美国历史文化概况（英文版）UNIT_15_Religions_and_Faith教材教学课件.ppt

TEXT B New Words and Expressions: 8.willful[wilful] adj. 有意的；任性的；故意的 Just yesterday it seems you were a harum-scarum child with dirty hands and a willful heart. 就在昨天，你还象个冒失的傻孩子，一双手脏呼呼的，一颗心顽固任性。 9.impish [impi?] adj. 顽皮的；心地不良的；小鬼般的 His inquisitive and often impish brown eyes mirrored an understanding of everything verbal. 他那双褐色得眼睛，好奇又顽皮，透出他对所有言语的理解。 10.eloquent [el?kw?nt] adj. 意味深长的；雄辩的，有口才的；有说服力的；动人的 It is a succinct and eloquent defense of the basic philosophical principles of liberalism. 它还用简明、流畅的笔触阐述了自由主义的基本哲学观点。 11.round-the-clock[raunde?kl?k] adj. 全天的；全天候的；不分昼夜的；连续不停的 Is the Emergency Center open now? Yes, it is open round-the-clock. 对不起，我的朋友胃疼得厉害。我来拨打急捄中心的电话。 Unit 15 Religions and Faith CONTENTS Teaching Aims Text A Text B Supplementing Reading TEACHING AIMS After studying this unit, you are required to: 1. Have a general idea of Religions and Faith. 2. Understand the history of Religions and Faith. 3. Master the difficult words and expressions. Text A America During and After World War I TEXT A Preview 清教，基督教新教派别之一，16世纪出现于英国,承认《圣经》为唯一权威，反对国王和天主教的专制。1620年，102名清教徒乘坐著名的五月花号（Mayflower）来到美洲的普利茅斯建立殖民地，他们是英国第一批的新大陆移民，是未来150年后美国大多数人民的祖先，他们在旅途中签署的《五月花号公约》成为了未来《独立宣言》的蓝图。清教徒提倡勤俭清洁的生活，希望在新大陆上建造自己的山巅之城。同时，他们的思想即清教主义也对北美殖民地的政治、经济、文化等方方面面产生了深远影响并对后来美国主流文化和价值观的形成起到了重要作用。 TEXT A Reading Comprehension Read the following sentences and decide whether they are true（T) or false（F)． 1.Puritans were English Protestants who wished to reform and purify the Church of Scotland of what they considered to be unacceptable residues of Roman Catholicism. 2. Puritan marriage choices were influenced by young people’s inclination, by parents, and by the social rank of the persons involved. 3.John Winthrop in 1630 had claimed that the society they would form in New England would be as a city upon a hill; and the colony leaders would educate all TEXT A Reading Comprehension 4.Reading schools would often be the single sour