纽约的爱与恨.ppt

Loving and Hating  New York  Thomas Griffith Aims: 1)??Improving students’ ability to read between lines and understand the text properly; 2) Cultivating students’ ability to make a creative reading; 3) ?Enhancing students’ ability to appreciate the text from different perspectives; Aims: 4)???Helping students to understand some difficult words and expressions; 5)???Helping students to understanding rhetorical devices; 6)???Encouraging students to voice their own viewpoint fluently and accurately. Teaching Contents: Background Knowledge Exposition Detailed Study of the Essay Organization Pattern Style and Language Features Special Difficulties Background Knowledge  1) About the author Thomas Griffith 2) About New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. The city is referred to as New York City or the City of New York to distinguish it from the State of New York, of which it is a part. New York City A global power city, New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment. The home of the United Nations Headquarters, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural capital of the world. New York City New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. As many as 800 languages are spoken in New York, making it the most linguistically diverse city in the world. The New York City Metropolitan Areas population is the United States largest, with 18.9?million people distributed over 6,720 square miles (17,400?km2),and is also part of the most populous combined statistical area in the United States, containing 22.2?million people as of 2011. New York City New York traces its roots to its 1624 founding as a