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体验大学英语第四册Unittext.pptx

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体验(tǐyàn)大学英语第四册UnittextPassageAPre-readingQuestions Reading StructureofthePassage Analysis HomeworkPre-readingquestionsPre-readingquestionsPre-readingquestionsStructureofthepassage: Hint:(3parts) Partone(Para.1-5)ThereisamediatrendtowardreducingtheimportanceoffathersintheUnitedStates. Parttwo(Para.6-7)Anotherrecentmediatrendisthatat-homewivesareregardedas“statussymbols”. Partthree(Para.8-9)Weshouldrecognizeandappreciatethegreateffortsthatfathersmaketosupportthefamily.TheUnsungHeroes:WhatAboutWorkingDads? Onourfirst“date”afterourtwindaughterswereborn,myhusbandandIwenttoseethemovieToyStory.Weenjoyedit,butafterwardmyhusbandasked,“Wherewasthedad?”Atfirst,itseemedpettytocriticizeanentertainingfamilymoviebecauseofonesmallpoint.ThemoreIthoughtaboutit,however,themoreglaringanomissionitseemed.Notonlywasdadnotaround,hewasn’tevenmentioned—despitethefactthattherewasababyinthefamily,sodadcouldn’thavebeenthatlonggone.Itwasasifthepresence—orabsence—ofafatherisaminordetail,notevenrequiringanexplanation. Thisisonlyoneexampleofthemediatrendtowardmarginalizingfathers,whichmirrorsenormoussocialchangesintheUnitedStates.DavidBlankenhorn,inhisbookFatherlessAmerica,referstothistrendasthe“unnecessaryfather”concept.Wearebombardedbystoriesaboutthestrugglesofworkingmothers(asopposedtonon-workingmothers,Isuppose).Meanwhile,highproportionofmediastoriesaboutfathersfocusonabusivehusbandsordeadbeatdads.Itseemsthattheonlytimefathersmeritattentioniswhentheyarecriticizedfornothelpingenoughwiththehousework(aclaimthatIfinddubiousanyway,becausethedefinitionof“housework”rarelyincludescleaningthegutters,changingtheoilinthecarorotherjobstypicallydonebymen)orwhentheydie.WhenMr.Blankenhornsurveyedfathersaboutthemeaningoftheterm“goodfamilyman,”manyrespondedthatitwasaphrasetheyonlyheardatfunerals. Oneexceptiontothe“unnecessaryfather”syndromeistheglowingmediaattentionthatat-homedadshavereceived.Idonotmeantoimplythatat-homedadsdonotdeservesupportformakingthiscommitment.Ionlymeantopointoutthedoublestandardatworkw