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1、UnitThreeSocialProblemsSocialproblemsemergeassocietieschangeanddevelop.Changeitselfcanbeasocialproblemifitoccurstooquickly.Thisissometimescalledtheproblemof“futureshock”.SocialProblemsOneofthegreatestproblemsofdevelopingsocietiesistheproblemofoverpopulation.Asadvancesinmedicine,nutrition
2、andtechnologyincreasetheaveragelifespan,birthratesdonotdecreaserapidlyencough,andtheresultisoverpopulation.Oneofthegreatestproblemsofdevelopedsocietiesistheproblemofpollution.Astherapidproductionofconsumergoodscreatesexcessivewasteproducts,thedisposalofthewastesbecomesmoredifficult,andth
3、eresultispollution.SocialProblemsThereareseveralproblemsthataffectalmostallsocieties.Povertyandcrimeexistinthemostadvancedindustrialsocietiesaswellasindevelopingsocieties,buttheymaytakeverydifferentforms.Someproblemsarequiteold.Someareverynew,forexample,AIDSandSARS.TheoutbreakofSARSinthe
4、yearof2003showedusacompellingsituation:howhumanbeingsshouldliveinharmonywithwildanimals.Task1BrainStormingWorkingingroups,listasmanyaspossiblethewordsassociatedwithsocialproblems.Referenceoverpopulation人口过剩housing住宅watersupply水供给transportation交通littering垃圾theftandrobbery偷窃和抢劫murder谋杀mugg
5、ing抢劫rape强奸pollution污染smuggling走私Brainstormingfakeproducts假冒伪劣traffickingofchildrenandwomen拐卖妇孺bribery贿赂corruption贪污graffiti乱涂乱画gambling赌博prostitution卖淫domesticviolence家庭暴力lay-offs失业Brainstormingjuveniledelinquency少年犯罪highdivorcerate高离婚率unemployment失业racialdiscrimination种族歧视drugabuse滥用毒品
6、generationgap代沟crime犯罪violence暴力Sincewegottoknowsomesocialproblemsandmostoftheproblemsarenotisolated,thinkofthepossiblecausesforsocialproblems:Poverty,unemployment2)highdivorcerate,etc.3)lackofcommunication4)pollution,littering5)overpopulationpoverty,unemployment,housingproblemstheft,ro
7、bbery,murder,beggarsjuveniledelinquency,single-parentfamilymentalproblemsofvariouskinds,generationgapworseningenvironment,healthproblemsSampleAnswer(1/4)PictureA:Lastnight,Mr.Lester,amiddle-agedwidower,waswalkingalongadarkBirminghamstreet.Hewascarryingabriefcaseinonehanda
