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1. When did New York became the largest city in the USA?(1820)

2.What did Central Park include?(space for summer picnic,open air concerts,plays and games;

a zoo, an art museum, a boating lake ,a small lake…)

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1.What began in 1892?

2.What kind of museum is Ellis Island today?

3.How many people were turned away?

4.What kind of tests did the people have to pass through?

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1.Which tall building was completed in 1931?

2.How many storeys did the World Trade Center have?

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1.Why can we say “New York never sleeps”?

2.Why did some people dislike the city?

StepIII.Language points:(使学生在语境中体会词汇的意义及用法。并可提高上课效率)

I) Read the passage in details and pay enough attention to the Language.

II) Close their books and fill in the blanks.

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In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians, Native Americans, for a handful of goods worth about $24. Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.

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In 1858 an area of poor housing, factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was created, reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street.

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In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began, during which 15 million new people passed through Ellis Island into the USA over a period of 62 years.Today Ellis Island is a museum, showing the roots of America’s new citizens, who came from all the corners of the earth.

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The twin towers are 110 storeys high, but high-speed lifts controlled by computer take only a minute to reach the top.

But unfortunately the twin towers were destroyed by terrorist attacks on Septimber 11th,2001.

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New York never sleeps. The underground railway runs 24 hours a day, and there are all-night cinemas,bars and restaurants. Some people think that the weather is unpleasant,the city ugly and dirty, the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.It is a city in a hurrry, but a very exciting place to be.

B.Language points:

1.It is a city in a hurrry, but a very exciting place to be

现在分词和过去分词在意义上不同。一般说来，现在分词表示主动的意义，过去分词表示被动的意义。

试比较：

1)an exciting game:一场激动人心的球赛(球赛使人激动)

excited spectators 激动的观众。(观众被激动)

2)a moving film:一个动人的影片(影片使人感动)

a moved audience.一常被感动了的观众。(观众被感动)

2.the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.

1) violent and angry: fierce dog,winds,attacks

have a fierce look.

2)intense: fierce concentration

3)unpleasantly or uncontrolled strong: fierce heat.

His plan met with fierce opposition.

3. In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians, Native Americans, for a handful of goods worth about $24. Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.

A.worth:adj 形容词 be worth:动词

英语的一个简单句中必须要有一个动词，be worth做动词时不能漏掉be. 而worth做形容词修饰名词的用法，老师们要提起注意，也许会成为高考的考点。

I paid only $4000 for this used car but it’s worth a lot more.

B.deal: n.名词agreement,esp in business. 协议，交易。

They both wanted to use the car, so they did a deal.(=reach a compromise)

It’s a deal.(=I agree to your terms.我同意你的条件)

StepIV.Writing a composition:

The fierce wars between the new settlers and the local Indians broke out.Settlers made agreements with Native Americans chiefs but always broke them afterwards.At last, they came to a deal: The Native Americans were forced onto the poor land that the settlers did not want.

Passage 2:

To our surprise,the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians for a handful of goods worth about $24. Even today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.In 1858 an area of poor housing was torn down and Central Park was created.