How to start

a movement

Derek Sivers
Ref: Keynote (TEDTALKS) intermediate
 Discussion

Question 1
Are you a leader, first follower or follower?
Provide an example to support your choice.
 Discussion

Question 2
What’s courageous about following?
What do you think about being a follower?
 Who are you following?

Ref:
1. https://soravjain.com/facebook-linkedin-stats-facts-2017/
2. https://soravjain.com/facebook-users-stats-facts-2019-infographic/
 Practice (Worksheet)
Complete the conversation by using the present simple and present continuous.
A: How often / you / use / Facebook? do you use facebook
B: I / read / other people’s posts every day, but I / not / post. I do not post.
A: And what is Faceook good for?
B: Well, I’m a social observer and I / usually / use / Facebook for my work. It’s very
important for me to know what / happen / in my field currently. is happening
A: So who / you / follow / at the moment? Who are you following…
B: Right now / I / follow / a conversation between two socialist in the US about scam
operations ( 詐騙行動 ) I am following
A: And what about other subjects?
B: Sometimes / I / look / at what famous people / say / at the moment about things in the
news. This week a lot of people talk about the situation in the South East Asia. are
saying
 Time phrases and adverbs
Work in pairs. Look at these time phrases and adverbs. Which time phrases and
adverbs do you expect to see with
a) the present simple 頻率、規則、事實、習慣…
b) the present continuous 當下、即將發生…
b. at the moment
b. currently
a. everyday
b. now
a. sometimes
a/b this week
a. usually
 Identifying trends
5.1 Read the sentences 1-6.
Match the verbs or verb phrase in bold with its opposite.

a. The economy is growing fast.  becoming less common

b. The number of young people smoking is increasing.  decreasing
c. The quality of food in restaurants is improving.  falling
d. Obesity* is becoming more widespread.  getting worse
e. The average age of the population is rising.  getting poorer
f. The middle class are getting richer.  shrinking

*obesity- being very overweight

 Identifying trends
5.2 Work in pairs. Discuss which trends (a-f) are true in Taiwan.

a. The economy is growing fast.

b. The number of young people smoking is increasing.
c. The quality of food in restaurants is improving.
d. Obesity* is becoming more widespread.
e. The average age of the population is rising.
f. The middle class are getting richer.

*obesity- being very overweight

 Assignment
Each choose one of the areas below. Write a sentence describing a trend in this
area. Then discuss your trends and the possible reasons for them next week.

● food and eating habits (Alex, Ryan)

● holidays and travel (Wei)
● Transportation (Allen)
● Working habits (Jason)
● health and medicine (Hope)
Example:
More and more people in my city are cycling to work. I think this is mainly
because the traffic is so bad.
Allen: warm-up activity