Unit4Period4Reading新課導(dǎo)入Doyouknowanythingaboutsharingeconomy?課堂學(xué)習(xí)1ReadLeo’stravelnotesandanswerthequestions.1.WhatarethedifferencesbetweenLeo’stwotrips?1)In2008,Leotookataxitothehostelfromtheairportanditcosthimafortune!In2018,thetripfromtheairporttothecitycentrewasmuchcheaperbecauseitwasasharedride.2)In2008,Leostayedinahostel,whilein2018hestayedinasharedflat.3)In2008,Leodidn'tknowhowtogettoHouhai,whilein2018hehadanicetriparoundHouhaibyridingasharedbicycle.4)In2008,Leocouldonlyhaveamushroompizzainthehostelaloneandhedidn'tknowwheretohavegoodChinesefood.In2018,hesharedadeliciousmealofChinesecuisinewithsomeotherbackpackersatChefCui'srestaurant.5)In2008,Leohadabatteryproblemwithhiscamera.Hedidn'thavethisproblemin2018,becausehecouldusethesharedpowerbanks.2.Whichonedoyouthinkwasmorefun?Giveyourreasons.Ithinkthesecondoneismorefun.Duringhissecondtrip,Leohadamorewonderfulexperiencebysharingsomanythings.HetasteddeliciousChinesefood,enjoyedabeautifulviewbutspentlessmoney.Thatwasbrilliant!2Lookatthetitleofthepassageandtalkaboutyourunderstandingofit.Bysharing,youcanbeusingwhatbelongstome,andsocanI.Theresourcesareusedmoreoftenduetosharing.Nowreadthepassageandcheckyourunderstanding.What’smineisyours1We’vebeentoldsinceweweretoddlersthat“It’sgoodtoshare”.Parentsandteacherskeepremindingustosharetoys,snacks,books,happymemories,andsometimesevensorrowswithothers.Whenwegrowup,wesharephotos,lifestoriesandopinionswithpeoplearoundusandwiththosewedon’tknowviasocialmedia.Takingitasanobjectofstudy,psychologistshavepublishedvariouspapersstatingthatthebehaviourofsharingisbeneficialtosettinguppositiveemotionalbonding.2Today,theactionofsharingtakesonextrameaning.It’snotjustaboutsharingsweetsorfrustration;ithasexpandedtoalmosteveryaspectofourlives-thewholeworldseemstobeintosharing.Weareusingtechnologytoreducethemoneythatwespendongoodsandservices,ortomakemoneyoutofthosethatwedon’tuseourselvesallofthetime.Thesevaryfromcarsharestohomeshares,andeventopetshares.Thesharingeconomyistakingoffinallsortsofareas.Itiscreatingnewwaysofthinkingandisprovidingservicestopeoplewhenandwheretheywantthem.3Thiswealthofwaysofsharingisaresponsetoourincreasingdemandforqualitygoodsandservicesatcompetitiveprices,alldeliveredattheclickofabutton.Whetherit’sanonlineshopwherewecanhiredesignerclothesatrock-bottomprices,oraplatformfromwhichwecanrentoutourflatsforacoupleofdays,it’soutthere.Whetherwe’realenderorborrower,it’sawin-winsituation;everyonemakesorsavesmoney.Wealsomakeconnectionsandsometimesevenmakenewfriends.What’smore,sharingencouragesustoreuseitems,therebycuttingdownonwaste.Andset-upssuchasbikeandcarsharingdoafurtherfavourfortheenvironmentbyreducingthenumberofpollutingvehiclesontheroad.4Butthesharingeconomyisnotwithoutitsproblems.Asisoftenthecaseallovertheworldwithnewareasofeconomicactivity,thesharingeconomyisdevelopingfasterthanexistingregulationsorongoingsupervision.Somecompaniesaretakingunfairadvantageofthissituationtoexpandtheirshareofthemarket,oftenattheexpenseofmoretraditionalandestablishedcompanies.Inaddition,thesharingeconomyissubjecttoabuseoftrust.Somepeoplehaveexperienceddamagetotheirpropertieswhilstrentingouttheirhomesandothershavefoundthemselvesvictimsoftheftorattackwhilesharingrides.Finally,personaldata,theheartofthesharingeconomy,isnotyetsecure.Sharingplatformscollectpersonalinformationaboutalmosteverypartofourlives,includingournames,locations,bankinformation,andindividualpreferencesforgoodsandservices.Yet,thetechnologytopreventsuchinformationfromleakingorbeingstolenstillneedsimprovementandtheawarenessofpotentialrisksislowamongbothserviceprovidersandusers.5Nonetheless,whatisinnodoubtisthatthesharingeconomyisincreasinglyrelevanttoourdailylivesaswellastotheglobaleconomy.Itisexpandingatsucharatethatwecanonlyimaginewhatitwillcompriseinthefuture.Whatwillwebesharingnext?Whowillbesharingandhow?Andthemostinterestingquestionofall-whattypeofsocietywillallthissharingtakeusto?Matchtheparagraphstotheirfunctionsandgiveyourreasons.aTohighlightthekeybenefitsofthesharingeconomy.bToexplainandelaborateonthesharingeconomy.cToleadthetopicfromsharinginchildhoodtosharingin

