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Match the events below with the time:
A.30,000 years ago
1. The American Civil War
B.1600
2.The Great Depression
C.1861
3.The Civil Rights Movements
D.1930s
4.The Arrival of Native Americans
E.1960s
5.The Arrival of European settlers
A.30,000 years ago
The Arrival of Native Americans
B.1600
The Arrival of European settlers
C.1861
The American Civil War
D.1930s
The Great Depression
E.1960s
The Civil Rights Movements
Fast reading
1.What kind of history does the South have ?
The South has a history of suffering.
The south also has a history of hope and success.
2. Which city is the typical southern city ?
Atlanta
With the help of some topic sentences
Find out how many parts we can divide it into:
Parts
Paragraphs
Part One
Para 1
Part Two
Para 2--5
Part Three
Para 6
Main ideas
The suffering of the South in the past
Hope and success of the South
A new beginning of the South
The South has a history of suffering.
Hardship &suffering
Native Americans were
killed or driven off
causes
The arrival of
European Settlers
Pains of slaves
The slave trades
Death & poverty
The Civil War
Unemployment &
civil unrest
Sacrifices
Para 1
The Great Depression
The Civil Rights
movement
Part 2
The south also has a history of hope and success. (2-5)
Find out examples of hope and success of the South
1.The people of Atlanta struggled to rebuild the city and
create a new South.
2.The people of Atlanta continued to develop the area both
economically and socially.
3. Atlanta’s African-American community grew and black
businesses became more successful.
4. Segregation disappeared and Atlanta was a successful city
proud of its cultural diversity.
5. Atlanta is a booming business center and the home of some of
the largest and most successful companies in America.
6. Atlanta becomes a place where hope and faith have replaced
fear and doubt.
Fill in the blanks with new words:
1. Clinton is the f______
ormer president of the USA.
2. He tried to save his son from
drowning, but in v_____.
ain
3. The city was destroyed and there
was no money for r______________.
econstruction
4. Some people are g_______
for money and some
reedy
for power.
5. The failure caused his d____________.
epression
6. Parents often make s________
acrifices for their children.
7. We got up before d______.
It’s still dark outside.
awn
Part 2
The south also has a history of hope and success. (2-5)
Find out examples of hope and success of the South
1.The people of Atlanta struggled to rebuild the city and
create a new South.
2.The people of Atlanta continued to develop the area both
economically and socially.
3. Atlanta’s African-American community grew and black
businesses became more successful.
4. Segregation disappeared and Atlanta was a successful city
proud of its cultural diversity.
5. Atlanta is a booming business center and the home of some of
the largest and most successful companies in America.
6. Atlanta becomes a place where hope and faith have replaced
fear and doubt.
Questions
Para 2
1.What damage was caused to
Atlanta in the Civil War?
2.What problems did Atlanta have
with its reconstruction?
3.What did the people of Atlanta do
during the post-war years?
Questions
Para 3
1.What signs showed that the new
Atlanta would be different?
2.What do these signs seem to imply
（暗示）?
In the old Atlanta ,black business were
less successful.
In the old Atlanta the black did not have
equal rights as the white
Questions
Para 4
1.Who was Dr.Luther King Jr.?
2. Where was he born?
what were the situations of the city like at that time?
3.What led Dr King to organize non-violent demonstrations?
And what was the purpose of the movement?
4.What happened in the 1960s?
5.Why do we say that Dr King’s efforts were not in vain?
Questions
Para 5
What is modern Atlanta like ?
Atlanta is a typical southern city
1.Why is Atlanta in many ways a typical southern city?
It experienced the hardship of slavery, the Civil
War, the post-war years and the Great Depression
And the Civil Rights Movement.
Para 6
The South are determined to make a new beginning.
What is the South like today ?
The South is known for its friendly atmosphere.
And many cities are becoming commercial and
cultural centers of the nation.
1. struggle to find ways to do sth 13.in fact---actually
2. deal with the troubled past
14.former slaves
15.recover from
the destruction
4.be greedy for sth
16.despite sth
5.be in unemployment
17.continue to do
6.in the post-war years
doing sth
7.be far behind --18.take away
8.economic development
9.There are signs that--- 19.lead sb to do sth
20.aim at doing sth
10.be burnt down
aim to do sth
11.be destroyed
3.drive sb off a place
12.There was no money for reconstruction
21.a series of--31.have faith in
22.in the 1060s
32.I doubt whether --23.march through--There is no doubt that
24.in honor of
33.be determined to do
25.in vain
make a new beginning
26.be proud of
its cultural diversity 34.be known for
be proud to do sth
a commercial and
display its new image
cultural center.
27.was the host of
28.The eyes of the world are on --29.a booming business center
30.is representative of ---
Task 6 Consolidation
Ever since the Civil War, the South
has _________
struggled to find ways to deal
with its troubled
_______ past.
The history of the South is not only
suffering but also one of
one of _________,
hope and ________.
_____
success The people of
rebuild the city
Atlanta struggled to ________
and ________
create a new south. Atlanta’s
African-American community ______
grew
and black business became more and
successful
more __________.
Task 6 Consolidation
Segregation disappeared and Atlanta
____________
cultural
was a successful city proud of its ________
diversity. In 1996, Atlanta was the _____
host of
the Olympic games. And it becomes a place
where _____
hope and _______
faith have replaced fear
and doubt.
The South still has many problems to
_____
deal ______,
with but the people there are
determined
__________ to make a new__________.
beginning
Choose the best answer:
1. Hundreds of years ago, which of the following
countries probably killed the native Americans?
√
A.Korea. B. Egypt. C. England. D. Canada.
2. The phrase “in vain” in Paragraph 4 probably
means ____.
√A. without success
B. in trouble
C. put into practice
D. dangerous
3. Which of the following is wrong according to
the passage?
A.The south has overcome many difficulties ever
since the Civil War.
B. The fights between blacks and whites in the
1960’s were fierce.
C. There is no doubt that Atlanta is a typical
Southern city in many ways.
√
D. Today the South has developed far better than
the North