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However, we are not saying that details are unimportant. Those details vital to the story development are carefully inserted into the text. For example, why is Tony’s faulty English sentence “I mow your lawn” repeated four times? That’s because it shows Tony’s determination in finding a job, and his optimistic view that people would help a man wNotes
Immigrants: Apart from “Native Americans”--- Indians--- who were living in North America when people first arrived there from Europe, all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants. In the US the word immigrant is often used with a positive meaning. People are proud to say that their ancestors were immigrants who came with very little and built a better life for themselves. Most Americans have a clear idea of what life was like for the immigrants: they left home because they were poor and thought they would have better opportunities in the US. For them the American dream was that talent and hard work could take them from log cabin to White House . Once in the US, life was not easy. Many immigrants had to work for little money in factories where conditions were hard and dangers and lived in crowed buildings. But slowly they improved their lives and many wrote home to encourage others to come.
8. He found a small ____ piece of land with a house and shed. a. abashed b. absorbed c. abandoned d. abstract 9. _______ later, Tony arrived on a Sunday afternoon, neatly dressed. a. Sometimes b. Some time c. Some times d. Sometime 10. Then, during the war, a message came from my company. Tony had __ __________. a. passed on b. passed to c. passed by d. passed away
Language points
Turn away Work out Helpful Do with Personnel Capacity Turn down For sale Wreck Call on Loan Discard
Confidence Amaze Diet Hunt Abandon Sponsor Amuse Pass away Handle create
1.One morning I found him _____ in the driveway. a. stood b. stand c. standing d. to stand 2. I told Tony that I couldn’t _____ a gardener. a. fire b. afford c. charge d. pay 3. How could I _____ a person who had come to me for help? a. turn to b. turn over c. turn up d. turn away 4. What do you do ______ such determination and hope? a. about b. with c. away with d. to
1.c 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. d
turn away
1. To send away; dismiss;把…打发走；解雇： turned away the salesperson.
2. To repel:驱逐： The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.公寓房偏僻的位置赶跑
Unit 4 American Dream
Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream
Frederick C. Crawford
Culture Notes
American Dream: the belief of Americans that their country offers opportunities for a good and successful life. For minorities and immigrants, the dream also includes freedom and equal rights.
5. On the edge of town, he had found a house ______. a. for sale b. on sale c. to sale d. sold
6. My wife and I were ____ with what we felt was a ____end of the story. a. delighted, satisfied b. delighted, satisfying c. delighting, satisfied d. delighting, satisfying 7. He had a look of _____ . a. confidence b. confidential c. confine d. confident
Text Analysis
This text, like Text A in unit 1, employs time words and phrases in narration. Time words serve as transitional devices by which an author switches from one event to another. The latter event may take place either before or after the former, which allows an author freedom in narration. For example, Text A in Unit 1 thus becomes a piece of narration interspersed with flashbacks(插叙). For another example, the author of this text is able to keep his narration concise by simply recounting Tony’s steps toward success, since the time phrases make it unnecessary to squeeze in too many details about how he succeeded during each step.
• Or consider the three instances where Tony’s physical appearance is described. They present an increasingly well-to-do Tony. Or, have you noticed that Tony had remained standing when he talked to Mr. Crawford until in Line 65 “ We sat down and talked”? Tony’s social status improved enough to allow him to sit down with Mr. Crawford
Depression days: the period of severe economic failure in most countries of the world that lasted from 1929 until World War II. It began in the US when the New York Stock Exchange fell on 29 October 1929, known as Black Tuesday. Many business and banks failed and millions of people lost their jobs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt improved the situation with his New Deal policy,but the Great Depression was only ended by industrial production for the war.
• Besides, does the author himself ever make a statement claiming Tony to be a good worker? No. he makes you infer from other people’s compliments( e.g., “my wife said he was very helpful”; the personnel department “said Tony was a very good worker”; “I got a report that he had graduated as a skilled grinder”; when Tony died, people found “the farm green with vegetables, the little house livable and homey. There were a tractor and a good car in the yard. The children were educated and working, and Tony didn’t owe a cent.”)
