新思路大学英语读写译教程第二册（第二版）课件Unit 1Family and Marriage.ppt

New Vision College English Reading, Writing & Translation
Book Ⅱ
Family and Marriage
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Unit One
Objectives
After learning the unit, the students will be able to
know about American families and the relationships between family members, especially the relationships and interactions between parents and children;
grasp the main idea of Text A, Text Band Text C;
master the key words, expressions and useful sentence patterns.
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Warm-up
Get to know the following phrases and talk about family types.extended family(大家庭) nuclear family(核心家庭)single-parent family (单亲家庭) blended family (混合家庭)adopted family (领养家庭)
Talk about your mother. Which of the following words can best describe your mother?
gentle caring hardworking courageous patient strict easy-going humorous inspiring quick-tempered generous
In the face of a disaster, how will you maintain the will to survive?
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Unit one Family and Marriage
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Text A
No Matter What Happens I’ll Always Be There for You
Text B
Words from a Loving Father
Text C
Exploding the Myths about the American Family
Further Study
Text A No Matter What Happens I’ll Always Be There for You
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Part One Background Information
Part Four Exercises
Part Three Detailed Study of the Text
Part Two New Words, Phrases and Expressions
Text A
Text A No Matter What Happens I’ll Always Be There for YouPart One Background Information
Quake of 1989
The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of 1989 and the World Series Earthquake, was a major earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay Area of California on October 17, 1989, at 5:04 . local time. Caused by a slip along the San Andreas Fault, the earthquake lasted 10–15 seconds and measured on the moment magnitude scale (surface-wave magnitude ) or on the open ended Richter Scale. The quake killed 63 people throughout northern California, injured 3,757 and left some 3,000-12,000 people homeless. The earthquake oc