B3 Unit 4 The surprising purpose of travel

1、The Surprising purpose of travelTo talk about the surprising purpose of travelTo understand the text fullyTo apply the phrases and patternsTo master the cause-effect essay writing skillLead-inu Look at the title of the text and guess what the text will talk about?Why do people travel?u Do you like t

2、ravel? Why or why not? Yes, because relax ourselves broaden our horizon & enrich our experience exercise ourselves, both physically and mentally No, because its tiring/exhausting its time and money-consuming its dangerous sometimes (extreme tourism) 1.What does the author think of travel? 2. Wha

3、t are the cause of travel according to the author?3. What is the irony referred to by the author in Para. 5?4. What are the effects of travel? And how can it achieve those effects?5. What are the drawbacks of travel mentioned by the author? 6. What is writers conclusion for the surprising purpose of

4、 travel? Global ReadingStructurePart (Para.1-4): Introduction to the QuestionPart (Para.5-8): Exploration of the real purpose of travel (Causes & effects).Part (Para.9): Conclusion.Detailed-ReadingPartPart Reading Comprehension 1.What does the author think of travel? burdensome/wonder/tedious/su

5、cks Its a burdensome series of running and waiting. The flying itself is a wonder, however the rest of the journey is tedious, because you have to endure the ills of modernity, and it sucks. 2. What are the causes of travel according to the author? Because we need to and we want to travel.3. Why doe

6、s the author say that we need to travel? Because we need to travel to have a handshake at a business luncheon, to eat moms special food on Thanksgiving, or to see our girl friend on an anniversary.4. Why does the author say that we want to travel? Because of the thrill of being someplace new, the st

7、ressful work and high blood pressure, boring home and the flights on salemake us want to travel. Paraphrase:“My alarm clock has just stolen away a lovely dream.” (Para.1) My alarm clock has just woken me up from a lovely dream. Sentence Pattern: “I groan, remembering that Im going to the airport.” (

8、Para. 1) Examples. Paraphrase: “ I dont mind the actual flying, the wonder of being airborne in the dense mental bird.” (Para.2) I dont mind the flying itself, which is a wonderful experience to be carried in the air by the plane which is like a strong mental bird. Language Focuses Paraphrase: “ The

9、 rest of the journey, however, can feel like selling clusters of keepsakes.” (Para. 2) The rest of the journey is very boring, because you have to endure the problems and difficulties brought by modernity, such as going through the x-ray scanning before dawn, and wondering the terrible airport shopp

10、ing departments selling various keepsakes. Paraphrase: “Only corporate travel, about 30% of trips over 50 miles, is truly compulsory.” (Para.4) Only travel made for business, which takes up 30% of the trips over 50 miles, is truly a necessity.(the majority of the travel is optional, and you can choo

11、se to go or not.) How do you understand “Because Paris is Paris.” (Para.4) Because you go to Paris because its Paris and not somewhere else. That is to say you go to a particular place, say Paris for its uniqueness, for its differences from the other places. So you just need to experience the wonder

12、 of Paris. Para.1A description of the imaginary scene of a typical, troublesome trip: How the author struggles to get up in the early morning and gets to the flight gate and how he finally gets stuck in the airport, after all his trouble.Main ideas for Part Para.2 Raise the question: Since travel su

13、cks, but why do we travel?Para.3&4 Reasons of Travel: we travel because we need to & because we want to.Detailed-ReadingPartPart Reading Comprehension5. What is the irony referred to by the author in Para. 5? Most people travel to a new place because they dont have to think about the trouble

14、s they left behind, however, their mind is most likely to solve their most stubborn problems while they are on a trip. So, instead of contemplating the things on their trip, they should be conscious of the domestic issues they just cant solve. 6. What are the effects of travel? A bit of distance hel

15、ps loosen the cognitive chains that imprison us, making it easier to mingle the new with the old. 7. How can travel achieve these effects? 1) Travel enables us to experience an exotic culture, which in turn endows us with a valuable open- mindedness; 2) Travel also helps us interpret the world in di

16、fferent ways, through which our cognition circumference is expanded 3) Such difference, as a result of travel, keeps us less insular and more open-minded , thus leading to our mental flexibility or renaissance of creativity.Language Focuses How do you understand the “irony” in Para. 5? We travel bec

17、ause we want to get rid of the stubborn problems at home, but visiting new places may stimulate our brains and therefore, travels becomes beneficial to solving the problems. Paraphrase: “The larger lesson, though, is that our thoughts are saturated with the familiar.” (Para.6) Based on what we have

18、learned about traveling (travel experience), we should realize that our mind is full of things that are happening around us. Paraphrase: “As a result, creativity is traded away for efficiency; we think in finite, literal prose, not symbolic verse.” (Para. 6) Because our brains may spend a lot of tim

19、e and energy choosing what to notice and what not to notice, our creativity is thus sacrificed to improve the efficiency, to make the “more correct” choice, because we have to think in a clear and definite way without much space for imagination, just as what we do in prose, which is completely diffe

20、rent from writing poems, in writing poems, we use fewer symbolic words (which are full of imagination) to express more imaginative thinking. Paraphrase: “A bit of distance, however, helps loosen from a slightly more abstract perspective.” (Para.6) A bit of distance, however, helps free us from our u

