新融合大学英语综合教程3拓展材料-Unit 1
Part I Pre-reading
Section C Recitation
Directions: Read the article and try to recite it.
The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings, but shorter tempers; wider freeways, but narrower viewpoints; we spend more, but have less; we buy more but enjoy less.
We have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, but less time; we have more degrees, but less sense; more knowledge, but less judgment; more experts, but more problems; more medicine, but less wellness.
We’ve learned to rush, but not to wait; we have higher incomes, but, lower morals.
We build more computers to hold more information to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; we’ve become long on quantity, but short o n quality.
Section D More fun
Directions: Appreciate the funny story.
Camera
On our way to a wedding in Vermont, my husband and I realized we had forgotten our camera. We stopped at a general store and, hoping to purchase a cheap, disposable model. Sal asked the owner, “Do you have any of those throwaway cameras?”
“Look, fellow,” replied the owner, “I don’t care what you do with it after you buy it.”。