Longing for a New
Welfare System
Unit 3
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,After-Reading Activities
Stage 4,Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Go over the preview,the pre-
reading questions and the title
of the text before listening to
the summary of the story and
anticipate what we are going to
read,
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer
the following questions,
Background information
social welfare,Public assistance programs,
commonly called,welfare”,provide cash or in-kind
benefits for particular categories of the financially
needy,The U.S,welfare system operates on both the
federal and state levels,The federal welfare program
is known as Social Security that provides benefits or
assistance for child care,disability,food and medical,
The state welfare programs,on the other hand,
provide assistance to both individuals and local
communities with state schooling and social insurance,
U.S,welfare programs grew significantly in the
decades following World War II,but increases in
welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into
question the extent and quality of public assistance,
In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced
welfare expenditures and suggested turning
responsibility for welfare funding over to the states,
The cuts in federal funding that took effect during the
Reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the
responsibility for maintaining funding levels on the
states — and,in some cases,on the larger cities,The
result has been a widening of the already existing
disparities in social services spending between states,
and between cities and regions within a state,
Social welfare is an integrated part of a country's
social policy,The website offers definitions of such
concepts as welfare and welfare state and discussions
on welfare systems of other countries (in addition to
the U.S.),
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully
and guess the meaning of the
italicized term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences,
He finds it hard to live on his state
pension,
He won?t be able to draw / receive
his pension until he?s 65,
I pay a higher rent / more rent than
the other tenants because my room is
bigger,
The old lady rented us her spare
room for $50 a week,
抚恤金养老金租金出租
Against his father?s advice,Peter
opted for business,
I don?t think that politician can
drum up much support with all his
speeches.
Manufacturers are offering big
discounts to drum up business,
Jane plays drums in a local rock
band,
选择得到招徕生意打鼓
There were a few sticky moments during the
meeting,
His hands were sticky with jam,
It?s very sticky in New York in August,
The government is trying to keep a low
profile on this issue,
There are a growing number of women in
high-profile positions,
The actor is photographed in profile,
smoking a cigarette,
僵局粘糊糊的闷热姿态引人注目的从侧面
Being unemployed entitles you to free
medical treatment,
She read a poem entitled,The Apple
Tree”,
Compensation of injured workers
has cost the company a lot,
She received $50,000 in
compensation for a lost eye,
使你有权题目为补偿补偿
a man of liberal views
a liberal donation
There's a gun in practically every
American home,
Practically,this book is more
difficult than that one,
Detectives have finally tracked down
the killer,
开明的慷慨的
almost; nearly
实际上侦探们
The walls were pasted with pictures
of movie stars,
When I put wallpaper up I got paste
all over my hands and clothes,
I paid the bill and he gave me a
receipt,
Please sign this form to acknowledge
receipt of the money,
贴满浆糊收据收到
They received a large donation to the
school,
There?s an insect crawling down
your sleeve.
The traffic was crawling along at ten
kilometers per hour,
Have you got a bit of cord that I can
tie this parcel up with?
捐款爬缓慢向前移动绳子
He needed four strong screws for fixing
the cupboard to the wall,
He screwed the handle to the door,
His brakes failed on a slippery road,
I hereby certify that the above
information is true and accurate,
螺丝钉用螺丝钉固定刹车证明
Bids for building the bridge were invited
from big firms throughout the country,
Her bid for re-election was unsuccessful,
An anonymous letter alerted police to
the possibility of a terrorist attack at the
airport,
You must be alert to possible dangers,
出价，投标
an attempt to obtain sth.
使警觉警惕
Two helicopters have already been shot
down,
She has long been a champion of free
speech,
She is the world champion for the third
year in succession,
The car leaked oil all over the drive,
Air leaked out of the balloon,
He leaked the names to the press,
直升机拥护者冠军漏漏，渗泄漏
Three US state governors have put
themselves forward as presidential
candidates,
There wasn't enough evidence to convict
him,
Faced with the evidence,he had to
confess,
They were charged with taking money
under the table,
They had been deeply involved in the
crimes,
州长证明有罪面对私下深深地卷入
Deep down (inside you),I know you
love me really,
Your brother is making a fool of you,
He knew better than to talk back to
his father,
Our car broke down on the freeway,
在你心底里愚弄顶嘴抛锚
News soon got around that he had
resigned,
There seems to be an electrical
problem,I?ll get someone to look into
it,
How do you account for this sudden
disappearance of all the money?
