1、Unit4 History and traditions 重点归纳重点归纳 the average annual salary in the United States is $18,000. Besides their huge salaries, athletes receive awe, admiration, and sometimes the votes of the public. Why are Americans so mad about sports? Perhaps we like to see the competitiveness we experience in ou
2、r daily lives acted out on playing fields. 写前导读：本文是一篇议论文。全文讨论了体育运动在美国人生活、学习、 社会活动中的重要作用。 精彩范文 Americans are too mad about sports. (要点 1) The media, like the TV, radio and papers, devote too much time and space to covering sports news. (要点 2) Besides, sports craziness is also reflected in the way Ame
3、ricans raise and educate their children.(要点 3) In addition, American athletes enjoy great salaries and prestige. The competitiveness facing Americans in their daily lives may partly account for their sports craziness. (要点 4) 跟踪演练二：跟踪演练二： 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇 60 词左右的内容概要。 Manhattan is the heart of New Yor
4、k City. It is really an island, which is only 13 miles long and 2 miles wide. Seen from the air, it looks like a long finger, and from the sea, it is just like a picture we often see. On Manhattan are some of the most wonderful sights in the New York. What is the easiest way to see them? First, get
5、a map of New York City, which is often supplied free at gas stations and tourist offices. You can take a bus tour, but a better way to see the sights is to walk, and youll walk with your head thrown back so that you can look at the tall buildings rising like steep cliffs on both sides of the streets
6、. Its not easy to get lost here. The streets of New York from squares are called blocks. Nearly all the streets are in straight lines, running from east to west. Those running from north to south are called avenues. Most of the avenues and streets have only numbers, of which the famous Fifth Avenue
7、is the dividing line between the east and west in Manhattan. And here youll see the Empire State Building. On the 102nd floor, over 1,400 feet above the ground, it is possible for you to see the area in which one in ten of all the people in America live. And from there, you can look down at the other huge skyscrapers, the United Nations buildings, the Statue of Liberty in the harbour, Broadwaythe longest street in the world but not the straightest, and the greatest ships in the worlds biggest port. 写前导读：本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了曼哈顿的相关信息，包括参观方 式、布局和著名景点。 精彩范文
