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课件网) The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love. —William Wordsworth Save 1 OR 5 A moral dilemma is a situation in which you have two or more difficult choices to make. If you choose one, you might get in trouble for not chosing the other(s) If the one is your best friend... If the one is a stranger... Lead in Pre-Listening Before you listen, look at the definition and the picture below. Then discuss the questions with your group. What is happening in the picture Can you use one or two sentences to describe the situation (When Where Who What ) A usual morning, on the way to school, I saw an old woman fall down on the street. Pre-Listening He chose to help her out. But being late was his consequence. He chose to ignore her and just walked away. But he was guilty. While-Listening 2 Situation The girl is taking the entrance examination for a famous _____ in Beijing. During the exam, the student next to her fainted. The girl’s choices She can _____her exam . or She can _____the girl. Possible results she will get into _____ _____, but the fainted girl might not get the _____she needs. she put other’s _____ _____, but she might _____to get into the medical university. medical university finish stop and help medical university help needs first give up her chance Listen to the conversation and complete the table to describe the moral dilemma that Jane is talking about. While-Listening Listen again and decide whether the statements are true(T) or false(F). 1. Jane is eager to share the magazine article with Luke. 2. Luke doubts that young people face moral dilemmas all the time. 3. Jane admires what the girl in the story did. 4. Luke doesn’t believe anybody would do what the girl in the story did. 5. Jane wonders how the girl became a doctor later. L: Hi Jane! What are you reading J: Oh, hey, Luke! I’m reading a very interesting magazine article about moral dilemmas. L: Moral dilemma What do you mean J: You know, it's when you have two choices, and you have to choose one, but for moral reasons sometimes it could be really difficult to decide. L: Oh, situations like that don’t happen very often, do they J: Actually, I think people face moral dilemmas all the time, even us students. L: Really Like what J: Well, for example, it mentions a girl who was taking the entrance exam for a medical university in Beijing. During the exam, the student next to her fainted. The girl had a choice. Should she finish the exam or should she stop and help the student L: Surely the teachers would look after the student who fainted! J: Well, that’s what I thought—but not this girl. She stopped to help the student, thinking that it was better to put the needs of the other person first. L: So what happened to her exam J: She never finished it. Instead, she carried the student to a safe place and looked after her. Then she went to the hospital with the s ... ...
