FivefamoussymbolsofAmericanculture.doc

Five Famous Symbols of American CultureContents:To introduce five famous symbols of American culturethe Statue of Liberty, Barbie, American Gothic, Buffalo Nickel and Uncle Sam in order to comprehend American history, culture and people.Objectives:1. To learn and talk about five famous symblos of the United States2. To explore the famous symbols in Chinese culture3. To cultivate the ability of self-directed learningConception:Students-centredText Analysis: main ideas and devices for developing itA. Main idea of the text: This passage talks about five famous symbols of American culture, telling readers their historical backgrounds, origins and relevant stories.B. Devices for developing it:b1. Heading(标题法): five subtitles are used in in this passage to devide the whole text into the five distinct parts, with each heading serving as a separate topic. This device is helpful in making the text-structure clear.b2. Time sequence: of the five parts, three parts ( Part , and ) are written mostly following the time order.Text Structure Analysis:Part ( paras.13 ) : the Statue of Liberty-to celebrate the US independence and the France-America alliance.Time: in the mid 1870sDesigner: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, French artistModel: with his wifes arm and his mothers face as modelsHistory: the Statue of Liberty was sent to America as a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance.Devices: time orderPart ( paras 48 ): Barbie originated from a German doll and an American girl, Barbara, whose parents founded Mattel Toy Company and made Barbie popular. Devices: NarrationPart ( paras 911 ): American Gothic Time: in 1930Designer: Grant WoodHistory: he got the inspiration from the Gothic window of an old farmhouseand he used his dentist, a sour-looking man and his sister Nan for thecharacters in his painting. Devices: NarrationPart ( paras 1214 ): the Buffalo Nickel Time: from 1913 to 1938 Designer: an artist, James Earle Fraser Models: the image of three actual American Indians and a buffalo History: to honor a pair of connected tragedies from the settlement of American frontier-the destruction of the buffalo herds and the American Indians. Devices: General-specific descripiton (总分法)Part ( paras 1517 ): Uncle Sam When Sam Wilson was providing meat to the army in a war, some explainedthe initial letters “ US ” as Uncle Sam. It became popular later because of acharacter in political cartoons. An artist created its portrait in army recruitingposters.Expressions & patterns1. to work on an enormous project: 设计一个大项目Eg. Scientists around the world are working on an enormous project “ on the mistery of SARS ”.全世界的科学家正在致力于解开SARS之谜。2. to be in love with sb. 爱上某人eg. Those in love with life are ready to give or receive love.那些热爱生活的人都乐于去爱人或者被人爱。3. to approve of 赞成Eg. If my plan isnt approved of by the committee, all my work will come to nothing.如果我的计划得不到委员会的批准，我的功夫就都白费了。4. to come up with an idea.想到一个主意。Eg. What is happiness? People have come up with various answers to this question.幸福是什么？对这个问题人们有各种各样的回答。5. to rise to fame. 成名.Eg. Wang Zhuojun rose to fame because of his perfect performance.6. to