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Material Girl and Boy

Text A. Material Girl and Boy. Unit 13. As our children are constantly exposed to all kinds of commercials, they are demanding more and more from their parents…. Material Girl and Boy. Useful expressions Text interpretation Word family Sentence structure Translation Homework.

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Material Girl and Boy

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  1. Text A Material Girl and Boy Unit 13 As our children are constantly exposed to all kinds of commercials, they are demanding more and more from their parents…

  2. Material Girl and Boy • Useful expressions • Text interpretation • Word family • Sentence structure • Translation • Homework

  3. Useful expressions • World Exposition • 商学院 • 供求 • 设下一个陷阱 • 据估计 • 参加，参与 • Household name • 商标，品牌 • 世博会 • Commercial college • Supply and demand • Set a trap • It is estimated that.. • Participate in • 家喻户晓的人或事 • Brand name

  4. Useful expressions • 意识到 • 企业文化 • 招待朋友 • 处于包围中 • First aid • 信息时代 • 源源不断 • 注意到 • Be aware of/that • Corporate culture • Entertain a friend • Under siege • 急救 • Information age • A steady stream of • Take notice of

  5. Text interpretation • Warm-up questions • How often do you shop? What products attract you most? • When did you first shop without your parents’ company? • What do you think of TV commercials? • Do you agree that our society today is also commercialized?

  6. Text interpretation • Juliet has written a must-read for every parent. • CalledBorn to Buy, it frightened me. • …and they are getting more so. • Look at what Schor found based on studies … children aged 10 to 13 • …kids in the fourth through eighth grades… • …their children were brand-aware by age 3… • …my boy stormed into the kitchen and demanded that I take him to a fast-food restaurant. • …he said, forming two fingers in the shape of … • …order him to go cut the TV off.

  7. Text interpretation • In fact, I went a step further. • …adults inhabit an oppressive…world. • …it’s the product, not your parents who’s really on your side. • There is the practice of turning everyday items into playthings. • This trend leaves little space for imagination. • What we are losing isn’t just the money we spend to buy what our kids are brainwashed to believe they need. • … programming surrounded by a steady stream of messages…

  8. Word family • Exposure, exposition, impose, commerce, demanding, scare, scaring, horrible, overstate, depression, earache, toothache, stardom, freedom, boring, bored, participator, homely, worthy, trademark, unaware, awareness, unconsciousness, possession, accident, severity, prejudice, corporation, inhabitant, oppression, resistance, joyful, imagine, imaginary, unimaginable, imaginative, entertaining, entertainment, surround, brainstorm, well off, dealer, evil, devil, demon, assistance, allowance, motivation, motive, inspire

  9. Sentence structure • Subjunctive mood in that-clause • My boy demanded that I take him to a fast- food restaurant. • the more…the more… • The more they accept the messages, the worse they feel about themselves. Do the exercises on p.185-6

  10. Translation • He encouraged his son to participate wholeheartedly in social activities. • We were aware of students’ boredomwith their studies and decided to reform. • According to the government statement, the President is recovering steadily, but his condition is still quite serious / his illness is still quite severe.

  11. Translation • Was there any scary incident during your journey? • Although most people ignored his ambition, he did not lose heart and still worked hard on his project. • In his program for economic development next year, the mayor pointed out that the annual household income was estimated to exceed RMB 20,000.

  12. Homework • Other exercises • Recitation • Text B • Fast reading • Review • Preview • Revision GOOD LUCK ON THE EXAM!

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