全新版大学英语b4u4multiculturalsociety.pptVIP

Unit 4 Book 4 The Multicultural Society Unit Four The Multicultural Society Warm-up Activity: discussion Who are They? Where are they originally from? Chinatown Crew of Columbia The US is composed of many 民族，人种，宗教，信仰. It has been shaped by successive waves of immigrants In science, a melting pot is a container. In social science, it means assimilation. Immigrants and other minority groups are absorbed into the mainstream society. Mosaic  The image of a melting pot suggests that America is a place where the previous identities of each immigrant group are melted down and mixed together to create an uniform society. In a mosaic, each piece retains its own distinctive identity, while contributing to a larger design. Which image is the author of this text favor of, a melting pot or mosaic? Text A America as a Collage collage: n. an assemblage of diverse fragments 大杂烩 picture made by an unusual combination of bits of paper, cloth, photographs, metal, etc.拼贴画 Global Reading Text Organization Part One (1-5): Part Two (6-21): Part Three (22-24): Part Two (Paras. 6-21) Los Angeles is a good example of such a collage. LA, the 2nd largest city in the US A global entertainment center The Austria-born athlete and actor— governor, or terminator? Questions for Part Two What is the characteristic of the city Los Angeles? / In what way is the city Los Angeles different from other cities? (para 7) ---link more to the third world and Asia than to Europe. What is the difference in the relations between developed and underdeveloped worlds now and before? (para. 16) ---now: cooperation and constriction ---past: exploitation and destruction Are there any conflicts in multicultural cooperation? (para 19) ---the different conceptions of time Part Three (Paras. 22-24) There is something in America that acts as “glue” to piece different parts together to make the American collage: _______________. The author hold this point of view that America won’t decline