Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English CourseElectro- Teaching Portfolio Home Linda Weltner is a US holng About the Author freelance writer and also d Diabetes Linda Weltner PUZZLES popular public speaker on family Listening Comprehension life. She received her BA degree Lead-in Discussion from Wellesley College, and then Background Information attended the University of Michigan in 1960 and Harvard Divinity Consumerism School in 1977. She is a columnist for The Boston Globe and author of children's books. She wrote the weekly column, "Ever Voluntary S implicity So Humble", in the At Home section of The Boston Globe for L. L. Bean, Inc. nineteen years. She was awarded the Best Columnist Award by Prediction the New England Women's Press Association, and given the Gold Award from National Mature Media Awards 2000 for best feature in a magazine. She co-authored the book The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes: Family Strategies for Raising a Healthy Child with her daughter, Laura Plunkett. 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子教案④
Lin d a Wel tn er is a US freelance writer and also a popular public speaker on family life. She received her BA degree from Wellesley College, and then Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information About the Author — Linda Weltner Voluntary Simplicity Consumerism Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. attended the University of Michigan in 1960 and Harvard Divinity School in 1977. She is a columnist for The Boston Globe and author of children’s books. She wrote the weekly column, “Ever So Humble”, in the At Home section of The Boston Globe for nineteen years. She was awarded the Best Columnist Award by the New England Women’s Press Association, and given the Gold Award from National Mature Media Awards 2000 for best feature in a magazine. She co-authored the book The Challenge of Childhood Diabetes: Family Strategies for Raising a Healthy Child with her daughter, Laura Plunkett
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks About the author Linda weltner We are living in the age of transience; man's relationships with things are becoming increasingly temporary. There is a I proliferation of disposable and replaceable things. It is a Lead-in discussion growing culture of buy, use, and throw-away. We develop a throw-away mentality to match our throw-away products Background Information unknowingly causing great ecological stress. There is even a Consumerism whole industry built around increasing our appetites for consumption. We are bombarded with messages to purchase Voluntary Simplic ity products that promise to be better, faster, prettier, or more L Bean, Inc convenient. Advertisements do more than just inform; they Prediction transform our wants into indispensable needs and leave us insatiably craving for more Products become easily obsolete as advertisements manipulate the cravings of consumers. For example, in the past, cell phones were for calling. Now, people need"cell phones that can take colored pictures and videos surf the internet, and play songs. Imagine the millions of 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
About the Author — Linda Weltner Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Consumerism Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. We are living in the age of transience; man’s relationships with things are becoming . There is a proliferation of disposable and replaceable things. It is a growing culture of buy, use, and throw-away. We develop a to match our throw-away products, unknowingly causing great . There is even a whole industry built around increasing our . We are bombarded with messages to purchase products that promise to be better, faster, prettier, or more convenient. Advertisements do more than just inform; they transform our wants into and leave us insatiably craving for more. Products become easily obsolete as advertisements manipulate the cravings of consumers. For example, in the past, cell phones were for calling. Now, people “need” cell phones that can take colored pictures and videos, , and play songs. Imagine the millions of ___________________ increasingly temporary throw _____________________ -away mentality ecological stress ______________ appetites for consumption _________________ ____________ __________________ indispensable needs surf the internet ______________
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio discarded phones in garbage dumps as consumers purchase About the author phones with fancier features. Television coupled with Linda weltner globalization has resulted in everyone all over the world wanting I the same products and modeling the same wasteful lifestyle What can be done? Governments must play a more active Lead-in discussion role. At present, many of the natural resources are undervalued Background Information and under-priced in accounting systems the government needs to build the necessary structures to shift to low consumption Consumerism For example, good city planning, pedestrian-friendly streets Voluntary Simplicity and energy-efficient public transportation systems would L Bean, Inc decrease the need for cars. governments also have the authority to challenge the present situation resolutely protected Prediction by giant industries enjoying economic benefits from its prevalence Prev 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
