Unit 3

1. Unit 3 The Land of the Lock

2. Prepare for Unit 3,Integrated Course Theme: Security System Questions： 1. Where is security system needed? 2. What was / is needed in a security system? 3. What equipment did / do we usually use to keep us safe? 4. …

3. Before Reading A Security System public personal national

4. Before Reading

5. Before Reading back

6. Before Reading Security Systems (L. 12) (L. 12) (L. 12) alarm system dead-bolt lock security chain

7. Before Reading What is used? (L. 12) (L. 37) (L. 14) access card access card trip wires doors with steel bars

8. Before Reading (L. 55) (L. 49) (L. 68) rape whistles X-ray equipment high-intensity light

9. Before Reading Security Systems dead-bolt lock security chain rape whistles Security Systems alarm system high-intensity light trip wires X-ray equipment doors with steel bars access card

10. Before Reading Some Security Measures in Ancient Time The Great Wall Castle

11. Before Reading Airport Security Extraordinary challenges require extraordinary measures. The terrorist attacks on America of September 11, 2001 require that Americans reform their Nation’s aviation security system in fundamental ways. On September 27, President Bush launched the process of reform by announcing his proposals for a $500 million federal grant program to strengthen aircraft security and federal management of airport security and screening services. Script back

12. Before Reading The Great Wall The Great Wall is a popular name for a semi legendary wall built to protect China’s northern border in the 3rd century BC, and for impressive stone and earthen fortifications built along a different northern border in the 15th and 16th centuries, long after the ancient structure had disappeared. Ruins of the later walls are found along former border areas from Bo Hai in the east to Gansu Province in the west. Script back

13. Before Reading Castle Castles were built in places where they could be easily defended. A position on high ground provided the defenders with a view of the surrounding countryside, making attacks more difficult. In flat areas, castles were surrounded by a protective moat. Script back

14. Before Reading Terrorist Attack on Sept. 11, 2001

15. Before Reading President Bush’s Address

16. President Bush’s Address

17. Global Reading Part Division of the Text Part 1 (L. 1 – 11) Part 2 (L. 12 – 60) Part 3 (L. 61 – 74)

18. Global Reading Further Understanding Part 1 --- True or False • The phrase “on the latch” means that the door is closed and locked. Suburbs and country areas are more dangerous than urban streets. • Nowadays, doors, not only in cities but also in rural areas, are locked. This phrase means that the door is closed but unlocked. • Urban streets are more dangerous than outskirts and country areas. • In America nowadays, no one leaves his front door on the latch anymore.

19. Global Reading Part 2 --- Supporting Facts for the Central Ideas In this part, the author uses a lot of facts to support his central points of view: America is deteriorating from “the Land of the Free” into “the most dangerous nation”. Could you find any more supporting facts in addition to those listed below?

20. Global Reading Part 2 - 2 • Doors are not left unlocked in cities or in rural areas. • Dead-bolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires are widely used in use. • Many suburban families have steel bars built in sliding glass doors • Small notices warning against burglars are commonly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant homes. Part 2 --- Supporting Facts for the Central Ideas

21. Global Reading Part 2 - 3 • Access cards are required of those who work with medium- or large-size company. • Air security uses electronic X-ray equipment to guard against terrorism. • Businessmen employ machines linked to their telephones to determine whether the callers are telling lies or not. • Suburban house wives wear rape whistles on their key chains. Part 2 --- Supporting Facts for the Central Ideas

22. Global Reading Part 2 - 4 1. We have become so used to _________, and so used to _______________. Read Part 2 Supply the missing information: We have become so used to defending ourselves against the new atmosphere of American life, and so used to putting up barriers.

23. Global Reading Part 2 - 5 2. We are satisfied _________________. We are satisfied when we are well-protected. 3. With electronic X-ray equipment, we seem finally to ___________________. With electronic X-ray equipment, we seem finally to have figured out a way to hold the terrorists at bay.

24. Part 2 - 6 4. We do not want to afford ourselves ____________________ as a shadow. We do not want to afford ourselves even so such a luxury as a shadow.

25. Global Reading Part 3 --- Questions and Answers • Under what excuse do people resort to all these means mentioned in Part 2? • Does the author think they are justified in doing so? • According the author, what may be the legacy we remember best when we recall this era?

26. Global Reading Part 3 - 2 • Under what excuse do people resort to all these means mentioned in Part 2? Part 3 --- Questions and Answers --- In the name of “Security”.

27. Global Reading Part 3 - 3 2. Does the author think they are justified in doing so? --- No. Because in the author’s opinion, America becomes the most insecure nation with all these means.

28. Global Reading Part 3 - 4 3. According the author, what may be the legacy we remember best when we recall this era? --- We become prisoners of ourselves when we deal with the unseen horrors among us.

29. Global Reading Word Scanning Scan the text to find all the sentences containing the word “lock” or the word with “lock” as its root.

