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(共26张PPT)
Conflict and Compromise
Lesson 1 Living in a Community
Period 1
Unit 11
Your neighbour makes a lot of loud noise.
Your quilt on the balcony gets wet by water from upstairs.
The pet dog of your neighbour pees in the elevator.
Your neighbour parks in your parking space.
Your neighbour puts the garbage outside the door without taking it downstairs.
Activate and Share
Have you ever experienced these neighbourhood conflicts
neighbour’s response
Activate and Share
Example I have experienced a neighbourhood conflict. Last Sunday I was taking a walk in the neighbourhood when an unleashed Rottweiler attacked me, leaving me with multiple skin wounds. The dog owner never said sorry to me.
In my opinion, the conflict was caused by the dog owner’s lack of morality. What’s more, aggressive dog breeds like Rottweilers should be included in banned lists across cities.
What happened
What’s the consequence
What caused the conflict
beginning
causes
consequence
what happened
I have experienced a neighbourhood conflict.
Last Sunday I was
taking a walk in the neighbourhood when an unleashed Rottweiler attacked me,
leaving me with multiple skin wounds.
The dog owner never said sorry to me.
What other neighbourhood conflicts do you know
What’s your story about your neighbourhood conflict
Read the titles, look at the pictures, and guess what the stories are about.
Read and Explore
Drummer Hits the Road
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
a person who plays a drum
Read and Explore
Read “Drummer Hits the Road”. Answer the questions.
1 Why did the neighbours complain about Ma Ming
2 What did the community council do Why did they take action
3 Where is Ma Ming now What is his attitude towards the conflict
4 What do you understand by the title “Drummer Hits the Road”
Read and Explore
Read “Drummer Hits the Road”. Answer the questions.
1 Why did the neighbours complain about Ma Ming
Because he often held parties at night and drummed late at night.
Read and Explore
Read “Drummer Hits the Road”. Answer the questions.
2 What did the community council do Why did they take action
The community council took a vote and came to a resolution. They gave Ma Ming a warning. They told him that he ought to cease drumming or leave the property.
Because after such a chorus of complaints, they had to take action.
Read and Explore
Read “Drummer Hits the Road”. Answer the questions.
3 Where is Ma Ming now What is his attitude towards the conflict
adj. having an unreasonable dislike
Now he is in a hotel in Shanghai.
Ma Ming felt that they were prejudiced against him. He’s bitter over the fact that people thought of his music as “noise”. Otherwise he didn’t really mind having to leave the flat.
adj. far away
n. the part furthest from the centre
Read and Explore
Read “Drummer Hits the Road”. Answer the questions.
4 What do you understand by the title “Drummer Hits the Road”
It has two meanings. On the one hand, the word “hit” can be used in the phrase “hit the drum”, which echoes “drummer”.
On the other hand, “hit” means “to reach a place”, so “hit the road” here means the drummer starts a journey to look for a proper house to stay.
Now we have finished reading the first passage. What type of writing is this
Read and Explore
“The Lead”: the most important information
Who What Where When
Why How
“The Body”: details
“The Tail”: extra information
may include quotes
a concise and attractive headline
the inverted pyramid
descending order of importance
News story
People involved 1.James McKay, Laurene McKay, Keith Smith
Time 2Saturday evening
The event Background 3 Keith Smith moved into __ the flat.
4 Water fell onto__ the McKays’ balcony from Smith watering_ his plants and cleaning___ his fish tanks.
5 The McKays couldn’t get rid of the smell of the fis.
Conflict 6 Smith emptie__d one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and James’ birthday cake were wet through h. James hit Keith over the head with his walking stick .
Result 7 Smith is not going to take things further with the police.
8 He has also promised to change his ways from now on.
9 As James left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him “Happy Birthda y”.
Read and Explore
Read “Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too plete the table.
James McKay, Laurene McKay, Keith Smith
Saturday evening
moved into
fell onto
watering
cleaning
the smell of fish
emptied
wet through
his walking stick
take things further
change his ways
Happy Birthday
The Lead
The Body
The Tail
According to the inverted pyramid, what is the lead What is the body What is the tail
Think and Say
Guidelines on presenting a self-talk
1. Basic information is included (when, where, who, what, why and how).
2. There is a complete storyline and no omission of what happened.
3. Use linking devices, like two weeks ago, finally, because of this, etc.
Present a self-talk on what happened based on your notes.
Think and Say
The information in red is all from the table, forming a COMPLETE STORYLINE.
A self-talk
Two weeks ago, Keith Smith moved into the flat above the McKays. For the last two weeks, water had been falling onto McKay’s balcony from Smith watering his plants and cleaning his fish tanks. The McKays would get wet and could not get rid of the smell of fish.
Finally, James McKay could no longer tolerate it.
On Saturday evening, Smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the McKays and James’ birthday cake were wet through. James was so furious that he went upstairs and hit Keith over the head with his walking stick.
Because of this, James spent that night in a cell. However, Smith is not going to take things further with the police. He has also promised to change his ways from now on.
