全新版 大学英语第1册第4单元（原创）----American Dream.pptVIP

Unit 4 American Dream Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream Teaching Objectives: understand the main idea (Tony realized his American Dream through his own efforts) and structure of the text (one part telling the story of Tony’s life and the other giving the author’s comments on it) learn to describe a person by his or her characteristic features, together with supporting details which demonstrate the features grasp the key language points and grammatical structures in the text conduct a series of reading, listening, speaking and writing activities centered on the theme of the unit. 1.1 Lead-in Pictures Look at the following pictures and tell what and where they are. 1.2 Lead-in questions 1) What do you often associate America with? 2) Do you want to go to America? Why? Do you know Yao Ming (姚明)? He is one of the best basketball players in CBA Chinese Basketball Association). He went to America and joined Rockets in Houston( 休斯顿火箭队). Now he is a famous star in NBA (National Basketball Association). Yao Ming’s dream is to play basketball in NBA. Now he made it. 2 1) 2) 3) American Dream is a belief that everyone in the United States has the chance to achieve success and prosperity, as long as he/she works hard enough, and that the country offers opportunities for a good and successful life. 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 right. Immigrants , Apart from “Native Americans” — Indians, all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants. Some immigrants come to the United States in search of a place to practice their religion freely, while others seek political . Still others arrive in hopes of building a better life for themselves and their families. The values of these Puritan(清教徒) settlers strongly influenced the culture of the American colonies and later of the United States.