economicactivities.dToillustratevariousdrawbacksofthesharingeconomy.eTopredictthefutureofthesharingeconomy.321453

Readthepassageanddivideitintothreeparts.PartsPara.(s)MainideaPart1Part2Para.1~Para.2Para.5TointroduceandelaborateonsharingeconomyThebenefitsandproblemsofsharingeconomyThefutureofsharingeconomyPara.3~Para.4Part34Readthe“Learningtolearn”,thinkaboutthestructureofthepassageandcompletethediagram.Atwo-sidedargumentativeessayinvestigatesatopicbypresentingcollatedinformationandevaluatingevidencefrombothsides.

Itshouldclosebywrappinguptheargument.Itcouldconcludeinfavourofthearguments,orsimplystayneutralwith

noparticularpreference.Learningtolearn?Itmeetspeople’sincreasingdemandfor1____________________________________________.?Itallowspeopletomakeorsavemoney.?Ithelpspeople2______________andeven3____________________.?Itfavourstheenvironmentby4

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______________________.?Thesharingeconomyisdevelopingfasterthan6_______________________________________.?Thesharingeconomyissubjectto7______________.?Personalinformationabout8__________________________is9_________________inthesharingeconomy.ThesharingeconomyBenefitsProblemsqualitygoodsandservicesatcompetitiveprices

makeconnectionsmakenewfriendsencouragingpeopletoreuseitemsreducingpollutionexistingregulationsorongoingsupervisionabuseoftrustalmosteverypartofourlivesnotyetsecureThink

Share1Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthesharingeconomy?

2Whatdoyouthinkareotherbenefitsandproblemsofthesharingeconomy?Howcouldweaddressthepotentialproblems?3Whatareyourexperiencesofthesharingeconomy?Sharetheseexperienceswiththeclass.4Howdothetworeadingpassagesinthisunithelpdeepenyourunderstandingofneweconomictrends?1.Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthesharingeconomy?2.Whatdoyouthinkareotherbenefitsandproblemsofthesharingeconomy?Howcouldweaddressthepotentialproblems?Theauthoracknowledgesthebenefitsofthesharingeconomy,buthealsotakesconcernabouttheproblemsofit.Theauthorisalsocuriousaboutthefutureofthesharingeconomy.Ithinkbysharing,wecanmakebetteruseoftheresources.Buttherearestillproblems,suchasthedifficultywithmanagement.Thegovernmentshouldputinplacestrictlawstomonitorandpunishthosewhoviolatetherulesofsharingeconomy.3.Whatareyourexperiencesofthesharingeconomy?Sharetheseexperienceswiththeclass.4.Howdothetworeadingpassagesinthisunithelpdeepenyourunderstandingofneweconomictrends?OnceImadeatriptoYangshuo,inGuilin.Ididn’tliveinahotelasusualbutsharedahousewithalocalfamily.ThefamilywerefriendlyandIgotwarmhospitality.TheexperiencewasquitedifferentandIenjoyedit.Fromthefirstreadingpassage,Irealizethatitismorethanagoodideatostartone’sownbusiness.Afterlearningthesecondreadingpassage,Iknowforsurethatsharingistheneweconomictrend.

