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1、Unit4Howcouldanythingthatfeelssobadbesogood?Doyouagree?Wehavetallerbuildings,butshortertempers,widerfreeways,butnarrowerviewpoints,wespendmore,buthaveless,webuymore,butenjoyitless…Beforereading:Lead-InMakeacomparisonbetweenlifeinthepastandatpresent,suchaseconomy,science,family…Whatdoyouthinko
2、fthesechanges?II.DuringReading:SkimmingGooverthefirstsentenceofeachparagraph,whichsentencecansummarizethemeaningofthepassage?Whatstructuredoesitfollow?Underlinethekeywords.Para.1strategy,difficult,whatcanbedone(topic,problem,solution)Para.2discontented,becausebetterPara.3marriage,highexpectat
3、ions(example)Para.4complaints,divorce,(example)Para.5civilrightsmovement(example)Para.6paradox,improvement,acceleratingdemandsPara.7anotherproblemtemporaryPara.8troubled(problem),because(reason)participativemoodPara.9ThisparticipativephenomenondetailsPara.10Theproblemisthat,redesign,accommoda
4、tethenewdemandsPara.11itwillhavetoadoptstrategiessolutionPara.12raisethelevelofdiscontent(solution)Para.13MakebigchangesPara.14newformsPara.15explorationofhumanpotential,makeithappenStructureProblem:LifetodayisdifficultCause(analysis):HighexpectationsacceleratingchangeparticipativemoodSolutio
5、ns:1.Raisethelevelofdiscontent2.MakebigchangesSummaryofthetextWeallagreethatmanythingstodayarechangingforthebetter.However,weareneversatisfiedwiththesechanges.Onthecontrary,wearemoreandmorediscontented.Theproblemisthat,asthingsgetbetter,ourexpectationsrisehigher,andthisseemsnevertoend.Whatcan
6、wedowiththisproblem,then?Inhisessaytheauthorarguesthattheanswerliesindevelopingapproachesthatareasnewandparadoxicalastheproblemsweface.Paradox:AseeminglycontradictorystatementthatmaynonethelessbetrueMorehaste,lessspeed.Thechildisthefatherofman."Theswiftesttravelerishethatgoesafoot."(HenryDavi
7、dThoreau,Walden)"Somedayyouwillbeoldenoughtostartreadingfairytalesagain."(C.S.Lewis)"Warispeace.""Freedomisslavery.""Ignoranceisstrength."(GeorgeOrwell,1984)Findouttheparadoxinthepassage.1.Peoplearediscontentednotbecausethingsareworsethaneve