We've built up good relationships
with our clients,
传开检查解释建立
He?s amazingly cheerful considering
all he?s had to go through.
Some novels quite readily lend
themselves to adaptation as plays;
others do not,
The jury convicted the accused man
of theft,
Compare,accuse somebody of,
charge somebody with
经历适合宣判有罪
Vocabulary Comparing
crude raw uncooked
caseworker social worker
hip tail buttocks waist thigh
limb leg knee
spine rib marrow
spinal cord vocal cords
appliance equipment facilities
instrument apparatus device
maid servant attendant waiter
helper
roast bake roast
oven stove furnace
senator representative
thrive bloom boom flourish
mushroom prosper
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get
the main idea of the text,
Analyze the structure of the text,
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
Reading skills,Understanding figurative
language
a) Similes:
Directly comparing one thing to
another by using the words as or like.
b) Metaphors:
Comparisons are only implied,without
using as,like and the like.
c) Personification:
Comparing non-human things to
humans,
Some tips for you to recognize figurative
ways of saying things,
1,Make sure that you are aware that the writer is
making a comparison.
2,Keep clearly in your mind just what is being
compared to what,Don't lose the basic point by
getting confused about the comparison and
forgetting what the writer is explaining in the
first place.
3,Look for such words as like and as,which often
introduce comparison.
4,Try to figure out why the writer has made the
comparison,
Text structure analysis,
The passages can be broadly
divided into three parts,
1,How people behave under the
present welfare system
2,What the problems are with it
3,What should be required of the
new system,
Divide the text into 3 parts according to
the main idea given:
Part 1,focusing on how the people
concerned behave under the present
welfare system,
Part 2,dealing with the problems of the
present welfare system,
Part 3,dealing with what should be
done with the present welfare system.
Para 1 to 3
Para 4 to 14
Para 15 to 17
1,General images of welfare clients and
welfare caseworkers under the
present system:
1) Welfare clients are always _________
more money out of _______________
______________,(para,1)
2) But there are welfare clients who
choose to ___________ of complete
honesty,telling welfare caseworkers
_____________________,(para,2)
cheating
the present
welfare system
live a life
how much they make
3) Welfare clients have to bow
to _____________respectfully,
and the latter feel they
________it,Welfare
caseworkers,under the
present welfare system,
become__________.(para,3)
caseworkers
deserve
detectives
2,Problems with the present welfare
system,welfare caseworkers,like
_________,trying to find anything
____________,welfare clients?
difficulties in ______________,the
embarrassing situation for welfare
clients when trying to ____________
and lastly the problem of the welfare
system and_______________.
detectives
unreported
obtaining help
make money
the legal system
1) Welfare caseworkers like
detectives trying to convict
_______________ of cheating.
(paras 4-8)
2) how extremely difficult it is for
welfare clients to have their
______________________.
(paras 9-12)
welfare clients
wheelchairs repaired
3) the welfare clients? embarrassing
situation of being questioned to
________________________when
making money out of their own
___________,(para,13)
4) the law does not encourage clients
to __________________ and make
a __________________away from
welfare,(para,14)
account for every penny
abilities
work part time
gradual shift
3,What should be done with the
present welfare system:
1) welfare clients should have
lawyers to ___________________.
