Lesson 1

1. Look at the photos and the title of the

article.Which three of the these things do you

think will not be mentioned in the article?

Before you start

global trade, stress and lack of time, crime

and violence, work sharing, a shortened

working week, advertising, free time, drugs

crime

drugs

global trade

2. Listen to the article and check your guesses.

and violence

Para 1

Para 2

Para 3

Para 4

What is a spending circle?

The results of a spending circle

a growing resistence to thisconsumer society

It's time to take the issues more seriously

the more

are trapped

Protest groups are ______ (insist) that some of our money _______ (give) to the third world. Trade _____ (unite) demand that the government ______ (short) the working week and suggest that people share work and thus reduce _____________ (employ).

Advertising should be more ________ (control). There should be better ways for young people to use their free time. We ought to visit the shops less and worry ___(little) about image.

do better

stress

insistingbe given unions

shorten

unemployment

controlled

less

The more we earn, _______ (many) we spend and the more tax we have to pay. Thus, we _________ (trap) in a spending circle.

We never feel like we have enough __________ (possess). Never __ we have time to enjoy the bigger and ______ (good) houses and cars. The result is not increased happiness, but _____ (stressful) and less free time.

possessions

1. be trapped in 被困住 , 被缠住 他们被困在燃烧的大楼里面。They were trapped in the burning

building.

他陷进了不愉快的婚姻里。He was trapped in an unhappy

marriage.

Language points

2. in the hope that/in the hope of sth.

in the hope of

in the hope that

I called early catching

her before she went to work.

She asked him again he

would agree.

抱有…的希望

你起得越早，就越有精力。

3. 比较级…比较级… the more, the more

The earlier you get up,the more energetic you will be.

把（权力或责任等）移交给（某人）She resigned and handed over to

one of her younger colleagues.

她辞职了，由一位比她年轻的同事接任。 他终于在去年交出了公司的职务。He finally handed over his

responsibility for the company

last year.

4. hand (sth.) over (to sb.)

他们把武器交给了警察。

5. be better offbe well off 富裕的 , 处境好的

be badly off 贫困的 ,

比较有钱 , 比较宽裕，情况较好

be worse off 情况较差You'd be better off with a bicycle.

译： She’s better/worse off without him.Families will be better off under the new law.

你最好骑自行车。

be better off doing sth. 在某种情况下 ) 更幸福，更满意

The weather is very bad so we are better off staying at home.

天气太糟糕所以我们呆在家里要更好。

resistance to the law

6. resistance to sth.

反对法律

resist [v.]

Aids patients have no power to resist disease

抗拒疾病的能力She could hardly resist laughing.

她真忍不住要笑。

disease resistance

a refusal to accept抵抗 ( 制 ); 反抗 ( 对 );

抗病力，抗病性

(cannot) resist +

I just can't resist chocolate.She can never resist buying new clothes.

For years the school has resisted changing its system.

it is hard/difficult/impossible to resist something

sthdoing something

我抵制不了巧克力（的诱惑）。她忍不住总要买衣服。

When the new law comes into being,

the old one will be abolished

immediately.

当新的法律产生 , 旧法律会立即废除。 我不知道新政策何时开始实行的。I have no idea when the policy came into being.

7. come into being 生存 , 存在

aim ________ at ________ He aimed at .

8. aim (sth.) at (sb./sth.)

accuracy

one’s gun the enemy

向 ... 瞄准 ;针对 ; 志在 ; 以 .. 为目标

Bejing, Mar. 18 – China will continue to improve macro control measures _____ (aim) at economic growth not only effective in speed, but also in quality.

把枪瞄准敌人 他力求准确。

译： I didn’t aim my remarks at you.Our school must aim at improving its education system.

aimed

8. Complete the sentences with the words

in the list. You do not need all of them.

should ought suggest rather

would insist better time had

1. If I were you, I ______ cover my bare

arms. The sun is strong.

2. You’d ______ start saving for your

pension.

would

better

3. His boss ______ that he work longer

hours so he resigned.

4. I think you ______ to tell your

husband you’re pregnant.

5. You ____ better avoid carrying

heavy weights.

insisted

ought

had

6. It’s ____ you started thinking abut

your future.

7. I’d ______ you didn’t bite your

fingernails in front of me.

8. I _______ that they use hydrogen to

power the rocket.

9. I think we ______ change the format

of the book a little.

time

rather

suggest

should

9. Use the words in brackets to paraphrase the sentences. 1) He __________________ his career

plans. 2) I’d ____________________ music late

at night. 3) We ____________________________

_________ the money more carefully. 4) If ___________________ finance.

had better change

rather you didn’t play

insist that the committee

I were you, I’d studymanage

5) It’s about ____________________ for

a job.

6) Her teachers _____________________

longer skirts.

7) I ___________________ more smartly

for work.

8) Jim ____________ a doctor before it

gets any worse.

time he started looking

demanded that she wear

’d rather you dressed

had better see