1、全新版 大学英语综合教程第三册课件,Unit 1,Change in the Way We Live,Book Three,College English (New Edition),Text A,Mr. Doherty Builds His Dream Life,Jim Doherty,Background Information,A romantic idea of life in the countryside,Ivy League,Individual Retirement Account,Compared to the noisy city life, many Americans
2、yearn for a free and unfettered life, every day is not very busy, very leisurely tranquil, and more fun displaying their nature. This is their dream life, but also their values.,A romantic idea of life in the countryside,City Life,Country Life,Ivy League,Ivy League refers to eight long-established c
3、olleges and universities in the United States with prestigious academic and social reputations. Members of the Ivy League are:,Ivy League,Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island; 2. Columbia University in New York City; 3. Cornell University in Ithaca, New York; 4. Dartmouth College in Hanover,
4、 New Hampshire;,Ivy League,5. Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts; 6. University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia; 7. Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey; 8. Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.,Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island,Columbia University in New York Ci
5、ty,Cornell Universityin Ithaca, New York,Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire,Harvard Universityin Cambridge, Massachusetts,University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia,Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey,Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut,Individual Retirement Account,Individu
6、al Retirement Account refers to a US government plan that allows people to put part of their income into special bank accounts. No tax has to be paid on this money until they retire. In fact, “ IRA” is used more often.,The End,Unit two,College English (New Edition),Book Three,Civil-Rights Heroes,Fer
7、qus M.Bordewich,The freedom givers,Text A,Background Information,Uncle Toms Cabin,Freedom and Rights,The Civil Rights Movement,Josiah Henson,Martin Luther King , Jr.,The Underground Railroad in Canada,Freedom and Rights,Freedom of the individual is considered one of the essential features of western
8、 civilization, which itself is sometimes called the Free World. This freedom is often expressed in terms of rights to do certain things or to be treated in a particular way. In Britain and the US the most basic rights include freedom of expression, of choice and of worship.,The Civil Rights Movement
9、,It refers to the national campaign by African-Americans in the U.S. for equal rights especially in the 1950s and 1960s. The campaign included boycotts, the actions of freedom riders, and in 1963 a march to Washington led by Martin Luther King.,Have a good time!,26,Martin Luther King , Jr.,Have a go
10、od time!,27,Martin Luther King, Jr.,Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African-American civil rights movement. His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States and he is frequently refere
11、nced as a human rights icon today. King is recognized as a Saint by two Christian churches.,Have a good time!,28,Martin Luther King, Jr.,A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leaders
12、hip Conference in 1957, serving as its first president. Kings efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his “I Have a Dream“ speech. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.,Have
13、 a good time!,29,Martin Luther King, Jr.,In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts o
14、n ending poverty and opposing the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.,Have a good time!,30,Martin Luther King, Jr.,King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Ma
15、rtin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.,I have a dream Martin Luther King，Jr.,I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.“,Josiah Henso
16、n (1789-1883) Born into slavery in 1789 in Charles County, Maryland, Josiah Henson escaped to Ontario, Canada in 1830 and established a settlement and a laborers school for other fugitive slaves at Dawn near Dresden in Kent County.,Josiah Henson,Josiah Hensons autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henso
17、n, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada (1849) is believed to have inspired the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowes novel, Uncle Toms Cabin (1852).,Josiah Henson,Uncle Toms Cabin,Uncle Toms Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, is one of the most famous and popular pieces of Civil
18、War literature.,Harriet Beecher Stowe,Uncle Toms Cabin,Drawn from selected pieces of real life anecdotes, Uncle Toms Cabin was a book that drew many people into the fight over the institution of slavery. Northerners hailed the book, while southern slaveholders abhorred it.,Uncle Toms Cabin Historic
