研究生 多维英语 Unit3.pptVIP

Unit Three An American Love Affair Brock Yates Cars and Culture The History of Cars Can you guess what “an American love affair” refers to? Do you know why Americans regard their cars as their love affair? America is a society on the wheel. Almost every family has its own car or cars. Please list the brand names of cars American people usually have. Cadillac Stutz Lincoln Buick Chrysler Dodgy Ford Pontiac Benz BMW Santana Passat Lexue Honda Mazda Nissan Famous car brands Because the Buicks not only served as ordinary transportation tools, but also stated his social status. Back It refers to faithfully buying and/or praising a particular brand of car. Back love revere social amulets brag electrify smart Black Beauty mysterious machine What’s the topic sentence of this paragraph? Americans revere these machines above all others. Back … lent credence to my nicknaming the smart beast Black Beauty… …gave validity to the nickname Black Beauty,Which I called my first Buick… credence: quality of sth. which makes people believe it is true Examples 1. His bruises lent/added credence to his statement that he had been beaten. 2. Those views were too extreme to gain credence from the practical-minded. Americans cherish their cars above all others and cars enjoys anthropomorphic status. Paragraph 4,5 Q1: Why does the Americans love affair annoy environmentalists, safety advocates and social engineers? Q2:What do they hope for? Q3: What does the author intend to mean by the example of “the Duke of Wellington”? The main idea of this paragraph 4. What has contributed to the expansion of metropolitan complexes? Why? What does the last sentence of this paragraph imply? What’s the main idea of these two paragraphs? These numbers support the meaning of last sentence “While environmentalists fret, the multitudes drive on”