新编英语教程5unit4教学课件

UnitFourTEXTITheInvisiblePoor
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1.Broadlyspeaking,themiddleclassisthesocialgroupbetweentheupperorthewealthyandworkingclass,includingprofessionalandbusinessworkersandtheirfamilies.Themiddleclassissometimesdividedintolowermiddle
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anduppermiddleclass---adivisionbadonoccupationalandeducationaldifferences.SinceWorldWarII,themiddleclasshasbeenthelargestclassintheUnitedStates,wherethemiddleclassparticipatemoreinpoliticalandvoluntaryorganizationsthandothe
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subordinateclass,thatis,thelowestpaidwageearnersandthejoblesspoor.ThemiddleclassintheU.S.alsohasahigherrateofreligiousparticipationthananyotherclass.
2.Dictionarydefinitionsofslumandghetto:
Slum---athicklypopulated,squalidpartofacityinhabitedbythepoorestpeople
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Ghetto---Informertimes,inmostEuropeancountries,actionofacityinhabitedbyJews.IntheU.S.today,athicklypopulatedslumareainacityinhabitedpredominantlybyaminoritygroup.
InmanycitiesintheU.S.,particularlyintheEastandtheMiddleWest,slumsdevelopedwhereunemploymentledtogreatsufferingandover-crowdedness;moreover,pauperismandcrimearewidespread.
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1930s,U.S.laborunionssufferedverelegaldisadvantages.Before1842strikeswereoftenprohibitedbythecourts.In1932antistrikeinjunctionswereoutlawed.U.S.unionsfinallygainedfulllegalrecognitionin1935.Theworkerswerethengiventherighttoformandjoinunionsandtoengageincollectivebargaining.
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I.Thesisstatement:invisibilityofAmericanpoor(Paragraphs1–2)
II.Thenormalandobviouscausoftheinvisibilityofthepoor(Paragraphs3–7)
1.Povertyisoftenoffthebeatentrack.(Paragraph4)
2.Beautyandmythsaremasksofpoverty.(Paragraph5)
3.Summaryandcomment(Paragraphs6–7)
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4.Manyofthepoorarethewrongagetobeen.(Paragraphs13–14)
IV.Politicalinvisibility---thedispossdatthebottomofsocietycannotspeakforthemlves.(Paragraphs15–17)
V.Conclusion(Paragraph18)
V.KeyPointsoftheText
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perennial:lastingthroughthewholeyear;lastingforeverorforalongtime持久的,长久的
E.g.:theperennialsnowfields终年积雪的原野
theperennialbluejeans四季都穿的牛仔裤
aperennialinvalid长期病人
theperennialproblemsofisolationinoldage始终未能解决的老年人孤独问题
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offthebeatentrack/path:notwell-known;notoftenvisited去的人不多的,鲜有人涉足的;不出名的;离开常规;不落俗套
beaten:(ofapath,track,etc.)thatisgivenshapebythefeetofthowhopassalongit(路)被踏平的,走出来的,人们常走的
E.g.:Wefollowedawell-beatenpaththroughtheforest.我们沿着人们常走的小路穿过了森林。
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E.g.:avacationspotthatisoffthebeatentrack僻静的度假处
gooffthebeatentrack打破常规
turnpike(AmE):alsopike,turnpikeroad,aspecialroadfortheuoffast-travelingvehicles,especiallysucharoadwhichonehastopaytou高速公路