当好早我们到最需要的地方去.ppt

Unit Four--- American Dream Text A :Tony Trivisonno’s American DreamText B: Ben Carson: Man of Miracles Objectives Students will be able to understand the main idea (Tony Trivisonno realized his American Dream through his own efforts) and structure of the text (one part telling the story of Tony’s life and the other giving the author’s comments on it); learn to describe a person by his or her characteristic features, together with supporting details which demonstrate the features; grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities related to the theme of the unit. Contents Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream I. Check II. Background Information III. Words and Expressions IV. Structures V. Discussion Text B Ben Carson: Man of Miracles I. Comprehension of the text II. Words and Phrases Quiz Check the students’ preview of the texts on the net 1. Make the sentences with following words and phrases Assume, weekly, clean up, personnel, for sale, call on, Discard, amaze, send for sometime, pass away, above all, Create, Check We assumed that he was a skilled worker and assigned him an important task. His weekly wages is about $100. He goes to see his parents weekly. The National Day is approaching. Let’s clean up our bedroom. Are these houses for sale? Check I called on my former classmates while I was on business in Nanjing. The party called us on to go where we were needed most. 当好早我们到最需要的地方去。 He was called on to speak at the meeting. 他受邀在大会上发言 Don’t discard the rubbish everywhere. We’d better discard all these out-of-date ideas. People were amazed to find the six-month-old baby alive after the air crash. I was amazed at his great success because he had been thought to be a good-for-nothing when he was young. Check Don’t worry about your son. I have sent for the doctor. He sent for his lawyer to deal with the matter. I saw him