(para,15)
2) the welfare system should help
those who want to earn part or
all of __________________,(para,
16)
protect their rights
their own livings
3) A new system is suggested to
encourage welfare clients to
___________________ without
feeling _______________,a new
system that does not seek to
_________ welfare clients of
__________,(para,17)
develop their talents
convict
cheating
guilty or fearful
Reading-Centred Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
After-Reading Activities
Vocabulary Exercises
Translating and Writing
Listening and speaking
activities
Talking about the topic
or retelling the text
Listening and speaking
practice in XP center
Welfare System
Unit 3
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,After-Reading Activities
Stage 4,Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Go over the preview,the pre-
reading questions and the title
of the text before listening to
the summary of the story and
anticipate what we are going to
read,
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer
the following questions,
Background information
social welfare,Public assistance programs,
commonly called,welfare”,provide cash or in-kind
benefits for particular categories of the financially
needy,The U.S,welfare system operates on both the
federal and state levels,The federal welfare program
is known as Social Security that provides benefits or
assistance for child care,disability,food and medical,
The state welfare programs,on the other hand,
provide assistance to both individuals and local
communities with state schooling and social insurance,
U.S,welfare programs grew significantly in the
decades following World War II,but increases in
welfare costs during the 1960s and 1970s brought into
question the extent and quality of public assistance,
In the early 1980s the Reagan Administration reduced
welfare expenditures and suggested turning
responsibility for welfare funding over to the states,
The cuts in federal funding that took effect during the
Reagan Administration did in fact effectively place the
responsibility for maintaining funding levels on the
states — and,in some cases,on the larger cities,The
result has been a widening of the already existing
disparities in social services spending between states,
and between cities and regions within a state,
Social welfare is an integrated part of a country's
social policy,The website offers definitions of such
concepts as welfare and welfare state and discussions
on welfare systems of other countries (in addition to
the U.S.),
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully
and guess the meaning of the
italicized term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences,
He finds it hard to live on his state
pension,
He won?t be able to draw / receive
his pension until he?s 65,
I pay a higher rent / more rent than
the other tenants because my room is
bigger,
The old lady rented us her spare
room for $50 a week,
抚恤金养老金租金出租
Against his father?s advice,Peter
opted for business,
I don?t think that politician can
drum up much support with all his
speeches.
Manufacturers are offering big
discounts to drum up business,
Jane plays drums in a local rock
band,
选择得到招徕生意打鼓
There were a few sticky moments during the
meeting,
His hands were sticky with jam,
It?s very sticky in New York in August,
The government is trying to keep a low
profile on this issue,
There are a growing number of women in
high-profile positions,
The actor is photographed in profile,
smoking a cigarette,
僵局粘糊糊的闷热姿态引人注目的从侧面
Being unemployed entitles you to free
medical treatment,
She read a poem entitled,The Apple
Tree”,
Compensation of injured workers
has cost the company a lot,
She received $50,000 in
compensation for a lost eye,
使你有权题目为补偿补偿
a man of liberal views
a liberal donation
There's a gun in practically every
American home,
Practically,this book is more
difficult than that one,
Detectives have finally tracked down
the killer,
开明的慷慨的
almost; nearly
实际上侦探们
The walls were pasted with pictures
of movie stars,
When I put wallpaper up I got paste
all over my hands and clothes,
I paid the bill and he gave me a
receipt,
Please sign this form to acknowledge
receipt of the money,
贴满浆糊收据收到
They received a large donation to the
school,
There?s an insect crawling down
your sleeve.
The traffic was crawling along at ten
kilometers per hour,
Have you got a bit of cord that I can
tie this parcel up with?
捐款爬缓慢向前移动绳子
He needed four strong screws for fixing
the cupboard to the wall,
He screwed the handle to the door,
His brakes failed on a slippery road,
I hereby certify that the above
information is true and accurate,
螺丝钉用螺丝钉固定刹车证明
Bids for building the bridge were invited
from big firms throughout the country,
Her bid for re-election was unsuccessful,
An anonymous letter alerted police to
the possibility of a terrorist attack at the
airport,
You must be alert to possible dangers,
出价，投标
an attempt to obtain sth.
使警觉警惕
Two helicopters have already been shot
down,
She has long been a champion of free
speech,
She is the world champion for the third
year in succession,
The car leaked oil all over the drive,
Air leaked out of the balloon,
He leaked the names to the press,
直升机拥护者冠军漏漏，渗泄漏
Three US state governors have put
themselves forward as presidential
candidates,
There wasn't enough evidence to convict
him,
Faced with the evidence,he had to
confess,
They were charged with taking money
under the table,
They had been deeply involved in the
crimes,
州长证明有罪面对私下深深地卷入
Deep down (inside you),I know you
love me really,
Your brother is making a fool of you,
He knew better than to talk back to
his father,
Our car broke down on the freeway,
在你心底里愚弄顶嘴抛锚
News soon got around that he had
resigned,
There seems to be an electrical
problem,I?ll get someone to look into
it,
How do you account for this sudden
disappearance of all the money?
