Unit 4American Dream

Unit4AmericanDreamI Warm upactivities1 WhatistheessenceoftheAmericandream 2 Howtorealizethedream TheAmericandreammeansthebeliefofAmericansthattheircountryoffersopportunitiesforeveryonetohaveagoodandsuccessfullife Forminoritiesandimmigrants thedreamalsoincludesfreedomandequalrights 3 CulturalbackgroundTheGreatDepression II Textorganization1 PartDivisionoftheText2 HowTonyrealizedhisdream FindouttimeexpressionsandTony sstepstosuccess III LanguagePoints1 afford Para 3 L2 vt beabletopayforthecostof ortaketheseriousconsequence负担得起 费用 损失 后果等 抽得出 时间等 affordsth todosth e g Ourfamilyisnotrich sowecan tafford tobuy acar Thecountrycan taffordanotherdrought I dlovetogoonholiday butIcan taffordthetime 2 Iwentintomyhouseunhappy Para 4 L2 Grammar Doublepredicate双重谓语结构subject predicate S complementNote Predicate usuallyvi S C usuallyadj n p p prep phrase e g Shegazedathimspeechlessforamoment Lincolnwasbornapoorfarmer sboyanddiedpresidentoftheUnitedStates Hecamebackquitechanged Tomcamehomeinlowspirits 3 turnsb away Para 4 L3 refusetohelp refusetoallowsb toenter拒绝帮助 不让进入e g Weshouldnotturnourfriendsawaywhentheyareintrouble Thelecturehallwasalreadyfullandmanyofthestudentswereturnedaway 4 assume Para 6 L2 vt 1 suppose假设 假定 认为e g Weassumehimtobeinnocentuntilheisprovedguilty orweassumethatheisinnocent 2 puton pretend呈现 采取e g Heassumedalookofhorror Theproblemhasassumedanewaspect 3 undertake承担 担任e g Heassumedthedutiesofaleader 5 workout Para 10 L1 calculate算出 findtheanswer solve弄懂 解决 plan devise制定 设计e g I veworkedoutthetotalcostofthetrip Canyouworkoutwhatthesepicturesmean Theyworkedoutanewplanofattack 6 capacity Para 15 L2 theabilitytounderstandordosth orhold能力 才能 容量e g Noteveryonehasacapacityforlanguage Idon tthinkitiswithinafive year oldboy scapacitytospreadcomputerviruses Thehallhasaseatingcapacityof2000 7 turnsb sthdown Para 15 L4 reject refusetoconsider拒绝 不予理会或考虑e g Hetriedtojointhearmy butwasturneddownbecauseofpoorhealth HeaskedJanetomarryhim butsheturneddownhisproposal 8 wreck Para 18 L2 1 n 残骸 残破物 失事的飞机 船只等e g Thewreckoftheplanecanbeseenclearlyonthehillside Thecollisionreducedthecartoauselesswreck 2 wreckvt destroyorruin破坏 毁坏 使失事e g Theweatherhascompletelywreckedourplan Theshipwaswreckedonrocks 9 discard sth Para 21 L3 vt throwaway抛弃 丢弃e g I mgoingtodiscardthosemagazinesifyoudon tneedthem 比较 abandon sb sth Para 26 L5 giveupcompletely goawayfrom aperson aplace 放弃 抛弃 遗弃 离弃e g Thesailorsabandonedtheburningship Heabandonedhiswifeandchildren wentawaywithalltheirmoney abandonaplan design aneffortanabandonedvillage 10 property Para 26 L6 n 1 U C apieceofland地产 realestate房地产 不动产e g Sheinvestedhermoneyinproperty 2 U thingsapersonowns财产 资产 所有物e g Thejewelswereherpersonalproperty 3 C characteristic特性 性能e g Soaphasthepropertyofremovingdirt Manyplantshavemedicalproperties 11 sponsor Para 27 L4 1 vt supportbygivingmoney encouragement 赞助 担保 主办e g TheoldcouplesponsoredtheyoungmantostudyintheU S ThesoccerteamissponsoredbyCoco Cola Thesportsmeetingwassponsoredbyouruniversity 2 n 赞助人 担保人 主办者 12 approach Para 27 L5 1 v movenearerto接近 靠近e g Astheyapproachedthewoods arabbitranoutofthetrees Thetimeisapproachingwhenwemustsetoff 2 n actofmovingnearerto wayofdoingsth 接近 靠近 方法 途径e g anewapproachtoteachingEnglishanapproachtothetown 13 seethat Para 29 L1 seetoitthat makesurethat务必 千万要 保证 确保e g See toit thatyouarereadyat8o clock I llseethatyouarenottroubledagain IV Discussion1 WhyisTony sbrokenEnglishsentence Imowyourlawn repeated4times 2 FindoutallthedescriptionsofTony sphysicalappearanceinthetext andanswer Whydoestheauthorusethesedescriptions 3 Theauthorthinksthatintegrity determinationandhardworkcantakeapersontosuccess Doyouagree Whyorwhynot V Usefulexpressions1 对不同的人有不同意义2 使自己的梦想成真3 要求报酬4 夏去秋来5 人事部6 减掉薪水7 拜访朋友8 首付款9 丢弃的零碎物品10 站着惊呆了11 确保各项事宜都得到妥善处理 VI Keytosentencetranslation1 ItisreportedthatUNmediatorshaveworkedoutaplanwhichtheyhopewillbeacceptedby acceptabletobothsides 2 Doriswalkedintheforestcautiously afraidofbeingattackedbygiantsnakes 3 Earthquakes typhoonsandothernaturaldisasters