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1、精品名师归纳总结1. Teaching plan1.1 Teaching aims and demands(1) To familiarize students with expository writings(2) To familiarize students with American culture mentioned in the text 3To enable students to appreciate the writing style of the text2. Key points and Special difficulties1Words and expressions
2、for details see the text 2Writing StyleExpository writing3Background knowledgesNew York,Manhattan,The big apple,Ivory League schools3. Teaching methods3.1 Communication approach 交际法3.2Behaviorism行为主义3.3Consructivism建构主义4. Teacher asking questions about the contents of the text1In what fields can New
3、 York no longer be regarded as the leading American city. 2What are its deficiencies as a pacesetter.(3) Why do many Europeans call New York their favorite city.(4) Why do many young people still go to New York.(5) Does the writer really both love and hate New York.Cite examples to back up you analy
4、sis. 6Why is New York called an international metropolis.5. Teaching procedures5.1Review“If you love him, bring him to New York, for it s heaven; if you hate him, bring him to New York, for it s hell.” Beijingers in New York5.3 Culture points and background knowledge1The Big Apple-New York“Big Apple
5、 ”; “ City that Never Sleeps ”: a city of superlatives Americasbiggest; its most exciting; its business and cultural capitals; the nations trendsetter可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结New York is the most populous city in the United States. It is Americas business and cultural capital,and the nations trendset
6、ter.As a leading global city,New York exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment.Located on one of the worlds largest natural harbors, New York City consists of five boroughs,each of which is a state county. 2Manhattans
7、As a center of culture and commerce,Manhattan is a hotbed of activity with an unending list ofthings to see and to do.Residents and visitors alike canshard to believe so much energy and activity fits into this small island,a mere 23.7 square milesor 61.4aquare kilometers(3) World Trade CenterThe ori
8、ginalWorld Trade Center was a complex with seven buildings featuring landmark twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.The complex opened on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed in 2001 during the September 11 attacks(4) Central ParkCentral Park is a beautifulgreen oasis in the middl
9、eofNew York s concrete desert. It is surprisingly big ,with lakes and woods ,as well organized recreation areas(5) Times Square-时报广场Times Square, confined as The Crossroads of the World, is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theater district, one of the worlds busiest pedestrian intersecti
10、ons, and a major center of the worlds entertainment industry.(6) Wall StreetWall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in lower Manhattan.Over time, the term has become
11、 a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or signifying New York-based financial interests.It is the home of the New York Stock Exchange, the worlds largest stock exchange by marketcapitalization of its listed companies.Several other major exchanges have or had headquarte
12、rs in the Wall Street area, includingNASDAQ,the New York MercantileExchange, the New York Board of Trade, and the former American Stock Exchange. Anchored by Wall Street, New YorkCity is one of the worlds principal financial centers.(7) Ivory League schools 常春藤高校联盟BrownUniversity,ColombiaUniversity,
13、CornellUniversity,DartamouthUniversity,Harvard University, Princeton University,University of Pennsylvania,Yale University(8) Broadway 百老汇大道Broadway is a street in the U.S.state of New York.Perhaps best known for that runs through the borough of Manhattan ,it actually runs 24kmthrough Manhattan and
14、the Bronx,exiting north from the city to run an additional 29km through the municipalities Yonkers,Hastings-On-Hudson,Dobbs Ferry,Irvington,Tarrytown and terminating north of sleepy Hollow in Westchester County.9Tin Pan AlleyA district associated with musicians, composers, and publishers of popular
15、music. The term was coined after West 28th Street in New York City where music publishers were formerly centered. It eventually became generalized to refer to the whole music industry. It, popular in the past, is less可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结used today. The corresponding term in the UK is Denmark Str
16、eet in London. 10Brief Introduction of Thomas GriffithThomas Griffith wasborn in Tacoma, Washington on December 30, 1915, and died in New York City in 2002.When he was 7 years old , he was raised in a Seattle boarding house with his brother and sister,sent there by their father after their mother di
