Unit 6 Henry ford and the American automobiles

Step 1 lead-in discussion of text A1. questions1) What is the relationship between Henry Ford and the American automobile? 2) What contribution did he make to Detroit, to American industry and the economy?3) what did Henry Ford do as a business manager? What business management concept does it reflect?

• Step 2 read the text A and summarization • 1. brief introduction to Henry Ford • Born in 1863 and died in 1947, with a life span of 83

years, he was the great founder of Ford Motor Company, which was established in 1903. Attributing to the invention of the first type of car specially designed for ordinary people—Mode T, the worldwide revolution of automobile industry began.

• Currently, Ford Motor Company has become the second largest automobile company in the world, just next to General Motors. It owns several famous brands like Volvo, Mazda and Lincoln.

• 2. Prepare for the vocabulary • 1) Ask the students to read out the words loudly• Explain some of the words and phrases • Skyscraper prosperity• Mechanical operate• Signify conscious• Outskirts disperse • Gulf symphony orchestra

• 2) prepare the new words appear in the text for the students

• Write them on the blackboard for them to recognize, serving as the supplementation to the words and expressions after the text.

• 3. Ask the students to read and understand the passage in limited time, basically according to the time when most students finish reading.

• 4. Ask the students to give opinions to the following question\

• What did Henry Ford do after he became wealthy?

• 5. Summarization • Ask several students to make summarization of the main

ideas of each part and the whole passage• The first paragraph introduces some graphic features of

Detroit—the cradle of Ford Motor Company, serving as a lead-in to the following content.

• The 2nd —8th paragraphs tell the success stories of Henry Ford and his contributions to the American automobile industry.

• The 9th --- 11th ones tell the revolution happened in the American automobile industry in the 1980s: the energy crisis and corresponding solutions-----produce small cars and use unleaded gas

• Step 3 exercises of text A• 1 Comprehension • Choose the right answer of the following multiple choices • it was Henry Ford who________• A invented the first automobile• B was he first man to produce an automobile by hand• C was the first man to produce automobile by assembly

line• D had workers produce an automobile• 2) owing to Henry Ford the American automobile has

become_______-• A more expensive B more comfortable

• 2. vocabulary • 1) right on edge of the downtown area is the

waterfront of the city• A center B border• C left D right• 2) Model A was much more comfortable than the

open, wind-swept model T.• A closed B wind-proof• C exposed to the wind D wind-tight