综合英语教程1-02-Part 2第二部分.pptVIP

Backgroud knowledge: 1) Nuclear family: the family: considered as mother, father, and children only, and not including any less close relations. 2) Extended family: family structure where uncles, aunts, and cousins are regarded as close relatives, with an obligation to help and support each other. 3) DINK family: a family with double income and no kids. 　American houses usually have private kitchens, a living room and sometimes separate areas for eating and watching television. A house usually has its own mailbox, a yard with plants or perhaps a lawn, and a place to store garbage out of sight. terraced houses: a row of houses built in a block in the same style on raised ground row house: house built in rows bungalow: small house with one storey　with one or two bedrooms and usually one bathroom. council house: British usage, houses built and rented out to tenants by a local council cottage: an English cottage is a well-built house with a thatched roof, usually in the country, and protected from change by law, with good facilities inside. Thatched-roof cottages are very expensive houses. A mansion is a real big house with many bedrooms and several bathrooms. An apartment is usually one living space within a building. Several apartment can be in the same building, with a shared yard, parking spaces, and garbage. 1. Do you think a house can represent a persons status? 2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of living in the countryside and city. 3. Which do you prefer? Live in the countryside or city? countryside: fresh air, honest, kind people, simple life, less cheating, less pressure, green food dull life, remote place inconvenient transport, less chance city: convenience, colorful life, efficiency, good education, more chance, traffic jam, pollution, pressure Text analysis Part 1 American homes: emphasizing on the different housing styles of young people and old people, and the typical American character---always on the move Part 2 B