We've built up good relationships
with our clients,
传开检查解释建立
He?s amazingly cheerful considering
all he?s had to go through.
Some novels quite readily lend
themselves to adaptation as plays;
others do not,
The jury convicted the accused man
of theft,
Compare,accuse somebody of,
charge somebody with
经历适合宣判有罪
Vocabulary Comparing
crude raw uncooked
caseworker social worker
hip tail buttocks waist thigh
limb leg knee
spine rib marrow
spinal cord vocal cords
appliance equipment facilities
instrument apparatus device
maid servant attendant waiter
helper
roast bake roast
oven stove furnace
senator representative
thrive bloom boom flourish
mushroom prosper
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get
the main idea of the text,
Analyze the structure of the text,
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
Reading skills,Understanding figurative
language
a) Similes:
Directly comparing one thing to
another by using the words as or like.
b) Metaphors:
Comparisons are only implied,without
using as,like and the like.
c) Personification:
Comparing non-human things to
humans,
Some tips for you to recognize figurative
ways of saying things,
1,Make sure that you are aware that the writer is
making a comparison.
2,Keep clearly in your mind just what is being
compared to what,Don't lose the basic point by
getting confused about the comparison and
forgetting what the writer is explaining in the
first place.
3,Look for such words as like and as,which often
introduce comparison.
4,Try to figure out why the writer has made the
comparison,
Text structure analysis,
The passages can be broadly
divided into three parts,
1,How people behave under the
present welfare system
2,What the problems are with it
3,What should be required of the
new system,
Divide the text into 3 parts according to
the main idea given:
Part 1,focusing on how the people
concerned behave under the present
welfare system,
Part 2,dealing with the problems of the
present welfare system,
Part 3,dealing with what should be
done with the present welfare system.
Para 1 to 3
Para 4 to 14
Para 15 to 17
1,General images of welfare clients and
welfare caseworkers under the
present system:
1) Welfare clients are always _________
more money out of _______________
______________,(para,1)
2) But there are welfare clients who
choose to ___________ of complete
honesty,telling welfare caseworkers
_____________________,(para,2)
cheating
the present
welfare system
live a life
how much they make
3) Welfare clients have to bow
to _____________respectfully,
and the latter feel they
________it,Welfare
caseworkers,under the
present welfare system,
become__________.(para,3)
caseworkers
deserve
detectives
2,Problems with the present welfare
system,welfare caseworkers,like
_________,trying to find anything
____________,welfare clients?
difficulties in ______________,the
embarrassing situation for welfare
clients when trying to ____________
and lastly the problem of the welfare
system and_______________.
detectives
unreported
obtaining help
make money
the legal system
1) Welfare caseworkers like
detectives trying to convict
_______________ of cheating.
(paras 4-8)
2) how extremely difficult it is for
welfare clients to have their
______________________.
(paras 9-12)
welfare clients
wheelchairs repaired
3) the welfare clients? embarrassing
situation of being questioned to
________________________when
making money out of their own
___________,(para,13)
4) the law does not encourage clients
to __________________ and make
a __________________away from
welfare,(para,14)
account for every penny
abilities
work part time
gradual shift
3,What should be done with the
present welfare system:
1) welfare clients should have
lawyers to ___________________.
(para,15)
2) the welfare system should help
those who want to earn part or
all of __________________,(para,
16)
protect their rights
their own livings
3) A new system is suggested to
encourage welfare clients to
___________________ without
feeling _______________,a new
system that does not seek to
_________ welfare clients of
__________,(para,17)
develop their talents
convict
cheating
guilty or fearful
Reading-Centred Activities
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
After-Reading Activities
Vocabulary Exercises
Translating and Writing
Listening and speaking
activities
Talking about the topic
or retelling the text
Listening and speaking
practice in XP center
