Unit 4 The American Dream.pptVIP

Unit 4 The American Dream Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream Text B With His Own Two hand Part 1 Listening Task LISTENING PRACTICE What you are about to hear is an interview with Dr.Lee Hertz , the director of a scientific laboratory in Stanford Univercity,California. 注：poverty n. 贫穷 advertising n. 广告宣传 Part II Reading Tast Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream He came from a rocky farm in Italy,somewhere south of Rome. How and when he got to America, I don’t know. But one evening I found him standing in the driveway, behind my garage. He was about five-foot-seven or eight, and thin. “I mow you lawn,”he said. It was hard to comprehed his broken Enlish. I asked him his name. “Tony Trivisonno,” he replied. ”I mow your lawn.” I told Tony that I could’t afford a gardener. “I mow your lawn,” he said again, then walked away.I went into my house unhappy. Yes ,these depression days were difficult ,but how could I turn away a person who had come to me for help? driveway n. 宅旁私家车道 mow v.修剪（草坪） lawn n.草坪，草地 comprehend vt. Understand fully. 完全理解 turn away 拒绝帮助；不让…进入 例句：They never turn away the hungry. In a good year hotels will double rates and turn away guests. 在形势良好的年份里，馆会加倍收费并且拒绝客人。  weed v. 除去…的杂草; 除草 n.杂草，野草 assume vt. Suppose 假设；以为 例句：Also, business plans often assume it wll be easy to gain a share of a large or fast-growing market. 还有就是，商业计划经常假设：人们可以很容易得到一份很大或成长很快的市场。 compliment vt. Praise 赞扬 n.赞美的言辞或行为You presence is a great compliment. 承蒙光临，不胜荣幸。 work out 制定出，解决，算出 例句：they seize upon whatever is at hand, work out their problem, and master the situation. 他们紧紧抓住现有的机会，解决他们的问题，掌控自己的局面。 weekly 每周的；一周一次的 When I got home from work the next evening, the lawn had been moved ,the garden weeded,and the walks swept. I asked my wife what had happened. “A man got the law mower out of the garage and wo