New Horizon College English Reading and Writing Course II（ 2nd Edition）

Unit One

Time-Conscious AmericansText A Time-Conscious Americans

the cultural difference

in terms of time-consciousness

To command the way of how to develop a paragraph

Key points

Awareness

Basic Skill

Teaching Procedures

Warm up

Assignment & Further thinking

Cultural Awareness

Reading & Exploring

QuestionsQuestions

• When gathering togethWhen gathering together with different peoples er with different peoples , can you realize differen, can you realize different cultures treat time in dit cultures treat time in different ways?fferent ways?

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Americans

Middle East

Different Attitude to Time

Americans

Middle Easterners

“future” √

“week” ×

To be unpunctual is fine

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QuestionsQuestions To be manageable to time ● Multi-tasking (listen to the podcast online+cleaningart project +watching TV)

●Flexible To-do-list (cross off/ check off the items)

• What is the AmericanWhat is the Americans’ attitude toward time, ts’ attitude toward time, taking Kim as an examplaking Kim as an example?e?

Americans are time-conscious

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• Time-conscious (adj.) : To be strongly aware of the importance of timee.g. I heard that in the United States, people tend to be very ti

me-conscious. Being late would be considered poor etiquette.

听说在美国，人们时间意识很强，迟到会被视为很恶劣的行为。

Brand Self -conscious Cost

品牌意识

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自我意识

成本意识

Time-Conscious

Multi-tasking

manageable to time

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Para 3 General statement: Everyone is in a rush-often under pressureSpecific &supportive details:

◆ shopping in a rush◆Taking meals in a rush

◆ Driving in a rush ◆ No brief exchanges with strangers

The reason for the statement : high-valuation of time

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Americans-daily life

A foreigner's first impression of the US is likely to be that everyone is in a rush—often under pressure. City people always appear to be hurrying to get where they are going, restlessly seeking attention in a store, or elbowing others as they try to complete their shopping. Racing through daytime meals is part of the pace of the life in this country. Working time is considered precious. Others in public eating-places are waiting for you to finish so they, too, can be served and get back to work within the time allowed. You also find drivers will be abrupt and people will push past you. You will miss smiles, brief conversations, and small exchanges with strangers. Don’t take it personally. This is because people value time highly, and they resent someone else “wasting” it beyond a certain appropriate point.

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Time-consciousness• Mono-tasking Time

Model• Multi-tasking Time

Model

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●Linear

● Sequential

● one thing at time

●several activities

simultaneously

●Time is flexible

Americans (Para 2)

(Para 8)

Multi-tasking time model

Non-Americans

(Para 8) Mono-tasking time model

sign of skillfulness/ speed

Contrast

budget /save / steal /cut/

account for/charge for time.

Time is a precious resource…

Impolite to work quickly/

insignificant without

passage of time

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Summary

●Basic skill in reading and writing:

The proper way to develop a paragraph

(general statement/ supportive details/ reason)

●Cultural awareness:

Different models of time (Multi/Mono taksing time model) may rise up from different culture (the Middle east/Americans)

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The reason

Specific& supportive details

A general Statement

Development

Of a paragraph

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Assignment& Further thinking

Writing task:

As for people with mono-tasking &multi-tasking time model, which type do you think you belong to? And is it good or not? Why?

Requirement: The paragraph should be developed by the

way of general statementgeneral statement with the supportive detailthe supportive detail sand the reasonsthe reasons to uphold it)

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Q &A

What is your general statement?

How do you prove your general statement by the supportive details and reason in the following?

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For your attention !