from what is written and from what is not written Authors don't always express all their thoughts openly, either as a matter of style, or because they assume we know and share their opinions- or they arent sure how to express themselves example are listed on the books Exercise Do Exercise in the textbook: (on Page 17-19) Background Information Changes in modern family: Famil ies have undergone a major transformation in the past generation and are poised to change even more in the new century Households will move further away from the family-structure model of a stay-at-home mother, working father, and children, accord ing to a new report from the National Opinion Research Center at the university of Chicago. Because of divorce, cohabitation and single parenthood, a majority f families rearing children in the new century will probably not include the children's two original parents. Moreover, most household will not include children. Marriage has declined as people marry older and divorce and cohabit more Comprehension of the Text Introductory Questions: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions according to your understand ing of the text. (p23) Language stud 1)make sb. experience or undergo( usu. Sth Unpleasant) In recent years, she has been subjected to attacks of depressions 近年来,她一直受忧郁症的困扰 2) bring under control of dominion of He tries to subject the whole family to his own will 他试图使全家人服从他的意志 2. get out of hand: become un controllable When they arrived there, the angry crowd had already got out of hand 他们到达那里时,愤怒的人群已经失去控制。 3. nuclear famil a family unit that consists only of husband, wife and children 4. guarantee: promise to do something; make something certain to happen We cannot guarantee that our flights will never be delayed 我们不能保证我们的航班永不延误。 Guarantee.. against: make sure to avoid protect from His insurance guaranteed him against monetary loss in case of fire 他投的保险使他在火灾使免受钱财损失。 5. in conjunction with: together with I did the work in conjunction with three other people 我与另外三个人一起做了这项工作。 They acted in conjunction with the police in the hunt for the murderer 他们于警察联合行动捉拿凶手。from what is written and from what is not written Authors don’t always express all their thoughts openly, either as a matter of style, or because they assume we know and share their opinions- or they aren’t sure how to express themselves. ( example are listed on the books) Exercise Do Exercise in the textbook:(on Page 17-19) Background Information Changes in modern family: Families have undergone a major transformation in the past generation and are poised to change even more in the new century. Households will move further away from the family-structure model of a stay – at – home mother, working father, and children, according to a new report from the National Opinion Research Center at the university of Chicago. Because of divorce, cohabitation and single parenthood, a majority f families rearing children in the new century will probably not include the children’s two original parents. Moreover, most household will not include children. Marriage has declined as people marry older and divorce and cohabit more. Comprehension of the Text Introductory Questions: Choose the best answer to each of the following questions according to your understanding of the text. (p23) Language Study 1. …subject to : 1） make sb. experience or undergo( usu. Sth. Unpleasant) In recent years, she has been subjected to attacks of depressions. 近年来， 她一直受忧郁症的困扰。 2）bring under control of dominion of He tries to subject the whole family to his own will 他试图使全家人服从他的意志。 2．get out of hand: become un controllable When they arrived there, the angry crowd had already got out of hand. 他们到达那里时， 愤怒 的人群已经失去控制。 3. nuclear family: a family unit that consists only of husband, wife and children. 4. guarantee: promise to do something; make something certain to happen We cannot guarantee that our flights will never be delayed. 我们不能保证我们的航班永不延误。 Guarantee … against: make sure to avoid; protect from His insurance guaranteed him against monetary loss in case of fire. 他投的保险使他在火灾使免受钱财损失。 5.in conjunction with: together with I did the work in conjunction with three other people. 我与另外三个人一起做了这项工作。 They acted in conjunction with the police in the hunt for the murderer. 他们于警察联合行动捉拿凶手