5Workingroups.Talkaboutthefutureofthesharingeconomy.1Thinkaboutwhatwillhappeninthenext20yearsastheworld’seconomybecomesevermoreglobalanddigital.Considerthefollowing:?Whatwillpeoplebesharingnext??Howwilltheybesharingthesethings??Whatbenefitswillpeoplegetfromsharingthesethings??Whatarethepotentialproblems?2Shareyourideaswithyourgroup.3Presentyourgroup’sideastotheclass.Nowthinkabouthowtheothergroups’ideasweredifferenttoyourownandwhetheryouagreewiththem.Languagepoints1.Parentsandteacherskeepremindingustosharetoys,snacks,books,happymemories,andsometimesevensorrowswithothers.父母和老師不斷地提醒我們要與他人分享玩具、零食、書(shū)籍以及快樂(lè)的回憶，有時(shí)甚至與他人分享悲傷。(1)remindsb.todosth.提醒某人做某事。(2)sorrow令人悲傷的事;不幸v.感到悲傷【詞匯拓展】shareone’sjoysandsorrows與某人同甘共苦toone’ssorrow令某人悲傷的是expressone’ssorrow表達(dá)某人的悲傷e.g.Tohissorrow,theywereunwillingtocooperatewithhim.令他悲傷的是，他們不愿與他合作。2.Whenwegrowup,wesharephotos,lifestoriesandopinionswithpeoplearoundusandwiththosewedon’tknowviasocialmedia.我們長(zhǎng)大后，會(huì)與周?chē)娜嘶蛘呤巧缃幻襟w上不認(rèn)識(shí)的人分享照片、人生經(jīng)歷和觀點(diǎn)。【句式分析】Whenwegrowup,時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句；wedon’tknow定語(yǔ)從句修飾those。3.Takingitasanobjectofstudy,psychologistshavepublishedvariouspapersstatingthatthebehaviourofsharingisbeneficialtosettinguppositiveemotionalbonding.心理學(xué)家們將分享作為研究的對(duì)象，發(fā)表了各種各樣的論文來(lái)說(shuō)明分享行為有助于建立積極的情感紐帶。Paraphrase:Psychologistshavedonestudiesintothebehaviourofsharing,andtheirvariouspublishedpapersshowthatsharingisgoodforbuildingemotionalconnectionsbetweenpeople.(1)本句中的state為動(dòng)詞，意為toformallysayorwriteapieceofinformationoryouropinion，和say或write相比，更強(qiáng)調(diào)正式程度。(2)bebeneficialto是固定搭配，意為havingagoodeffecton.e.g.Cyclingisbeneficialtobothyourhealthandtheenvironment.

騎自行車(chē)對(duì)你的健康和環(huán)境都大有裨益。4.It’snotjustaboutsharingsweetsorfrustration;

ithasexpandedtoalmosteveryaspectofourlives-thewholeworldseemstobeintosharing.它不僅僅是分享糖果或沮喪，分享行為幾乎已經(jīng)擴(kuò)大到生活的方方面面——整個(gè)世界似乎都在分享。(1)frustrationn.懊喪，懊惱，沮喪asenseoffrustration挫敗感【詞匯拓展】frustratev.使懊喪，使懊惱，使沮喪frustratingadj.令人懊喪的，令人懊惱的，令人沮喪的frustratedadj.懊喪的，懊惱的，沮喪的e.g.It’sfrustratingtohavetowaitsolong.要等這么長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，真令人懊惱。(2)expandv.①擴(kuò)大，增加，增強(qiáng)（尺碼、數(shù)量等）②擴(kuò)展，發(fā)展（業(yè)務(wù)）e.g.Studentnumbersareexpandingrapidly.學(xué)生人數(shù)在迅速增加。e.g.We’veexpandedthebusinessbyopeningtwomorestores.我們?cè)鲩_(kāi)了兩個(gè)商店以擴(kuò)展業(yè)務(wù)。5.Weareusingtechnologytoreducethemoneythatwespendongoodsandservices,ortomakemoneyoutofthosethatwedon’tuseourselvesallofthetime.我們正在利用科技來(lái)減少在商品和服務(wù)上的花費(fèi)，或者用我們一直閑置的物品賺錢(qián)。(1)

makemoneyoutof從……賺錢(qián)e.g.Shemadelotsofmoneyoutofwasterecycling.她靠廢物回收賺了很多錢(qián)。(2)【句式分析】thatwespendongoodsandservices定語(yǔ)從句修飾themoney;thatwedon’tuseourselvesallofthetime定語(yǔ)從句修飾those。6.Thesharingeconomyistakingoffinallsortsofareas.共享經(jīng)濟(jì)正在各個(gè)領(lǐng)域迅速發(fā)展。takeoff

突然開(kāi)始成功；脫下（衣服）；（飛機(jī)）起飛；休假e.g.HeractingcareertookoffafterherTVappearance.

