公外Unit-4-American-Dream.ppt

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realization?,Do you know what American Dream is?,Listen to an Interview,Stanford University,Advertising,Turn ones back on,Come true,Poverty,Become gripped by,Be paved with,Afford,Capitalist system,Reach out,Useful words and phrases,Listen,Listen to an Interview,Questions:,What did American Dream mean to Dr.Hertzs grandparents?,Why does Dr.Hertz say that the American Dream is in ones head and in ones pocket?,American Dream,Cloze,What,is the essence of American Dream?,It means the belief that everyone can succeed as long as he/she works hard enough.Of course,we must realize that here success is narrowly defined as financial success.,Americans believe that their country offers opportunities for a good and successful life.For minorities and immigrants,the dream also includes freedom and equal rights,Text Reading,Word and Phrased of Time,A year or two passed,After he passed away,One day,During the war,The months passed,Then,Summer passed into fall,Sometime later,The next two days,After about two years,One evening,Text Reading,Sequence of the text,?,time,Text Reading,5.Tony bought a farm and sent for his family in Italy.,4.Tony bought a house with Mr.Crawfords help.,3.Tony learned to become a skilled worker.,2.Tony got a job clearing snow at Mr.Crawfords factory.,1.Tony worded as a help at Mr.Crawfords house.,Main events:,Collocation,Brainstorming,Pairing work,What does a gardener do?,Unit Four American Dream,Language Points,October,2004,1.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,Examples,Hes my son,after all,I cant just turn him away when he is in trouble.,The lecture hall was already full and many of the students were turned away.,3.work out,-plan;solve;calculate,Examples,-How will you keep in touch with me?“,-We havent work that out yet.“,Finally I worked out that the parcel had been sent to Paris by mistake.,My mother allowed me to take the trip,but asked me to work out the total cost first.,4.weekly,-happening once a week or every week,Examples,United Airline offers twice-a-week flights to Thailand.,His story was published in a weekly newspaper 21st Century English.,5.clean up,-make clean and tidy,Examples,Ill go shopping with you as soon as Ive cleaned up the kitchen.,I hate cleaning up after a party.,6.helpful,-useful in making a situation better or easier;always willing to help people,Examples,Sometimes it is helpful to make a list of everything you have to do.,Any information would be helpful in determining what happened to her.,She is such a pleasant and helpful child.,7.do with,-(used in questions with what)deal with,Examples,What do you do with such rude boys?,What are we going to do with the huge rock lying in the middle of the road?,8.determination,-the ability to continue trying to achieve what you have decided to do even when this is difficult(uncountable noun,often followed by infinitive to),Examples,He showed great determination by continuing to play after hurting his foot.,Her determination to do well made her keep on studying.,9.personnel,1)the department in a large company or organization that deals with employees,keeps their records,and helps with any problem they might have;human re sources(uncountable noun,used with a singular or plural verb),Examples,Personnel has/have received your application form.,Her first job after graduation was in Personnel at Microsoft.,9.personnel,2)all the persons working in an organization,in the army,etc.(used with a plural verb),Examples,All personnel in this,A modem army needs highly skilled personnel.,10.capacity,-the ability to understand or do sth.(often followed by for or infinitive to),Examples,Not everyone has a capacity for languages.,Those math problems were beyond my capacity.,I dont think its within a five-year-old boys capacity to spread computer viruses.,11.turn down,-refuse,Examples,He was offered the job but he turned it down because it involved too much traveling.,Look,I am offering you a free meal-you are surely not going to turn me down?,12.Tony took a cut in pay to become an apprentice.,-Tony had his pay reduced in order to be an apprentice.,-having skill;needing skill(often followed by in or at),Examples,The IT(information technology)industry demands skilled labor.,The personnel manager is pressing for skilled workers.,She was skilled in dealing with all sorts of people.,13.skilled,14.My wife and I were delighted with what we felt was a satisfying end of the story.,-My wife and I were delighted with what Tony had achieved,and thought that the whole thing had thus been settled.,15.for sale,-available to be bought,Examples,Reluctantly my parents put a For Sale sign on the house.,Her former home is for sale at$495,000.,16.wreck,-sth.such as a ship,car,plane,or building which has been destroyed,usu.in an accident,Examples,We thought of buying the house as a wreck,doing it up,then selling it.,The wreck of the plane could be clearly seen on the hillside.,17.call on,-visit sb.for a short time,Examples,Id like to call on my former professor while I am on business in Beijing.,He wanted to call on his girlfriend after work,and then go to see a movie with her.,18.loan,-lend(sth.),Examples,He had kindly offered to loan me all the books required for the