Immigrants: Apart from “Native Americans”--- Indians--- who were living in North America when people first arrived there from Europe, all Americans have ancestors who were immigrants. In the US the word immigrant is often used with a positive meaning. People are proud to say that their ancestors were immigrants who came with very little and built a better life for themselves. Most Americans have a clear idea of what life was like for the immigrants: they left home because they were poor and thought they would have better opportunities in the US. For them the American dream was that talent and hard work could take them from log cabin to White House . Once in the US, life was not easy. Many immigrants had to work for little money in factories where conditions were hard and dangers and lived in crowed buildings. But slowly they improved their lives and many wrote home to encourage others to come.
8. He found a small ____ piece of land with a house and shed. a. abashed b. absorbed c. abandoned d. abstract 9. _______ later, Tony arrived on a Sunday afternoon, neatly dressed. a. Sometimes b. Some time c. Some times d. Sometime 10. Then, during the war, a message came from my company. Tony had __ __________. a. passed on b. passed to c. passed by d. passed away
Language points
Turn away Work out Helpful Do with Personnel Capacity Turn down For sale Wreck Call on Loan Discard
Confidence Amaze Diet Hunt Abandon Sponsor Amuse Pass away Handle create
1.One morning I found him _____ in the driveway. a. stood b. stand c. standing d. to stand 2. I told Tony that I couldn’t _____ a gardener. a. fire b. afford c. charge d. pay 3. How could I _____ a person who had come to me for help? a. turn to b. turn over c. turn up d. turn away 4. What do you do ______ such determination and hope? a. about b. with c. away with d. to
1.c 2. b 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. b 7. a 8. c 9. d 10. d
turn away
1. To send away; dismiss;把…打发走；解雇： turned away the salesperson.
2. To repel:驱逐： The poor location of the condominium turned away many prospective buyers.公寓房偏僻的位置赶跑
Unit 4 American Dream
Tony Trivisonno’s American Dream
Frederick C. Crawford
Culture Notes
American Dream: the belief of Americans that their country offers opportunities for a good and successful life. For minorities and immigrants, the dream also includes freedom and equal rights.
5. On the edge of town, he had found a house ______. a. for sale b. on sale c. to sale d. sold
6. My wife and I were ____ with what we felt was a ____end of the story. a. delighted, satisfied b. delighted, satisfying c. delighting, satisfied d. delighting, satisfying 7. He had a look of _____ . a. confidence b. confidential c. confine d. confident
Text Analysis
This text, like Text A in unit 1, employs time words and phrases in narration. Time words serve as transitional devices by which an author switches from one event to another. The latter event may take place either before or after the former, which allows an author freedom in narration. For example, Text A in Unit 1 thus becomes a piece of narration interspersed with flashbacks(插叙). For another example, the author of this text is able to keep his narration concise by simply recounting Tony’s steps toward success, since the time phrases make it unnecessary to squeeze in too many details about how he succeeded during each step.
• Or consider the three instances where Tony’s physical appearance is described. They present an increasingly well-to-do Tony. Or, have you noticed that Tony had remained standing when he talked to Mr. Crawford until in Line 65 “ We sat down and talked”? Tony’s social status improved enough to allow him to sit down with Mr. Crawford
Depression days: the period of severe economic failure in most countries of the world that lasted from 1929 until World War II. It began in the US when the New York Stock Exchange fell on 29 October 1929, known as Black Tuesday. Many business and banks failed and millions of people lost their jobs. President Franklin D. Roosevelt improved the situation with his New Deal policy,but the Great Depression was only ended by industrial production for the war.
• Besides, does the author himself ever make a statement claiming Tony to be a good worker? No. he makes you infer from other people’s compliments( e.g., “my wife said he was very helpful”; the personnel department “said Tony was a very good worker”; “I got a report that he had graduated as a skilled grinder”; when Tony died, people found “the farm green with vegetables, the little house livable and homey. There were a tractor and a good car in the yard. The children were educated and working, and Tony didn’t owe a cent.”)