Book Two Unit one Preview: Riddle. It does exist. But it will never return. What is it? Americans value time and save it carefully. Time is a real, precious resource to them so every minute must count. Visitors may think Americans are always in a rush and under pressure. Smiles and short conversations. and small exchanges with strangers dont exist because Americans dislike wasting too much time. Americans assess others professionally rather than socially. so they start immediately since they are al ways conscious of time Americans work hard at saving time so they may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than in person. Quickly solving a problem or doing a job successfully is a sign of skill. The more important the job, the more time and effort Americans will pour into it. Introductory questions: 1)How do you understand the title"time-conscious Americans"? (Time is treated as if it were something almost real. People budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it cut it, account for it; they also charge for it They do this because time is a precious resource 2)Do you think that Chinese are time-conscious? Why do you think so? Background information Cultural diferences: Students and teachers need to be aware that the ethnocentric attitudes of writers are precisely the way cultural conflict is encouraged. Why is understanding a culture al ways the others' responsibility? Is it not possible that each culture could be made aware of different conventions? Both sides must work at rising above cultural differences and be willing to compromise.and in both cases, most likely neither side has access to cultural conventions of the other so blaming is not the answer. Educating is Text structure Analysis One of the ways to find the structure of a reading passage is to change the text into questions and Mr: Wilson won the election. He appealed to the middle class to support him This is a short text consisting of only two sentences. But if we change it into a question and answer, we can find or understand the relationship between the two sentences Mr Wilson won the election Question: How did he win the election? Answer: Mr. Wilson won the election by appealing to the middle class Therefore, we can identify the relationship between the two sentences as result and instrument/ cans In our analysis of the reading passage, you will find that we are using the same method to spell out the relationship within a paragraph by placing questions between the parts. The three parts we dentified by changing the text into a question-and-answer dialogue are How do you prove your general statement?(any question you can ask about the details of the 22 Book Two Unit One Section A Preview: Riddle: It does exist. But it will never return. What is it? Americans value time and save it carefully. Time is a real, precious resource to them so every minute must count. Visitors may think Americans are always in a rush and under pressure. Smiles and short conversations, and small exchanges with strangers don’t exist because Americans dislike “wasting” too much time. Americans assess others professionally rather than socially, so they start talking business immediately since they are always conscious of time. Americans work hard at saving time so they may have meetings using equipment like television screens and telephones rather than in person. Quickly solving a problem or doing a job successfully is a sign of skill. The more important the job, the more time and effort Americans will pour into it. Introductory questions: 1)How do you understand the title “time-conscious Americans”? (Time is treated as if it were something almost real. People budget it, save it, waste it, steal it, kill it, cut it, account for it; they also charge for it. They do this because time is a precious resource.) 2) Do you think that Chinese are time-conscious? Why do you think so? Background information Cultural differences: Students and teachers need to be aware that the ethnocentric attitudes of writers are precisely the way cultural conflict is encouraged. Why is understanding a culture always the others’ responsibility? Is it not possible that each culture could be made aware of different conventions? Both sides must work at rising above cultural differences and be willing to compromise…and in both cases, most likely neither side has access to cultural conventions of the other so blaming is not the answer. Educating is. Text structure Analysis One of the ways to find the structure of a reading passage is to change the text into questions and answers. For example: Mr. Wilson won the election. He appealed to the middle class to support him. This is a short text consisting of only two sentences. But if we change it into a question and answer, we can find or understand the relationship between the two sentences. Mr. Wilson won the election. Question: How did he win the election? Answer: Mr. Wilson won the election by appealing to the middle class. Therefore, we can identify the relationship between the two sentences as result and instrument/ method/ means. In our analysis of the reading passage, you will find that we are using the same method to spell out the relationship within a paragraph by placing questions between the parts. The three parts we identified by changing the text into a question-and-answer dialogue are: A general statement How do you prove your general statement?(any question you can ask about the details of the