她在電視上亮相后，演藝事業(yè)迅速發(fā)展。【詞匯拓展】takeaway拿走；使消失takein吸收；欺騙；收留；理解takeon呈現(xiàn)；雇用；承擔(dān)takeup占據(jù)；開(kāi)始從事（新工作）7.Thiswealthofwaysofsharingisaresponsetoourincreasing

demand...這種豐富的分享方式是對(duì)我們?nèi)找嬖鲩L(zhǎng)的需求的一種回應(yīng)……aresponseto對(duì)……的回應(yīng)e.g.Ireceivedanencouragingresponsetomyadvertisement.

我的廣告宣傳有了令人鼓舞的回應(yīng)。【詞匯拓展】inresponseto作為……的回應(yīng) makearesponse作出回應(yīng)makenoresponse沒(méi)有作出回應(yīng) respondto回答，回復(fù)；對(duì)……作出反應(yīng)e.g.Carlmadenoresponseandcarriedonwithhiswork.

卡爾沒(méi)有回答，繼續(xù)他的工作。8.Whetherit’sanonlineshopwherewecanhiredesignerclothesatrock-bottomprices,oraplatformfromwhichwecanrentoutourflatsforacoupleofdays,it’soutthere.無(wú)論是以最低價(jià)格出租名牌服裝的網(wǎng)店，還是可以把自己的公寓短租幾天的平臺(tái)，都已出現(xiàn)。(1)【句式分析】wherewecanhiredesignerclothesatrock-bottomprices定語(yǔ)從句修飾onlineshop;fromwhichwecanrentoutourflatsforacoupleofdays定語(yǔ)從句修飾platform。(2)hirev.（短期的）租用，租借；（短期）雇用；聘任hireacar/room/video租汽車(chē)/房間/錄像帶e.g.Thecompanyhiresoutmachinerybytheday.公司按日計(jì)費(fèi)出租機(jī)械設(shè)備。(3)rentv.（租）房；租用，租借n.房租；租金rentout出租（房屋、房間、土地等）9.Andset-upssuchasbikeandcarsharingdoafurtherfavourfortheenvironmentbyreducingthenumberofpollutingvehiclesontheroad.共享單車(chē)、共享汽車(chē)等計(jì)劃的實(shí)施會(huì)進(jìn)一步保護(hù)環(huán)境，因?yàn)樗鼈儨p少了行駛在路上的污染排放車(chē)輛的數(shù)量。doafavourfor幫……的忙e.g.Ridingeverydaydoesagreatfavourformyrecovery.每天騎單車(chē)對(duì)我的康復(fù)有很大幫助。【詞匯拓展】dosbafavour幫某人的忙infavour(ofsb/sth)贊同，支持；看中，選擇insb’sfavour有利于某人；有助于某人10.Asisoftenthecaseallovertheworldwithnewareasofeconomicactivity,thesharingeconomyisdevelopingfasterthanexistingregulationsorongoingsupervision.世界上新出現(xiàn)的經(jīng)濟(jì)領(lǐng)域通常都是如此，共享經(jīng)濟(jì)的發(fā)展速度過(guò)快，而現(xiàn)有法規(guī)和持續(xù)監(jiān)管還未跟上。【句式分析】Asisoftenthecase...economicactivity非限制性定語(yǔ)從句。e.g.Asisoftenthecase,thefactthatsomethingischeapdoesn’tnecessarilymeanit’soflowquality.

通常情況下，東西便宜并不一定意味著它的質(zhì)量低。11.Somecompaniesaretakingunfairadvantageofthissituationtoexpandtheirshareofthemarket,oftenattheexpenseofmoretraditionalandestablishedcompanies.一些公司正在利用這種情況獲取不公平的優(yōu)勢(shì)，以擴(kuò)大市場(chǎng)份額，通常以犧牲已有的更為傳統(tǒng)的公司為代價(jià)。(1)takeadvantageof利用；利用……的機(jī)會(huì)例如：Wetookfulladvantageofthehotelfacilities.(2)attheexpenseof在犧牲（或損害）……的情況下例如：Hebuiltupthebusinessattheexpenseofhishealth.12.Inaddition,thesharingeconomyissubjecttoabuseoftrust.此外，共享經(jīng)濟(jì)容易受到信任濫用的影響。besubjectto...可能受……影響的；易遭受……的e.g.Smoker