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1、全新版大学英语第一册UNIT4Unit4 AmericanDreamPartIPre-readingTaskListentotherecordingtwoorthreetimesandthenthinkoverthefollowingquestions: 1.AccordingtoDr.Hertz,whatdidtheAmericanDreammeantohisgrandparents? 2.InDr.Hertz'sopinion,whowantspeopletobelieveintheAmericanDream?Why? 3.WhydoesDr.Hertzsayth
2、eAmericanDreamisinone'sheadandinone'spocket? 4.WhatdoyouunderstandbytheAmericanDream?Thefollowingwordsintherecordingmaybenewtoyou:poverty n.贫穷advertising n.广告宣传PartIITextA TheAmericanDreammeansdifferentthingstodifferentpeople.Butformany,particularlyimmigrants,itmeanstheopportunitytomak
3、eabetterlifeforthemselves.ForthemthedreamisthattalentandhardworkcantakeyoufromlogcabintoWhiteHouse.TonyTrivisonnodidnotrisequitesohigh,yethemanagedtomakehisowndreamcometrue. TONYTRIVISONNO'SAMERICANDREAM FrederickC.Crawford HecamefromarockyfarminItaly,somewheresouthofRome.Howorwhenhe
4、gottoAmerica,Idon'tknow.ButoneeveningIfoundhimstandinginthedriveway,behindmygarage.Hewasaboutfive-foot-sevenoreight,andthin. "Imowyourlawn,"hesaid.ItwashardtocomprehendhisbrokenEnglish. Iaskedhimhisname."TonyTrivisonno,"hereplied."Imowyourlawn."ItoldTonythatIcouldn'taffordagardener."Imo
5、wyourlawn,"hesaidagain,thenwalkedaway.Iwentintomyhouseunhappy.Yes,theseDepressiondaysweredifficult,buthowcouldItoturnawayapersonwhohadcometomeforhelp? WhenIgothomefromworkthenextevening,thelawnhadbeenmowed,thegardenweeded,andthewalksswept.Iaskedmywifewhathadhappened. "Amangotthelawnmowe
6、routofthegarageandworkedontheyard,"sheanswered."Iassumedyouhadhiredhim." Itoldherofmyexperiencethenightbefore.Wethoughtitstrangethathehadnotaskedforpay. Thenexttwodayswerebusy,andIforgotaboutTony.Weweretryingtorebuildourbusinessandbringsomeofourworkersbacktotheplants.ButonFriday,returni
7、nghomealittleearly,IsawTonyagain,behindthegarage.Icomplimentedhimontheworkhehaddone. "Imowyourlawn,"hesaid. Imanagedtoworkoutsomekindofsmallweeklypay,andeachdayTonycleaneduptheyardandtookcareofanylittletasks.Mywifesaidhewasveryhelpfulwhenevertherewereanyheavyobjectstoliftorthin
