The Virtues of Growing Older

1. Unit 7 The Virtues of Growing Older Carol Siskin

2. Lesson 1: Overview • Pre-reading questions • Background information • New words and expressions • A global picture

3. Pre-reading Questions • What are the virtues of being old? • What are the virtues of being young? • What are the vices of being old? • What are the vices of being young?

4. active flexible rebellious adaptable energetic contradictory curious unrealistic quick in response radical reckless ambitious easily distracted conceited creative

5. Wise Experienced Independent Mature Philosophical Contented Confident Thrifty Slow & Weak Forgetful Chatter Untidy Prone to hoard Miserly Sceptical Superstitious

6. Background Information • What is an “Ageing Society”? • According to the definition of the UNESCO, a country or region becomes an aging society once: • people 60 years old and older make up 10% of its population • a group of 65-year-olds and above account for 7% of the populace

7. Background Information • Is China an aging society now? • Yes. China has crossed the threshold of aging society by the United Nations’ criteria. The 2009demographic census statistics showed that • people aged 60 and older (167 million) already accounted for 12.5% of the general population • this number is increasing by 3 million every year. • Experts predict that the group of people aged 65 and above would make up 20%by 2035. 人口普查统计

8. Background Information • What are the problems of an aging society? • Demand for the infrastructure（基础设施） and social services • Demand for effective pension and healthcare system • A labor resource shortage • The high preventive bank saving rate • A dilemma of family planning policy

9. Empty Nesters As I sit here alone I see nothing but people passing me by I try to smile and to say "Hi" But no one notices someone who is being kind They look to me like I am nothing Then they turn their heads Seeming to be afraid to be seen saying "Hi" to an old man like me … — 2001 by Michelle Korgis-Fitzpatrick

10. New Words & Expressions • Reading aloud (page 91) • Meaning and use • Word derivation • Word association • Word differentiation

11. Understanding the Meaning • Grecian Formula a popular men’s hair product in the US. Three easy-to-use forms: * Grecian Liquid * Grecian Cream * Grecian Plus

12. Understanding the Meaning • Oil of Olay a product of the world-famous Procter & Gamble Corporation（宝洁公司）. It was born in 1950s.

13. Understanding the Meaning • Gym • I take yoga lessons at a ~. (= gymnasium) • I can’t do ~ today. (=gymnastics) • <syn.> Stadium • Health center

14. Understanding the Meaning • Jog • She ~s round the park for half an hour every morning. • Jogging • He decided to go ~ each morning.

15. Understanding the Meaning • Aging = ageing • Is ~ an experience to be dreaded?

16. Aging Process (18-68) 18 28 38 48 58 68

17. Understanding the Meaning • Milk shake • Slush Lemon squash punch

18. Word Expansion sundae fruit jelly puff egg tart ice-cream cones

19. Understanding the Meaning • Wiry • Mr. Gates was a ~ little man. (=rather thin, but with strong muscles 精瘦结实的) • That boy has got ~ black hair. (=resembling wire in form and texture 金属丝般坚硬的)

20. Understanding the Meaning • Loose-fitting Loose-fitting pants Loose-fitting blouse

21. Understanding the Meaning • School blazer front back

22. Understanding the Meaning • Tailor • The ~ makes the man. 人靠衣装。 • The best tailors tailored him. 第一流的裁缝替他做衣服。 • The lie has been ~ed to look like the truth.

23. Understanding the Meaning • Freak • This man is a real ~. • Snowing in this season is a ~ of nature. • It sort of frightens • me. I guess I am • kind of freaked • out by it.

24. Understanding the Meaning Pecan pie Apple pie Chicken pie

25. Understanding the Meaning • Lanky ungracefully tall and thin • That ~ man used to be a basketball player. • The ~ man in the picture is a newly-wed.

26. Blank-filling Exercise obsessed • Why are people so o________ with money? • You do look a f______ in those clothes. • He lay writhing on the ground in a_____. • No one could have come out of that bombardment with his s______. • If the p_______ is true, then the conclusion must be true. • How was it that she could t_______ such noise? freak agony sanity premise tolerate

27. Word Derivation age toleration tailor tolerant tailor-made aged/age idealize freak agonize ideal agonizing freak/freakish

28. Word Derivation criticize accomplish automate criticism/critic automation ~ment gymnastic teenage sane adolescence fever muscle

29. plead → <n.> dread → <adj.> lanky → <n.> wiry → <n.> tolerate → <adj.> convince → <adj.> slave → <v.> pursue → <n.> plea dreadful lankiness wiriness tolerable convincing enslave pursuit Word Derivation

