New Horizon College English Reading

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Unit 4

• Text A Five Famous Symbols of
• American Culture
• Text B Engelbreits the Name, Cute Is
• My Game

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Unit 4

• Five Famous Symbols of
• American Culture

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Contents

• Teaching Objectives
• Lead-in
• Background Information
• Global Comprehension
• Cultural Reflection
• Language Study
• Language Output
• Assignment

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Teaching Objectives

• Help students
• Understand main ideas of a text
• Read for detailed information
• Have personal observations about something
  controversial
• Discuss about symbols of Chinese culture
• Expand vocabulary on the present topic
• Make presentation on a given topic.

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Lead-in video watching

• Watch the video clip and answer the following
  questions
• 1. Where is the statue of liberty located?
• 2. Is it easy to have a visit of the statue?
• 3. Why is it called the most enduring symbol
  of the United States?

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Lead In video watching

• Tips
• Located on Liberty Island in Upper New York
  Bay, the Statue of Liberty is taken as the most
  enduring symbol of the United States because it
  is believed to represent the spirit of the
  country. Foreign visitors have to rise up early
  in the morning to take the ferry boat for a visit
  since there are always people from all over the
  world.

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Lead In video watching

• Quoted from the Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all
men are created equal, that they are endowed by
their creator with certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
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Background Information A general outline of
American history

• Pre-Colonial America
• Early European settlements
• Colonial America (1493-1776)
• Formation of the United States (1776-1789)
• Westward Expansion (17891849)
• Civil War Era (18491865)
• Reconstruction and the Rise of Industrialization
  (18651918)

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Background Information A general outline of
American history

• If you are interested in American history, you
  can go to http//zhidao.baidu.com/question/7892144
  5.html?si4 for more information
• You are required to do a mini research after
• class. Try to find out what happened in the
  following historical periods of the United
  States.
• 19181945 19451964
• 19641980 19801987
• 1988present

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Global Comprehension

• I. Fast-reading practice
• Search in the text for basic information of
• the 5 symbols of the United States.

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Global Comprehension
The Statue of Liberty

• basic information
• Time
• Designer
• Model
• History

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Global Comprehension
Barbie

• Basic information
• Time
• Designer
• Model
• History

Why was Barbie so popular?
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Global Comprehension
American Gothic

• Basic information
• Time
• Designer
• Model
• History

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Global Comprehension
The Buffalo Nickle

• Basic information
• Time
• Designer
• Model
• History

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Global Comprehension
Some other American coins
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Global Comprehension
Uncle Sam

• Basic information
• Time
• Designer
• Model
• History

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Global Comprehension

• II. Dictation

Barbie dolls It was the late 1950s when
Ruth Handler noticed her daughter playing with
paper dolls and imagining them in _____________.
Since most dolls at the time were baby dolls,
Ruth envisioned one that would inspire little
girls to ___________________________________
________. Ruth created a teenage fashion model
doll named Barbie (after her daughter), and the
rest is history. Barbie has been an integral part
of the __________________________. Her timeless
appeal has resulted in a dedicated legion (??) of
fans that love to collect her.
grown-up roles
think about what they wanted to be when they
grew up
lives of millions of young girls
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Global Comprehension
American Gothic     Wood intended the couple
to represent a typical ____________ resident and
his daughter, but most interpret them as
____________. Since completion, Grant Woods 1930
painting American Gothic has become a _________
acclaimed work that continues to enjoy enormous
popularity. It also has become an _____________
and is the model for a countless number of
__________ art parodies (????), such as posters,
cards, and souvenirs. The painting hangs in the
Art Institute of Chicago. 
small town
man and wife
critically
American icon
commercial
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Global Comprehension
Buffalo nickel In 1911 sculptor James Earl
Fraser began designing the Buffalo nickel.
Fraser said the portrait on the heads side was
a composite of three American Indians ________,
_________ and _________.
Iron Tail
Big Tree
Two Moons
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Global Comprehension
Uncle Sam The prevailing theory is that
Uncle Sam was named after Samuel Wilson. Wilson
was born in Arlington, Mass., on________________.
His childhood home was in Mason, New Hampshire.
In ______, he and his brother Ebenezer walked to
Troy, New York. Samuel Wilson died in _______.
His grave is in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.   
The single most famous portrait of Uncle Sam is
the I WANT YOU Army recruiting (??) poster from
World War I. The poster was painted by James
Montgomery Flagg in _________.
Semptember 13, 1766
1789
1854
1916-1917
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Cultural Reflection

• What do you think is the most enduring symbol of
  Chinese culture? Explain.

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Language Study long sentences

• Translate the following sentences into NATURAL
  Chinese.
• He was strongly influenced by medieval
  artists and inspired by the Gothic window of an
  old farmhouse, but the faces in his composition
  were what captured the worlds attention. (L37)
• Translation?????????????,???????????????????,?
  ???????????????

