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课件网) Unit10 Connections Lesson1 How Closely Connected Are We？ 1. How many contacts do you have on social media How many people do you regularly communicate with n.联系人,熟人 v.联系 2. Read the first two paragraph of the artical on the theory “Six Degrees of Separation”. What does it mean and who invented this theory n.度,学位 n.分隔 P1 Research shows the average person only has regular communication with between seven and fifteen people, and that most of our communication is in fact with five to ten people (who are closest to us.) 普通人 事实上 和…经常交流 引导宾语从句 who引导定语从句 省略that的宾语从句 be close to 与...亲近 —closer—closest 研究表明，普通人只与7~15个人经常保持联系，而且其中大部分的交流实际上只发生在5~10个最亲近的人身上。 评 评 However, perhaps we are closer to the rest of the world than we think. “Six Degrees of Separation” refers to the theory (that any person on earth can be connected to any other person through a chain of no more than five other people.) 与...更亲近 其他的,剩余的… 指的是 that引导同位语从句 与...建立联系 prep.通过 不超过 不过，也许我们与世界上其他人的联系比想象中更紧密。“六度分隔”理论说的是地球上任何人都可通过不超过另外5个人的联结，与一个陌生人联系起来。 1.What does the theory “Six Degrees Separation” mean It means that any person on Earth can be connected to any other person through a chain of no more than five other people. You 2 3 5 4 A Stranger! P2 The concept was first talked about as long ago as the 1920s. The Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy published a book called Everything is Different in 1929, in which he introduced the idea of friendship networks and his ideas influenced many of our early impressions of social networks. be talked about 被谈及,被提出 对…的早期印象 “介词+关系代词”引导非限制性定语从句,which指代book 早在 过去分词done 做后置定语 这个概念早在20世纪20年代就被提出。匈牙利作者弗里吉斯考林蒂在1929年出版了《一切皆不同》一书，书中介绍了朋友关系网的概念，许多早期关于社交网络的构想都受到他思想的影响。 1967 mid-1990s 2003 2011 Activity 3 who result how introduction conclusion introduction conclusion 1967 mid-1990s 2003 2011 who result how Columbia University Activity 3 introduction conclusion 1967 mid-1990s 2003 2011 who result how the University of Milan Activity 3 Four different experi-ments Who How When Different Fill in the mind-map What Similar/Same Connections Activity 4 Retell two experiments based on the following formation. Connections Tips: Who invented the idea How did people do What was the result 1967 Program: choose, a random of , ask sb to do sth, send packages to …., It takes … to do sth, get the parcels delivered. 2003 Program: recreate Milgram’s experiment, involve 24,163 email chains, 18 target people, confirm, the average number of …. is… You can begin your retelling like this: In 1967, Stanley Milgram tried to test the theory. Activity 5 Group Work. Think and share. 1. Why did Milgram and Columb ... ...
