Five Famous Symbols of American Culture.ppt

Homework Learn the new words and expressions of the text by heart. Go over the text and try to get the main idea of the text. Prepare to tell a story about the symbols of American or Chinese culture. Reading-Centred Activities 1. Global Reading Task Appreciating Figurative Language Look at Passage A and answer my questions to get the main idea of the text. Tell more stories in groups about the symbols of American or Chinese culture. Reading-Centred Activities Five Famous Symbols of American Culture Unit 3 Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: Vocabulary Exercises Stage 4: Translating and Writing Warming-up Activities Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions on page 92 with your own experiences. Background information the Statue of Liberty Barbie dolls Mattel Toy Company American Gothic Buffalo nickel James Earle Fraser New York Citys Central Park Uncle Sam The idea of creating the Statue of Liberty began in France at a dinner party hosted by Edouard Rene Lefebvre Laboulaye, a scholar. Laboulaye and Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi, a sculptor, began to discuss the idea of presenting the United States with a monument to memorialize independence and human liberty.?Bartholdi sailed from France to New York on June 8, 1871, to propose the building of the statue to honor the friendship between France and the United States. As the ship pulled into New York Harbor, Bartholdi spotted the perfect location, Liberty Island.?During his trip to the United States, he met with US President Ulysses S. Grant; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet; Horace Greeley, a New York editor and politician; and others. Bartholdi traveled across the United States carrying a sketch of the statue and a small model. Everyone was receptive