As James left the police station, a large crowd of supporters sang him “Happy Birthday”.
Basic information
Linking devices
Think and Say
Choose a role from either report, e.g. Ma Ming, one of Ma Ming’s neighbours, James, Laurene or Smith. Tell the story from that person’s perspective.
Guidelines on telling a story from one of the characters’ perspective
Use a first-person point of view.
Reveal information gradually throughout the story.
Be consistent: make sure that the character’s perspective remains consistent throughout the story.
Create tension and conflict.
Let the character’s perspective guide your writing.
Do you think that all people understand life events in the same way
Each person has their own way of seeing things.
a way of thinking about a situation
Think and Say
Saturday evening, I was hit by an eighty-year-old neighbour with his walking stick!
Do you know what happened
I am a keen gardener and also a fish collector. I live above the McKays. At first I didn’t realise that the water I sent over my balcony every day ended up on McKay’s balcony and caused so much trouble. What’s more, when I cleaned my tanks, I directly poured the water out of my balcony, and the McKays would be as wet as if they had showered with their clothes on. They could hardly get rid of the smell of fish.
This time, I poured water as usual. Then James McKay knocked on my door and hit me with his walking stick.
To tell the truth, the hit wasn’t serious, but I realized later that Saturday was the old man’s birthday, and I ruined it by making both the McKays and the cake wet through.
As a matter of fact, I feel very sorry about what I did. Therefore, I am not going to take things further with the police. I have also promised to change my ways from now on.
Analyse and Write
Find the people who did the following. Write sentences accordingly.
Causes& Conflicts Results
to hold parties at night to spend Saturday night in a cell
to hit someone over the head to be driven mad
to drum late at night to be in trouble
to throw water over the balcony to take action
to be wet through to give a warning
to be driven to an act of violence
Example Ma Ming often held parties at night and his neighbours were being driven mad being exposed to such noise.
Now we have put ourselves into different people’s shoes. Can we tell the causes of each result
Analyse and Write
Causes& Conflicts Results
to hold parties at night to spend Saturday night in a cell
to hit someone over the head to be driven mad
to drum late at night to be in trouble
to throw water over the balcony to take action
to be wet through to give a warning
to be driven to an act of violence
James McKay hit someone over the head and he spent Saturday night in a cell.
Analyse and Write
Causes& Conflicts Results
to hold parties at night to spend Saturday night in a cell
to hit someone over the head to be driven mad
to drum late at night to be in trouble
to throw water over the balcony to take action
to be wet through to give a warning
to be driven to an act of violence
Ma Ming drummed late at night and the community council took action and gave him a warning.
Analyse and Write
Causes& Conflicts Results
to hold parties at night to spend Saturday night in a cell
to hit someone over the head to be driven mad
to drum late at night to be in trouble
to throw water over the balcony to take action
to be wet through to give a warning
to be driven to an act of violence
Keith Smith kept throwing water over the balcony, and finally he was in trouble when James McKay could no longer tolerate it.
Analyse and Write
Causes& Conflicts Results
to hold parties at night to spend Saturday night in a cell
to hit someone over the head to be driven mad
to drum late at night to be in trouble
to throw water over the balcony to take action
to be wet through to give a warning
to be driven to an act of violence
James McKay had been driven to an act of violence by literally being wet through too often.
Talk and Share
Do you think the conflicts were well-resolved in the two reports What other ways can you think of to deal with the conflicts
Yes, I think the conflicts were well-resolved in the two reports.
In the first report, Ma Ming could negotiate an agreement with the community council on a couple of hours he could drum during the day.
Smith and McKay’s conflict could be dealt with differently if the McKays had made their complaints to Smith earlier and Smith had changed his way of doing things.
Read and Explore
How serious were the two conflicts Find and underline the expressions that describe the intensity of the conflicts in the two reports.
Example ...they were being driven mad being exposed to such noise.
... we’d be as wet as if we had showered with our clothes on!
Drummer Hits the Road
vt. to fill a hole
They couldn’t relax or read a book without plugging their ears.
One neighbour also claimed that Ma Ming had a bad influence on his teenage son.
…after such a chorus of complaints…
Read and Explore
Grandpa Arrested After One Shower Too Many
…hitting 30-year-old Keith Smith over the head with his walking stick…
…he had been driven to this act of violence…
He could no longer tolerate it.
…we dared not go onto our balcony…
I have never seen him move so fast and I couldn’t stop him. he was up there in a flash.
If you were one of the people in the reports, what would you do to avoid conflict Would you resolve it differently
Express Yourself
If I were Ma Ming, I would quit drumming late at night. I would practise my drumming in my music studio so that no one would be disturbed.
If I were James McKay, I would complain to the community council about what Keith Smith did. I would never resort to violence.
Look before you leap.
There will always be better solutions.
Homework
Compose a passage of how a real neighbourhood conflict happened and was resolved in your life. No more than 80 words.
Goodbye!

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