大学英语一unit 4.American dream..ppt

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1、Unit4AmericanDreamTonyTrivisonno’sAmericanDreamFrederickC.CrawfordUnit4AmericanDreamCultureNotesAmericanDream:thebeliefofAmericansthattheircountryoffersopportunitiesforagoodandsuccessfullife.Forminoritiesandimmigrants,thedreamalsoincludesfreedomandequalrights.Depres

2、siondays:theperiodofsevereeconomicfailureinmostcountriesoftheworldthatlastedfrom1929untilWorldWarII.ItbeganintheUSwhentheNewYorkStockExchangefellon29October1929,knownasBlackTuesday.Manybusinessandbanksfailedandmillionsofpeoplelosttheirjobs.PresidentFranklinD.Rooseve

3、ltimprovedthesituationwithhisNewDealpolicy,buttheGreatDepressionwasonlyendedbyindustrialproductionforthewar.CultureNotesImmigrants:Apartfrom“NativeAmericans”---Indians---whowerelivinginNorthAmericawhenpeoplefirstarrivedtherefromEurope,allAmericanshaveancestorswhower

4、eimmigrants.IntheUSthewordimmigrantisoftenusedwithapositivemeaning.Peopleareproudtosaythattheirancestorswereimmigrantswhocamewithverylittleandbuiltabetterlifeforthemselves.MostAmericanshaveaclearideaofwhatlifewaslikefortheimmigrants:theylefthomebecausetheywerepoora

5、ndthoughttheywouldhavebetteropportunitiesintheUS.ForthemtheAmericandreamwasthattalentandhardworkcouldtakethemfromlogcabintoWhiteHouse.OnceintheUS,lifewasnoteasy.Manyimmigrantshadtoworkforlittlemoneyinfactorieswhereconditionswerehardanddangersandlivedincrowedbuildin

6、gs.Butslowlytheyimprovedtheirlivesandmanywrotehometoencourageotherstocome.TextAnalysisThistext,likeTextAinunit1,employstimewordsandphrasesinnarration.Timewordsserveastransitionaldevicesbywhichanauthorswitchesfromoneeventtoanother.Thelattereventmaytakeplaceeitherbefo

7、reoraftertheformer,whichallowsanauthorfreedominnarration.Forexample,TextAinUnit1thusbecomesapieceofnarrationinterspersedwithflashbacks(插叙).Foranotherexample,theauthorofthistextisabletokeephisnarrationconcisebysimplyrecountingTony’sstepstowardsuccess,sincethetimephra

8、sesmakeitunnecessarytosqueezeintoomanydetailsabouthowhesucceededduringeachstep.However,wearenotsayingthatdetailsareunimportant.Thosedetail