Unit7-Section A 新视野英语教程Book 4教材.ppt

An Englishmans Home Is His Castle ; Preparation ; Preparation;Getting the Message ;Getting the Message ;Phrases and Expressions sooner of latter in the air in full trade up;Main Idea Structure; This is a passage about home. People in different countries have different attitudes towards home. British people have their own special understandings of home. The different attitudes of British people towards home is the key point of this passage. ;Main idea: Another feature of British home ownership: “ trade up”. ;An Englishmans Home Is His Castle ; When spring is in the air, British people get particularly excited about new projects for their houses. Last year, during a fortnight over the Easter period, Homebase, a well-known DIY store, sold 2.4 million pots of paint! While this might seem like nonsense to some, British people have their reasons for putting so much effort into their homes. One such reason is economic. Buying a house is usually the most expensive single purchase that any person will ever make. In 2001, the average price of a home in Britain was 100,000 pounds. Very few people can afford to buy a house in full, with cash. So, most people negotiate a loan, called a mortgage, with a bank. This loan is then paid back in regular installments over a long period of time—often twenty-five years. ;Para. 8-10;Para. 11-13; For example, in London, a young couple may first buy a tiny flat in a slightly run-down part of town. Then, they trade up to buy an intermediate home in a more fashionable area, and finally, when they start to bring up a family, they move out to the countryside, to a larger house, with a pond for the children to swim in. Trading up, then, means climbing the ladder of social status. Thus, for British people, being proud of a home is also about being proud of all theyve accomplished; their home truly is their castle. ;clarify: vt. 澄清；阐明 ;humble: adj. 简朴的；简单的；低下的 ;out of: 从（某个数）中 ;in the air: 流传开的；正在发生的 ;fort