英语精读I课件.ppt

Contemporary College EnglishBook One Unit 4 The Boy and the Bank Officer Background: BanksHISTORY OF BANKS Background: Banks Background: Banks Background: Banks Background: Churches and churchgoers Sentence Understanding Word Study: Discussion: 1)How do you understand the author’s friend’s attitude toward banks? ? The author’s friend hates banks, saying that they act like churches. 2) What can banks do for us? And what about churches? Banks keep, land and issue money as well as offer many other financial services such as deposits, loans, exchange, savings, etc.. They also help to regulate the economy with changes in interest rate in money supply. Churches represent Almighty God; lt has right to tell people what to do and what not to do. Activities: Dramatize the story and act it out. Dramatize the story and act it out. B: But I don’t understand. I opened the account myself, so why can’t I withdraw any money? O: I’ve already explained to you that a fourteen-year-old is not allowed to withdraw money without a letter from his parents. B: Nut that doesn’t seem fair. It’s my money. I put it in. it’s my account. O: I know it is, but those are the rules. Now if you’ll excuse me. May I help you, sir? N: I was going to open a new account, but after seeing what going on here, I think I’ve changed my mind. * * Background: bank / churches and churchgoers Text: sentence understanding /word study Discussion: questions on text Activities: dramatization Functions performed by banks today have been carried out by individuals, families, or state officials for at least 4,000 years. Banks first emerged in the Middle Ages when people grew tired of carrying around all their gold and began leaving their money with the goldsmith. Italian Banking in the 14th Century During the early Renaissance(欧洲14至16世纪文艺复兴), as international trade revived, Italian money changers once again appeared. They did business in the streets from a bench (banca in Itali