综英5 Unit-06 How America Lives

新世纪高等院校英语专业本科系列教材（修订版）综合教程第五册(第2版)电子教案Unit6HowAmericaLives上海外语教育出版社南京信息工程大学刘杰海Coverpage综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:pictureactivationCanyouspecifytypicalAmericans?PictureActivation|Pre-questions综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:Q11.Withtheever-increasingcontactbetweentheChineseandAmericanpeoples,wearegettingtoknoweachotherbetter.BasedonyourcommunicationwithsomeAmericansoryourreadingaboutthatnation,whatopinionsdoyouholdabouttheAmericanpeople?PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion综合教程5(第2版)电子教案Pre-R:Q22.ChineseandAmericansaretwogreatpeoplesintheworld.Theyhaveobvioussimilaritiesanddifferences.Makesomecomparisonandcontrastbetweenthem.PictureActivation|Pre-questionsOpenfordiscussion综合教程5(第2版)电子教案G-R:textintroductionJamesAlbertMichener,inthistext,showsreaderschangesofAmericansocietyin:politics,courtshipandmarriage,feminist;andalsotheexistenceofthreeseriousproblemsin:schooleducation,jobsopportunitiesandwelfare,andhousingfortheyoung.Despitetheseproblems,thewriterfeelsconfidentthatAmericahasgoodprospects.Hefeelsproudofhismotherland,ofthegreatAmericanpeople,andoftheuniqueAmericandemocraticsystem.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程5(第2版)电子教案G-R:culturenotes-1Puritanism(Paragraph3)thepracticesanddoctrinesofthePuritanswhoweremembersofagroupofProtestantsin16th-and17th-centuryEnglandand17th-centuryAmericawhobelievedinstrictreligiousdisciplineandcalledforthesimplificationofactsofworship.ThemovementwasanattempttoremoveRomanCatholicinfluencesfromtheChurchofEngland.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程5(第2版)电子教案G-R:culturenotes-2balancedsystemofgovernment(Paragraph8)TheconceptreferstothethreebranchesoftheUnitedStatesgovernment—thelegislative,theexecutive,andthejudicial—thatrestrainandstabilizeoneanotherthroughtheirseparatedfunctions.Thelegislativebranch,representedbytheCongress,mustpassbillsbeforetheycanbecomelaw.Theexecutivebranch—namely,thepresident—canvetobillspassedbytheCongress,thuspreventingthemfrombecominglaw.Inturn,byatwo-thirdsvote,theCongresscanoverridethepresident'sveto.TheSupremeCourtmayinvalidateactsoftheCongressbydeclaringthemcontrarytotheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates,buttheCongresscanchangetheConstitutionthroughtheamendmentprocess.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程5(第2版)电子教案G-R:author-1JamesAlbertMichener(1907-1997),Americanwriter,becameknownforthevoluminousresearchheincorporatesandmakesaccessibleandinterestinginhiswritings.Hisbookstypicallyprovideadetaileddiscussionofthehistoryandgeographyofspecificregions.HiswiderangingwritingcareerbeganwhenhisexperiencesduringWorldWarIIprovidedthematerialforabookofshortstories,TalesoftheSouthPacific(1947);forwhichhereceivedthe1984PulitzerPrizeinfiction.TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程5(第2版)电子教案G-R:author-2HisotherworksincludeSayonara(1954);Hawaii(1959);Chesapeake(1978);TheCovenant(1980);Poland(1982);Texas(1985);andAlaska(1988);TheNovel(1991);Recessional(1994);AMiracleinSeville(1995);TheBridgeatAndau(1957);Iberia:SpanishTravelsandReflections(1968);AMichenerMiscellany:1950-1970(1973);Michener'smemoir,TheWorldIsMyHome(1992).TextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|Structure综合教程5(第2版)电子教案G-R:structuralanalysisTextIntroduction|CultureNotes|Author|StructurePartI(1)reality:Americansstillfollowmanyoftheoldways,similaritiesthandifferences.PartII(2-4)majorchangesinAmericansocietyPartIII(5-7)mainproblemsinAmericansocietyPartIV(8-9)explainswhyAmericahasgoodprospectsandwhytheAmericansystemhassurvivedandshouldsurvive.综合教程5(第2版)电子教案DR-p1-1textHOWAMERICALIVESJamesAlbertMichener1.Americansstillfollowmanyoftheoldways.Inatimeofrapidchangeitisessentialthatwerememberhowmuchoftheoldweclingto.Youngpeoplestillgetmarried(2.41millioncoupleslastyearasopposedtoonly1.52millionin1960).Ofcourse,manydogetdivorced,buttheyremarryatastonishingrates.Theyhavechildren,butfewerthanbefore.DetailedReading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案DR-p1-2textTheybelongtochurches,eventhoughtheyattendsomewhatlessfrequently,andtheywanttheirchildrentohavereligiousinstruction.Theyarewillingtopaytaxesforeducation,andtheygenerouslysupportinstitutionslikehospitals,museumsandlibraries.Infact,whenyoucomparetheAmericaoftodaywiththatof1950,thesimilaritiesarefargreaterthanthedifferences.DetailedReading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案DR-p2text2.Americansseemtobegrowingconservative.The1980election,especiallyfortheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives,signaledadecidedturntotherightinsofaraspoliticalandsocialattitudeswereconcerned.Itisasifourcountryspentthe1960sand1970sjealouslybreakingoutofoldrestraintsandnowwishestoputthebrakeson,ascautiouspeopleoftendoafterabinge.Weshouldexpecttoseeareaffirmationoftraditionalfamilyvalues,sharprestraintsonpornography,areturntoreligionandarejectionofcertainkindsofsociallegislation.DetailedReading综合教程5(第2版)电子教案DR-p3text3.Patternsofcourtshipandmarriagehavechangedradically.Wheresexwasconcerned,Iwasraisedinanatmosphereofsuspicion,repressionandPuritanism,andalthoughhuskyyoungkidscansurvivealmostanything,manyinmygenerationsufferedgrievously.Withoutreservation,Iapplaudthefreerpatternsoftoday,althoughIbelievethati