1、,Unit 4 The American Dream,Text A Tony Trivisonnos American Dream,After this class,you will:grasp the main idea and structure of Text A.understand the cultural background related to the content.learn to describe a person by his/her characteristic features,together with the supporting details which d
2、emonstrate the features.express yourself more freely on the theme“American Dream”,Learning Objectives:,Detailed Understanding,Summary,General understanding,Brainstorming,Contents,Preview Questions,What do you often associate America with?,America,Brainstorming,opportunities,Barack Obama,violence,ter
3、rorism,good job,better education,better life,America,Why do they go to America?,Frederick C.Crawford,Tony Trivisonnos American Dream,1.What does“immigrant”mean?2.What is the“American Dream”in your opinion?3.What do you know about“the Great Depression”?4.In what ways can a person be considered as bei
4、ng successful?,Preview questions:,Lets go through the text quickly and finish the following exercise together.,General Understanding,Structure,Part 1 Para 1-29 With determination,and with help from Mr.Crawford,Tony achieved his dream of owning his own farm.,Part 2 Para 30-33The authors reflections o
5、n Tonys success.,Main idea,Tonys American Dream,What?,How?,Why?,Whats Tonys American Dream?How did he achieve his American Dream?,Tonys 5 steps to the fulfillment of his American Dream,Tonys changes in physical appearance,was about five-foot-seven or eight(1.73m),and thin.,seemed to stand a little s
6、traighter,was heavier,had a look of confidence.,neatly dressed,an increasingly well-to-do Tony,Detailed Understanding,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?
7、5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,Qs&As,Tony is _ man.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his fa
8、rm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?
9、2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for T
10、ony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.
11、”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.
12、How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony
13、treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from person
14、nel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Ton
15、y do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,1.How many times did he say“I mow your loan.”?why?2.How did Tony treat the mowing job?3.What was evaluation for Tony from personnel department?4.What does“I like a buy a house.”mean?5.Did Tony do a good job of running his farm?Examples.,Qs&As,strong-mind
16、ed&determined&optimistic,active and serious-minded,a very good worker,far-sighted and had a vision,farm,house,tractor,a car,children,no debt,Tony is _ man.,Paraphrase the sentence P12“Well,what do you do with such determination and hope?”,Sentence analysis:,Key:It is hard to refuse a person who is determined and hopeful to get a job.,Tonys affairs were tiny;the greatest industrialists affairs were giant.But,after all,the balance sheets were exactly the same.The only difference was where you put
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