17、ed.He graduated fromRoosevelt HighSchool 罗斯福高中 in 1932, much later he was named outstanding graduate at the school s 50th anniversary celebration. As a student at the University of Washington 华盛顿高校 , Mr. Griffith met his future wife, Caroline Coffman Griffith.In 1975, he was awarded the UW School of
18、 Communications Alumni Award for Achievement. Griffith started his career at The Seattle Times in 1936, working as a reporter and then as assistant city editor before accepting a Nieman Fellowship尼曼奖学金at Harvard University in 1942. He joined Time Inc the next year and stayed for three decades, retir
19、ing in 1972 as editor of Life magazine. Duringthat time,he gained the respect of TimeInc.s outspokenand politically conservativefounder,HenryLuce,whoreportedlytookto callingMr.Griffiththeloyal opposition.Griffith was known in the organization as the“house liberal ” .He was also a staff contributor t
20、o Fortune magazine and columnist of Atlantic Monthly. He was an uprooted westerner who called New York homeHis works:Harry and Teddy: the Turbulent Friendship of Henry and his Favorite Reporter, Teddy1995. How True: A Skeptics Guide to Believing the News 1974.The Waist-High Culture 1959 :American cu
21、lture.5.4 Detailed explanation of textpathetic Para. 1, Line 3: pitiful, lamentable,brag Para. 1, Line 4: talk with excessive pride, assert boastfully, a boaster, a braggart. E.g.: She bragged that she could run faster than I. Hes been bragging about his new car.bush Para. 1, Line5: second-rate. E.g
22、.: Reviewers here have tended to see in him a kind of bushD.H. Lawrence.beget Para. 2, Line 2: create, produce, cause.E.g.: War begets misery and ruinholdout Para. 2, Last sentence: a place that holds out, that continue resistance, not yielding to the trend and fashionpacesetter Para. 3, Line 1: a p
23、erson, group, or thing that leads the way or serves as a modelsitcoms Para. 3, Line 6: Radio or televisioncomedy series that involves a continuingcast of characters in a succession of episodes. Often the characters are markedly different types thrown together by circumstance and occupying a shared e
24、nvironment such as an apartment building or workplace. Typicallyhalf an hour in length and either taped in front of a studio audience or employing canned applause, they are marked by verbal sparring and rapidly resolved conflicts.NashvillePara. 3,Line8:capitalofTennessee State and center ofand count
25、rymusic rock-and-eback Para. 4, Line 3: return to some previously successful activity. E.g.: The old actor made a successful comeback after twenty years.可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结bilk Para. 5, Line 8: cheat, defraud, swindle. E.g.: He bilked us of all our money. frivolous Para. 5, Line 8: silly, trivi
26、albilling Para. 6, Line 6: advertising, promotion jostle Para. 6, Last sentence: push and shoveMecca Para. 7, Line1: A city of western Saudi Arabianear the coast of the Red Sea. Thebirthplace of Muhammad,it is the holiest cityof Islam and a pilgrimagesite for all devout believers of the faith.qualif
27、y Para. 8, Line 1: limit, modify, restricttint Para. 8, Line 4: color lightly. E.g.: She tint each flower in her painting a different color. The sunset has tinted the sky with pink.gaudily Para. 8, Line 5: brightly and showilyjagged Para. 8, Line 6: having a sharply uneven outline or surface gamely
28、Para. 8, Line 7: courageously, bravelyencroach Para. 8, Line 8: advance beyond the proper limit, take another s possessions or rights gradually and stealthily. E.g.: The sea is gradually encroaching on the land.carnival Para. 8, Last sentence: Final celebration before the fasting and austerity of Le
29、nt in some Roman Catholic regions, festival or revelbeckon Para. 9, Line 1: signal by nodding or waving, attract. E.g.: He beckoned to me fromacross the street.diversion Para. 9, Line 8: recreationbanal Para. 10, Line 2: repeated too often, common. E.g.: a banal remark constrict Para. 10, Line 4: re
30、strict the freedom of, compresssqualor Para. 10, Line 9: dirtiness. E.g.: There is indescribable squalor in those books. Broadway Para. 10, Line 9: The principal theater and amusement district of New York City, on the West Side of midtown Manhattan centered on Broadway.precinct: neighborhood, surrou
31、nding areabohemian: a person withartistic or literaryinterests who disregards conventionalstandards of behavior; a descriptive term for a stereotypical way of life for artists and intellectuals who live in material poverty because they prefer their art or their learning to lesser goods.fringe: outsi
32、de boundaryboutique: a shop that sells women s clothes and jewelry invoke: use, applydeplore: regret strongly, show strong disapproval of. E.g.: Somehow we had to master events, not simply deplore them. Henry A. Kissinger.ancillary: helping, supportingcondescend: deal with people in a patronizing su
