B.Language points:
1.It is a city in a hurrry, but a very exciting place to be
现在分词和过去分词在意义上不同。一般说来，现在分词表示主动的意义，过去分词表示被动的意义。
试比较：
1)an exciting game:一场激动人心的球赛（球赛使人激动）
excited spectators 激动的观众。（观众被激动）
2)a moving film:一个动人的影片（影片使人感动）
a moved audience.一常被感动了的观众。（观众被感动）
2.the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.
1) violent and angry: fierce dog,winds,attacks
have a fierce look.
2)intense: fierce concentration
3)unpleasantly or uncontrolled strong: fierce heat.
His plan met with fierce opposition.
3. In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians, Native Americans, for a handful of goods worth about $24. Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.
A.worth:adj 形容词 be worth:动词
英语的一个简单句中必须要有一个动词，be worth做动词时不能漏掉be. 而worth做形容词修饰名词的用法，老师们要提起注意，也许会成为高考的考点。
I paid only $4000 for this used car but it’s worth a lot more.
B.deal: n.名词agreement,esp in business. 协议，交易。
They both wanted to use the car, so they did a deal.(=reach a compromise)
It’s a deal.(=I agree to your terms.我同意你的条件)
StepIV.Writing a composition:
The fierce wars between the new settlers and the local Indians broke out.Settlers made agreements with Native Americans chiefs but always broke them afterwards.At last, they came to a deal: The Native Americans were forced onto the poor land that the settlers did not want.
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Passage 2:
To our surprise,the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians for a handful of goods worth about $24. Even today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.In 1858 an area of poor housing was torn down and Central Park was created.
Lesson 49 教学设计方案（二）
Step 1 Revision
Find out how much the students know about the USA. Ask some rapid questions around the class. What is the capital of the USA? (Washington, D. C.) Who is the President of the USA? Name three past Presidents of the USA. In which city is the tallest building? (Chicago.) How many States are there in the USA? (50; 48 contiguous States, plus Alaska and Hawaii.) Which American President brought an end to slavery and was shot in a theatre? (Abraham Lincoln.) What was “the gold rush”? (The time when thousands of people went to California to look for gold.) Where are the two Disneylands ? (Los Angeles and Florida.) What is the name of the centre of the film industry in Los Angeles? (Hollywood.) What prize is given to film actors and directors? (An Oscar.)
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