Unit 6. Social Problems

1. Unit 6. Social Problems Oral/Reading Practice: 1) Ask about/ describe social problems 2) Ask about/ describe future scenarios 3) Discuss the causes of social problems 4) Exchange opinions on social problems 5) Assess the relative seriousness of social problems and offer/evaluate solutions Writing: Write an article outlining a social problem (its causes and solutions)

2. Unit 6. Social Problems(Open Question: What does “Social Problem” mean?) • Activity 1. Headline News • Activity 2. Just Like You and Me • Activity 3. Trouble in the Home • Activity 4. Getting to the Roots of the Problem

3. Activity 1.Headline News • Task 1. Choosing Headlines • Task 2. Identifying Topics • Task 3. Building Vocabulary(P.306)

4. Tasks 1-2. Headlines & Topics

5. Text One( P. 307) Come and Listen to me When I’m Famous! Activity 2.Just Like You and Me

6. Text 1.Come and Listen to Me When I’m Famous • 1. Describe Jasper. (age, nationality) • 2. What’s the author’s attitude to Jasper? • 3. Jasper thought the issues he discussed with the writer were disturbing.(T/ F?) • 4. All of Jasper’s neighbors are about 20years old and they are all young men. (T/F?) • 5. Jasper thinks it is quite normal for their group to sleep on the streets. (T/F?) • 6. Jasper thinks people in his community are all normal. (T/F?) (Para.3) • 7. Jasper was driven out of his home by his parents because he is addicted to drugs.(T/F?) (Para.8,9) • 8. Jasper’s community______ the government, ___ social workers, ______ tourists and _____ commuters. • (embarrasses, bewilders, shocks, disturbs)

7. Text 1.(continued) • 9. What does Jasper think about the homeless situation? • (Para.4.5) • 10. Are Jasper’s parents rich? What do his parents do for a living?(Para.8) • 11. Why did Jasper come to London?(Paras.8-9: fame, fortune) • 12. GCSEs means __. (so I’m not thick.) “Thick” means ___. (Para. 9) • 13. Paragraph 10 is mainly about ____________. • (Jasper’s prospects for the future.) • 14. What usu. happens to some homeless young people if they can’t stick it out? • (return to their hometowns or their parents) • 15.What’s Jasper and other people in his community do to earn their meals? • (1)claim money from social security. 2) steal things from shops and market stalls. 3) go begging. 4)Jasper does go busking in the tube stations with a friend.)

8. Text 1.(continued) • 16. What does Jasper claim living in the street has taught him about? • 17. Does he feel angry about having to live in the street? • 18. What does he feel about his prospects? • (He is rather optimistic.) • 19. What is the vicious circle he refers to? • (Para.10. ) • 20. What’s Jasper’s dream? • (1) invite the writer to come to listen to him when he’s famous. 2) wear a fine suit and driving a brand new Mercedes. ) • 21. What’s the writer’s attitude in this report? • (a sympathetic tone) • Open Question:Why do some many people become homeless?

9. The Route to Homelessness • 1. London 2. A friend 3. on the floor 4. A job 5. His friend’s 6. Streets 7. homeless

10. Activity 3. Trouble in the Home(omitted)

11. Activity 4.Getting the Roots of the Problem • Text 2. Domestic violence(P.330) • Main ideas: • Paragraph 1: • @ topic sentence outlining problem • @definition of “domestic violence” • @effects of “domestic violence” • Paragraph 2: • @an example of domestic violence • @the general response of women toward domestic violence • @some possible reasons of domestic violence (5 reasons) • Paragraph 3: • @possible solutions to the problem. (4 solutions) • Paragraph 4: • @conclusion: call on women to defend their own rights.

12. Writing about a Social Problem Title : Alcoholic Drinking

13. Supplementary Reading • Scan the following passage and try to answer the questions below: • 1. What is the text about? • 2. What was the crime that the speaker was connected with? • 3. What woke him up? • 4. What did she see? • 5. What did he do when he was certain it was a burglar? • 6. Why did he return to his house? • 7. What does the speaker think worries people? • 8. What crimes are usually committed by young people? • 9. What does the speaker think is the first major cause of juvenile delinquency? • 10. What is the second cause according to the speaker? • 11. What is the last cause of juvenile crimes

14. Juvenile delinquency • The only crime I have ever been connected with was unsuccessful. One summer night I went to bed, leaving my bedroom door open because it was very hot. During the night I was woken up by the sound of a match being struck. For a moment I thought it must be the friend I lived with, but then I remembered he was away. I felt certain there was someone in the room. I saw the outline of a man standing near the door. I was almost certain the man was a burglar. Without thinking what I was doing, I shouted loudly and jumped out of bed to catch the man. As I ran across the garden, I suddenly realized I was doing something very foolish. The burglar I was chasing might be carrying a knife. I went straight back into the house and locked all the doors to protect myself.

15. This was a very small crime which did not succeed, but crime is a serious problem in Britain. One sort of crime which particularly worries people is juvenile delinquency that is, crimes committed by young people. For some years, juvenile delinquency has been increasing. There are two main sorts of juvenile crime: stealing and violence. Most people do not understand why young people commit these crimes. There are, I think, a large number of different reasons. • These crimes are not usually committed by people who are poor or in need. Young people often dislike and resent the adult world. They will do things to show that they are rebels. Also in Britain today it is easier for young people to commit crimes because they have more freedom to go where they like and more money to do what they like.

16. There are two other possible causes which are worth mentioning. More and more people in Britain live in large towns. In a large town no one knows who anyone else is or where they live. But in the village I come from crimes are rare because everybody knows everyone else. • Although it is difficult to explain, I think the last cause is very important. Perhaps there is something wrong with our society which encourages violence and crime. It is a fact that all the time children are exposed to films and reports about crime and violence. Many people do not agree that this influences young people, but I think that young people are very much influenced by the society they grow up in. I feel that the fault may be as much with our whole society as with these young people.