StepI:Reading comprehension:
I) Fast Reading: Search for answers within 2 minutes.
1. Why Ellis Island became known as the “Island of Tears”?
2.Why New York is safe to build very tall buildings.
II)Reading comprehension:Finish Exs1 of page193.
III)Use a word to summarize each paragraph.
Paragraph1: location
Paragraph2: parks
Paragraph3: Island of Tears
Paragraph4: buildings
Paragraph5: New York never sleep
StepII.Listening practice.(Close their books.listen each paragraph and answer questions
附：作为高考听力训练。为教师提供了全部内容，教师可酌情选用)
Paragraph1:
1.Who and when were the islands discovered?(1524, an Italian explorer)
2.How much did the island of Manhattan cost when it was bought from local Indians?
(a handful of goods.)
Paragraph2:
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…)
Paragraph3:
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?
Paragraph4:
1.Which tall building was completed in 1931?
2.How many storeys did the World Trade Center have?
Paragraph5:
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.
Paragraph1:
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.
Paragrph2:
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.
Paragraph3:
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.
Paragraph4:
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,20xx.
Paragrah5:
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.
