American Dream

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American Dream
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What is American Dream?
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The Beginning of the Country

• Mayflower
• In December 1620, with snow already flying,
  Mayflower dropped anchor off Cape Cod. Fifty men,
  twenty women and thirty-four children driven from
  England finally came to the new land where they
  could enjoy their religious freedom to the full.

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Basic American Beliefs

• We hold these truths to be self-evident,
  that all men are created equal, that they are
  endowed (??)by Creator with certain
  inalienable(?????)rights, that among these are
  Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
• ---The Declaration of
  Independence

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Six Basic Beliefs

• individual freedom
• self-reliance
• equality of opportunity
• competition
• material wealth
• hard work

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What is American Dream?
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What Is American Dream

• ( Improving financial situation)
• 1. getting out of poverty
• 2. getting good education for kids
• 3. opening ones own business
• 4. getting very rich
• ( Improving social status)
• 5. living upper-class lives
• 6. becoming a senator or something
• 7. becoming the President

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• James Truslow Adams
• The American Dream.

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• The American Dream is that dream of a land in
  which life should be better and richer and fuller
  for everyone, with opportunity for each according
  to ability or achievement.

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Great Depression
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Tony Trivosonno's American Dream
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Words Study

• Names

lawn
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instrument
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hardware
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tractor
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pepper
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giant
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route
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Words Study

• lawn
• instrument
• hardware
• tractor
• route
• pepper
• giant
• route

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Questions

• Who was Tony?
• What is the relationship between Tony and author?
• What was Tonys lifelong dream?
• How did Tony make his dream come true?
• Why did the author compare Tony with the greatest
  American industrialists?

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Story Time
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He came from a cocky farm in Italy, somewhere
south of Rome.
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about five-foot-seven or eight, thin, broken
English
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Event One
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_at_? I can hardly understand!
I mow your lawn.
v. understand. n. comprehension adj.
comprehensive, comprehensible
comprehend
It was hard to ______________his broken English.
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I do not have enough money to have a gardener.
I mow your lawn.
v. Be able to spend time or money on something
without causing trouble.
afford
I told Tony that I cant _________ a gardener.
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Depression
How could I say no to him?
turn away
, but how could I ___________ a person who had
come to me for help?
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-sume to take consume, resume presume, assume
assumed
I ___________ you had hired him.
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You have done a good job.
compliment
on
I ___________ him____ the work he has done.
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clean up The new mayor promised to clean up the
city by getting rid of all the criminals. clear
up It always clears up in the afternoon. We have
to clear all the work by the weekend. The teacher
clear up all the difficulties in the textbooks.
clean up
Tony ___________ the yard and took care of little
tasks.
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work out
I managed to _________ some kind of small weekly
pay, and

• We have worked out a program.
• They made a great effort to work out their
  differences.
• The little boy worked out the maths problem all
  by himself.

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Come from somewhere south of Rome Standing in
the driveway, behind the garage About
five-foot-seven or eight Thin The lawn mowed
the garden weeded, the walks swept Clean up the
yard take care of any little tasks.
Unable to comprehend his broken English Couldnt
afford a gardener How could I turn away a
person Compliment him on the work Manage to
work out some kind of small weekly pay
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Event Two
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,snow pretty soon, when winter come, you give me
job clearing snow at factory.
What do you do with ______________ and hope?
determination
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Yeah, Tony is a good worker.
Is Tony doing a good job?
Personnel office
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Clearing the snow Determination and hope A good
worker
Gave him the job Asked for a report Was told that
Tony was a good worker.
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Event Three
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Apprentice School
I want to be prentice.
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Can Tony do it? Can he read the blueprints and
micrometers? Can he do the precision work?
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Tony graduated as a skilled grinder.
Bosss office
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My wife and I were delighted with what we felt
was a ___ (satisfy) end of the story.
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Wanted to be an apprentice. Took a cut in pay to
become an apprentice. Graduated as a skilled
grinder. Learned to read the on the
micrometerand to shape
Doubted whether Tony had the capacity to read
blueprints and micrometers or do precision
work. Got a report that he Were delighted with
what we felt was a satisfying end of the story.
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Event Four
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A complete wreck?!
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reluctantly
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I dont want to do it, but
mortgage
reluctantly
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Discarded, I take them home.
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Wanted to buy a house. Got the mortgage and the
house with no down payment Gathered discarded
odds and ends around our place and took them
home.
Called on a banker friend Persuaded the banker to
loan money to Tony on character. Though
reluctantly, His friend wrote a mortgage.
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Event Five
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He seemed stand a little straighter. He was
heavier. He had a look of confidence.
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amazed
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A dream?
He found a small abandoned piece of property
with a house a shed.
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Sold the house and bought a farm. Talked about
his dream He sent for his wife and his son and
his daughter in Italy.
Amazed.
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Later
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Neatly dressed. Had persuaded his childhood
friend to move to America. Was sponsoring him.
When they approached the little farm he now
operated, his friend stood in amazement and said,
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determination
self-control
self-respect
optimism
integrity
vision
Grew in stature
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basement
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Time For Games!
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Assignment

• read Unit 7, 8 of Book 1 and Unit 1 of book 2
• do the exercise of those units
• get ready for quiz 3