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Unit 4

Unit 4. The Multicultural Society. Outline. Warm-up activities. Text analysis. Language study. homework. Warm-up activities. 1. Presentations 1): American beginnings 2): Multiculturalism

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Unit 4

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  1. Unit 4 The Multicultural Society

  2. Outline Warm-up activities Text analysis Language study homework

  3. Warm-up activities 1. Presentations 1): American beginnings 2): Multiculturalism 3): Make a collage out of newspaper clippings, magazine pictures, cartoons, your own drawings, etc. out of class. The collage should represent the United States as you each see it. You will be supposed to explain why you chose certain images to represent the U.S.

  4. Pass for: 被看作，被认为 Embrace: 包括 In a different light: 从别的角度 2.Listening--Questions: 1). What happened when Juanita Brooks applied for a job more than 50 years ago? The school principal offered to keep her biracial background secret. 2). What is the so-called “one-drop” rule? It was a method of counting people of mixed-race heritage. According to the rule, a person with any "ascertainable" amount of "negro" blood was considered black. 3). What changes enabled Juanita Brooks to claim to be both black and white? Changes in federal guidelines for collecting statistics, allowing people to identify themselves as of more than one race.

  5. Checked as Black although she looks like more white than black Juanita Brooks (have both African and Europian root) 50 years ago narrow mind Broadened view (nowadays) New views emerge One-drop rule Oficially claim to be both African and white The young generation is seeing in a different light.

  6. Text Analysis 1. Part Division of the Text Part 1 Paras 1—5 America is not declining, but is in the process of creating a new collage-like civilization. Part 2 Paras 6---21 Los Angeles is a good example of such a collage. Part 3 Paras 22-24 What attracts immigrants to America and harmonizes competing cultures is: the chance to try.

  7. 2. Table completion

  8. 3.Group discussions: 1) The author maintains that the Euro-centered American nation is giving way to a new Pacific civilization -- a type of society unlike any that has gone before it. Do you agree? Why or why not? 2) Can you think of something other than a city that symbolizes the American future? Explain. 3) Do you agree with the author’s opinion on the non-Western concept of time? Why or why not? 4) American dream

  9. American dream What is American dream? The American Dream isbelief in the freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to pursue their goals in life through hard work. origin Historian and writer James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "American Dream" (The movie title) in his 1931 book Epic of America:

  10. "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. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."

  11. Different opinions: Some say, that the American Dream has become the pursuit of material prosperity - that people work more hours to get bigger cars, fancier homes, the fruits of prosperity for their families - but have less time to enjoy their prosperity. Others say that the American Dream is beyond the grasp of the working poor who must work two jobs to insure their family’s survival. Yet others look toward a new American Dream with less focus on financial gain and more emphasis on living a simple, fulfilling life. Thomas Wolfe said, "…to every man, regardless of his birth, his shining, golden opportunity ….the right to live, to work, to be himself, and to become whatever thing his manhood and his vision can combine to make him."

  12. Language Study appositive sentence 1. Sentences 1) The mere fact that America still attracts millions of people is evidence that it is not in decline. (Line 1) 2) I have a sense that what is going on here concerns much more than the fate of a nation. (Line 14) Main clause appositive sentence be of importance or interest to; have an effect on

  13. 3) Linked more to the Third World and Asia than to the Europe of America’s racial and cultural roots…… (Line 29) As far as the racial and cultural origins of its residents are concerned, Los Angeles has a closer link with the Third World and Asia than with Europe… 4) This transformation of American culture anticipates the general trend in the composition of mankind.(Line 50) It refers to the change of American culture from Euro-dominant to multiculture (Pacific culture)-fused. Paraphrase this part What does “this transformation of American culture” refer to?

  14. 2.Words 1) Debt (Line 4) Collocation: 欠债 go/run into debt 还债 pay off/settle a debt in debt to sb. for …欠某人…数目的债 out of debt 不欠债 2)characteristic: n. special mark or quality (Line 4) CF:character, characteristic & feature ★character主要指人的性格、品质 你第一眼就可以看出一个人的性格。 You can read a guy’s character at the first glance.

