Part One —Teaching Objectives

I. Comprehension of the text

II. Mastery of important language points

III. Enlargement of the vocabulary

IV. Rhetorical devices

V. Enhancing students’ ability to appreciate the text from different perspectives

Part Two Video watching

Part Three—Background Information

Ⅰ. New York City

Ⅱ. The Statue of Liberty

Ⅲ. The Wall Street

IV. The Fifth Avenue

V. The Central Park

1. What is the main theme of this article?

2. What technique does the writer use to develop his main theme?

Key:

1. Loving and Hating New York

2. Full of American expressions; using various rhetorical devices

What is the nature of exposition?

Key:

— Exposition organizes its subject not in time or space but by logic.

—Exposition is the form of writing whose purpose is to explain or inform.

—Exposition is often formal and academic. The writer is likely to appeal to our reason by using evidence and logic.

—The content of the thesis statement dictates the pattern of organization uitable to that development.

论文题目：中国城市化的利弊

作者：陈旭

摘要：伴随着我国经济的迅猛发展，城市化问题成为了全民普遍关注的热点问题。然而在城市化的进程中，我们既要看到其有利的一面，又要发现其存在的弊端。该文简要探讨我国城市化及其利弊问题。