高二英语选修8-unit1reading2.ppt
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Unit1AlandofdiversityLearningAims:
1.Totalksomethingwell-knownabouttheUSA.2.TolearnthediversityofracesandculturesinCalifornia.3.TodiscusswhyCaliforniaisamulticulturalstate.RockyMountainsMexicoCanadaAtlanticOceanPacificOceanWashington,D.CtheMississippiLosAngelesNewYorkSomeimportantcities:
Washington,D.CNewYorkLosAngelesSanFranciscoSanFranciscoCaliforniaTask1:
Fastreading1.Whatsthemainideaofthistext?
A.thepopulationofCaliforniaB.thehistoryandcultureofCaliforniaC.theweatherofCaliforniaD.thehistoryofUSA2.WhichstateintheUSAhasthelargestpopulation?
California3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?
RussiansLaterArrivalspeopleTheSpanishMostRecentArrivalsNativeAmericans3.Howmanykindsofpeoplearementionedinthistext?
GoldMiners15,000yearsago16thcentury:
1821184618481850FirstsettlerscrossedtheBeringStraitfromAsia.ThesepeoplearenowknownasNativeAmericanSpanishsoldiersarrivedinSouthAmericaBecamepartofMexicoTheUSdeclaredwaronMexicoGoldwasdiscoveredinCaliforniaCaliforniabecamethe31ststateoftheUS.Task2ScanningWhathappened?
Task3Detailedinformation1.Fromthetext,weknowthat_.A.CaliforniaoncebelongedtoRussia.B.CaliforniaisaplacewhichincludesavarietyofculturesC.theSpanishwerefriendlytonativeAmericansatfirstD.allwhowenttoCaliforniaforgoldmadeafortune2.ManyCaliforniansspeakSpanishbecause_.A.thestatewasonceruledbySpainB.thesepeoplecamefromSpainC.TheythinktheSpanishlanguageisbeautifulD.religiousmentaughtthemtheSpanishlanguage3.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
A.MostpeoplediedinthegoldrushB.ThefirsttoarriveinCaliforniaforgoldwereAsiansC.MostpeopledidnotbecomerichbutsettledinCaliforniaD.AllthepeoplebecamerichinthegoldrushTask3Detailedinformation4.WheredoChinese-Americanslive?
_A.TheyliveinallpartsofCaliforniaB.TheyonlyliveintheChinatownsofLosAngelesC.TheyonlyliveinSanFranciscoD.TheyliveinCaliforniaaswellasinLosAngeles5.WhataboutthefutureofCalifornia?
_A.TheracialculturewillgoonB.ItsclimateandlifestylewillchangealotC.MoreandmorepeoplewillcometoCaliforniaonlyforgoldD.MoretravelerswillbeattractedtoCaliforniafortheclimateandthelifestyleThinkingWhyisCaliforniaamulticulturalstatenow?
Task4Homework1.Findsomeusefulexpressionsandunderlinethem.2.Isourhometownamulticulturalcounty?
Ifso,trytointroduceitlikethispassage.