Unit 3
Section A Longing for a New Welfare system
1. Pre-reading
1. 1 Background information
Social Welfare
Public
assistance
programs,
commonly
called
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provide
cash
or
in
-kind
benefits
for
particular categories of the financially needy. The U.S. welfare system operates on both the federal
and state levels. The federal welfare program is known as Social Security that provides benefits or
assistance
for
childcare,
disability,
food
and
medical
assistance
(also
known
as
medicaid).
The
state
welfare
programs,
on
the
other
hand,
provide
assistance
to
both
individuals
and
local
communities with state schooling and social insurance.
1. 2 Topic-related video
1. 3 Topic-related discussion
2. While-reading
2. 1 Global reading
2. 1. 1 Understand the major details of the text
1) How has the author chosen to live as a welfare client?
He
has
chosen
to
live
a
life
of
complete
honesty
by
drumming
up
some
business
and
drawing cartoons for magazines.
2) According to para.15, what does the author think of the current welfare system?
The system so easily lends itself to abuse by the welfare givers as well as by the clients.
3) What kind of new welfare system does the author dream of?
He dreams of a new system that will encourage the clients and help them develop their talents,
rather than seek to convict them of cheating.
2. 1. 2 Understand organization of the text
1) Main idea of the text