examination.,Our school library loans books,CDs and videotapes.,18.loan,n.,1)a sum of money that you borrow,Examples,The president wants to make it easier for small businesses to get bank loans.,I am trying to get a loan from the bank to buy a house.,2)the act of lending(used in singular,followed by of),Examples,I asked him for a loan of his car to have a short trip with my family.,He is in need of a loan of the reference books for a few days.,19.character,-the particular collection of qualities that make sb.a particular kind of person,Examples,The chief flaw in her character was impatience.,How can he beat his wife?Ive never seen that cruel side of his character.,20.down payment,-an initial amount given as partial payment at the time of purchase,(If you make a down payment on sth.,you pay only a percentage of the total cost when you buy it.You pay the remaining amount later.),21.discard,-(formal)throw away,Examples,Im going to discard those magazines if youve finished reading them.,These potatoes are past their best m Id better discard them.,22.confidence,-the quality of being certain of your abilities or of trusting other people,plans,or the future(followed by in or infinitive to),Examples,He would be a better speaker if he had more confidence.,I have every confidence in you.You can make a great success.,Good training will give a beginner the confidence to enjoy skiing.,23.amaze,-surprise(sb.)very much,Examples,Dave amazed his friends by suddenly getting married.,It amazed me that you would believe those lies.,It amazed me to discover how long the dinosaur age lasted.,24.diet,-food and drink usu.taken by a person or group,Examples,Most people dont have enough fiber in their diet.,Poor diet and too much smoking will seriously damage the health of your hair.,Nowadays many people prefer a healthy diet rich in fruit and vegetables.,25.send for,-ask for the arrival of,Examples,Dont worry about your son,I have sent for the doctor.,He sent for his parents to attend the graduation ceremony at Harvard.,26.hunt,1)search thoroughly(followed by Jar),Examples,They were hunting the area for a new house.,Many college students start hunting for a job in the fourth year.,We have been hunting all over town for the right carpet.,2)chase and kill wild animals for food or as a sport,Examples,They had gone up the hill to hunt deer.,At one time man had to hunt to survive.,27.abandon,-give up completely or forever,Examples,My car broke down and I had to abandon it on the main road.,The young couple abandoned their daughter hoping that they would give birth to a boy.,As the plane was badly damaged,the pilot had to abandon it.,28.property,1)land,buildings or both together,Examples,With more and more people purchasing houses,property prices have been on the rise.,A lot of property in the city center was destroyed in the war.,2)the thing or things that sb.owns,Examples,Policemen searched the criminals home and found weapons and stolen property in the basement.,Thats my personal property!Leave it alone!,29.sometime,-at a time in the past or future that is unknown or has not yet been fixed,Examples,He saw her at the airport sometime last week.,Can I come and see you sometime?,(Dont confuse sometime with sometimes which means on certain occasions,rather than all the time.),30.sponsor,-support(a person,organization or activity)by giving money,encouragement or other help,Examples,The old couple sponsored the young man who wanted to study in the United States for a year.,The soccer team is sponsored by Coco-Cola.so the players wear the letters Coco-Cola on their shirts.,The 4th Foreign Languages and Culture Festival was sponsored by Oxford University Press.,31.amuse,-cause to laugh or smile;cause to spend time in a pleasant manner,Examples,The computer games amused the children for hours.,The kids amused themselves playing hide-and-seek.,He thought of various activities that might amuse the children till bedtime.,32.approach,-come near(er)to,Examples,As they approached the wood,a rabbit ran out of the trees.,If you look out of the window on the right of the bus,youll see that were now approaching the Oriental Pearl TV Tower.,33.pass away,-die(You can say that sb.passed away if you want to avoid using the word die because you think it too blunt.),Examples,The old lady passed away peacefully in her sleep.,The teenager has lived on his own since his parents passed away four years ago.,34.handle,-manage,control,Examples,She couldnt handle the pressures of her new job.She had to quit it.,The students handle the conversation in the Chinese way even though they speak English.,35.He grew in stature in my mind,-He grew taller and greater in my mind.,-most important of all,Examples,John is fair,hardworking,and above all,honest.,I wont go with you,because its too far,too late,and above all,too dangerous.,36.above all,37.Tony did not begin on the bottom rung of the ladder.He began in the basement.,-Tony had nothing when he arrived in the United States and he built up from nothing.,38.But,after all,the balance sheets were exactly the same.,-But after ail,what Tony and the greatest industrialists achieved was exactly the same.,39.create,-produce or make(esp.sth.new),Examples,Hawking created a new theory of the universe.,The Bible says that God created the world.,