  15. ★ characteristic 意为“特性”、“特征”，指某人或某事具有的区别于其他人或事物的特征或特点 骆驼有一个特点：即使不喝水也能活很长时间. A characteristic of the camel is its ability to live for a long time without water. ★feature 意为“特色”、“特征”，指显著的、引人注意的特征，尤用于面部表情或长相的描写 我们这项工作最大的特色应该是家长的参与。 The most important feature of our work must be parental involvement.

  16. feature Put into each gap one of the above words in its proper form. Wet weather is a ________ of life in this country. Good planning is one of the _________________ of a successful business. He is a man of upright ____________. You know nothing of the essential _____________ of life. characteristics character characteristics

  17. 3) Historical (Line 11) CF: historic & historical ★ historic 泛指历史上有名的或富有历史意义的 这项政府变革是当代具有历史意义的大事。 This change in government is a historic event of our times. ★ historical 主要意思是属于历史的，历史上的，与历史有关的，真实的而不是传说中的 他把他所有的历史资料都赠给这个图书馆。 He gave all his historical papers to the library.

  18. historical Historic or historical? Is Macbeth a real ____________ figure? a __________ meeting between two great leaders 4) Precedent (Line 12) Collocation: 开辟先例 create/establish/set a precedent 打破先例 break (a) precedent 无先例的，空前的 without precedent historic

  19. Immigrant: A person who leaves one country to settle permanently in another Emigrant: One that emigrates Migrant: One that moves from one region to another by chance, instinct, or plan 5) Immigrant (Line 37) Cf:immigrant, emigrant, migrant _________ workers move from country to country in search of work. The U.S.A. has assimilated _________ from most of the countries of Europe. Canada has many __________ from Europe. He is a(n) _________ from Britain because he hates the food there. Migrant immigrants immigrants emigrant

  20. 6) Conception (Line 86): 观念，概念；妊娠，胎儿；开始，起源；构思，设想 • the conception of the United Nations 联合国的创立 • the idealist conception of history 唯心史观 • I have no conception of what you mean. 我想不出你的意思是什么。 • The conception of the picture is undeveloped. 这幅画的构思不成熟。

  21. 7) Destructive (Line 88): adj. causing destruction Be destructive of 对……有破坏作用 他的贪婪会毁了他的幸福。 His greed is destructive of happiness. 8) Stagnant (Line 112): ＊unchanging Thousands of disputes between management and labor resulted from stagnant wages coupled with inflation. ＊still and stale They tried to drain stagnant pools where mosquitoes breed.

  22. 3. Synonyms and Antonyms 1) The author stresses in different ways that the Pacific civilization is completely NEW in history. Find in Text A synonyms or synonymous expressions for “new”. L.22 for the first time since… L.24 now is the first chance L.25 unprecedented L.32 There is no previous example of … L.34 completely unknown in the history

  23. 2) Find words or expressions in Text A which are antonyms for the following words: 1)flourish 2)passiveness 3)single 4)emigrant 5)constructive 6)discordant 7)changing; flowing 8)Encourage 9)developed 10)subordinate 11)separate (v.) 12)surface (v.) 1) be in decline 2) aggressiveness 3) plural 4) immigrant 5) destructive 6) harmonious 7) stagnant 8) discourage 9) underdeveloped 10) dominant 11)fuse/merge 12) submerge Answer

  24. 衰落的国家 2）兴衰 3）列强 • 4）重蹈历史覆辙5）与…相融合 • 6）文化多元化 7）前所未有的 • 8）普遍趋势 9）高科技园 • 10）环太平洋文化11）时间观念 • 12）停滞不前的社会 13）露面 • 14）从…角度 15）生活水准 • 16）主要特征 17）不同种族和文化 4.Useful Expressions 1) a nation in decline 2) rise and fall 3) Great Powers 4) follow historical precedent 5) fuse/merge with 6) cultural pluralism 7) unprecedented 8) general trend 9) high-technology parks 10) the Pacific Rim civilization 11) a conception of time 12) a stagnant/paralyzed society 13) show up 14) from the perspective of 15) a living standard 16) a(n) main/essential characteristic 17) diverse races and cultures

  25. Homework • Finish TEST YOURSELF (Units 1--4) • Preview TEXT A in Unit 5 and finish language focus • Group discussion: 1)Do you think there is some truth in the saying, “You can’t judge a book by looking at its cover”? Explain. 2)Do you think most people are self-contradictory rather than all of a piece? Cite examples to illustrate your point 4. Presentation: introducing Mauqham (Group 4)

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