Unit6TouchofLife

ContentLearningObjectivesStarterPassageAPassageBReadingSkillsSupplementaryReading

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llbeableto●applycriticalthinkingskillsinreading;

●explainthemetaphorsinthetexts;

●findoutthevalueoflifeandcherishwhatwealreadyhave.

StarterDiscussthefollowingquestionswithapartner:Areyousatisfiedwithyourlifeatthemoment?Whatwouldyouliketochangemostifpossible?Doyouhavetheexperiencethatnomatterhowmuchyoucareaboutsomething,peoplearoundyoujustdon’tcare?Doyoubelieveit’snotwhatyouhaveinyourlife,butwhatattitudeyouadopttowardslifethatcounts?Doyouagreethattwopersonscanlookatthesamethingfromtotallydifferentangles?Ourlifeisfulloftouch!

PassageAHedonismisaschoolofthoughtthatarguesthatpleasureistheprimaryormostimportantintrinsicgood.Itistheideathatallpeoplehavetherighttodoeverythingintheirpowertoachievethegreatestamountofpleasurepossibletothem.Itisalsotheideathateverypersonspleasureshouldfarsurpasstheiramountofpain.Doyouknow?

PassageAWhathappenedtotheauthor’ssister?Inwhatwayhastheauthorchanged,andwhy?StepbyStep

PassageADothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninthetext?WriteTforTRUEifthestatementistrue,FforFALSEifthestatementisfalse,orNGforNOTGIVENiftheinformationisnotgiveninthetext.?Theauthor’ssisterdiedunexpectedly.“Don’teversaveanythingforaspecialoccasion.Everydayyou’realiveisaspecialoccasion”meansthatweshouldspendasmuchaswehaveeveryday.Exercises(T)(F)

PassageA“I’mspendingmoretimewithmyfamilyandfriendsandlesstimeincommitteemeetings,”because“I”realizedcommitteemeetingswerenotalwaysmoreimportantthanstayingtogetherwithfamilymembersandfriends.?“I”haveneverfussedabouttheweedsin“my”gard