课前准备 Warm-up：

In the previous unit, we have studied the first part of the speech “A More Perfect Union”. Before we proceed to a detailed discussion of the second part of the speech, think over the following questions:

1)How will be the second part be related to the first part?

2)What changes do you think Obama strove to make for the building of a more perfect union?

3)What do you think of the changes?

本章概览An Overview：

The text is an American presidential campaign speech delivered by Barack Obama. He made the speech in the hope that all Americans, black and white could transcend distraction and unite their efforts in the building of a more perfect union.

学习目标Objectives：

Through textual analysis and learning, the students should

1)Get the content of the speech

2)Grasp the theme of the speech

3)Acquire relevant words and grammatical structures as shown in the text

4)Get acquainted with the primary features of a presidential campaign speech

知识结构Knowledge Structure：

The text is a presidential campaign speech which can be divided into 3 parts.

I.Vivid manifestations of the stern reality and the need for change (paras. 27-37)

1)The wretched situation of the black Americans (paras. 27-31)

2)Black anger and its consequences. (paras. 32-33)

3)White anger and its consequences (paras. 34-36)

4)Summarization of current situation (para. 37)

II.The changes Obama’s election aims to make for the building of a more perfect union (paras. 38-50)

1)The need for change (para. 38-44)

2)The specific issues to tackle in making the changes. (paras. 45-50)

III.The rationale for making the changes (paras. 51-60)

1)The rationale for Obama’s election (paras. 51)

2)An exemplification of the rationale (paras. 52-58)

3)A reiteration of the rationale (paras. 59-60)