单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,.,*,A French Fourth,.,A French Fourth.,1,Background,This text is taken from,The Atlantic Mothly,July/August 2001.The author Charles Trueheart is a correspondent for the,Washington Post,based in Paris.,.,Background This text is taken,2,Globalization make people can touch their own cultures more easily and children abroad can learn the history of their motherland from school.The culture divide between different countries is less jarring.However,on the other hand,people are less than fully immersed in a truly foreign world.,.,Globalization make people can,3,Independence Day,On July 4,The United States of America,celebrates 230th year since,On July 4,1776,the United States claimed its independence from England and Democracy was born.,Each year on July 4th,also known as Independence Day,Americans celebrate their independence with picnics,barbecues,fireworks and family gatherings.,.,Independence Day On July 4The,4,American flag,For of all the signs and symbols since the world began there is none other so full of meaning as the flag of this country.That piece of red,white and blue bunting means five thousand years of struggle upward.It is the full-grown flower of ages of fighting for liberty.It is the century plant of human hope in bloom.,.,American flag For of all the,5,Your flag stands for humanity,for an equal opportunity to all the sons of men.Of course we havent arrived yet at that goal;there are many injustices yet among us,many senseless and cruel customs of the past still clinging to us,but the only hope of righting the wrongs of men lies in the feeling produced in our bosoms by the sight of that flag.,.,Your flag stands for humanity,6,Other flags mean a glorious past,this flag a glorious future.It is not so much the flag of our fathers as it is the flag of our children,and of all childrens children yet unborn.It is the flag of tomorrow.It is the signal of the Good Time Coming.It is not the flag of your kingit is the flag of yourself and of all your neighbors.,.,Other flags mean a glorious pa,7,This tribute to the flag is offered to the country in appeal to all men and women of all races,colors and tongues,that they may come to understand that our flag is the symbol of liberty and learn to love it.,.,This tribute to the flag is of,8,Analysis,part I:,the author starts with a way of celebrating his home countrys National Day,part II:,he makes a contrastive analysis of the costs and benefits of the expatriated people,part III:,he talks about the effect of globalization.,.,Analysispart I:the author sta,9,Part I,paragraph 1-3,Why does the author hang the American flag from his fourth-floor balcony in Paris?,The author has kept the old flag for a long time.Why didnt he get a new one?,Why do the author and his family go back home for the summer?,.,Part I paragraph 1-3Why does,10,Language Work,Fold away:,make something into a smaller,neater shape by folding it,usually several times,These camping chairs can be,folded away,and put in the trunk.,The piece of paper was,folded away,carefully and trucked into her purse.,.,Language WorkFold away:.,11,regulation,Conforming to regulations or rules,As we walked along the street,we could see the noisy cheerful group of people in regulation black parade tunics.,Christians usually decorate their house with the regulations as Christmas approaches.,.,regulationConforming to regula,12,Expatriate,:someone who lives in a foreign country,British expatriates living in Spain,expatriate adjective only before noun expatriate workers,.,Expatriate:someone who lives,13,Suppress:,if important information or opinions are suppressed,people are prevented from knowing about them,even if they have a right to know,.,Suppress:if important informa,14,Refuel:,Its original meaning is to fill with more fuel for a vehicle but here it means to fill someones mind with more knowledge of their native culture.,Oil tankers will accompany the containers for trans-ocean,refuelling,.,In a society of intense competition,people have to,refuel,every year to catch up with the rapid renewal of knowledge.,.,Refuel:Its original meaning i,15,.,.,16,Part II,paragraph 4-9,This part is the main body of the essay,in which the author tells us what is good and what is bad in living in a foreign country.He supports his arguments with the experience of his own family and the difference between his generation and the generation of his own children.,.,Part II paragraph 4-9This par,17,Part II,paragraph 4-9,What are the costs and benefits of raising children in a foreign culture?,What is the authors purpose of telling the story of his own children in Paragraph 4 and 5?How is the story related to his argument?,Did the author achieve the purpose of his summer travel in the U.S.?,.,Part II paragraph 4-9What are,18,Object lesson:,a striking practical example of some principle or ideal,an event or story that shows you the right or wrong way of doing something,They responded to daily emergencies