Lecture Three Lecture Three Tony Trivisonno’s American DreaTony Trivisonno’s American Drea
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Lecture Three Lecture Three Tony Trivisonno’s American DreaTony Trivisonno’s American Drea
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Zhan JuhongZhan JuhongOct. 8th Oct. 8th
Tasks Today
Unit 4 Text A
vocabulary
Assignments
Quiz
Background information
American dreams
The great depression
1. Who was Tony?
2. What is the relationship between Tony and
the author?
3. What was Tony’s lifelong dream?
4. How did Tony make his dream come true?
Comprehension Questions
How did Tony achieve his American dream?
5. Why did the author compare Tony
with the greatest American industrialists?
The author’s reflections
Part I (1-29)
Part II (30-33)
With determination, vision and perseverance, Tony Trivisonno fulfilled his American dream.
Author reflected on the story of Tony.
Text Structure
1. worked as a help at the author’s house
2. got a job clearing snow at the author’s factory
3. learned to become a skilled worker
4. bought a house with the author’s help
5. bought a farm and sent for his family in Italy
What Tony did to achieve his dream?
Event One: one evening
a rocky farm, five-foot-seven or eight, thin, mow the lawn, broken English
couldn’t afford, unhappy, difficult
the lawn mowed, garden weeded, walks swept
compliment him, small weekly pay
Tony’s features
My situation
What did Tony do?
What did I do?
Event Two: summer passed into fall
Job: clearing snow;
Why: determination and hope;
How: a good worker
Event Three: one day
apprentice school, laborers
capacity, blueprints, micrometers, precision work
graduate, a skilled grinder
delighted with the end
Event Four: a year or two passed
Tony: buy a house for sale, wreck
I: call on a banker friend, loan money on character
the banker: mortgage for $2,000, no down payment
discarded odds and ends
Event Five: two years later
Sold house, bought an abandoned piece of property
send for wife and children, childhood friend
Tony’s features:
straighter, heavier, confident, proud
What did he do?
adjectives used for Tony:
tall, proud, greatest
values and principles of industrialists:
Part II:
Find Tony’s ungrammatical English and Improve them:
Key words in contextcomprehend; comprehensive, comprehensible
1. I cannot how you could have been so stupid.
2. Our company has a health plan that covers expenses for doctors, hospital, medicine and dental care. comprehensive
3. This book is only to specialists.comprehensible
comprehend
comprehensive
assume; consume; presume; resume, assumption, consumption, presumption, resumption
1. We must him to be innocent until he is proved guilty.
2. I made a mistake and I will responsibility for it.
3. Each year Americans a high percentage of the world's energy.
4. His persistence was rewarded when they agreed to
discussions.
1. May I to advise you?
我可以冒昧向你进一言吗?
assume
assume
consume
resume
presume
compliment, complementary; complimentarycomplement
1.He her on her new dress without even looking at it.
2. Don't be fooled by all his remarks they were all said with tongue in cheek.
3. His personality is to hers.
4. A wine is a to a good meal.
5. This wine the food perfectly.
complimented
complimentary
complementary
complement
complements
1. 容量,容积a hall with a seating capacity of 2000That restaurant has a 100 seat capacity.
2. 生产、体会、理解或学习的能力She has an enormous capacity for hard work.This book is within the capacity of younger readers.
capacity
for sale; on sale
1. I bought this coat , for $20 less than the original price.
2. We don’t want our car anymore; it is .
on sale
for sale
abandon, discard, desert
1. They their attempts to escape.
3. You've got to before you can pick up another card.
4. The baby's mother him soon
after giving birth.
abandoned
discard
deserted/abandoned
homework
1. Unit 2-A( II )
2. 《奠基篇》 Unit 3
Quiz 11. Since the matter was extremely ________, we dealt with it
immediately.• A) tough B) tense C) urgent D) instant
2. As we can no longer wait for the delivery of our order, we have to _______ it.
• A) postpone B) refuse C) delay D) cancel
3. We are writing to the manager ________ the repairs recently carried out at the above address.
• A) with the exception of B) with the purpose of • C) with reference to D) with a view to
4. All their attempts to _________ the child from the burning building were in vain.
• A) regain B) recover C) rescue D) reserve
5. Jim was able to _______ his anger and avoided a fight.• A) keep back B) keep up• C) keep on D) keep up with
6. A house with a dangerous gas ________ can be broken into immediately.
• A) leak B) crack C) splitD) mess
7. Some plants are very _________ to light; they prefer the shade.
• A) sensible B) flexible• C) objective D) sensitive
8. It was difficult to guess what her _________ to the news would be.
• A) impression B) response• C) comment D) immediate
9. When he realized that the police had spotted him, the man _________ the exit as quickly as possible.A) make off B) make forC) make out D) make up
10. The captured criminals were _________ in chains through the streets.
• A) exhibited B) displayed• C) paraded D) revealed
11. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still__________.
• A) blank B) hollow• C) vacant D) bare
12. The ________ of finding gold in California attracted a lot of people to settle down there.
• A) stake B) speculations• C) prospects D) provisions
13. In general, the amount that a student’s expenses for housing should be held one-fifth of the total _____ for living expenses.
• A) acceptable B) available• C) advisable D) applicable
14. Only the hope that the rescuers were getting nearer ___________ the trapped miners.
• A) maintain B) preserve• C) sustained D) retain
15. One day I ________ a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.
• A) came across B) came about• C) came after D) came at
16. Throughout his life, Henry ___________ an interest in fishing in the city of Vancouver.
• A) contained B) secured• C) reserved D) maintained
17. The new laboratories will be constructed this year, and local firms have been asked to _________ the work.
• A) assign B) manufacture• C) provide D) undertake
18. At first, the speaker was referring to the problem of pollution in the country, but she suddenly ________ to another subject.
• A) committed B) switched• C) favored D) transmitted• --------- the end
Thanks!
religious freedom
fancier house
success
prosperity
political protection
equal rights
economic protection
an ideal job
American dream
Background information
The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.
I’m out of work, I’m out of my headout of self respect, I’m out of breadI’m underloved, I’m underfed, I wanna go home