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1、GoingHomePeteHamillBook1Lesson2ThisPPTisforself-studyPartOne:Warm-upPartTwo:BackgroundInformationPartThree:TextAppreciationPartFour:LanguageStudyPartFive:ExtensionBook1Lesson2ContentsBTLEWLesson2–GoingHomePartTwoBackgroundInformationENTERLesson2–GoingHomeAuthorFloridaNewJers
2、eyNewYorkGeorgiaVI.HowardJohnson'sBackgroundInformationContentsPeteHamillwasborninBrooklyn,N.Y.in1935.HeattendedMexicoCityCollegein1956—1957,studyingpaintingandwriting.HehasbeenacolumnistfortheNewYorkPost,theDailyNews,andNewYorkNewsday,andhaswonmanyjournalisticawards.Lesson2
3、–GoingHomeAuthorTobecontinuedonthenextpage.Atthesametime,Hamillhaspursuedacareerasafictionwriter,producing8novelsand2collectionsofshortstories.His1997novel,SnowinAugust,wasontheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistforfourmonths.Hismemoir,ADrinkingLife,wasonthesameNewYorkTimeslistfor13w
4、eeks.Lesson2–GoingHomeAuthorTheendofAuthor.FloridawasnamedbytheSpanishexplorerJuanPoncedeLeónin1513.Hecalledtheregion"LaFlorida",roughlytranslatedasLandoftheFlowers.Heprobablychosethisnamebecausehewasimpressedbythemanycolorfulflowers.StatehoodforFloridacamein1845(27thstate).
5、FloridaisoneoftheleadingtouriststatesintheUnitedStates.Greatstretchesofsandybeachesandawarm,sunnyclimatemakeFloridaayear-roundvacationland.MajorattractionsincludeDisneyWorld,MiamiBeach,theEvergladesNationalParkandtheFloridaKeys.Touristsmayalsovisithistoricsitesthatdatebackto
6、theSpanishexplorers.Lesson2–GoingHomeII.Florida:the"SunshineState"(FL)Theendof"Florida".Lesson2–GoingHomeIII.NewJersey:the"GardenState"(NJ)Oneoftheoriginal13states,NewJerseywasnamedaftertheislandofJerseyintheEnglishChannel.NewJerseyisastateofindustrialcitiesandtowns,butalsoo
7、fglisteningbeachesandpopularsummerresorts.ItisoneofthegreatcoastalplaygroundsoftheUnitedStates.AtlanticCityisoneofthemostwell-knownresorts.NewJerseyislocatedbetweenNewYorkCityandPhiladelphia,makingitaconvenientlocationfortouriststothearea.Theendof"NewJersey".Lesson2–GoingHom
8、eIV.NewYork:the"EmpireState"(NY)TheDutchwerethefirstsettlersinNewYork.After
