Unit16TheUnitedStatesofAmericaPeriodThreeLanguagefocusandgrammarI.Teachingaims.1.learnabouttheAmericansouth.2.Improvestudents’thereadingabilityGrammarTheNonfiniteVerbs(2)Usefulexpressionsunderlaboratoryconditions;keepintouchwith;leavesb.alone;asaresult;putout;beonsale;insistondoing;saybadthingsabout;II.Teachingprocedures.Activity1ChecktheassignmentActivity2.Readingaloudandmemorizing.1.ThereisalotofhistoryconnectedwithpeoplesettlingintheUSA.2.EversincetheCivilWar,theSouthhasstruggledtofindwaystodealwithitstroubledpast.3.Despitethehardshipsofthepost-waryearsandtheDepression…4.Thecitysawaseriesoffiercefightsbetweenblacksandwhitesinthe1960sandDrKingwasshottodeathin1968.5.DrKing’seffortswerenotinvain,however.6.Thisinturnhadaneffectonthefoodsupplyforwolves.Activity3.Languagefocus1.ThereisalotofhistoryconnectedwithpeoplesettlingintheUSA.很多历史和定居美国的人们有关。settlevt.解决、决定；vt.&vi.算账，付账；vi.定居，安定下来例:Letthemsettletheproblemthemselves.让他们自己来解决这个问题。Weweresooncomfortablysettledinthisplace.我们不久就在这个地方舒适地住下来了。2.EversincetheCivilWar,theSouthhasstruggledtofindwaystodealwithitstroubledpast.自内战以来，南部一直在努力想办法解决它伤痕累累的过去问题。(1)struggleVi斗争;挣扎、勉强支撑例:.Theyhadtostrugglewithallkindsofdifficulties.他们不得不和各种各样的困难作斗争。MartinLutherKing,Jr.struggledforhumanrightsforalltheblacksallhislife.用心爱心专心马丁·路德·金一生都在为黑人的人权而斗争。Hetriedtostruggletohisfeet,butfailed.他挣扎着想站起来，但是站不起来。(2)dealwith(=seeto)(a)对付、和…打交道;处理；做买卖(dealwithsb.insth.)例:.Iwillgetsomeoneelsetodealwiththem.我去另外找个人来对付他们。Suchproblemsmayprovefatalifnotproperlydealtwith.这类问题如果处理不当，会造成极其严重的后果。Theydealtinsilkgoods.他们做丝绸买卖。(b)论述、论及例:Somepapersdealtwiththetreatmentofbonefractures.有些论文是讨论骨折治疗法的。3.Eventoday,theSouthisfarbehindtherestoftheUnitedStatesinareaslikeeducationandeconomicdevelopment.甚至如今，美国南部在教育和经济发展方面仍远远落后于其他地区.far程度副词“远远地…”例:Thenewspaperaccountsarefarfromtrue.报纸的报道远非事实。farintothenight至深夜;farbackinhistory很久以前Cf：Myhomeisfarawayfromtheschool.我的家离学校很远。Theresultisfarfromsatisfactory.结果远不令人满意。4.Despitethehardshipsofthepost-waryearsandtheDepression,thepeopleofAtlantacontinuedtodevelopthearea,botheconomicallyandsocially.尽管冷战和大萧条时期的艰难困苦，亚特兰大的人民仍坚持在经济和社会各个方面发展这个地区。(1)despiteprep.“不论、尽管”；=“inspiteof”例:Theywentoutdespite/inspiteoftherain.尽管下雨，他们仍然外出了。Despite/Inspiteofallhisefforts,hefailed.他虽然做了各种努力，仍然失败了.(2)“hardship”是派生词，“艰苦”，后缀“-ship”表示性质、职业、身份、技能等。又如:citizenship公民身份;friendship友谊;professorship教授职位;leadership领导;ownership所有制5.TheinjusticesofthecityandoftheSouthledDrKingtoorganizenon-violentdemonstrationsaimedatendingsegregation.南部城市的不公正使得金博士组织起非暴力的游行以结束种族隔离.(1)lead…to“导致/使得、通向”，=cause/resultin/giveriseto。例:Whatledyoutothisconclusion?什么使你下此结论？(2)“non-violent”adj.，“非暴力的”，由“violent”加前缀“non-”构成。前缀“non-”加一个名词或形容词构成其反义的名词、形容词或副词。又如:付账;non-paymentn.不支付;non-moraladj.非道德的;non-smokern.不吸烟者;non-smokingadj.无烟的;non-stopadj....
