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1、Unit 10 Images of America,Lets Tell the Story of All Americas Cultures,1. America was white-albeit with a little black tinged here and there(L1-2),: conj. although (FORMAL) 一般用来连接形容词，副词或者短语而不是从句 The evening was very pleasant, albeit a little quiet. He tried, albeit without success. He performed the
2、task well, albeit slowly. He accepted the job, albeit with some hesitation. Ann went with her, albeit reluctantly.,tinge,v. to give something a small amount of a particular color, emotion, or quality tinge sth. with sth. hair tinged with grey a look of surprise tinged with disapproval The light of t
3、he setting sun tinges the buildings with delicate colors. n. There was a tinge of sadness in her voice.,American Founding Fathers,Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, Johns Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, Thomas Paine,Westward E
4、xpansion,In 1803, President Jefferson sent a secret message calling for an expedition into the area west of the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.,on May 14, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition started out from St. Louis in search of the Pacific Ocean.,.explore the Missouri River and such prin
5、cipal stream of it, as, by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, may offer the most direct and practical water communication across the continent, for the purposes of commerce. -instructions by President Jefferson,G. Washington T. Jefferson T. Roosevelt A. Lincoln, explo
6、rers and industrialists galore. (L4-5),galore adj after noun INFORMAL in great amounts or numbers: And for the sweet-toothed, this caf has desserts galore. The daffodils galore are in blossom in Spring Festival.,The only Indians were scalpers. (L.5-6),scalp n. C 1 the skin on the top of a persons he
7、ad where hair usually grows: a dry/oily/itchy scalp 2 if you want someones scalp, you want them to be completely defeated (be after) sbs scalp informal: want to punish, take revenge on sb, etc 想整治某人（惩罚 报复等）. The board members were after the chairmans scalp.,scalp V,1 to cut off the scalp of a dead e
8、nemy as a sign of victory Ex. He pretended to scalp me with his sword. verb T US INFORMAL to buy things, such as theatre tickets, at the usual prices and then sell them, when they are difficult to obtain, at greatly increased prices Ex. He was scalping tickets outside the theatre.,scalper noun C US
9、INFORMAL 做投机抽头的人,黄牛(党) A scalper offered me a 300-yuan ticket for the final match for 3000-yuan. C people who scalp others.,Benjamin Franklin,The Iroquois Indians lived in what is now New York State along the St. Lawrence River. The Iroquois Indians were known as the Five Civilized Tribes. These tri
10、bes included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.,the St. Lawrence River,Iroquois,Federation of tribes. Lady freedom: My headdress comes from the mighty Iroquois, inspirers of democracy. My circlet, with 13 stars speaks of the courage of a young nation, he adapted that model into our sy
11、stem of state and federal government(L 8-9),adapt (CHANGE) verb T to change sth. to suit different conditions or uses: + to infinitive We had to adapt our individual plans to fit our colleges timetable. flowers which are well adapted to harsh winters. She adapted herself quickly to the new climate.
12、Many producers are busy adapting Qiong Yaos latest novels for television.,Honolulu n.火奴鲁鲁 (“檀香山”),State of Hawaii,考艾岛,瓦胡岛,夏威夷,毛伊岛,active volcanoes,Frederick Douglass (1818-1895),The leading spokesman of African Americans in the 1800s. He devoted his life to the abolition of slavery.,W. E. B. Du Bois
13、 (1868-1963),an important leader of African American protest in the US the leading black opponent of racial discrimination in the first half of the 1900s the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard University (1895) The idea for the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African A
14、merican Research was proposed in 1969. In 1975, the establishment was announced.,Nathaniel Turner (1800-1831),an abolitionist a black American who organized and led the most successful slave revolt in the United States.,abolitionist,abolish v. end the existence of (a custom, an institution, etc) 废除,
15、 废止（习俗 制度等）: Should the death penalty be abolished? 应该废除死刑吗? abolition U n. the abolition of slavery, hanging abolitionist n person who favours abolition, esp of capital punishment 废除论者; （尤指）主张废除死刑者.,Mexican American War 1846-1848,Mexican American War 1846-1848,The spark, a dispute of the boundary,
16、ignited into war between the United States and Mexico., they were annexed after the Mexican American War. (L.24),annex v. T to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission: Macao was annexed by the western colonists earlier than Hongkong, which was annexed by Great Britain after the second Opium War. sth (to sth) add or join sth to a larger thing 附加; 添加: A new wing has
