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③About 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 ______________