JourneytothewestDoyouhaveperseveranceandstrongwill?Letstest’ourselves!1.IbelieveinmyselfandknowIcanachievemygoals.2.Iammoreofaleaderthanafollower.3.IknowexactlywhatIwantinmylife.4.IstandforwhatIsay,andalwaysactaccordingtomybeliefs.5.Iamhonestwithmyselfandknowmyweaknesses.6.IalwaysfinishwhatIhavestarted.7.Iamneverdisappointedforverylong.8.Icanquicklyadaptmyselftonewcircumstances.9.Iamstrongandreadyforanychallenge.10.Idon’tloseheartwhenIfailtodosomething.GoingWestFailurehappenswhenwequit.Togoontillyousucceediswhatlifeisallabout.WestwardMovement（西进运动）Fromitsindependence,someAmericanpeopleexpanded(扩张)fromtheAtlanticCoasttothePacificCoast.WestwardMovementWhen:Theindependence---thelatepartof1800/100years/tworushperiodsWhy:TheUSAwasayoungcountry.Itsconsistedofthe13states.ThelandtothewestoftheMississippiriverwasunexplored.TheUSwantedtoextenditsterritoryoverthewholeofthecontinent.WestwardMovementForgoodByexpanding,theUnitedStatesbecameoneofthemostpowerfulnationsofthe20thcentury.Thisexpansionalsoresultedingreatsuffering,destruction,andculturallossfortheNativeAmericansofNorthAmerica.Forill1.相信自己2.说到做到3.适应新环境4.灰心丧气5.自我评价6.干得好7.放轻松8.保持，维持Warming-Up1.believeinmyself2.standforwhatsb.say3.adaptoneselftonewcircumstances4.loseheart5.self-assessment6.dofine7.takeit/thingseasy8.keepupDifficultExpressionsloseheartloseone’sheartto1.Don’t_________whenyoucomeacrossdifficulties.2.He_________________thefamousactress.takeiteasytakeone’stime3.___________,thereisnothingserious.4.________________,thereisstill15minutestogo.loseheartlosthishearttoTakeiteasyTakeyourtime1.Mostwagonsweredrawnbyoxen.2.OurfirstdestinationwasIndianCreekinKansas,whichwasthenthefrontier.3.ThepatchesofgrasswereneverfoundintheSaltLakeDesert.4.Theanimalsdraggedtheirlegs,tooweaktopulltheirburden,andtheirtongueshungoutindesperateneedofwater.5.Formanyweekswehadbeenaccustomedtoseeinghorsesandoxensufferingfromheat,thirst,andstarvation.1.Rockymountains2.SaltLakeValley3.SaltLakeDesert4.destination5.IndianCreek6.Kansas7.landscape8.starvation9.desperate1.barren2.pond3.patch4.frontier5.thirst6.pack7.wagon8.oxen1.abandon2.anxiety3.grave4.shallow5.edge6.stare7.skeleton8.valleyGoingWestGoingWestTheoutlineofthepassage:Who:When:How:Why:Where:thewriter’sfamilybywagon1845-1846…inspiredbytheaccountofthewonderfullandbeyond…RockymountainsTheSaltLakedesertDeathValleyItcanbelearnedfromthepassagethatbeforegoingwestthewriterandhisfamilylived____.A.inCaliforniaB.EastoftheRockyMountainsC.WestoftheRockyMountainsD.inIndianGreekBPart1:Thecauseandthebeginningofthejourney.(P______)Part2:Thefirstdestinationofthejourney.(P______)Part3:Themosttryingpartofthejourney.(P______)Part4:Reachingthepromisedland.(Theendofthejourney)(P______)ReadthepassageandMatch123~56TorF1.Inthespringof1845,myfatherreadabookaboutNewYork.2.IndianCreekinKansaswasthemeetingplaceforpeoplemovingtothewest.3.OnNovember4,1846,weenteredtheSaltLakeDesertandsoonlostourway.FTT5.Atthreeo’clockinthemorningofNewYear’Day,wereachedtheedgeofthedesert.TorF4.Whenayoungmanintheirgroupsuggestedthatthewriterstaybehindwiththechildrenandwaitforhelp,thewriteragreed.FIknewwhatwasinhismind.SoIgotupandsaid“No,Iwon’tgiveup.”Iknewthatgivingupmeantashallowgraveinthesand.5.Atthreeo’clockinthemorningofNewYear’Day,wereachedtheedgeofthedesert.TorF4.Whenayoungmaninthei...
