英语24字整体教学法
Unit 4 Sharing
【导语】 随着共享单车、共享汽车、共享雨伞等共享产品的出现，“共享经济”这个词逐渐被人们所熟悉。“共享经济”到底给人们带来了怎样的便利？让我们一起来看一下吧。
Ways That the“Sharing Economy”Is Helping People Live
Their Dream Lives
You may have heard people talking about the phrase “sharing economy” these days.The meanings of this phrase relate to online market places and people-to-people “sharing”．It helps people a lot.How exactly？Well...
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It's providing convenience.
When everyday tasks and necessities are inconvenient，it wastes a whole lot of time and sometimes money.People who are trying to achieve their dreams，reach their goals and make accomplishments are often set back by time wasted or the exhaustion that comes along with daily chores.With the rise of the sharing economy，more services are on the market，making everyday life easier.Uber and Lyft are two of the most well known as they are making it easier and quicker for users to get around.Instead of wasting time on public transport，worrying about who will be the designated driver on a night out or waiting unnecessarily for a taxi to stop，people can get instant access to rides.
There are more work opportunities.
This whole sharing economy phenomenon is not one-sided.In fact，the people involved are benefiting all around.During an age，especially in places like the US and some places in Europe，when people have been finding the job market depressing，sharing economy services have been providing opportunities.Speaking to many Uber drivers myself，I've found that many of them have taken the jobs because of losing
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their jobs.
Travel is made cheaper.
Tons of people dream of exotic trips and lives filled with travel and adventure but few are able to actually afford that kind of lifestyle.With
platforms
that
involve
sharing
skills
and
accommodations，the options for travel have expanded as things become cheaper and even free.Websites like Airbnb allow travellers to stay in full-sized and well-equipped homes while other sites like WWOOF allow users to trade farm work for room and board.
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1．accomplishment n．成就；完成 2．designated adj.指定的；特指的 3．exotic adj.异国的 4．accommodation n．膳宿 5．option n．选择 【问题思考】 True(T)or False(F)．
1．With the rise of the sharing economy more services are on the market，making everyday life easier.( )
2．This whole sharing economy phenomenon is one-sided.( ) 答案：1.T 2.F
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Ⅰ.重点单词分类记 ★拼写高频单词
1．________ adj.有关的；切题的 2．________ vi.参与；参加 3．________ conj.否则；不然 adv.用别的方法；其他方面 4．________ vt.捐赠
5．________ vt.& n．买；购买 6．________ adj.& adv.每周(的)
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