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Unit 7 American Family ☆ Warming-up Questions 1.????What is the text about? 2. What are the common characteristics (of American family)? ☆The outline of the text I.?????????Introduction (para 1) II.????????Body paragraphs (para 2---para9) III.?????? Conclusion (para 10) ☆Text Language points 1. immigrant: a person who comes as a settler (to/into another country), not as a tourist or visitor 移居另一国者，移民 Background knowledge: The United States has received more immigrants than any other country in the world.Now it’s a country with immigrants from Europe, Africa, Latin America and China, etc. So it is likened to a “melting pot”(熔炉). It means that as immigrants from different regions and cultures come to live in the United States , their old ways melt away and they become part of a new culture. emigrant: a person who goes away from one’s own country to another to settle there 自本国移居他国者 2.??have …in common: share sth. with sb./sth.共同拥有 e.g. 1) They have many things in common. 他们有很多共同点。 2) Although they are twin brothers,they have nothing in common. 虽然他们是双胞胎，但是他俩毫无共同之点。 3. be known as…: be regarded as…, have the reputation of being e.g. 1) He is known as an excellent singer.他以优秀的歌唱家闻名。 2) The West Lake in Hangzhou is known as the “paradise on earth”.杭州西湖以人间天堂而闻名天下。 be known to…: be familiar to… 为…所熟知 e.g. He is known to everyone. 大家都认识他。 4.?nucleus family 核心家庭 Background knowledge: American families, known as nucleus families, belong to the Western type and consist of parents and their children. But most Chinese families are extended families, with three or more generations living together. 5. consist of: be made up of 由…组成 e.g.1) Northwest University consists of 27 colleges and departments.西北大学由二十七个院系组成。 2) a committee consisting of nine members 有九名委员组成的委员会 6. enjoy economic independence: be independent econom