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1、UnitSixTheNewAmericanDreamersWarm-upActivityWouldyouprefertobeabigfishinasmallpondorasmallfishinabigpond?(Aftergraduation,toworkinabigcity/abigcompanyorasmallcity/asmallcompany?)GroupDiscussion:BackgroundInformationAmericanDream:referstotheideathatone'sprosperitydependsuponone'
2、sownabilitiesandhardwork,notonarigidclassstructure.BackgroundInformationBackgroundInformation(1)individualfreedomofchoiceinlifestyles;(2)equalaccesstoeconomicabundance;(3)thepursuitofsharedobjectivesmutuallyadvantageoustotheindividualandsociety.AmericanDreamFeaturesBackgroundIn
3、formationAmericaasthelandofplenty,Americaasthelandofopportunity,andAmericaasthelandofdestiny.Inthe19thcentury,"ragstoriches"storiesofbusinesstycoons,thebeliefthattalentandhardworkcouldleadtoriches.Atpresent,immigrantsfromregionslikeSouthernAsia,LatinAmericaandtheformerUSSRcomei
4、nsearchoftheAmericanDream.AmericanDreamStagesBackgroundInformationTheStatueofLibertywasformanyimmigrantsthefirstpointofviewoftheUnitedStates.ItsignifiesfreedomandpersonallibertyandisiconicoftheAmericanDream.AmericanDreamSymbolQuestionsaboutthetext1.WhoisthenewAmericandreamer?An
5、dwherearetheyfrom?2.WhatisthebackgroundofthenewAmericandreamers?3.DoesBethConantexpectthatherfuturecareerasanactresscanbringarichandcomfortablelifeforherself?4.Whatarethefeaturesofthenewdreamers?5.WhatistheirnewAmericandreammainlyabout?Questionsaboutthetext6.Whatistheirattitude
6、towardsMarriage(intimaterelationship)andhavingChildren?7.Explain“…seematerialsuccessasakeyprizeattheendoftherainbow”inParagraph8.8.InParagraph11,whydoestheauthorwanttoshowusbymentioning“anuclearwar”panic?9.Explain“Everythingwillbefifty-fifty”inParagraph15.10.Comparetraditionalw
7、omenandnewAmericandreamersintermsofAmericandream.TextLearningWhoisthenewAmericandreamer?YoungwomenintheUnitedStates.YourTopicGoesHereWhatisthebackgroundofthenewAmericandreamers?Fromtheupper-middle-classfamily,themiddleclass,theworkingclassandeventhepoor.TextLearningYourTopicGoe
8、sHereWhatarethefeaturesofthenewdreamers?Liveintermsoft