30. Word Association • Mega-dose • Take one dose of this cough syrup three times a day. • Mega-: <origin from Greek> great • The film is set to earn megabucks. • Tom Cruise is a Hollywood megastar. • Can you imagine the power of a 100-megaton bomb? （百万吨/兆吨） • megabyte (MB); mega-city; mega-jet

31. Word Association Our life journey: child → Infant → baby → toddler → little girl/boy → girl/boy → teenager → adolescent → youth → adult → middle age → old age / grey hair / senior citizen / elderly / OAP (=old age pensioner)

32. Word Differentiation • Convince vs. Persuade • You'll need to _________ them of your enthusiasm for the job. • Despite all my efforts to ________ him ,he wouldn't agree. • We finally __________ them of our innocence. • Try to _________ them to come with us. convince persuade convinced persuade

33. Word Differentiation • Idea vs. Ideal • With clear water and green mountains, this place is an _______ for a holiday. • It is a good _______ to do some research before you go. • The purpose is to get a better _______ of consumer tastes. • The swimming pool is _______ for a quick dip. ideal idea idea ideal

34. Word Differentiation • Loose; lose; loss • He’d moved to another job; it’s a great ________ to our firm. • Linda was very upset about _______ her job. • I can’t open the door because I’ve _______ the key. • You’d better wear your hair ________. loss losing lost loose

35. Word Differentiation • Careless vs. Carefree • After finishing the Band Four Exam, we all felt happy and __________. • She had been __________ and had left the window unlocked. • People always tend to look back on their childhood as a _________ time. carefree careless carefree

36. Word Differentiation • Quirk vs. Coincidence • By some _________ of fate the two of us were on the same train. • They accepted her attitude as one of her little __________. • It was a __________ that she was wearing a jersey exactly like Laura’s. • They met by ____________. quirk quirks coincidence coincidence

37. Word Differentiation • Phase vs. Phrase • Don’t worry about your son’s shyness; it’s just a ________ he’s going through. • His favorite ________ is “it’s a pleasure”. • It’s important to _________ the question correctly. • It covers all ________ of Picasso’s work. phase phrase phrase phases

38. Assignment: A Mini-Speech Contest • Each of you is to use your wildest imagination to get prepared for a 2-minute mini-speech on the following topic: • If I were 60, I • would…

39. Thank you! To be continued.

40. Lesson 2: Overview • Word review • Text analysis • Comprehension • Language points • Sentence highlights

41. Words tolerate adolescent agony freak feverishly convince accomplished Synonyms anguish skilled oddity endure persuade teenage excitedly Word Matching

42. Words sanity worship lanky wiry feverish slave critical Antonyms stocky master despise complimentary flabby insanity calm Word Matching

43. Word Review convinced • We finally c__________ them of our innocence. • One of his q______ is that he refuses to travel by train. • He was o_________ with a craving for materialistic gratification. • His legs are strong and m__________. • Cars will be a___________ controlled by computer in the future. quirks obsessed muscular automatically

44. Word Review • What are the major and minor p______ on which the conclusion is based? • It was comic to see him trying to get his l______ frame into that small car. • She wondered if she was losing her s_______. • Tom was a____________ at the left-handed manipulation of the dinner fork. premise lanky sanity accomplished

45. A Global Picture • What is the writer’s attitude towards growing old? • What is the author’s purpose of writing? • The writer’s purpose is not to deny the virtues of being young, but to point out some advantages of growing older that have been overlooked.

46. A Global Picture • What are the main benefits of growing old listed in the text? • Being less obsessed with one’s appearance (para.3). • Being less uncertain about the unknowns (para.4). • Being sure of one’s identity (para.5).

47. Structure of the Text • Part I (para.1-2) • her own view about growing older • Part II (para.3-5) • advantages of growing older • Part III (para.6) • her parents' contentment

48. Text Analysis • Part I (para.1-2): • Comprehension questions • Language points • Sentence highlights

49. Comprehension Questions • Why do people want to hide their gray hair and delay the effect of aging? • What does the author mean when she says “ it is un-American to say so”? • Does the writer deny the virtues of being young?

50. Language Points • Worship (para.1) • There is a church where people have ~ped for hundreds of years. • He absolutely ~s her. (=love or admire) • The hero-worship of the fans gathered at the airport. • We were soon joined by His Worship the Mayor.（used in addressing or referring to an important person 市长阁下）