ATonyTrivisonno'sAmericanDreamPPT教学课件

1、Frederick C. Crawford1891 - 1994 第1页/共27页TEACHING PLANSI.Pre-reading TasksII.While-reading TasksIII. Post-reading TasksIV. Discussion第2页/共27页I.Pre-reading TasksBrainstorming In pairs, brainstorm on the question: What is YOUR dream?Task 1Listen to the taped interview with Dr. Hertz. 第3页/共27页An Interv

2、iew1What did American Dream mean to Dr. Hertzs grandparents? 2Why does Dr. Hertz say that the American Dream is in ones head and in ones pocket? 第4页/共27页Perform the following tasks in groups or in pairs:Task 21. What is American Dream?2. How does one achieve the American Dream? I.Pre-reading Tasks第5

3、页/共27页II.While-reading Tasks Grasping the structure of the textTask 3You scan the text to circle all the time words, phrases or sentences in this text. one evening The next two days Summer passed into fallThe months passed one day A year or two passedAfter about two years Sometimes later Thenduring

4、the war After he passed away第6页/共27页Text Organization Exercise 1 Part I (129) Part II (3033) With determination and with help from Mr. Crawford, Tony achieved his dream of owning his own farm.Tonys career set the author thinking about why and to what degree he had been successful.Text analysis第7页/共2

5、7页Text Organization Exercise 2 Tony worked as a help at Mr. Crawfords house.Tony got a job clearing snow.Tony learned to be a skilled worker.Tony bought a house with Mr. Crawfords help.Tony bought a farm and sent for his family in Italy.Main Events第8页/共27页Tony Trivisonno, an Italian immigrant to the

6、 US, started with nothing but a firm resolve to succeed. After years of hard work and determination, he was able to buy and manage his own farm. Tonys success story serves as a reminder that we are responsible for our own fortunes.Text Organization Exercise 2 Article Abstract 第9页/共27页II.While-readin

7、g Tasks Classroom activitiesTask 41. Language Study2. Language Practice 3. Grammatical structures. 第10页/共27页1. Language StudyHow did Mr. Crawford get to know Tony?A What happened over the next few days?BPart I (129)Tony achieved his dream step by step with the authors help.How did Tony become a skil

8、led worker?DThe narrator (the boss of a business) met and talked with Tony “in the driveway, behind the garage” six times (1, 8, 11, 14, 17, 22, and 27). In what way are the meetings important? E第11页/共27页Words and expressionsmow/mower, Depression days, hard to comprehend his broken English, afford,

9、turn away, work out, compliment sb. on sth., whatdo with, pass into, capacity, turn sb. down blueprint, micrometer, grinding wheel, be delighted with, loan money on sth., a man of character, down payment, odds and ends, 第12页/共27页Useful Expressions 1. 结结巴巴的英语 broken English 2. 大萧条时期 the Depression da

10、ys3. 上门求助 come to sb. for help4. 重整业务 rebuild ones business 5. 夏去秋来 summer passes into fall6. 人事部门 personnel department 7. 培训工人 train laborers8. 徒工学校 an apprentice school 9. 精密加工工作 precision work10.减薪水 take a cut in pay 第13页/共27页1. Language StudyDid Tony do a good job running his farm? A What was To

11、nys lifelong dream?BHow did he make his dream come true?CPart II (3033)Tonys career set the author thinkingWhy did Mr. Crawford compare Tony with the greatest American industrialists?DAccording to the text and your own investigation, what are an Americans criteria of judging how successful a person

12、is? What seem to be the Chinese criteria? E第14页/共27页Words and expressionspass away, stature, reached ones success, values and principles, after all, integrity, where you put the decimal point, the rungs on a ladder, the balance sheets, seek/create the American Dream 第15页/共27页Useful Expressions 12. 没

13、门 no sale 13. 人品端正 a man of character 14. 首付 down payment 15. 从那以后 from then on16. 零星杂物 odds and ends17. 样子自信have a look of confidence 18. 穿戴整齐 be neatly dressed 19. 儿时的伙伴 childhood friends in the end loan money on character 11. 人品贷款20. 最后 第16页/共27页2. Language Practice1. What is American Dream?2. La

14、nguage feature of the text. This text is a story and there are some easy conversations between the characters. So it is quite simple to comprehend the whole text.第17页/共27页Assignments How does the writer describe Tony from the beginning till the end? Can you find out all his words for description?Par

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