Lecture Three Tony Trivisonno ’ s American Dream Zhan Juhong Oct. 8th

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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