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Language Study long sentences

• Now translate it back into English.
• ?????????????,???????????????????,?????????????
  ???
• Expressions ?????? medieval artists

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Language Study words expressions

• 1. Chinese to English
• ??
• ??
• ????
• ??(?,??)
• ??,??
• ??
• ??(??,??)

work on approve of affection for go
ahead enlighten for sale come up with (an idea,
plan)
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Language Study words expressions
2. Match-up

• ???
• ?????
• ?????
• ??????
• ????

• universally recognized
• decline interview
• decent
• co-founder
• average American girl

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Language Study Exercise

• Complete the sentences with an appropriate
• Word or phrase, preferably from what youve
• just learnt.
• 1. Her ________ _______ him was still the
• chief sentiment in her heart.
• 2.  If my plan isnt _________ ____ by the
  Committee, all my work will come to nothing.

affection
for
approved
of
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Language Study Exercise

• 3. Scientists around the world are _______ _____
  ____ the mystery of SARS.
• 4. When the conditions exist, ____ _____ when
  they don't exist, then create them and ____
  _____.
• 5. I like those TV programs which ________
• the viewer as well as entertain him.

working
hard
on
go
ahead
go
ahead
enlighten
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Language Study Exercise

• 6. Mr. Hill Good afternoon. I believe that this
• house is ____ ____. 
• 7. The girl was really beautiful and much above
• the _______ intelligence. 
• 8. Dont _______ an invitation to dinner.
• 9. She couldn't _______ ______ _____ an
• appropriate answer just at the time.

for
sale
average
decline
come
up
with
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Language Study Exercise

• 10. Microsoft _________ Bill Gates lost 6
  billion last year, but that didn't stop him from
  being the richest man in the world for the 8th
  year in a row. 
• 11. Einstein is a _______ _______ _______.

cofounder
universally
recognized
mastermind
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Language Output (1)crazy connection

• Try to find some connection for each pair. The
  left column contains some newly-learnt chunks
  while on the right are animals.

• affection for
• enlighten
• work on
• approve of
• go ahead

snake
tortoise
crocodile
parrot
panda
For example The behavior of tortoise enlightened
me that sometimes we need to slow down.
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Language Output (2)

• Translate the following sentences
• 1.????????,??????????????
• 2.???????????????,??????
• ???
• 3.??????????????????
• 4.??????,?????????,???????

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Assignment

• Search for some basic information about another
  symbol that you think can also represent American
  culture, and make a presentation next class.
• Any visual aid is welcomed in your presentation.

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Section B

• Engelbreits the Name,
• Cute Is My Game

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Contents

• Teaching Objectives
• Reading Practice
• Vocabulary Expansion
• Writing Skills
• Assignment

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Teaching Objectives

• Help students
• Appreciate figurative language
• Recognize and master words and expressions of
  high communicative value
• Learn to support the main point with an incident.

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Reading skill practice figures of speech

• Language that uses images or mental pictures to
  appeal to readers imagination, and to allow
  writers to create complex associations that go
  beyond the power of literal language. Efficient
  readers know how to recognize and interpret
  figures of speech in order to understand the
  authors meaning more deeply and think about
  ideas in new ways.

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Reading skill practice figures of speech

• With a partner, examine and discuss the
  underlined words and phrases in the sentences
  below. What comparisons are being made? What
  mental pictures do they bring to your mind? What
  ideas is the author trying to convey?

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Reading skill practice figures of speech

• I was crushed, Engelbreit admits.
• Greeting cards seemed a come-down from her high
  expectations.
• We Dont Care How They Do It in New York, the
  card boasts.
• Most often, theres Ann Estelle, a woman with
  short, straight hair, big glasses, hat and an
  acid tongue.
• Indeed, its her trademark.
• Old-fashioned art---and values---have always been
  at the core of Engelbreits life.

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Vocabulary Expansion
Words expressions of high communicative value

• turn down
• be better suited to
• be crushed
• come-down
• astonishing-astonished
• kitchen items

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Vocabulary Expansion

• retail company
• annual sales
• in overalls
• distinctive
• with an eye to
• comprise of
• down-to-earth

dress up
go out for the evening
illustration
literary classics
bother with
venture
plunge into
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Vocabulary Expansion

• show up
• production and distribution
• home-decorating
• Feet are planted firmly on the grond.
• date back to
• take off

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Writing SkillDescription

• e.g. Writing about a Place in the Past
• To describe is to tell what something looks
  like. When a writer describes a place, the writer
  tries to create a picture in words, so that the
  reader can see the place.
• A writer must look carefully and closely at
  something to describe it accurately. This ability
  to observe and describe precisely is important in
  academic writing and in
• professional writing.

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Writing SkillDescription

• In descriptive writing, the main idea is
  often a dominant impression. A dominant
  impression is the main effect or impression the
  place has on the writer. The writer focuses on
  that impression and tries to communicate it to
  the reader.
• Descriptive details should support the
  dominant impression. If you have details that do
  not support your dominant impression, you can
  either change your dominant impression
  (controlling idea) or take out the irrelevant
  details.

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Assignment

• Your old bedroom
• Your classroom
• A park you used to visit
• Choose one of the places listed above and write
• a descriptive paragraph.

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Thank you for your attention!