19、Site,Located near Dresden, Ontario, this cabin was home to Josiah Henson during much of his time in the area. The cabin takes its name from the famous novel, and although it has been moved approximately three times, it has remained on the original Dawn Settlement lands.,Uncle Toms Cabin Historic Sit
20、e,First opened as a museum in the 1940s, it was moved to its present location in 1964, and restored to an 1850 appearance in 199394. The Uncle Toms Cabin Historic Site is owned by the Ontario Heritage Trust.,During the 19th century, Canada found itself intellectually front and centre in the fierce b
21、attle to abolish slavery, and physically on the front line of the secret routes followed by refugees fleeing enslavement in the American South. This dramatic refugee movement, known as The Underground Railroad, was first designated of national historic significance by the Government of Canada in 192
22、5.,The Underground Railroad in Canada,More recently, the Minister of Canadian Heritage has designated persons as well as sites associated with this important chapter of Canadian history, while Parks Canada has been working with the United States National Park Service to make the international connec
23、tions in this story better known.,The Underground Railroad in Canada,Concentrations of Underground Railroad refugee settlers in Ontario circa 1850.,The End,Obama,College English (New Edition),Book Three,Unit Three,Security,The Land of Lock,Text A,Bob Greene,Bob Greene,Robert Bernard Greene, Jr. (bor
24、n March 10, 1947) is an American journalist, best known as an award-winning columnist for the Chicago Tribune newspaper, where he worked for 24 years until being fired for sexual misconduct.,Bob Greene,Greene has written books on subjects varying from Michael Jordan, to small towns, to U.S. presiden
25、ts. His Hang Time: Days and Dreams with Michael Jordan became a bestseller. Greene has two children, Nick and Amanda, from a 31-year marriage with Susan Koebel Greene.,Early life Originally from Bexley, Ohio (a suburb of Columbus), Greene attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and b
26、ecame a reporter and feature writer for the Chicago Sun-Times upon graduating in 1969, receiving a regular column in the paper within two years.,Bob Greene,Early life Greene first drew significant national attention with his book, Billion Dollar Baby (1975), a diary of his experiences while touring
27、with rock musician Alice Cooper and portraying Santa Claus during the show.,Bob Greene,Bob Greene,Awards and honors In 1977, Greene won the National Headliner Award for writing the previous years best column. In 1995, Greene was named Illinois Journalist of the Year. In the same year he was awarded
28、the Peter Lisagor Award for Public Service Journalism for his reporting on courts failing children in need.,Bob Greene,Current books Greene did not return to newspaper or magazine journalism, though he continues to write books, and is now a contributing writer to CNN.com. His 2006 book, And You Know
29、 You Should Be Glad: A True Story of Lifelong Friendship, is a personal account of the illness and death of his lifelong friend Jack Roth at age 57.,Bob Greene,Current books His latest book, released on May 13, 2008, is When We Get to Surf City: A Journey through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll,
30、 Friendship, and Dreams, a chronicle of a 15-year period when he intermittently toured with surf-rock legends Jan and Dean, singing backup and playing guitar.,Background Information,Security Systems,September 11 attacks,Airport Security,Security Systems,2. security chains,3. electronic alarm systems
31、,4. trip wires,5. sliding glass doors with steel bars,6. access cards,7. electronic X-ray equipment,8. high-intensity light,9. rape whistles,1. dead-bolt locks,2. security chains,Security Systems,1. dead-bolt locks,Security Systems,3. electronic alarm systems,4. trip wires (hooked up to a police sta
32、tion or private guard firm),5. sliding glass doors with steel bars,6. access cards,Security Systems,7. electronic X-ray equipment,8. high-intensity light,9. rape whistles,Security Systems,Airport Security,September 11 attacks,September 11 attacks,September 11 attacks,The End,Unit Four,Extraterrestri
33、als,College English (New Edition),Book Three,The Water Place,Issac Asimov,Text A,Issac Asimov (1920-1992)， a Russian-born American writer of science fiction，was born in Petrovichi, Russia. Petrovichi is very proud of their native son and have honored the place of his birth with a memorial stone.,Iss
34、ac Asimov,By March 18, 1941, Issac Asimov had written thiry-one stories, sold seventeen, and fourteen had been published. At that time, he considered himself nothing more than a third-rate writer.,Issac Asimov,That evening, he sat down to write his thirty-second story, based on an idea suggested by
