Section B: What Youngsters Expect in Life 1. Composition Study Before moving on to Section B, a composition written by one of the SS will be presented to the class and they will find out the strong points and weak points and offer their suggestions as to how to improve on it. (Group work) 2. Reading skills (103) This part is designed to review the skill introduced in Unit 3, Book 2. Since the SS are familiar with the skill, it will suffice to have them practice the skill by finishing the exercises provided in the textbook 3. Section B Section B 1. Structure and main Information Part 1(Para. 1 ): We are forced to be creators and pioneers Part 2(Para. 2-4): what attitude surveys show: young people are disaffected; not happy with their prospects for the future 1. Most high-school seniors have no motivation to learn because they think the US will be worse 0 years from now 2. What female students expect to be (1)profession: doctors, lawyers, engineers.. fighter pilots; (2): family: have both a career and a marriage based on equality 3. What male students expect to be (2)family: traditional nuclear family: male-headed, one provider; wife staying at home as mother and house wife 4. What male students expect to be (1): profession: professional athlete, media personality (2)family: traditional nuclear family male-headed one provider wife staying at home as mother and house wife Part 3(Para. 5-7): Alarming forecasts: (if these people do not acquire some constructive vision of purpose for themselves. 5. dangers for young men: likely to be destructive forces of resistance in society; disaffected. disconnected 6. pregnant moment: familiar things disappear 7. backward steps---leading nations to lose balance (1)social and economic progress will grind to a halt (2) more jobs will be eliminated (3)people' s anger and frustration will be a terrible and dangerous force 2. Difficult sentences (10) Study the structure of the following sentence and translate it into Chinese (Para. 7)However, in the absence of plausible alternative explanations for the gloomy economic news of the past 15-20 years and the gloomier prospects implicit in the projections of those trends, industrial societies---fearful for the future---might very well take backward steps9 Section B: What Youngsters Expect in Life 1. Composition Study (15’) Before moving on to Section B, a composition written by one of the SS will be presented to the class and they will find out the strong points and weak points and offer their suggestions as to how to improve on it. (Group work) 2. Reading Skills (10’) This part is designed to review the skill introduced in Unit 3, Book 2. Since the SS are familiar with the skill, it will suffice to have them practice the skill by finishing the exercises provided in the textbook. 3. Section B (75’) Section B 1. Structure and Main Information (35’) Part 1 (Para.1): We are forced to be creators and pioneers Part 2 (Para.2—4): what attitude surveys show: young people are disaffected; not happy with their prospects for the future 1. Most high-school seniors have no motivation to learn because they think the US will be worse 10 years from now. 2. What female students expect to be: (1) profession: doctors, lawyers, engineers… fighter pilots; (2): family: have both a career and a marriage based on equality 3. What male students expect to be: (1): profession: professional athlete, media personality (2) family: traditional nuclear family: male-headed, one provider; wife staying at home as mother and house wife 4. What male students expect to be: (1): profession: professional athlete, media personality (2) family: traditional nuclear family: male-headed, one provider; wife staying at home as mother and house wife Part 3 (Para. 5-7): Alarming forecasts: (if these people do not acquire some constructive vision of purpose for themselves,) 5. dangers for young men: likely to be destructive forces of resistance in society; disaffected, disconnected 6. pregnant moment: familiar things disappear 7. backward steps---leading nations to lose balance (1) social and economic progress will grind to a halt (2) more jobs will be eliminated (3) people’s anger and frustration will be a terrible and dangerous force 2. Difficult Sentences (10’) Study the structure of the following sentence and translate it into Chinese: (Para. 7) However, in the absence of plausible alternative explanations for the gloomy economic news of the past 15-20 years and the gloomier prospects implicit in the projections of those trends, industrial societies---fearful for the future---might very well take backward steps