unit10Problems_with_quick_decisions

By Zhao Xiao

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Are you a slow decisionmaker or a quick one?(你是 慢的决定者还是快的决定 者？)

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Unit 10 Reading and Writing

Problems with quick decisions

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How many quick decisions didthe author make last summer? Two

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What’s the author’s opinion about decision making?Quick decison-making doesn't always mean good decision-making.

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Judge the following true or false

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maybe 1.The author bought everything nothing that he tried on. 2.The author saw an ad for a used new IBM.

3.The author needed someone to help pay the rent because he had financial problems.4. The room-mate didn’t sign an agreement.

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slow decision-maker now. 5. The author is a quick

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What are the two quick decisions and what are the problems?first second find a room-mate more financial problems

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buy a used laptop problems with money

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Activity4 underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.

Activity4 underline the topic sentence of each paragraph.

Topic Sentence A topic sentence tells the main idea of a paragraph. It often appears at the beginning of a paragraph. Yet, it may also appear in the middle or at the end of a paragraph.

Para1: I am usually a slow decisionmaker. Para2: My first decision, to buy a used laptop, led to problems with money. Para3: My second decision, to find a room-mate, brought me even more financial problems.

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What did the author learn from his decision-making?Quick decision-making doesn’t always mean good decision-making. And it’s worth the time it takes.

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make a decision a used laptop

What decision will you make?作决定 一台旧笔记本电脑

Useful expressions:

use up savingsfinancial problems sign an agreement pay the rent fall in love

用光储蓄财务问题 签订协议 付房租 爱上

post an ad

张贴广告

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1.Read and remember the words and expressions.2.Finish the exercise on page173. 3.Write a passage about your problems with quick decisions.