(
课件网) UNIT 10 UNIT 10 CONNECTIONS LESSON 2 COMMUNITY SPIRIT To listen and talk about community spirit To listen for understanding and details To read for specific information and understand words in context To practise using vague language To talk about your own community What is a community What do people do in a community look after each other visit each other organise community celebrations respect elderly people live in single-family houses _____ Tick the ones you agree with and add one more activity. exercise together / travel together … How do you think this woman feels Why How would she feel if she didn’t have these people around her Would this affect her health In what way In what way do you think community spirit affects people’s health It affects people’s health positively in that they don’t feel lonely. They know they have other people to rely on and this helps them build a positive attitude towards life and its difficulties. Dr. Smith is talking about how the community spirit of a small town called Roseto impacted on the residents’ health in a radio programme. Listen and answer the questions. Read the two questions first. Take notes when listening. 1. What surprising facts did doctors discover about Rosetans in the 1950s There was hardly a Rosetan below 65 who’d experienced a heart attack. People there were dying of old age rather than from illness. There was very little crime. 2. What was the reason for the facts According to an earlier study, the reason for the low rate of Rosetans’ heart attacks was the community itself. Roseto was a very closely-knit (紧密联系在一起的) community. People there looked after each other, visited each other often. Almost all households consisted of three generations. Old people were respected. The social network they enjoyed protected them from the pressure of the modern world. Listen again. Complete the table about the Roseto community in the 1950s and 1960s. Then talk about what happened to Rosetans in those years. Read through the information. Complete the table with as much information as you can from memory. Community life Consequences (后果) In the 1950s was a very closely-knit community looked after each other _____ each other frequently organised _____ households consisted of _____ old people _____ hardly a Rosetan below 65 _____ _____ people were dying _____ rather than _____ _____ very little _____ visited community celebrations three generations were respected experienced a heart attack of old age from illness crime Community life Consequences In the 1960s younger Rosetans _____ _____ moved to _____ _____ rejected to _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ in 1971 the rate of heart attacks _____ _____ would not keep up the traditional lifestyle typical single-family houses traditional social bonds the first heart attack of a Rosetan under 45 happened is the same as the average What have you learnt about community spirit from the small ... ...