33、perior manner, lower oneself malleable: easily controlled, easily influenced.turnstile: Please see the right picturecynicism: an attitude of scornful negativity, esp. a general trust of others. hype: excessive publicity, exaggerated claims made in advertisingscruple: uneasiness, hesitation. E.g.: He
34、 has absolutely no scruples; hell do anything to get what he wants.sustain: provide for, maintain. E.g.: Hope alone sustained him in his struggle.adjoin: lie adjacent to. E.g.:There is a family of poor folk who have rented from the landlady a可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结room which does not adjoin the oth
35、er rooms, but is set apart in a corner by itself.amenity: sth. that contributes to physical or material comfort. E.g.: A sauna in the hotel would be a useful amenity.tawdriness: tasteless showiness astir: moving about, being in motion.cabana: a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a
36、swimming pool. Please see the pictureantiseptically: antiseptical:thoroughly clean, free from disturbanceenclave: an enclosed territoryhassle: angry disturbance, disorderly fighting, turmoilcongenial: friendly, sociable. E.g.: In the next year he obtained, through the good offices of an old friend,
37、a post with a publishing firm which, though not highly paid, he found more congenial. bracing: refreshing, excitingencase: enclose in a casefleeting: lasting for a very brief time taunt: reproaching, ridiculemongrel: a cross between different breeds, groups or varieties. tumultuous: turbulent, noisy
38、, wildinitiation: beginning, entry. turf: area claimed by a gangforbearance: tolerance and restraint, patience. E.g.: I have shown enough forbearance toward him. exasperate: irritate, infuriate. E.g.: She was exasperated at his stupidity.exhilarate Para. 22, Line 3: stimulate, invigorate, cause to f
39、eel happily energetic. E.g.: We were exhilarated by the cool, pine-scented air.the Big Apple Para. 1, Line 1: a nickname for New York City.It was first popularized in the 1920s by John J. Fitz Gerald, a sports writer for the New York Morning Telegraph. Its popularity since the 1970s is due to a prom
40、otionalcampaign by the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau,known now as NYC & Company.out of phase Para. 2, Line 3: also“ out of sync ”, unsynchronized, uncoordinated.Common Denominator Land Para. 2, Last sentence: a place with no unique quality of any kind “common denominator ” : 公分母, an attrib
41、ute that is common to all members of a category more inspired architecturallyPara. 3, Lines 2-3: more excellent in architecture as to suggestdivine inspirationArturoToscaniniPara. 3,Line5:1867 1957,Italianconductor.Toscaninientered a conservatory at age nine, studying cello, piano, and composition.
42、He began his professional life asa cellist. Principally known for his readings of Verdis operas and Beethovens symphonies, he also gave remarkable performances of the music of Richard Wagner. The NBC Orchestra was formed for him in 1937, and he conducted it until his retirement in 1954.NBC Symphony
43、Orchestra Para. 3, Line 5: a radio orchestra established by David Sarnoff of the National Broadcasting Company especially for conductor Arturo Toscanini. The NBC Symphony performed weekly radio concert broadcasts with Toscanini and other conductors and served as house orchestra for the network, begi
44、nning November 13, 1937 and continuing until 1954Johnny Carson Para. 3, Line 7: 1925 2005,host of TVs The Tonight Show for nearly 30可编辑资料 - - - 欢迎下载精品名师归纳总结years, from 1962 to 1992. His popularity was so great that he was inducted intothe Television Hall of Fame in 1987, years before his retirement.
45、preempt the airways from California Para. 3, Lines 7-8 “preempt” : take the place of of, have precedence over “the airways ” : the scheduled radio and TV programsin proximity to Para. 6, Last sentence: close to. E.g.: The sum is in close proximity to the amount of revenue.FrederickLawOlmsted Para. 8
46、, Line9: 1822 1903, U.S. landscape architect calledthefounder of American landscape architecture and the nations foremost parkmaker by the National Park Service.measure up Para. 9, Line 4: prove capable or fit, meet requirements. E.g.: If she doesn t measureup to the job, she ll just have to leave.I
47、vy League Para. 9, Line 5: an association of 8 universities and colleges in the northeast United States, comprising Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale.Alfred Kazin Para. 9, Line 8: 1915 1998, U.S. literary critic. His sweeping historical study ofmodern American literature, On Native Grounds 1942, won him instant recognition. Much of his criticism appeared in Partisan Review, The New Republic, and The New Yorker.JohnSebastian BachPara. 9,Line9:1685 1750,themostrenownedmemberof
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