The kindness of strangers Mike Mclntyre contents Warming Up Background Information Text Analysis Reinforcement up Have you ever received help form strangers, or have you ever helped strangers? Talk about your feelings when you got help or offered help. Are you still willing to get help from strangers or offer help to strangers? Why? Why did the author decide to start on this journey? information about author and the text The text is adapted from the original essay by the author which appeared in Reader’s Digest, May 1997. Reader’s digest Founded in 1922, it is published in 18 languages and more than 24 million copies are sold monthly worldwide. Most articles in this magazine reflect traditional American values and tend to paint a generally positive picture of the land and people of United States. the guardian The Guardian is a British national daily newspaper. The Daily Telegraph and The Times, and The Guardian are the three most famous newspaper. Founded by textile traders and merchants in 1821, The Guardian had a reputation as "an of the middle class"a paper that will remain bourgeois to the last”. cnn news Cable work, commonly referred to by its N, is a major news cable work founded in 1980 by Ted is now owned by Time Warner; the work is a division of the Turner Broadcasting System. CNN introduced the idea of 24-hour television news coverage. china daily Founded in 1981, China Daily newspaper attracts high-end readers form diversified fields. China Daily also publishes in Hong Kong, the United States, Canada, Aisa, Africa, and Latin America. text background about american society Americans are known as a generous people. “Love my neighbor” and “Be your brother’s keeper” used to be their national mottoes. In recent decades, however, things have changed. “I don’t want to get involved” has e their new national motto. analysis Structure introduction: an experience of the writer that set him thinking
