired the _____, “Six Degrees of Separation”. package released phrase Li Zhen next explains what community spirit is through a story of a community called plete her story with the correct form of the words and phrase below. household crime epidemic social bonds frequently consequence closely-knit Recently, I listened to a radio show which highlighted an interesting story about the power of community spirit. It was about a small town in America called Roseto. In the 1950s, heart attacks were an _____ in the USA, but researchers found Roseto had much lower rates of heart attacks than other places in the country. epidemic household crime epidemic social bonds frequently consequence closely-knit The town was very safe and had a very low _____ rate. When they looked deeper into the reasons for this, they found that Roseto was a very _____ community. _____ typically consisted of three generations living together and the people visited each other _____, respected elderly people and organised lots of community events. Unfortunately, over the years the community changed a ... ...
