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　Unit 4 American Dream Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream Text B Ben Carson: Man of Miracles Pre-reading tasks Listening and speaking: Ask several students to discuss the following questions after listening to the taped interview. —What did American Dream mean to Dr. Herz grandparents? —In Dr.Hertz’s opinion, who wants people to believe in the American dream? Why? —Why dose Dr.Hertz say that the American dream is in one’s head and in one’s Pocket? Warming-up: Students do cloze B in after-text exercises to have better understanding of the American Dream; Then discuss what they have filled in those blanks. Background knowledge 1) American dream: the belief of Americans that their country offers opportunities for a good and successful life. For minorities and immigrants, the dream also includes freedom and equal rights. 2)Immigrants: Apart from native Americans, Indians who were living in north American when people first arrived their from Europe, all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants in the us the word immigrant is often used with a positive meaning: people are proved to say that their ancestors were immigrants who came with very little and built a better life for themselves. 3) Depression Days: the period to severe economic failure in most countries of the World that lasted from 1929 until the second world war. It began in the US when the New York stork exchange fell on 29 October1929,known as black Tuesday days. While—reading Tasks 1.Structure of text: A story narrated according to time sequence 1)Ss scan the text to circle all the time words,phrases or sentences in this text: one evening, the next two days, summer passed into fall, the month passed, one day, a year or two passed, after about two years , sometime later ,then during the war ,after he passed away 2T explains that Tony fulfilled his American Dream step by step, and that the time Phrases serve as transition because steps 3Ss are to complete text organiza