1. Quick Fix Society Janet Mendell Goldstein
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2. Quick Fix Society W arming up B ackground T ext Analysis
Unit 5
W arming up
B ackground
T ext Analysis
R einforcement

3. Questions / Activities
Quick Fix Society
Unit 5
Questions / Activities
Check-on Preview
Warming up
Objectives

4. Warming up
A Map of U.S.

5. Check-on Preview Warming up
1. Study the word “fix”. What does a “quick fix” mean in the text? 2. What are the three features of a quick fix society according to the author? Summarize them in your own words. 3. Provide examples for a quick fix society from your life. 4. Find out relevant brief information about the American highway system.

6. Different Fast Roads in the US
Highway: connects cities; two or more lanes (superhighway; interstate highway)
Freeway: within a city; without stopping; three or more lanes in each direction
Expressway: fast road in or near cities
Turnpike (tollway): fast road you have to pay before using it
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7. Warming up
Objectives
Understand the structure and the general idea of the story
Grasp the usage of key words and phrases
Think about the theme of the story
Relate the theme to the reality in China today

8. Genre Explanatory Writing Background
Comparison and Contrast (e.g. para. 4)
Exemplification (e.g. para.5)
Use of Rhetorical Questions
Repetition of Structure and Words

9. Quick Fix Society Text Analysis Detailed Analysis Unit 5 Structure
Theme
Text Analysis
Structure
Detailed
Analysis
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10. Structure Text Analysis Part I: Para. 1-3 Two trips and a discovery
Part II: Para. 4-6
Three features of a quick fix society
Part III: Para. 7-8
The author’s proposal of slowing down and rediscovering life

11. Detailed Analysis Part I: Main Idea Text Analysis
How did the author find her trip to West Virginia and back home? Why?
What did the two trips set the author thinking about?
What does the title “Quick Fix Society” mean?
What purpose does the third paragraph serve?
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12. Detailed Analysis Part I: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis
And we returned home refreshed, revitalized, and reeducated. (para.2)
Used as subject compliment
Alliteration: repetitive occurrence of the same letter

13. Fix: more contexts to observe
We were in a real fix (i.e. Our car broke down and there wasn’t a phone in sight.)—
I need my fix of caffeine in the morning or I can’t think.
The election was a fix.
I sat and thought for a while, trying to get a fix on the situation.
to understand what the situation is really like
我们真有麻烦了。
sth. that has been dishonestly arranged 13

14. Detailed Analysis Part I: Words & Expressions Text Analysis
fix; insist; trip, tour, journey, voyage
Phrases
can’t wait to; consist of; be reduced to; stuff with; in search of
Sentence Pattern
couldn't wait to …; I insist that…; return home refreshed, revitalized and reeducated
Grammar
so as not to…; use of rhetorical questions
Words
Phrases

15. Detailed Analysis Part I: Exercise Text Analysis
Translate the following sentences into English, using words in
the brackets.
1. 这个报告可以压缩为三大部分。(reduce)
The report can be reduced to three main parts.
2. 亨利掂着脚尖走进了讲座房间以免打扰旁人。(so as to)
Henry tiptoed into the lecture room so as not to disturb others.
3. 每次这个男孩去祖母那儿，她都会在孩子的口袋里塞满糖果。(stuff)
Each time the boy went to see his grandma, she would stuff his pockets with candy.
4. 我坚持主张他应该去医院。(insist)
I insisted that he should go to the hospital.
5. 他四处走着寻找丢失的钥匙。(search)
He walked around in search of his lost key.

16. Detailed Analysis Part II: Main Idea Text Analysis
What are the three features of a quick fix society?
What is the principle of deferred gratification according to the author?
What do people tend to do to gratify themselves now?
What does the author mean by “superficially instead of thoroughly”?
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17. Detailed Analysis Part II: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis
Even our personal relationships have become compressed. Instead of devoting large parts of our days to our loved ones, we replace them with something called “quality time”, which, more often than not, is no time at all.(para.6)
To give an amount of time, attention, etc, to sb. or sth.
More than or at least half of the time
Time spent with one’s children
Paraphrasing: Even our personal relationships are affected, instead of spending much of our time with our loved ones, we now talk about giving them full attention in the limited time after work. But usually we have not time to do that at all.

18. Detailed Analysis Part II: Words & Expressions Text Analysis afford
Phrases
instead of; deferred gratification; save up; off the rack; a rainy day; agree with; linger over; more often that not; thanks to
Sentence Pattern
need to …; verb + Wh-word + to infinitive
Grammar
verbs in the -ing form; attributive modifiers
Words
Phrases

19. Detailed Analysis Part II: Exercise Text Analysis
Translate the following sentences into English, using words in
the brackets.
1. 他们在攒钱去欧洲旅行。(save)
They’re saving up for a trip to Europe.
2. 网购省去了人们外出的麻烦。(trouble)
Shopping online saves people the trouble of going out.
3. 你的故事和警察对我们说的一番话完全不符。(agree)
Your story doesn’t agree with what the police have told us.
4. 由于父母一直以来付出的耐心，她现在成了一个很成功的歌手。(thanks)
Thanks to the patience her parents have given her all those years, now she’s quite successful as a singer.

20. Detailed Analysis Part III: Main Idea Text Analysis
What is the function of the three questions at the beginning of para.7?
According to the author, what is the sad truth?
Do you think it is a sad truth?
What does the author propose in the end?
Do you agree with her on that?
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21. Detailed Analysis Part III: Sentence Paraphrase Text Analysis
But I am saying that all of us need to think more seriously about putting the brakes on our “we-want-it-all-and-we-want-it-now” lifestyle before we speed completely out of control. (para. 8)
Become impossible to manage or control
Paraphrasing: But what I do want to say is this: Before we go too far/Before it’s too late, all of us need to think seriously about changing our lifestyle of seeking a quick fix in our lives.

22. Detailed Analysis Part III: Words & Expressions Text Analysis
skim; speed; advocate; rediscover
Phrases
get it over with; in a hurry; put the brakes on; in the slow lane
Sentence Pattern
this urge to do it now; to get it over with; to skim the surface of life
Grammar
attributive modifiers
Words
Phrases

23. Detailed Analysis Part III: Exercise Text Analysis
Translate the following sentences into English, using words in the brackets.
1. 如果你愿意的话我就先讲吧—我宁愿早点说完了事。(get)
I’ll speak first if you like—I’d rather get it over with quickly.
2. 抓住这次机会，我保证你不会后悔的。（guarantee)
Take this opportunity, and I guarantee you won’t regret it.
3. 她主张保持长远的眼光。(advocate)
She advocates taking a more long-term view.
4. 我只是浏览了一下他的信，还没有细读。（skim）
I've only skimmed (through/over) his letter; I haven't read it carefully yet.

24. Quick Fix Society Reinforcement Discussion Writing Unit 5 此页是一级标题页（4）。
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Writing

25. Discussion Reinforcement
Work in groups of four and discuss the following questions:
Do we live in a quick fix society? In what way is our society similar to/different from American society in this respect?
What are the possible reasons for a quick fix society?
Some say that modern people are justified in seeking a quick fix. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Can you find any examples showing that people are trying to slow down in life?

26. Writing Reinforcement Writing Task
Some people say that quick fixes are inevitable in contemporary society. What is your opinion on this statement?