Unit 6 The Pace of LifeBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingAfter ReadingDetailed ReadingSupplementaryReadingFinally,we look at heart disease. That's tricky,becauseotherfactors are involved.Our heart's greatestDetailed Readingenemyis tobacco.But heart disease alsocorrelateswith the pace we keep.Smokers who drive themselvesare really asking for it."1.What do you think keep people in somecountries sobusy?NextPrev.KS
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 6 The Pace of Life . Finally, we look at heart disease. That’s tricky, because other factors are involved. Our heart’s greatest enemy is tobacco. But heart disease also correlates with the pace we keep. Smokers who drive themselves are really asking for it.” 1. What do you think keep people in some countries so busy?
Unit6ThePaceofLifeBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailedReadingAfter ReadingSupplementaryReading2. What might be the acute / major problems facingpeople today?1.Tension-Physical,mental,emotional2.HealthproblemsetailRhysical,mentaland emotionaldiseases3.Ecological pollution/ Ruptureinozonelayer4.Disturbedfamilyrelations5.Violence and cruelty6.Corruption/Dishonesty/Immorality7.Drug-addiction8.Neglect of law& orderand ethical,moral andsocial discipline9.Armaments/Nuclear weapons(Militarism)NextPrev.CS
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 6 The Pace of Life 2. What might be the acute / major problems facing people today? 1. Tension — Physical, mental, emotional 2. Health problems — Physical, mental and emotional diseases 3. Ecological pollution / Rupture in ozone layer 4. Disturbed family relations 5. Violence and cruelty 6. Corruption / Dishonesty / Immorality 7. Drug-addiction 8. Neglect of law & order and ethical, moral and social discipline 9. Armaments / Nuclear weapons (Militarism)
Unit6ThePaceofLifeGlobalReadingBeforeReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReading3.Compared with people's life in ancient times,whathavenewtechnology,theinformation explosionandrising economy really brought to us?Detailed ReadingBack 》Prev.K
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 6 The Pace of Life 3. Compared with people’s life in ancient times, what have new technology, the information explosion and rising economy really brought to us?
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Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 6 The Pace of Life Richard Tomkins Richard Tomkins, consumer industries editor of the Financial Times, where he has been a member of the editorial staff since 1983. Financial Times includes business and financial news and analysis. To know it better, log on the following website: http://news.ft.com/hom e/europe
Unit6 ThePaceof LifeBefore ReadingGlobalReadingDetailedReadingAfterReadingSupplementaryReadingTechnologyMany historians of science argue not onlythat technology is an essential condition ofadvanced,industrial,civilization but also thattherateoftechnologicalchangehastechnologydeveloped its own momentum in recentcenturies.Innovations now seem to appear ata rate that increases geometrically,withoutrespecttogeographical limits or political systems.These innovationstend to transform traditional cultural systems,frequentlywith unexpected social consequences. Thus technologycan be conceived as both a creative and a destructiveprocess.KBack
Global Reading Detailed Reading After Reading Supplementary Reading Detailed Reading Before Reading Unit 6 The Pace of Life Many historians of science argue not only that technology is an essential condition of advanced, industrial civilization but also that the rate of technological change has developed its own momentum in recent centuries. Innovations now seem to appear at Technology a rate that increases geometrically, without respect to geographical limits or political systems. These innovations tend to transform traditional cultural systems, frequently with unexpected social consequences. Thus technology can be conceived as both a creative and a destructive process