Human Needs
What human beings cannot do
without
General organization
? Comprehension
? Language points
? Interaction activity
Comprehension
? Question and Answer
? True or False
Question and Answer
? What is a basic human need?
? How many kinds of basic needs are discussed in
the passage?
? Why is food a basic need?
? How can we avoid malnutrition?
? Why did primitive people eat only the food that
could be grown near their homes?
? What is the difference between needs and wants?
? How do we differ from primitive men in our food
wants?
? Name three things that a modern house contains
but an ancient palace did not
True or False
? By eating plenty of food,people can have a good
nutrition.
? In primitive countries,man’s food needs are
different from our own in modern societies,
? Primitive people would think it was so
monotonous if they ate a diet of one kind of meat.
? Modern people have a wider choice in terms of the
types of food they eat.
? Modern house contains many material comforts
which kings and queens of old times could not
enjoy.
Language points
1,can (not) do without
2,(starve) to death
3,lack
4,the same as (the same...as)
5,compare with
6,the same is true of...
7,likewise
can (not) do without
? I can do without a car today if you need it.
? Don’t you agree that friendship is
something that one can’t do without.
? We have so much work to do this week
that we’ll have to do without any rest.
? I can do with 100 yuan.
? No one can do without money,
(starve) to death
? Cowboy stories bore me to death,I like
mysteries.
? You are drinking yourself to death.
? Don’t work yourself to death.(lie,Don’t
work so hard)
lack,not to have or not to have
enough of it
? What we lack in this house is space to store
things.
? I lack the energy that is required to look
after the baby.
? The reception seems to be lacking in
warmth.
? A diet lacking in nutritional value will not
keep a person healthy.
? I dare not take part in the speech contest
for lack (n.) of courage.
the same as (the same…as)
? He felt just the same as his girlfriend did.
? My opinion on the matter is just the same
as it was 4 years ago.
? He is about the same age as his wife.
? Her handbag is the same color as her
shoes.
compare with
? They consider this speech moderate compared
with his former ones.
? Solar energy is much safer compare with nuclear
energy.
? Compare this with that,you'll see which is better.
? The teacher asked his students to compare their
own translation with the model one on the
blackboard.
? Cf,compare to
? Death is compared to sleep in many poems.
? Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
the same is true of …
? Most boys are crazy about football; the
same is true of my nephew.
? Girls take after their fathers; the same is
true of me.
? Many elderly people enjoy looking after
their grand children,and the same is true of
my grandparents.
likewise,in a similar way
? Watch him and do likewise.
? This is how I do it; I want you to do
likewise.
? I became angry,and he reacted likewise.
? You must pack plenty of food for the
journey; likewise,you’ll need warm clothes,
so pack them too.
Interaction activity
? Discussion:
Compare your needs and
wants at university
with those at your
homes
What human beings cannot do
without
General organization
? Comprehension
? Language points
? Interaction activity
Comprehension
? Question and Answer
? True or False
Question and Answer
? What is a basic human need?
? How many kinds of basic needs are discussed in
the passage?
? Why is food a basic need?
? How can we avoid malnutrition?
? Why did primitive people eat only the food that
could be grown near their homes?
? What is the difference between needs and wants?
? How do we differ from primitive men in our food
wants?
? Name three things that a modern house contains
but an ancient palace did not
True or False
? By eating plenty of food,people can have a good
nutrition.
? In primitive countries,man’s food needs are
different from our own in modern societies,
? Primitive people would think it was so
monotonous if they ate a diet of one kind of meat.
? Modern people have a wider choice in terms of the
types of food they eat.
? Modern house contains many material comforts
which kings and queens of old times could not
enjoy.
Language points
1,can (not) do without
2,(starve) to death
3,lack
4,the same as (the same...as)
5,compare with
6,the same is true of...
7,likewise
can (not) do without
? I can do without a car today if you need it.
? Don’t you agree that friendship is
something that one can’t do without.
? We have so much work to do this week
that we’ll have to do without any rest.
? I can do with 100 yuan.
? No one can do without money,
(starve) to death
? Cowboy stories bore me to death,I like
mysteries.
? You are drinking yourself to death.
? Don’t work yourself to death.(lie,Don’t
work so hard)
lack,not to have or not to have
enough of it
? What we lack in this house is space to store
things.
? I lack the energy that is required to look
after the baby.
? The reception seems to be lacking in
warmth.
? A diet lacking in nutritional value will not
keep a person healthy.
? I dare not take part in the speech contest
for lack (n.) of courage.
the same as (the same…as)
? He felt just the same as his girlfriend did.
? My opinion on the matter is just the same
as it was 4 years ago.
? He is about the same age as his wife.
? Her handbag is the same color as her
shoes.
compare with
? They consider this speech moderate compared
with his former ones.
? Solar energy is much safer compare with nuclear
energy.
? Compare this with that,you'll see which is better.
? The teacher asked his students to compare their
own translation with the model one on the
blackboard.
? Cf,compare to
? Death is compared to sleep in many poems.
? Shakespeare compared the world to a stage.
the same is true of …
? Most boys are crazy about football; the
same is true of my nephew.
? Girls take after their fathers; the same is
true of me.
? Many elderly people enjoy looking after
their grand children,and the same is true of
my grandparents.
likewise,in a similar way
? Watch him and do likewise.
? This is how I do it; I want you to do
likewise.
? I became angry,and he reacted likewise.
? You must pack plenty of food for the
journey; likewise,you’ll need warm clothes,
so pack them too.
Interaction activity
? Discussion:
Compare your needs and
wants at university
with those at your
homes
