Unit 2
1 Work in pairs to check the statements which are true for you. Give a description of what you are doing now.
Example
A: Do you need at leas two alarm clocks to get you up in the morning?
B: No, I always get up early in the morning to practise my English in a corner on campus. What about you?
A:
Survey
1.I need at least two alarm clocks to get me up in the morning.
2.I always leave writing essays until the last minute.
3.The best thing about my life as a student is the partying.
4.I take part in every protest on campus.
5.I think I may be studying the wrong subject.
6.I came to college to get an education, I’m not thinking about what job I’d like.
7.I’m crazy about the Beatles.
8.I think no one has ever improved on the miniskirt.
9.I’m not interested in politics.
10.I feel young people can change the world.
Life in the sixties
Social affairs
Cultural affairs
Presentation
2 Social affairs
Listen to a recording about social affairs in the US during the 1960s and complete the sentences.
Social affairs
The 1960s began with the election of the first president born in the 20th century –John Kennedy. For many Americans, the young president was the symbol of a 1) ________ of hope for the nation. When Kennedy was murdered in 1963, many felt that their hopes died, too. This was especially true of young people, and members and supporters of 2) ________ groups.
A time of 3) ____________ and hope soon began to look like a time of anger and violence. More Americans protested to demand an end to the 4) ________ treatment of black citizens. More protested to demand an end to the war in Vietnam. And more protested to demand full 5) ________ for women.
By the middle of the 1960s, it had become almost impossible for President Lyndon Johnson to leave the White House without facing 6) __________ against the war in Vietnam. In March of 1968, he announced that he would not run for another term.
In addition to President John Kennedy, two other 7) ___________ leaders were murdered during the nineteen sixties. 8) ________ rights leader Martin Luther King was shot in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968. Several weeks later, Robert Kennedy—John Kennedy’s brother—was shot in Los Angeles, California. He was campaigning to win his party’s 9) ____________ for president.
Their deaths resulted in 10) _______ in cities across the country.
3 Cultural affairs
Listen to recordings about cultural affairs in the US during the 1960s and finish the tasks. Bob Dylan 鲍勃·迪伦
（美国民谣歌手、作曲
家、诗人）
Allen Ginsberg 艾伦·金斯堡
（美国先锋派诗人)
Timothy Leary 蒂莫西·李瑞
(美国心理学家）
4 Listen to Part I and answer the questions.
1.What values did parents teach their children in the 1950s?
A belief in God, hard work and service to their country.
2. How did young people rebel against their parents?
Letting their hair grow long and by wearing strange clothes.
3. What were the main topics of Bob Dylan’s songs?
Social unrest.
4. What did “Do your own thing” mean?
Do whatever you wanted, without feeling guilty.
Listen to Part 2 and decide whether these statements are True or False.
☐1 Hippies longed for more love and personal freedom in America.
☐2 Timothy Leary urged young people to avoid drugs.
☐3 People who use L-S-D see strange, colorful images.
☐4 All the Americans got engaged into the social revolution.
☐5 Women in the 1960s fought only for the same chances as men to get a good education and a good job.
Comparison
Work in groups to discuss the topic.
Based on what you’ve got about the life i n the 1960s and life today, how do you think the life of young people has changed?
In the 1960s, young people got themselves involved in seeking freedom and justice while young people today are mainly concerned about how to improve their chances of being competitive in the employment market.
Text organization
Read the text quickly and fill in the flow chart to understand the structure of the text.
Text Organization
Topic
College: special?
Students in the 1960s
Students today
Conclusion
College isn’t speci al any more.
A general idea about college in the 1960s
a place to experience exciting & stimulating life
