人教选修八Unit1Reading.ppt

人教选修八Unit1Reading.ppt

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Unit1,Unit1Alandofdiversity,Star-SpangledBanner,50starsEachstarrepresentsonestate,13stripestheoriginal13states.,Blueloyaltyandjustice,Redcourage,Whitefreedom,TheWhiteHouse,TheStatueofLiberty,_istheexecutivemansion（官邸）ofthePresidentoftheUnitedStates.ThestatueoflibertyisstandingonasmallislandinNewYorkHarbor,symbolizingthespiritof_oftheUSA.,TheWhiteHouse,independence,Thelanguagetheymainlyuseis_.Mountainrangeinthewestis_.ThelongestriverintheUSAis_.,theMississippiRiver,theRockyMountains,English,Someimportantcities:

NewYork,WashingtonD.C.,LosAngeles,SanFrancisco,Chicago,NewOrleans,Houston,Philadelphia,Miami,Atlanta,Seattle,Denver,Kansas,Detroit,Boston,WhocannamesomeimportantcitiesoftheUSA?

Warmingup,LookatthemapoftheUSA.Workwithyourgrouptowriteonthemapthenamesofasmanyofthefollowingasyoucan.Compareyouranswerswithothergroups.oceanontheeastcoastoceanonthewestcoastcountrytothenorthofUSAcountrytothesouthofUSACalifornia,mountainrangeinthewestGreatLakeslongestriverintheUSAsomeimportantcities,Seattle,SanFrancisco,LosAngeles,Denver,Houston,NewOrieans,Miami,Atlanta,Boston,NewYork,Philadelphig,Washington,D.C,Appalachian,RockyMountains,Mexico,Chieago,Detroit,St.Louis,Canada,AtlanticOcean,PacificOcean,theMississippi,California,Superior,Michigan,Erie,Huron,Ontario,TheUSAliesin_,borderingboththe_Oceanandthe_Ocean,between_and_.Thereare_statesintheUS.Forty-eightofthemareinthesingleregion,while_and_arenotcontiguouswithanyoftheotherstates.,theNorthAmerica,Atlantic,Pacific,Canada,Mexico,fifty,Alaska,Hawaii,IfyouhaveachancetogototheUSA,wherewouldyouprefertovisit,CaliforniaorWashingtonDCorothercities?

Why?

LetsappreciatesomepicturesaboutCalifornia.,Californiacoast,Hoovertower,Californiasunset,HotelCalifornia,California,AndresCanyon,LakeTahoe,DeathValley,Ithasanareaof411,000squarekilometers.AnditisoneoftheAmericanstatesofthelargestpopulation,withthemostdevelopedeconomy.,Californiaisamazing.Thepleasantweather,longbeachandgracefulnaturallandscapemakethetourismprosperous.,HowiseachpicturerelevanttothehistoryofCalifornia?

NativeAmericansoneofthefirstpeopletoliveinCalifornia.,GoldminersthediscoveryofgoldinCaliforniacreatedagoldrushwhichbroughtpeoplefromallovertheworldtoCalifornia.,AbuildinginChinatown,SanFranciscoManyChinesehavesettledinCaliforniaandmanyofthemliveinChinatowninSanFrancisco.,NativeAmericans,SomepicturesaboutthehistoryofCalifornia,GoldRushPeriod,1.Californiaisthe_largeststateintheUSA.A.thirdB.secondC.fourthD.fifth,2.California,astateinthewesternUSA,borders_.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOceanD.theArcticOcean,GeneralknowledgequizaboutCalifornia.,3._isCaliforniaslargestandthenationssecondlargestcity.SacramentoB.LosAngelesC.SanDiegoD.SanFrancisco,4.Californiasofficialnicknameisthe_.SunflowerStateB.GoldenStateC.LandofOpportunityD.EvergreenState,5._hasthelargestpopulationintheUSA.A.CaliforniaB.AlaskaC.WashingtonD.Texas,6.CaliforniaenteredtheUniononSeptember9th1850,asthe_state.A.thirtiethB.thirty-eighthC.thirty-secondD.thirty-first,Thetextisaboutthebrief_ofCalifornia,whichfocusesonthesettlementofthestate.,history,Readthetextquicklyandcompleteitsmainidea.,Skimming,15,000yearsago:

FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitintheArctictoAmerica.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericans.,16thcentury:

SpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmerica.,BesideeachtimenotedownanimportanteventinCalifornianhistory.,CaliforniabecamepartofMexico.TheUSdeclaredwaronMexico.GoldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.Californiabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.,1821:

1846:

1848:

1850:

Spanish_Russians_Africans_Chinese_Italians_Danish_,BesideeachculturalgroupwiththeperiodinwhichtheyfirstcametoCaliforniainlargenumbers.,intheearly16thcentury,early1800s,1800s,late1840s/early1850s,inthelate19thcentury,1911,Jewish_Japanese_Koreans_Cambodians_Vietnamese_Pakistanis_,20thcentury,1920s,inmorerecentdecades,fromaboutthe1970s,fromaboutthe1970s,fromaboutthe1970s,I.Readthetextcarefullyandfillintheblanks.,15,000,landbridge,slavery,Europeans,religious,16th,Russian-Americans,hunters,gold,Europe,GoldRush,fishermen,Denmark,Jewish,farmers,1800s,ship,Asia,Indians,computer,1.CaliforniaisthethirdlargeststateinUSAbuthasthelargestpopulation.2.In1848,beforetheAmerican-Mexicanwar,goldwasdiscoveredinCalifornia.3.ThenativepeoplesufferedgreatlyafterthearrivalofEuropeansinthe16thcentury.,F,T,T,II.TrueorFalse.,4.Over40%ofCaliforniansspeakSpanishasafirstlanguage.5.Inthe1800s,RussianhuntersbegansettlinginCalifornia.,T,T,6.Alotofpeoplerushingforgoldlosttheirlivesorwentbackhome,butmostofthemremainedinCaliforniatomakealivingforthemselvesinthenewtownsoronfarms.,T,7.Comparedwiththeperiodofgoldrush,lessChineseimmigratetoCaliforniaduringtheperiodofbuildingtherailnetworkfromthewesttotheeastcoast.8.Bythe1920s,thefilmindustrywaswellestablishedinCalifornia.,T,F,9.Itisthecomputerindustrysinceitsbeginningin1970sthathasattractedIndiansandPakistanistoCalifornia.10.WithmoreimmigrantscomingtoCalifornianowandthen,itisbelievedthatbeforelongtherewillbeaevengreatermixofnationalitiesinthisstate.,T,T,WhyisCaliforniasuchamulticulturalcommunity?

Whatproblemsdoyouthinkmightarise?

Explaininyourownwords.Writethreeorfoursentences.Compareyouranswerswithothersinyourclass.,ThestateofCaliforniaisamulticulturalcommunitybecauseEuropean,AfricanandAsianpeoplehavebeenmovingintothestateforthelast200years.Itisthismixofpeopleswiththeirowncustoms,cultureandfoodthathavegivenCaliforniaitsmulticulturalflavor.,Problemsthatmightariseincludeinterculturalrivalryorcompetition,discriminationormisunderstanding.ItistothecreditofCaliforniansthatsuchproblemsdonotariseveryoften.,Prepareforthewordformationsandcollectsuffixesofthenouns,verbsandadjectives.,