30. Global Reading WS - 2 Sentences containing the word “lock”. • … the door was closed but not locked. (L. 3) • It has been replaced by dead-bolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems … (L. 12) • The lock is the new symbol of America. (L. 19) • The transformation of America from the Land of the Free to the Land of the Lock. (L. 27) • …we devise ways to lock the fear out. (L. 62) • We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in. (L. 71) Word Scanning

31. Global Reading WS - 3 Word with “lock” as its root Word Scanning • doors do not stay unlocked (L. 7) • …a picture of a child's bicycle with the now-usual padlock attached to it. (L. 22)

32. Detailed Reading • “I don’t know if that was a local term or if it is universal” (L. 2) Sentences: local --- of a particular place universal --- common to all conditions, or situations. Paraphrase: --- I don’t know whether that was a single case in my place or it is true of all cases everywhere.

33. Detailed Reading 2. “… doors do not stay unlocked, even for part of an evening.” (L. 6) Paraphrase: … doors are always locked, even just for a short period of time in the evening.

34. Detailed Reading 3. Suburbs and country areas are, in many ways, even more vulnerable than well-patrolled urban streets. (L. 8) Paraphrase: --- Suburbs and country areas are, in many ways, more exposed to danger than city streets where police often go around and protect the city residents.

35. Detailed Reading 4. “It is not uncommon, in the most pleasant of homes, to see pasted on the windows small notices announcing that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard company. ” (L. 16, Paragraph 5) What? Where? What are they about? Sentence Structure?

36. Detailed Reading Double Negative notinfrequently rather frequently a fairly attractive woman a notunattractive woman notuncommon rather common

37. Detailed Reading 5. “Indeed, a recent public-service advertisement by …, but a picture of a child's bicycle with the now-usual padlock attached to it.” (L. 19 -- 22) a chart What is it?

38. Detailed Reading Points to notice in this sentence feature --- give a prominent part to (sb. / sth. not … but … at risk

39. Detailed Reading 6. “If you work for a medium- to large-size company, chances are that you don't just wander in and out of work.” (L. 35) --- It is very likely that … a medium- to large-size company --- a company between medium-sized to large-sized Chances are that …

40. Detailed Reading 7. “It simply didn't occur to managers that the proper thing to do was to distrust people.” (L. 43) Structure It occurs to sb. that … --- sb. gets the idea that … Paraphrase : --- Managers didn’t even have the slightest idea that the proper thing they could do was not to trust people.

41. Detailed Reading 8. “we seem finally to have figured out a way to hold the terrorists, real and imagined, at bay” (L. 49) --- prevent sb. from coming near hold / keep sb. at bay Paraphrase : --- Finally, we found the way to keep away the terrorists, no matter whether they are real or imagined in our mind.

42. Detailed Reading 9. “The machines are supposed to tell the businessman, with a small margin of error, whether his friend or client is telling lies.”(L. 58) --- with little possibility of making mistakes with a small margin of error Paraphrase : --- The machines are thought to be able to tell the businessman whether his friend or client is telling lies with little possibility of making mistakes.

43. Detailed Reading 10. “All this is being done in the name of "security”; that is what we tell ourselves.” (L. 61) "security” --- not real security People are living in the illusion.

44. Detailed Reading 11. “We have become so smart about self-protection that, in the end, we have all outsmarted ourselves.” (L. 69) Paraphrase: … we have all outsmarted ourselves. --- … our cunning and cleverness result in our own disadvantage. outsmart --- gain the advantage over by cunning or cleverness

45. Points to Practice Points to Practice 1. on the latch --- (of a door) closed but not locked Points to Practice • Let yourself in; the door is on the latch. • Don’t forget to leave the front door on the latch if you go to bed before I come back.

46. Points to Practice Points to Practice 2. rural --- adj. of, in or suggesting the countryside • By the year 2003, urban residents will outnumber the rural residents in most developing countries. • 庄稼种在乡村地区。 Crops are grown in rural areas.

47. Points to Practice Points to Practice 3. urban --- adj. of, situated in or living in a city or town • Motor vehicle emissions, to a large extent, are responsible for urban air pollution. • Our government has always paid much attention to the life of the urban poor. Collocation: urban districts 市区 urban area 市区 the urban population 城市人口

48. Points to Practice Points to Practice 4. vulnerable --- adj. exposed to danger or attack; unprotected Detailed Reading • Compared with Saudi Arabic soccer team, the Chinese team is more vulnerable. • 你的论点相当容易受到批评。 Your arguments are rather vulnerable to criticism.

49. Points to Practice Points to Practice 5. tranquil --- adj. quiet, calm and undisturbed Detailed Reading • The old man is living a tranquil life in the country. • Visitors like to stay in this hotel because it is beautiful and located in a tranquil lake area.

50. Points to Practice Points to Practice 6. hook up to --- connect or attach (sth.) to (sth. else) with or as if with a hook Detailed Reading • My computer is hooked up to the Internet, so I can communicate with my students at home via email. • The alarm system in the banks is hooked up to the local police station.