新視野大學(xué)英語(yǔ)課件第四冊(cè)課件4-3Longing for a New Welfare System

LongingforaNewWelfareSystem

Unit3Stage1:Warming-upActivities

Stage2:Reading-CentredActivities

Stage3:After-ReadingActivities

Stage4:Listening-and-SpeakingPracticeWarming-upActivitiesGroupworkQuestionsforthoughtanddiscussionBackgroundinformationEnrichingyourvocabularyComparingthefollowingwordsGroupworkGooverthepreview,thepre-readingquestionsandthetitleofthetextbeforelisteningtothesummaryofthestoryandanticipatewhatwearegoingtoread.Questionsforthoughtanddiscussion

Listentoashortpassagecarefullyandthenanswerthefollowingquestions.

Backgroundinformationsocialwelfare：Publicassistanceprograms,commonlycalled“welfare”,providecashorin-kindbenefitsforparticularcategoriesofthefinanciallyneedy.TheU.S.welfaresystemoperatesonboththefederalandstatelevels.ThefederalwelfareprogramisknownasSocialSecuritythatprovidesbenefitsorassistanceforchildcare,disability,foodandmedical.Thestatewelfareprograms,ontheotherhand,provideassistancetobothindividualsandlocalcommunitieswithstateschoolingandsocialinsurance.U.S.welfareprogramsgrewsignificantlyinthedecadesfollowingWorldWarII,butincreasesinwelfarecostsduringthe1960sand1970sbroughtintoquestiontheextentandqualityofpublicassistance.Intheearly1980stheReaganAdministrationreducedwelfareexpendituresandsuggestedturningresponsibilityforwelfarefundingovertothestates.ThecutsinfederalfundingthattookeffectduringtheReaganAdministrationdidinfacteffectivelyplacetheresponsibilityformaintainingfundinglevelsonthestates—and,insomecases,onthelargercities.Theresulthasbeenawideningofthealreadyexistingdisparitiesinsocialservicesspendingbetweenstates,andbetweencitiesandregionswithinastate.

Socialwelfareisanintegratedpartofacountry'ssocialpolicy.Thewebsiteoffersdefinitionsofsuchconceptsaswelfareandwelfarestateanddiscussionsonwelfaresystemsofothercountries(inadditiontotheU.S.).

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Learnthenewwordsandexpressionsofthetextbyheart.Gooverthetextandtrytogetthemainideaofthetext.Analyzethestructureofthetext.Reading-CentredActivities

1.GlobalReadingTaskReadingSkills:Textstructureanalysis:Readingskills:UnderstandingfigurativelanguageSimiles:

Directlycomparingonethingtoanotherbyusingthewordsasorlike.

Metaphors:

Comparisonsareonlyimplied,withoutusingas,likeandthelike.

Personification:

Comparingnon-humanthingstohumans.Sometipsforyoutorecognizefigurativewaysofsayingthings:Makesurethatyouareawarethatthewriterismakingacomparison.Keepclearlyinyourmindjustwhatisbeingcomparedtowhat.Don'tlosethebasicpointbygettingconfusedaboutthecomparisonandforgettingwhatthewriterisexplaininginthefirstplace.Lookforsuchwordsaslikeandas,whichoftenintroducecomparison.

Trytofigureoutwhythewriterhasmadethecomparison.Textstructureanalysis:Thepassagescanbebroadlydividedintothreeparts:HowpeoplebehaveunderthepresentwelfaresystemWhattheproblemsarewithitWhatshouldberequiredofthenewsystem.Dividethetextinto3partsaccordingtothemainideagiven:Part1:focusingonhowthepeopleconcernedbehaveunderthepresentwelfaresystem.Part2:dealingwiththeproblemsofthepresentwelfaresystem:Part3:dealingwithwhatshouldbedonewiththepresentwelfaresystem.

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17Generalimagesofwelfareclientsandwelfarecaseworkersunderthepresentsystem:Welfareclientsarealways_________moremoneyoutof_____________________________.(para.1)Buttherearewelfareclientswhochooseto___________ofcompletehonesty,tellingwelfarecaseworkers_____________________.(para.2)cheatingthepresentwelfaresystemlivealifehowmuchtheymakeWelfareclientshavetobowto_____________respectfully,andthelatterfeelthey________it.Welfarecaseworkers,underthepresentwelfaresystem,become__________.(para.3)caseworkersdeservedetectives2.Problemswiththepresentwelfaresystem:welfarecaseworkers,like_________,tryingtofindanything____________,welfareclients’difficultiesin______________,theembarrassingsituationforwelfareclientswhentryingto____________andlastlytheproblemofthewelfaresystemand_______________.detectivesunreportedobtaininghelpmakemoneythelegalsystemWelfarecaseworkerslikedetectivestryingtoconvict_______________ofcheating.(paras4-8)howextremelydifficultitisforwelfareclientstohavetheir______________________.(paras9-12)welfareclientswheelchairsrepairedthewelfareclients’embarrassingsituationofbeingquestionedto________________________whenmakingmoneyoutoftheir