烟台开发区高级中学英语组季绍妮.ppt

21st Century Teens 烟台开发区高级中学英语组 季绍妮 Philadelphia’s freedom and love (P4-5) 2015-2016学年度第13期总第 615期 For Senior 1 Skimming Try to work out the outline of the passage. How many parts can we divide the passage into, and what is the main idea of each part? Part 1( ): Enjoying a trip to Philadelphia Part 2( ) Philadelphia’s importance in history, culture, the art scene and food. Part 3( ) : Conclusion P1 P2-P6 P7 Scanning: Read the passage again and try to answer the following questions: 1. Why did Philadelphia become the 267th World Heritage City ? 2. What are the city’s achievements? 3. Why is it called the “City of Brotherly Love”? 4. Why can we say it is a city without walls? 1. Why did Philadelphia become the 267th World Heritage City ? Because “the universal principles of freedom and democracy written down in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution (宪法) (1787)” were both signed at Independence Hall. 2. What are the city’s achievements? It is the place where US democracy (民主) was born and the first UNESCO World Heritage City in the US. 3. Why is it called the “City of Brotherly Love”? Because Philadelphia is home to a huge number of ethnic neighborhoods and one of the largest gay communities in the US. In fact, one of the first gay rights protests in the country happened outside of Independence Hall. 4. Why can we say it is a city without walls? Because of the graffiti art on the walls. Discussion: What are the features of your hometown? History; Culture; Art; Environment; Industry; Agriculture; Education; Food; People … Post reading questions: 语法填空： __________(call) the place where US democracy (民主) was born, on Nov 6, Philadelphia got another important title: the first UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) World Heritage City in the US. These documents (文献) “are _____________(great) important to American history and have also had a big effect on lawmakers (立法者) around the world”. Cal