unit16 reading课件（PPT 32页）.ppt

Unit 16 Reading The United States of America USA: Facts and Figures Official Name: The United States of America Capital City: Washington DC (population: 572,859) Country Population: 296,000,000 Major Cities (by population): New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia(费城), Phoenix, San Diego(圣地亚哥), Dallas(达拉斯), San Antonio Languages: English (official); Spanish (spoken by a large minority south and southwest) Official Currency: U.S. Dollar Religions: Protestant(新教), Roman Catholic(天主教), Jewish(犹太教), and beliefs and faiths of many other cultures. Goals: Provide students with opportunities to know more about the USA. Learn and master some key language points. Improve students capability of reading comprehension. 天马行空官方博客：/tmxk_docin ;QQ:1318241189 PRE-READING 30,000years ago 1600 1861—1865 1865—1929 1930s 1960s R E A D I N G Read the text quickly, the find the main idea to each paragraph. The main ideas: Para 1— the suffering of the American South Para 2— the reconstruction of the American South Para 3— the Southerners holding together in the reconstruction Para 4— the Civil Rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr Para5— 1996 Olympics showing Atlanta’s success Para6— the American South full of hope as well as problems to do with POST-READING 1. Do exercise 1 of Post-Reading on Page 44 Keys: 1—B 2—C 3—D 4—E 5—A 1. Why is Atlanta in many ways a typical southern city? Atlanta is a typical southern city. It experienced the hardship of slavery, the Civil War, the post-war years and the Depression. 2. What were some of the difficulties the people of Atlanta had to overcome after the Civil War? There was no money to rebuild the city. Many of its citizens had died during the Civil War. African-Americans were not treated well. 3. people of many different backgrounds live and work together in Atlanta. What are the advantages of living together with people who are different from you? Are there any disadvantages? Discussion What can we learn