自做-Unit-2-American-Homes-and-Traditional-Chinese-Homes.ppt

Part II Reading and Language  Activities “By the time you finish paying for the house in the suburbs, it’s no longer in the suburbs.” The concept of suburb is undergoing a gradual change from quiet residential areas with pastoral settings in the past to the current idea of neighborhoods for middle class families. Pre-reading Discussion What differences can you find out between the following two houses? Language points adhere to: 坚持；坚信；忠于 Eg. She?adhered?to?her?plan?to?leave?early. 她坚持自己的计划要早点动身。 begin with??begin?with?/?on…?从...开始 ?regarded as??be?regarded?as?看待；对待 well-to-do ??adj.小康的,?富裕 a?well-to-do?family/?nation take into consideration take?sth?into?consideration:??take?account?of?sth;?make? allowances?for?sth?考虑某事物;?体谅某事物:? passer-by: 过路人 passers-by (pl) reversed: 相反的 adolescence: 青春期 shield…from…: 保护，防护 keep…from…: 阻止，妨碍 separate…from…: 分离，把…和…分开 Grammar Point “Rarely is there a wall so high that a passer- by cannot see the window.” “Not only do parents have freedom of action with the children’s belongings, but the youngsters can also use the possessions of the parents if they can get their hands on them.” 否定词（句首）+部分倒装 True or False ： 1.?American houses seem more open than Chinese houses, at least from outside. 2.?American houses are built with the windows toward the road so that a passer-by can see them. 3.?The real function of the shadow wall is to protect the privacy of the family from being seen from outside when the front gates are open. 4.?Americans don’t like to share a closed space with others so each member in the family has an individual room. 5.?Rarely did young children in Chinese families have their own private spaces in the house. 6.?In a traditional Chinese house in the north of China, people tend to rank the importance of the rooms in their houses according to their distance from the kitchen-dining room.