unit4Americandream分析.pptVIP

American Dream Warm –up Questions Text Analysis Language study Useful Expressions After-reading exercise Do you have a dream? American Dream 1 What is American Dream in your opinion? 2 In what ways can a person be considered successful? 3What is the key to success? American Dream American Dream American Dream is the belief that everyone in the United States has the chance to achieve success and prosperity. For ordinary people, it means a happy family, an ideal job, and a nice house. For minorities and immigrants, it also includes freedom and equal rights. Once in the US, life was not easy. Many immigrants had to work for little money in factories where conditions were hard and dangerous and lived in crowded buildings. But slowly they improved their lives and many wrote home to encourage others to come. Task 1 Scan the text to circle all the time words, phrases or sentences in this text. One evening, Next evening, The next two days, Summer passed into fall, The months passed, One day, A year or two passed. After about two years, Sometime later, Then, During the war, After he passed away, Sequence of the text time Task 2 List the main events which help Tony fulfill his American Dream. Main events: Text Organization Unit 4 Language Study Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream He came from a rocky farm in Italy, somewhere south of Rome. How or 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 your lawn,” he said. It was hard to comprehend his broken English. I asked him his name. “Tony Trivisonno,” he replied. “I mow your lawn.” I told Tony that I couldn’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? When I got home from work the next evening,