discarded phones in as consumers purchase phones with fancier features. Television coupled with globalization has resulted in What can be done? Governments must play a more active role. At present, many of the natural resources are undervalued and under-priced in accounting systems. For example, good city planning, pedestrian-friendly streets, and energy-efficient public transportation systems would decrease the need for cars. Governments also have the authority to _____________ garbage dumps everyone all over the world wanting the same products and modeling the same wasteful lifestyle _____________________________ ________________________________________________. The government needs to build the necessary structures to shift to low consumption ___________________ ____________________________________________________. challenge the present situation resolutely protected by giant industries enjoying economic benefits from its prevalence __________________________________________ _____________________________________________________. About the Author — Linda Weltner Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Consumerism Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Directions: Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following About the author questions Linda weltner Listening Comprehension 1. What's the ideal lifestyle in your mind? 2. Do you believe in the saying a penny saved is a penny Lead-in Discussion earned”? Background Information 3. What are some of the things that come to your mind when we Consumerism talk about healthy lifestyles? Make a list of healthy lifestyles Voluntary Simplicity 4. A lot of people think that as they have children and things get L Bean, Inc more expensive, the only solution is to work harder in order to Prediction earn more money. Do you agree? 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子
Directions: Work in pairs or groups and discuss the following questions. Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Consumerism Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner 1. What’s the ideal lifestyle in your mind? 2. Do you believe in the saying “a penny saved is a penny earned”? 3. What are some of the things that come to your mind when we talk about healthy lifestyles? Make a list of healthy lifestyles. 4. A lot of people think that as they have children and things get more expensive, the only solution is to work harder in order to earn more money. Do you agree?
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio About the author Consumerism is the equating of personal SUMER 5M FOR BEGINNER5 Linda weltner happiness with the purchasing of material Emn 9 Listening Comprehensio possessions and consumption. In economics, Lead-in discussion consumerism can also refer to economic policies that place an emphasis on consumption and. in an abstract sense, the Consumerism belief that the free choice of consumers should Voluntary Simplic ity dictate the economic structure of a society L Bean, Inc Although consumerism is commonly Prediction associated with the Western world. it is multi cultural and non-geographical, as seen today Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tel CONSUMERISM Aviv, and New Delhi, for example. Since V Deshaus 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Consumerism Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner Consumerism is the equating of personal happiness with the purchasing of material possessions and consumption. In economics, consumerism can also refer to economic policies that place an emphasis on consumption, and, in an abstract sense, the belief that the free choice of consumers should dictate the economic structure of a society. Although consumerism is commonly associated with the Western world, it is multicultural and non-geographical, as seen today in Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tel Aviv, and New Delhi, for example. Since
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio About the author consumerism began, various individuals and Linda weltner groups have consciously sought an alternative Listening Comprehension lifestyle through simple living. While consumerism is not a new phenomenon it has Lead-in discussion only become widespread over the 20th century Background Information and particularly in recent decades later Consumerism Voluntary Simplic ity Prediction Prev 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Consumerism Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner consumerism began, various individuals and groups have consciously sought an alternative lifestyle through simple living. While consumerism is not a new phenomenon, it has only become widespread over the 20th century and particularly in recent decades
