1、New Horizon English CourseBook Two Unit Two Text AOur Changing Lifestyle: Trends and Fads新视野英语教程 Section A Text ANew wordsText ReadingMain IdeasText StructureExpressionsPatternsExercisesSummaryto be continued新视野英语教程 Section A New words trendfad tendency club furniture actor hero politician appear ad
2、vertisement complain beef magazine fame cause desire area teenagergroovy awesome foolish vain creative economy Britain Japan additionalfrequent survive more than just in style out of date get away fromin/out of fashionand the like pay attention to come and gomake money新视野英语教程 Section A New words新视野英
3、语教程 Section A : Text ReadingOur changing Lifestyle: Trends and Fads1. These days, lifestyles have a tendency to change so fast. It is more than just clothing and hairstyle that are in style one year and out of date the next; its a whole way of living.下一页上一页2. One year, people wear hats and blue jean
4、s;they drink white wine and eat at Japanese restaurants: for exercise they run several miles a day. The next year, however, everything has changed: women wear long skirts; people drink expensive water from France, and eat at Italian restaurant: everyone seems to be exercising at health clubs.下一页上一页新
5、视野英语教程 Section A : Text Reading新视野英语教程 Section A : Text Reading3. Almost nothing in modern life gets away from the influence of fashion: food, music, exercise , books, language , movies, furniture, and even names go in out of fashion. The interests that people follow can change very quickly.4a. In t
6、he United States, even people can be “in”or “out”. American enjoy following the lives of famous people: actors, sports heroes, well-known artists, politicians and the like.下一页上一页新视野英语教程 Section A : Text Reading4b. But Americans also pay a lot of attention to people who have no special ability at all
7、. In 1981, for example, an unknown elderly woman appeared in a TV advertisement in which she looked at very small hamburger and complained loudly, “Wheres the beef?” These three words made her famous. Suddenly she appeared in magazines and newspapers, and on TV shows. She was immediately popular. Sh
8、e was “in”. However, this kind of fame does not last long. Such people are famous for a very short time they are fads.下一页上一页新视野英语教程 Section A : Text Reading5. What causes such fads come and go ? Although clothing designers influence fads in fashion because they want to make money, this desire for mo
9、ney doesnt explain fads in other areas, such as language. For example, why have teenagers in the past twenty-five years used at different times the words groovy or awesome in conversation instead of simply saying wonderful ? According to an expert in popular culture, people who follow fads are not f
10、oolish or vain; they simply want to be part of something new and creative.下一页一页新视野英语教程 Section A : Text Reading6. Fads are not limited to the United States, however. Fads are common in any country that has a strong economy (e.g. Britain, Japan, and Germany). However, in the United States, there is an additional reason for fads: most Americans seems to feel that something is wrong if there isnt frequent change in their lives. 下一页上一页
