Language Points
eat into to damage or destroy 毁坏，侵蚀
Acids (酸)eat into metal, damaging its surface. Don't let decadent ideas eat into yourselves. gradually reduce the amount of sth 吞噬,消耗 =_d_e__v_o_u_r__
Lead-in
Lead-in
Lead-in
Time Stress
Text Understanding
Scanning
Scan Para 1 -2 and find out answers to the following 2 questions.
1. What did we use to expect from technology? Or how would technology influence us? A: We thought technology would make our lives easier. 2. How does technology inflence our life now?
2. something regarded as a normative example 惯例，常规 It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts
3.(diplomacy) an international agreement 协定 Japan has signed a convention of peace with a neighboring country.
A: Technology has enslaved us.
Language Points
ever-increasing ever-: more and more, always
e.g: ever-green ever-lasting ever-more hardworking
quantity n. 1. 数目, 数量 Mathematics is the science of pure quantity.
2. 量, 大小 （a + adj + quantity of = adj + qur was sold. There are only a small quantity of flowers left in the garden. Quantities of food were spread out on the table.
do more things
Text Understanding
spread work into leisure time add new burden
spending hours fixing software glitch
Language Points
convention n. 1. conference of members of a profession, political party 大会，会 议 President Hu spoke at the opening session of the United Nations convention.
海 峡 学 院 大 学 英 语 教 研 组
Unit 6 The Pace of Life
Text A Old Father Time Becomes a Terror
Objectives
The students will be able to: 1. Learn the main idea of Para 1-6; 2. Learn to distinguish supporting facts from opinions, and to use both in their own writing; 3. Grasp the key language points in Para 1-6;
waste away=to waste (time, for example) to waste away the years Yes, from now on I'm not going to waste away in front of the television.
Language Points
In the modern world, there are more ways than ever to waste away time, and all kinds of distractions are eating into our precious time.
Text Understanding
Our wedding has eaten into the money we saved. They had to eat into their savings to pay for their house.
Exercises
P 187 在现代社会里，浪费时间的方式比以往任何时候都要多，各种 各样的娱乐消遣（distraction）正在吞噬我们宝贵的时间。 （eat into; waste away）
Please read through Para 3 to Para 6 and find out the examples the author gave us as well as their disadvantages.
move slowly
traffic jams
Timeconsuming journey
bewilder v. to confuse or puzzle mentally The big city bewildered the old woman from the countryside. bewildering adj. 使人困惑的，产生混乱的 I found the experience quite bewildering.