(课件网) Connections Unit 10 Topic talk Part 1—Lead in Lead in Use the diagram to talk about your connections or people who are related to you. How important are they to you Lead in Lead in Show time! Pre-reading How can you have a chance to contact with a stranger □Through the introduction of common friends. □Through WeChat or QQ. □Come across by chance. □Meet at a party. While-reading Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas 1. What is the text mainly about A．How people in the world communicate with each other. B．What the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation” is and how it develops. C．How people in the world are connected. D．Why the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation” is put forward. √ Para.1 A. Stanley Milgram tested the theory successfully. Para.2 B. Who invented the theory Para.3 C. What does “Six Degrees of Separation” refer to Para.4 D. The result of Columbia University’s study. Para.5 E. How did the theory influence the entertainment industry Para.6 F. How closely connected are you Para.7 G. The result of the University of Milan’s study. 2. Match the main idea with each paragraph. 1．What’s the purpose of the first paragraph A．To give suggestions. B．To introduce the topic. C．To add background information. D．To offer scientific data. √ Activity 2 Careful-reading for details Paras. 1-2 2.What is the theory of “Six Degrees of Separation”？ “Six Degrees of Separation” is the theory that any person on Earth can be connected to any other person through a chain of no more than five other people. 3. Who was the first one to introduce the theory A．A film star. B．Frigyes Karinthy. C．Two scientists. D．Stanley Milgram. √ 1.Read the article quickly and find out the main idea. This article introduces what the theory of “Six Degrees Separation” is and how it develops. 2. Read the first two paragraphs of the article on the theory “Six Degrees of Separation”. What does it mean and who invented this theory It states that any person on Earth can be connected to any other person through a chain of no more than five other people. The theory was first introduced by Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, in the early 20th century. How- He chose a random sample of people in the middle of America and asked them to _____to a stranger in the state of Massachusetts. Who- _____ In 1967 Findings/Results- It only took between _____people to get the parcels delivered. send packages five and seven Examples to prove the theory Line21: “small-world problem” Stanley Milgram 3.Read the rest of the article. How- They _____ a game, the idea of which was to link any actor to Kevin Bacon through _____six links. Who- Two college students in the United States In the mid-1990s Findings/Results- The game _____ in universities across the United States. invented no more than was being played Examples to prove the theory How- Columbia University tried to recreate Milgram’s experiment on the In ... ...
