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,2001.

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）

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