2. Tasks Lead-inText AnalysisCulture ReflectionAssignment

3.  run against one’s clock  race against time  make full use of every minute

5. Video Clip The Devil Wears Prada

6. Book 2 Unit1

7. conscious 重视健康的追逐潮流的有时间观念的 time-health-fashion- ?- conscious adj. 有意识的，故意的 Lady Gaga, a fashion-conscious pop singer in America, has drown a world-wide attention for her unique style. Nowadays, the traditional martial art in China has been in vogue among health-conscious westerners. un adj. 无意识的 adj. 潜意识的 sub

8. The whole passageParagraph 3

9. General Statement DetailsDetails ReasonReason Para.1-2: Americans save carefully. time Deduction

10. DetailsDetails ReasonReason General Statement Deduction They start talking business very quickly. They produce labor-saving devices to save time. Para.4 Para.5-7 Para.3 Everyone is in a rush.

11. Para.8: It is taken as a sign of or It is taken as a sign of or to solve a problem or fulfill to solve a problem or fulfill a job successfully with speed in America. a job successfully with speed in America. General Statement DetailsDetails ReasonReason skillfulness being competent Deduction

12. Paragraph 3 Paragraph 3 General Statement ? is in a rush. Everyone

13. Paragraph 3 Paragraph 3 Details ? 1. City people always appear to be as they try to complete their shopping. 2. daytime meals. 3. Working time is considered. 4. Drivers will be and people will past you. 5. No smiles, and small exchanges with strangers. Shopping in a rush. Taking meal in a rush. Driving in a rush. Working in a rush. Communicating with strangers in a rush. hurrying Racing through precious abrupt push brief conversations

14. Paragraph 3 Paragraph 3 American people time highly. Reason ? value

15. A reading skill--Scanning Scanning is a fast reading strategy used to locates specific information. We skim a passage to get a general picture of its main idea, organization pattern and style; We scan to locate specific information, thus we are only interested in finding out what we want.

16. Can you find out the words or phrases which indicate Americans’ time-consciousness in Para.3? in a rush hurrying restlessly elbowing racing through abrupt push A reading skill--Scanning

17. Americans are famous great people with labor, while Chinese are famous great people with leisure. 美国人是闻名的伟大的劳碌者，中国人是闻名的伟大的悠闲者. —— Lin Yutang American CultureChinese Culture Quicken-paced Leisurely Culture Reflection In what way do you think that Americans tend to live a quicken-paced life while Chinese tend to live a leisurely life? Group Discussion

18. Fast FoodTea Ceremony

19. Hip-hopBeijing Opera

20. Harmony between the nature and human Efficiency

21.  Time-Conscious Americans  ? -Conscious Chinese  ? -Conscious Japanese  ? -Conscious Germans Writing task You are required to choose one of the following topics and write an essay of no less than150 words.

22. General Statement Details Reason