大学英语一unit-4.american-dream.

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1、Unit4AmericanDreamTonyTrivisonno’sAmericanDreamFrederickC.CrawfordAmericanDreamCultureNotesAmericanDream:thebeliefofAmericansthattheircountryoffersopportunitiesforagoodandsuccessfullife.Forminoritiesandimmigrants,thedreamalsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.Depressiondays:theperiodofsever

2、eeconomicfailureinmostcountriesoftheworldthatlastedfrom1929untilWorldWarII.ItbeganintheUSwhentheNewYorkStockExchangefellon29October1929,knownasBlackTuesday.Manybusinessandbanksfailedandmillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs.PresidentFranklinD.RooseveltimprovedthesituationwithhisNewDealpolicy,bu

3、ttheGreatDepressionwasonlyendedbyindustrialproductionforthewar.CultureNotesImmigrants:Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”---Indians---whowerelivinginNorthAmericawhenpeoplefirstarrivedtherefromEurope,allAmericanshaveancestorswhowereimmigrants.IntheUSthewordimmigrantisoftenusedwithapositivemeanin

4、g.Peopleareproudtosaythattheirancestorswereimmigrantswhocamewithverylittleandbuiltabetterlifeforthemselves.MostAmericanshaveaclearideaofwhatlifewaslikefortheimmigrants:theylefthomebecausetheywerepoorandthoughttheywouldhavebetteropportunitiesintheUS.ForthemtheAmericandreamwasthattalent

5、andhardworkcouldtakethemfromlogcabintoWhiteHouse.OnceintheUS,lifewasnoteasy.Manyimmigrantshadtoworkforlittlemoneyinfactorieswhereconditionswerehardanddangersandlivedincrowedbuildings.Butslowlytheyimprovedtheirlivesandmanywrotehometoencourageotherstocome.TextAnalysisThistext,likeTextAi

6、nunit1,employstimewordsandphrasesinnarration.Timewordsserveastransitionaldevicesbywhichanauthorswitchesfromoneeventtoanother.Thelattereventmaytakeplaceeitherbeforeoraftertheformer,whichallowsanauthorfreedominnarration.Forexample,TextAinUnit1thusbecomesapieceofnarrationinterspersedwithf

7、lashbacks(插叙).Foranotherexample,theauthorofthistextisabletokeephisnarrationconcisebysimplyrecountingTony’sstepstowardsuccess,sincethetimephrasesmakeitunnecessarytosqueezeintoomanydetailsabouthowhesucceededduringeachstep.However,wearenotsayingthatdetailsareunimportant.Thosedetailsvita