成都信息工程大学（成都信工学院）：《大学英语》PPT教学课件（第四册）Unit4 America as a Collage

College English Integrated Course 4

College English Integrated Course 4

Unit 4 Text A America as a Collage

Unit 4 Text A America as a Collage

America as a Collage Objectives 儿 Background l Jert orclanizaijor ly Language Studi y Discussion VL Debate

America as a Collage I. Objectives II. Background III. Text organization IV. Language Study V. Discussion VI. Debate

Objectives &Students will be able to B grasp the main idea and structure of the text B understand America as a dynamic and multicultural society, think critically and creatively through in-depth discussions

Objectives Students will be able to: ❖grasp the main idea and structure of the text; ❖understand America as a dynamic and multicultural society; ❖think critically and creatively through in-depth discussions

Collage ° A collage is a picture made by sticking X various materials or objects onto a surface In the text. it refers to a mixture of all peoples put together

Collage • A collage is a picture made by sticking various materials or objects onto a surface. In the text, it refers to a mixture of all peoples put together

Can you find some words and expressions In this article that the author uses to indicate that america is a collage

Can you find some words and expressions in this article that the author uses to indicate that America is a “collage”?

Metaphors for america A metaphor refers to an implied comparison between two different things. often one abstract and other concrete Do you know any other popular metaphors for America? Are there any special implications and connections between these me taphors?

Metaphors for America • A metaphor refers to an implied comparison between two different things, often one abstract and other concrete. • Do you know any other popular metaphors for America? Are there any special implications and connections between these metaphors?

Melting Pot ° The metaphor of the melting potcomes from Englishman The Melting Pot Israel Zangwill's play which was first performed in Washington, D.C in1908

Melting Pot • The metaphor of the “melting pot” comes from Englishman Israel Zangwill's play The Melting Pot, which was first performed in Washington, D.C. • in 1908

Salad bowl mixtures of varlous ingredients that keep their individual characteristics but come together as a dynamic flavor

Salad bowl mixtures of various ingredients that keep their individual characteristics, but come together as a dynamic flavor

Mosaic This metaphor implies that immigrant populations within xaeC the United states C are not being 夹米X平 blended together in one "pot", but Cx0)题米 ather they are transforming American Society 了yT into a truly multicultural mosaIc

Mosaic • This metaphor implies that immigrant populations within the United States are not being blended together in one "pot", but rather they are transforming American Society into a truly multicultural mosaic