21、sual thinking patterns, making it easier to deal with old things from new perspectives. Thus an ordinary thing could be understood with a more flexible attitude without being confined to a single rigid view. That is to say traveling in a new place enables us to change our usual thinking patterns and

22、 to improve our cognitive abilities, so we can see the old problems from multiple new, new perspectives and approach these problems with flexibility. Paraphrase: “This, in turn, allows them to expand the circumference of their cognitive inputs” as they refuse to settle for their first answers and in

23、itial guesses.” (Para.7) Being open to ambiguity (different views of the world) and exposed to many different cultures expand their horizons and make them more knowledgeable because they refuse to be satisfied with the ideas or thoughts that strike them first. How do you understand “this renaissance

24、 of creativity appears to be a side effect of difference”? (Para.8) This renaissance of creativity is caused by differences unexpected by us. How do you understand “the disorienting diversity”? (Para.8) A disorienting diversity are differences so great that they may cause people lose their direction

25、s. so the disorienting diversity of human traditions are human traditions that are very different from each other. Most people travel for relaxation, but their mind tends tosolve the stubborn domestic issues while on vacation, whichis an irony. In this way, the author takes us to rethink thequestion

26、: what is real purpose of travel?Main ideas for Part Para.5Para.6-8The authors own understanding of the real purpose of travel.Para. 6 Explanation from the perspective of science: Distance travel loosens the cognitive chain imprisoning us.Para. 7 Take experienced traveler as example: they are open t

27、o ambiguity and interpret the world in different ways.Para. 8 Where the mental flexibility comes from: the side effect of difference.8. What are the drawbacks of travel mentioned by the author? Detailed-ReadingPartPart Reading ComprehensionTo endure jet lag; To be lost in somewhere while travelling;

28、 To lose luggage. 9. What is writers conclusion for the surprising purpose of travel?Travel does have its own drawbacks which are really unpleasant, but we need to travel because the distance and difference are the secret cornerstone of creativity, which is the most important benefit that travel cou

29、ld bring to us. Paraphrase: “We dont spend 10 hours lost in the Louvre because we like it.” (Para.9) We get lost in the Louvre for 10 hours not because we like it. Paraphrase: “More often than not, I need a vacation after my vacation.” (Para.9) Usually I need a rest after my travel (because Im reall

30、y tired after travelling.) How do you understand “something in our mind has changed, and that changes everything”? (Para.9) After the travel, we learned sth. new and become less insular and more open-minded (our thinking pattern has changed), which is very important in our decision-making. Language

31、Focuses The real and most important reason for travel is that distance and difference are the secretcornerstone of creativity. Main ideas for Part Develop a cause-and-effect essayThe purpose of cause-and-effect essays is to explain to the reader: (1) the causes of an event or situation; (2) the effe

32、cts of an event or situation; or (3) both the causes and effects. In this unit, we will focus on the causes of an event or situation.The usual logical pattern we follow when writing such a kind of essay is like this: to be continuedStructured Writingto be continuedThree causes (Paras. 3-8 )An intere

33、sting opening (Para. 1 )Thesis question (Para. 2 )Conclusion (Para. 9 )How the author struggles to get up in the early morning and gets to the flight gate after all the trouble; how he finally gets stuck in the airport.Why do we travel?We need to. (Para. 3)We want to. (Para. 4) We can improve our cr

34、eativity. (Paras. 5-8)Review the causesLets look at Text A which is a typical essay of cause.Sample Essays College study, as much evidence has revealed, is a tedious series of listening, reading, writing, and brains beating. But most of us still take more and more delight in hitting books, burning t

35、he candle at both ends, and even turning stronger through failures. Why do we seek after college study even though it is rather demanding?We pursue college study because we need to Cause I. Because we need to live up to parents expectations and conform to the mainstream of society. Thanks to the exp

36、ansion of college enrollment, more of us can stand the chance of making it. But in most cases, our pursuit of college study is a result of our inner desire Cause II. We want to tap our own potentials to the fullest through college study, ensure a better survival for our future, and even push ahead w

37、ith greater ambitions. But it is often ironical that we are scanning textbooks for knowledge in class while our minds focus on how to hunt for romance on campus Cause III. As a result, our golden time of college is likely to be traded away for a fruitless love. So if we want to reap as much benefit

38、from college study as possible, then we have to figure out its overall effect. According to scientific research, our exposure to a systematic knowledge endows us with a decisive edge in the job market, thus making it easier to land our ideal jobs Effect I. And best of all, an all-round development t

39、hrough participation in diverse innovative activities helps make us more creative and open to anything novel Effect II. So instead of contemplating how to enjoy the solitude of our own world, we should be conscious of how to embrace the passionate campus life. Thus, lets not pretend that college stu

40、dy is without pains and setbacks. Lets pursue college study with passion because ever-better expertise and growth into fullness of character turn out to be the secret cornerstones of our quest for success in time to come. SuggestionAs a result, our happy marriage is often traded away for a fruitless

41、 love affair. So if we want to reap as happy returns from marriage as happy can be, then we have to figure out its overall effect. According to research on diverse statuses of marriage, our regretless dedication to marriage endows us with a strong sense of happiness, thus making it easier to realize that happy marriage is the source