Brief Introduction of the US

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1、TeachingBackgroundHighSchoolstudentsknowlittleabouttheEnglish-speakingcountriesthoughthey’velearntEnglishforseveralyears.Languagedatesfromitsculture.America,asanEnglish-speakingcountry,issuperdevelopedcountryintheworld.So,ifstudentswanttolearnEnglishbetter,the

2、yshouldlearnsomeculturefirst.TeachingTitleBriefIntroductionoftheUSTeachingAnalysisThisarticleintroducesAmericancultureinsixaspects:location,politics,education,somemajorcities,holidaysandscenicspots,whichshowsstudentsthegeneralizationofAmerica.Whilelearning,stu

3、dentsshouldpayattentiontothefeaturesofeachaspectaswellasthecombinationofthesixaspects.Theexerciseistocheckstudents’graspofthisclassandthediscussionistoconsolidatetheunderstandingoftheculturedeeply.TeachingMethodsGroup-workExplanationDiscussionExerciseTeachingP

4、roceduresStep1Lead-in1)WhatisyourfirstimpressionontheUS?2)CanyougivesomewordstodescribetheUS?MeltingpotDevelopedAdvancedFreeAmbitiousIndividualismSelf-reliantStep2MainContents:•Americanlocation•Americanpolitics•Americaneducation•Americanmajorcities•Americanhol

5、idays•AmericanscenicspotsAmericanlocation1)Thefourthlargestcountryintheworld2)AmericanFlag---starsandstrips50starsstandfor50statesofUSThirteenstripsstandforthethirteenstateswhichwonintheindependencewarintheearlytime.3)NationalsongAmericanpolitics1)Capitalismso

6、ciety(资本主义国家)2)Separationofthreepowers（三权分立）Legislation立法Congressisthelegislativebranchwhichmakesthelaw.ItiscomposedofSenateandtheHouseofRepresentatives(参议院与众议院).Execution执法Thepresidentrepresentstheexecutivebranchandenforcesthelaw.Justice司法Thesystemofcourtsorj

7、udicialbranchexplainsthelaw3)Bipartisanship（两党制）ThetwomajorpoliticalpartiesintheUSaretheRepublicanandtheDemocraticParties.Ex-presidentBushRepublicanPresident:ObamaDemocrat4)Primarycampaign（主竞选）ThepartiesintheUnitedStateschoosealltheircandidatesforelectionat“pr

8、imarycampaign”,whichisconsideredthefirststepandpartoftheformalvotingprocessandithasmanyforms.Oncethepartycandidateshavebeenchosen,theprimarycampaignbetweenthepartiesbegins.Sometime