大学综合英语4.pptVIP

Unit 4 American Dream Targets To understand the main idea and structure of the text To learn to describe a person by his/her characteristic features To learn the culture points related to the text To grasp the key language points and grammatical structures Tasks Questioning Cultural Background Text Analysis Group Discussion Role Play Questioning What’s your understanding of American Dream? Cultural Background American Dream Text Analysis Main Idea Language Study 1 Paraphrasing Sentences Language Study 2 New Words and Expressions Extensions Role Play * * What did the American Dream mean to Tony Trivisonno? How did Tony make his dream come true? What are the essential elements to achieve one’s dream, according to the author? Would you like to say something about the cultural background of the story? It’s the belief to make a good and successful life in America, for America is a promising land that always offers opportunities to people who keep working hard. Life is in one’s hand. Life could be what you made it only if you struggle. American Dream also makes people never feel satisfied with what they have. American Dream means different things to different people. Immigrants Apart from “Native Americans” —Indians —who were living in North America when people first arrived there from Europe, all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants. In the US the word immigrant is often used with a positive meaning. People are proud to say that their ancestors were immigrants who came with little, but built a better life for themselves. the Great Depression It refers to the period of severe economic failure in most countries of the world that lasted from 1929 until World War II. It began in the US when the New York Stock Exchange fell on 29 October 1929, known as Black Tuesday. Many businesses and banks failed and millions of people lost their jobs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt improved the situation with his New Deal policy, but the Great Depression was