全新版大学英语第一册 Unit Four Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream.pptVIP

美利坚合众国（United States of America） 由五十个州和一个联邦直辖特区组成的宪政联邦共 和制国家。其东濒大西洋，西临太平洋，北靠加拿 大，南接墨西哥。美国国土面积超过962万平方公 里，位居全球第三，次于俄罗斯和加拿大；其人口 总量也超过三亿人，少于中国和印度。1776年7月4 日，大陆会议在费城正式通过《独立宣言》，宣告 美国诞生。自1870年代以来，美国国民经济就高居 全球第一。今天的美国则是联合国安理会五个常任 理事国之一，其在全球的政治、经济、军事、娱乐 等众多领域的庞大影响力更是其他国家所无法匹敌 的. 美国十大标志性建筑 1.美国总统府 白宫 the white house 2.拉什莫尔山,俗称总统山 Mount Rushmore 3.美国自由女神像 The Statue of Liberty 4.帝国大厦 The Empire State Building 5.五角大楼 The Pentagon 6.美国国会大楼 Congress of the United States 7.金门大桥 Golden Gate Bridge 8.独立大厅 Independence Hal 9.纽约中央火车站 Grand Central Station 10.华盛顿独立纪念碑 Washington Monument Times Square 时代广场 Rockefeller Center 洛克菲勒中心 the white house Structure Analysis Paras.1-29: With determination, and with Mr.Crawford’s help, Tony realized his dream of owning his own farm. Paras.30-33: Tony’s career set the author thinking about why and to what extent he had been successful. Text Analysis …hard to comprehend his broken English: -If someone talks in broken English, they speak slowly and make a lot of mistakes because they only know a little of the language. 2. turn away: refuse to help (sb.) or to allow (sb.) to enter a place 不让进入；拒绝给…帮助，支持 e.g. The hall was full, and hundreds of fans had to be turned away. He is my son after all, I can’t just turn him away when he is in trouble. Text Analysis 3. assume: v. 假象，假设，猜想=suppose e.g. We must assume him to be innocent until he is proved guilty. assumption: n. presume: v.假设→n. presumption consume: v.消费→n.consumption resume: v.重新开始→n. resumption 4. work out: plan; solve; calculate 制定出，作出，（根据计算，推理）算出，推断出 e.g. I’ve drawn up the main outlines and we’ll work out the details later. 5.weekly:adv.一周一次地，每个星期地 adj. 每周一次的 n. 周刊，周报 e.g. Are you paid weekly? hourly daily monthly quarterly yearly 6. clean up: make clean and tidy e.g. I’ll go shopping with you as soon as I’ve cleaned up the kitchen. I hate cleaning up after a party. 7. do with: 1)(used in questions with what) dea