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio Voluntary simplicity(or simple living) is a About the author Linda weltner lifestyle in which individuals consciously choose to minimize the"more-is-better IE ESSENT Listening Comprehensio pursuit of wealth and consumption. Adherents w e E Lead-in discussion choose simple living for a variety of reasons, E including spirituality, health, increase in s Consumerism quality time" for family and friends, stress reduction, conservation, social justice or anti-E Voluntary Simplicity consumerism. while others choose to live L Bean, Inc more simply for reasons of personal taste or Prediction personal economy Simple living as a concept distinguished from those living in forced poverty, as it is a voluntary lifestyle choice Some people who practice voluntary simplicity 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner Consumerism Voluntary simplicity (or simple living) is a lifestyle in which individuals consciously choose to minimize the “more-is-better” pursuit of wealth and consumption. Adherents choose simple living for a variety of reasons, including spirituality, health, increase in “quality time” for family and friends, stress reduction, conservation, social justice or anticonsumerism, while others choose to live more simply for reasons of personal taste or personal economy. Simple living as a concept is distinguished from those living in forced poverty, as it is a voluntary lifestyle choice. Some people who practice voluntary simplicity
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio act consciously to reduce their need for About the author purchased services or goods and, by Linda weltner extension their need to sell their time for Listening Comprehension money. Some people will spend the extra Lead-in discussion free time this generates helping their family or others in a voluntary way. During Consumerism the holiday season, such people often Voluntary Simplicity perform alternative giving. Others may spend the extra free time to improve their L Bean, Inc own quality of life, for example, pursuing Prediction creative activities such as art and craft Many advocates of voluntary simplicity tend to agree that cutting out, or cutting down, on television viewing is a key ingredient in simple living Prev 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Voluntary Simplicity Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner Consumerism act consciously to reduce their need for purchased services or goods and, by extension, their need to sell their time for money. Some people will spend the extra free time this generates helping their family or others in a voluntary way. During the holiday season, such people often perform alternative giving. Others may spend the extra free time to improve their own quality of life, for example, pursuing creative activities such as art and craft. Many advocates of voluntary simplicity tend to agree that cutting out, or cutting down, on television viewing is a key ingredient in simple living
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio L.L. Bean, Inc. is a leading Us catalog company and the About the author Linda weltner largest catalog supplier of outdoor gear in the world. The LL Listening Comprehension Bean catalogs, a tradition since the companys founding, are the engine that drives company sales; in 1999 the company took in Lead-in discussion $854 million from catalog sales alone. The 1999 catalogs, 70 in all offered approximately 16,000 different items, most tied to the Consumerism pursuit of outdoor, active lifestyles. For the solitary fisherman or Voluntary Simplicity the busy baby-boomer, the name L L Bean stands for quality, value, and enduring style, so much so that each year more than Prediction The Best Bed for Your Best Frlend ‖● 11 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner Consumerism Voluntary Simplicity L.L. Bean, Inc. is a leading US catalog company and the largest catalog supplier of outdoor gear in the world. The L.L. Bean catalogs, a tradition since the company’s founding, are the engine that drives company sales; in 1999 the company took in $854 million from catalog sales alone. The 1999 catalogs, 70 in all, offered approximately 16,000 different items, most tied to the pursuit of outdoor, active lifestyles. For the solitary fisherman or the busy baby-boomer, the name L.L. Bean stands for quality, value, and enduring style, so much so that each year more than
Unit Seven Before Reading Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Stripping Down to Bare Happiness Zooming In: An Integrated English Course- Electronic Teaching Portfolio three million visitors make pilgrimages to the company's original About the author retail store, in Freeport, Maine, to soak up the Bean ambiance Linda weltner and the Bean bargains. Retail sales for 1999 reached $206 Listening Comprehensio million. The bean com e-commerce website has been Lead-in discussion operational since 1996. L L. Bean also enjoys a high reputation among its corporate peers as well as its customers, for order Consumerism fulfillment Voluntary Simplic ity LLBean LL Bean inc Prediction 新世纪大学英语系列教材综合教程电子③
Listening Comprehension Lead-in Discussion Background Information Prediction L. L. Bean, Inc. About the Author — Linda Weltner Consumerism Voluntary Simplicity three million visitors make pilgrimages to the company’s original retail store, in Freeport, Maine, to soak up the Bean ambiance and the Bean bargains. Retail sales for 1999 reached $206 million. The llbean.com e-commerce website has been operational since 1996. L.L. Bean also enjoys a high reputation, among its corporate peers as well as its customers, for order fulfillment