35、Astounding editor John W. Campbell the day before. Two days later, he received a letter from Campbell, and the history of science fiction was changed forever.,Issac Asimov,Among his best-known science fictions: I, Robert (1950); the Foundation Trilogy (1951-1953).,Issac Asimov,Background Information
36、,The Solar System,Extraterrestrial life,venus,The U.S. Supreme Court,Congress,Income tax,US Federal Government,Venice,&,&,UFO,Extraterrestrial life,It refers to life-forms that may have evolved on other planets. There is no hard evidence at present that life exists other than on the Earth. Most UFOs
37、 have been satisfactorily explained as being natural or man-made, and the Viking missions to Mars were inconclusive in testing for the existence of life on that planet .,Nevertheless, searches have been and are being made for signs that life has arisen in other parts of the universe. Certain knowled
38、ge either that life is confined to planet Earth or has been found elsewhere would have the profoundest philosophical implications for mankind.,Extraterrestrial life,UFO (Unidentified Flying Objects),The Solar System,The inner solar system: the Sun(太阳); Mercury(水星); Venus(金星); Earth(地球); Mars(火星). Th
39、e main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The outer solar system: Jupiter(木星); Saturn(土星); Uranus(天王星); Neptune(海王星).Pluto(冥王星) is now classified as a dwarf planet.,The Solar System,venus,The Venus appear in sky in morning and dusk separately, ancient to divine by astrology h
40、ouse thought there existed two such planets. They call them “stars at dawn” and “evening stars” separately. In English , the Venus is goddess of ancient Rome, like the love of soliciting and beautiful .And all the time , the Venus has all been shrouded in the mysterious veil by the curly cloud.,venu
41、s,Known for its beauty in the sky, Venus is the second planet from the Sun and similar in size to Earth . However ,its immense surface heat and pressure make the planet completely uninhabitable . It has a thick , poisonous atmosphere of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid. Thick clouds hide a surface c
42、overed with lava flows ,quake faults and impact craters.,Venice is a city in northern Italy, the capital of the region Veneto, a population of 271,367. Together with Padua, the city is included in the Padua-Venice Metropolitan Area (population 1,600,000). The city historically was an independent nat
43、ion. Venice has been known as the “City of Water“, “City of Bridges“, and “The City of Light“. It is often cited as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.,Venice,US Federal Government,The US federal government is divided into three separate, but equally powerful branches: the legislative (wh
44、ich writes the laws); the executive (which carries out the laws); and the judicial (which reviews the way laws are applied). The separation of powers also allows for a system of checks and balances within the government. Each branch is given certain control over the other two, which balances the pow
45、er and keeps the potential for abuse of power in check.,The judicial branch is one of the three branches of US federal government and operates the system of law courts. The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. is the highest court in the US, and is very powerful. It has nine judges, called justices. Tr
46、aditionally, they are called the nine old men, although there has been one woman justice. The head of the court has the title of Chief Justice of the United States. Justices are appointed be by the President, although the Senate must give its approval to the choice. There has been only one African-A
47、merican justice.,The U.S. Supreme Court,Congress,Congress is the law-making body in the US. Congress has two houses, the Senate (参议院) and the House of Representatives (众议院). The main job of Congress is making laws. Before a new law can become effective, both houses have to pass it, and it must then
48、have the approval of the President. In a system of government based on a series of checks and balances, the two houses of Congress act as a check on each other, as well as together forming a check on the powers of the executive branch, especially the President.,It is a tax paid according to a person
49、s level of income, with people on higher incomes paying higher rates of tax. It is used by the government to help pay for things like health care and education. It is collected in Britain by the Inland Revenue and in the US by the Internal Revenue Service.,Income tax,Preparation,1.Do you believe E.T./ UFO( unidentified flyingobject)?2.If its true, what do you want if you met some of it?,Text Organization,Part One (Paras 1-3)The narrator claims that no extraterrestrials will ever land on earth.,
