- 1、本文档共38页,可阅读全部内容。
- 2、原创力文档(book118)网站文档一经付费(服务费),不意味着购买了该文档的版权,仅供个人/单位学习、研究之用,不得用于商业用途,未经授权,严禁复制、发行、汇编、翻译或者网络传播等,侵权必究。
- 3、本站所有内容均由合作方或网友上传,本站不对文档的完整性、权威性及其观点立场正确性做任何保证或承诺!文档内容仅供研究参考,付费前请自行鉴别。如您付费,意味着您自己接受本站规则且自行承担风险,本站不退款、不进行额外附加服务;查看《如何避免下载的几个坑》。如果您已付费下载过本站文档,您可以点击 这里二次下载。
- 4、如文档侵犯商业秘密、侵犯著作权、侵犯人身权等,请点击“版权申诉”(推荐),也可以打举报电话:400-050-0827(电话支持时间:9:00-18:30)。
查看更多
大学英语阅读教程 2
Unit 1
Politics
In This Unit
Do you want to learn the various aspects of American politics? First, you will read an article about poverty in American society. Then, you will read articles about presidential election
Connecting to the Topic
Unit 1 Politics
大学英语阅读教程 2
1. Are poverty and politics linked?
2. What is the life of poor people in America like?
3. Is it possible for a Chinese American to become President of the United States?
4. Search information about election procedure in the USA and share with your classmates.
Strategy
Unit 1 Politics
大学英语阅读教程 2
Understanding a Pronoun Reference
Pronouns refer to nouns that precede them in a sentence or paragraph. These nouns are called antecedents. To ensure accurate understanding of a sentence in an article, you have to locate the noun which the pronoun stands for. You will easily find the antecedents by following these three steps:
1. Read carefully the sentence in which the pronoun appears to get an accurate understanding of the sentence;
2. Locate the antecedent to which the pronoun in the sentence refers. It is highly suggested that you check
whether the pronoun agrees with its antecedent in number, gender and person;
3. Replace the pronoun with the antecedent, and then read the whole sentence to see if the two “antecedents”
accord with each other.
Strategy
Unit 1 Politics
大学英语阅读教程 2
Unit 1 Politics
大学英语阅读教程 2
Poverty in America
Poverty exists because our society is an unequal one, and there are overwhelming political pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistribute wealth and income in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle-class and upper-class interests. People can be relatively rich only if others are relatively poor, and since power is concentrated in the hands of the rich, public policies will continue to reflect their interests rather than those of the poor.
As Herbert Gans (1973) has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from th
您可能关注的文档
最近下载
- 征信简版电子版PDF个人信用报告最新版2024年可编辑带水印模板.pdf
- 湘教版地理八上第一章单元整体作业设计.pdf VIP
- 人教版高中英语选择性必修一UNIT4“BODY LANGUAGE”Learning About Language—Build up your vocabulary说课稿.doc
- 油管输送射孔技术规程.doc
- 家园共育,共同矫治3~6岁营养不良幼儿的研究.doc
- 英语人教选择性必修第一册Unit 4 Period 5 Build up your vocabulary.pptx
- 中国企业员工心理健康管理调查报告.pptx
- 英语教师如何听课、评课.docx
- 供应室院感预防ppt.pptx
- 班级教育管理 第一章 教案 班主任与班级的教育管理.doc VIP
文档评论(0)