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吉林大学公共外语教育学院 第七教研室 张磊 Teaching plan Warming-up activities: general discussion and comprehension about the theme Text analysis: knowledge of the structure and details description about the text Assignment: further understanding of the theme Details description Why is Tony’s faulty English sentence “I mow your lawn” repeated four times? determination optimism Does the author himself ever make a statement claiming Tony to be a good worker? report from my wife, the personnel department and others several descriptions of Tony’s physical appearance. Assignment What is your understanding of the American dream? Do you believe it? How does it influence you? Text A Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream UNIT 4 James Truslow Adams American writer, historian and Pulizer Prize-winner (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) Adams coined the term American Dream in his 1931 book The Epic of America. The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement…… It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position. ──James Truslow Adams We hold certain truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. —Land of immigrants Figures who lived the American dream How do people pursue their American Dream? hard work talent Is American Dream only to be realized when someone is as successful as the above-mentioned big shots? Text Analysis Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream Text Organization Parts Paragraghs Main Ideas Part One Paras1—29 the life story of Tony Trivisonno